Argentina’s Largest Private Bank Now Allows Users To Buy Bitcoin
Banco Galicia, the largest private bank in Argentina, is allowing its users to buy, sell, send and receive bitcoin on its mobile application.Banco Galicia is the largest private bank in Argentina by market share and recently announced it will allow its customers to invest in bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.Argentina is suffering from hyper-inflation as inflation hit a 20 year high just a few weeks ago.Strike, a bitcoin payment infrastructure company, launched in Argentina earlier this year. Banco Galicia (Nasdaq: GGAL), the largest Argentinian private bank, confirmed that it will allow....
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