Wirex debit card for Bitcoin goes LIVE for UK, then EU!

Finally after the WaveCrest ban, all the fuzzy updates and ICOs promising things (1, 2, 3), a debit card provider finally comes out with a working card that lets you load and spend Bitcoin.

It’s Wirex.



> Sign up to Wirex< Before you read on, please get on the waiting list for the new Wirex account fall back behind everyone else:

Wirex has just announced the coming of the following in March 2018:

New updated currency accounts with the ability to buy Bitcoin;

Virtual cards – immediately according to the timeline,

Next milestones:

Plastic contactless Bitcoin cards – within the next 4-5 weeks (by the end of April basically)

Wallets for Dash & litecoin, then – Ether, Ripple and more.

Worldwide debit cards

The timeline of user registration is the following:

March 12-17:

UK waiting list users. This is the time to get your bitcoin debit card for UK – sign up here to get it

March 20-24:

Accounts open for France, Italy, Germany. This will let everyone from these countries spend Bitcoin with a debit card.

March 26-31:

Accounts open for the rest of the EU: Romania, Spain, Netherlands, Belgium, Austria, Sweden, Portugal, Greece, Croatia, Poland, Bulgaria, Republic of Cyprus, Norway and more.

Releasing a financial product is a responsible and complicated task where many things can go wrong.

Looks like Wirex is being cautious with its’ users, hence the conservative release timeline.

But the best part is – looks like they got everything already works and only in 2 days UK users will be able to spend their Bitcoin using virtual cards, and 1 month later – physical ATM cards.

Who else will release their cards soon?

Wirex is currently the leader of the debit card race – whoever follows them will have to get competitive.

The promising players are Bitwala and Spectrocoin/Bankera, and if they release their products to a larger list of countries right from the start they will have a great advantage over Wirex.

In any case – the more cards the better for Bitcoin adoption, we wish a smooth launch process to all bitcoin debit card providers!

P.S. Make sure you sign up to Wirex to get alerted when your turn for a prepaid Bitcoin card comes.

P.P.S. Check this table summarizing all debit card providers, so far thousands of users have found it useful.

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