Coinbase Enables Bitcoin Buying in Australia

Digital currency exchange and wallet provider Coinbase has extended bitcoin and ether buying to customers in Canada and Singapore, within days after announcing the same feature to Australian users. Firmly in its global expansion phase, bitcoin and ether exchange and wallet Coinbase has now enabled its bitcoin and ether buying feature to customers in Canada and Singapore. Users in the two countries will be able to purchase the cryptocurrencies instantly with their debit and credit cards. Canadian users will be restricted to buying bitcoin and ether while not being to sell them just yet,....

Digital currency exchange provider Coinbase has expanded to Australia, bringing the total number of countries its supports worldwide to 33. Announced today, Coinbase will allow users to buy bitcoin and ether with credit and debit cards. Notably, users will not be able to sell digital currency. Coinbase product manager Ankur Nandwani said that the company was keen to start with extending its buying service to Australia as a means to increase the size of its network, but that it hopes to add a sell function at a later date. Nandwani told CoinDesk: "In the new countries, each country has....

Coinbase has updated its iOS and Android apps to enable new users in the US to enroll via their mobile phones or tablets. Previously, users could only sign up for the service and link their bank accounts via a desktop browser. The app improvements follow statements made by Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong at the time of the company's $75m Series C fundraising, when he said development of the company's mobile product was to be a key focus this year. This emphasis on pursuing a mobile-first strategy for an eventual expansion into emerging markets was echoed by Coinbase developer Ankur Nandwani,....

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Coinbase now accepts commerce payments in dogecoin. With the addition of the meme crypto, Coinbase Commerce now allows customers to check out and pay with seven cryptocurrencies. Coinbase Commerce Now Supports Dogecoin Coinbase Commerce is a platform by the Nasdaq-listed Coinbase that “enables merchants anywhere in the world to accept cryptocurrency payments in a fully decentralized way,” its website describes. The company announced via Twitter Wednesday: We’re now accepting commerce payments in dogecoin (DOGE). According to its website, seven cryptocurrencies are now....