Finextra – 11/20/15: US-based virtual currency exchange and wallet operator Coinbase has rolled out the country’s first bitcoin debit card, in an effort to encourage mainstream adoption of the cryptocurrency on the high street. The Shift Card is a Visa debit card that currently allows Coinbase users in twenty-four states in the US to spend bitcoin online and offline at over 38 million merchants worldwide. The company says it is working through the legal and regulatory process in other states to make it available nationwide.
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