Bitcoin behemoth Coinbase launches in the UK
by Alex Hern from Technology | The Guardian on (#81VP)
After trial with PC manufacturer Dell, the biggest cryptocurrency company in the world heads to Britain, buoyed by 'forward-looking' regulators
Coinbase, the American firm which has been called "the AOL of Bitcoin", is to launch its services in the UK for the first time.
From Wednesday, British customers will be able to load up the company's bitcoin wallets with pound sterling in addition to US dollars. Coinbase will also let financial traders speculate on the the price of bitcoin against pounds and euros on its exchange.
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