Going from crypto to casino chips doesn’t have to be traumatic. Just in case you’re wondering, the same way you would buy casino chips at a physical casino, you can buy while gambling online. Take a look at the following steps we’ve prepared for you in order to make your crypto-to-casino-chip conversions as straightforward as…
Using cryptocurrencies when depositing or withdrawing money from online casinos is a very popular activity these days. It’s a no-brainer. It’s simple, fast, cheap, and safe. Follow these Bitcoinx steps for deposits & withdrawals with BTC. 1. Open a BTC wallet A BTC wallet is a place where your BTC cryptos are stored. There are…
Cryptocurrencies have been seeing amazing adoption in the online casino industry. Knowing which cryptocurrency is the best for having an online gaming experience is a must. These are the top 10 best cryptos for depositing in online casinos: 1. BTC Not only in the online casino industry but in the Cryptosphere, Bitcoin is the most…
In a blog post published earlier today, San Francisco-based cryptocurrency exchange and brokerage firm Coinbase announced that it has been granted an e-money license by the U.K.’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). The license will allow Coinbase to provide payment services (as well as some bank-like services, such as fiat account balances) in both Britain and…
One of the biggest concerns about PayPal’s rapidly approaching integration with bitcoin-based payments has been liquidity. The eBay-owned payment processing giant handled around $180 billion in transactions last year, roughly 30 times bitcoin’s total market cap. If PayPal aims to bring bitcoin payments to the masses, even a relative giant in the space, like Coinbase,…
One of the biggest concerns with third-party bitcoin services like Coinbase is this: Who controls the private keys? If you host your own wallet on a mobile device or PC, or even have a printed paper wallet, ultimately you control when and how BTC moves from your private address to another. That’s not the case…
The competition between Coinbase and BitPay looks like it has spilled over to the API battlefield. Yesterday, Coinbase released Toshi, an open-source bitcoin node with a JSON API for developers. Today, BitPay responded with their own API update, packed with new features, updates, and fixes. Not to be outdone, the BitPay API is built on…
As the software underpinning the bitcoin network, Bitcoin Core is admittedly great at a lot of things. It allows millions of machines to make countless transactions in a never-before-seen way. As a reference client, clearly defining the protocol and acting as the highest standard for how bitcoin truly works, it has no equal. That doesn’t…
In terms of donations received, the United Way Worldwide is the largest privately held nonprofit organization, raising over $5 billion per year. With over 1,800 offices in 45 countries, and with 2.8 million volunteers, United Way is also a titanically large and truly global organization. As of today, it also accepts bitcoin through a new…
One of the biggest hurdles for would-be international bitcoin users is the lack of an easy-to-use, newcomer-friendly and widely trusted service to buy, sell and store bitcoin with. For the last two years, this hasn’t been much of an issue thanks to the existence of popular bitcoin services provider Coinbase. If only there was some…