What do you think? Will we see a Bitcoin MasterCard? How high would that drive the price of Bitcoins up?

Bitcoin + MasterCard: 'Everywhere You Shouldn't Be?'

forbes.com 24 Aug '12, 11am

What do you think? Will we see a Bitcoin MasterCard? How high would that drive the price of Bitcoins up?

Created in January of 2009, Bitcoin is an experimental digital currency that enables instant payments to anyone, anywhere in the world. Given its relatively anonymous nature, Bitcoins have been linked to e-commerce transactions involving illegal drugs , porn , and poker, among other things. What’s today’s big news? BitInstant says it is close to launching the first internationally accepted Bitcoin-funded debit card with partners of MasterCard . If true, Bitcoins may become ubiquitous, their value could appreciate, and those trading in the black market may have a new way to launder money. BitInstant’s Statement According BitInstant , “We are moving forward and the arrangement with MasterCard will be handled in due time at the proper stage of the process by the partners who work directly with that company.” “BitInstant’s partners, who are issuing the card, have been working ...

Full article: http://www.forbes.com/sites/abegarver/2012/08/24/bitcoin-...

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@LiveFreeMax » 12 Sep '12, 6am
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@dav33 » 09 Sep '12, 7pm
Bitcoin to be useable everywhere MasterCard is. If this happens, there may be no going back (Forbes [link] via @sharethis)
@TheChopra » 05 Sep '12, 3pm
@weileentang still big for black markets [link]
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RT @puruPera: ビットコインがMasterCardで使える？というわけでネット上のデジタル通貨BitcoinがマスターカードになるかもというForbes（英語）のニュース。特色の匿名性が削られる分アングラマネーの汚名返上できるかも。[link]
@skirtap » 25 Aug '12, 7pm
Bitcoin + MasterCard ? [link]
@steveho » 25 Aug '12, 5am
Bitcoin making its move; partnering with Mastercard. Maybe this shit is real. Crazy. [link] $MA
@getyu1 » 25 Aug '12, 3am
Bitcoin + MasterCard: 'Everywhere You Shouldn't Be?': “BitInstant's partners, who are issuing the card, have bee... [link]
@puruPera » 25 Aug '12, 12am
ビットコインがMasterCardで使える？というわけでネット上のデジタル通貨BitcoinがマスターカードになるかもというForbes（英語）のニュース。特色の匿名性が削られる分アングラマネーの汚名返上できるかも。[link]
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RT @AML_Report: Bitcoin + MasterCard: 'Everywhere You Shouldn't Be?'[link]
@ErikVoorhees » 24 Aug '12, 8pm
BitInstant on Forbes- Bitcoin MasterCard: 'Everywhere You Shouldn't Be?' - Forbes [link] #banking #fintech
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This article has some great insights to Bitcoin and MasterCard. Thanks to @instabill_com for leading us here. [link]
@SwiftEconomics » 24 Aug '12, 3pm
Bitcoin company BitInstant plans on offering the world’s first bitcoin-backed debit card, through @MasterCard. [link]
@mykola » 24 Aug '12, 3pm
Looks like Bitcoin is about to take off again: [link]
@gkvision » 24 Aug '12, 3pm
[link] Bitcoin + MasterCard: 'Everywhere You Shouldn't Be?' How Could Bitcoin Debit Cards Be A Mechanism For Money Laundering?
@notjessewalker » 24 Aug '12, 2pm
Coming soon: a Bitcoin debit card. [link]
@astdOC » 24 Aug '12, 2pm
Bitcoin + MasterCard: 'Everywhere You Shouldn't Be?': Created in January of 2009, Bitcoin is an experime... [link] @Forbes
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[link] #bitcoin debit card on the way!
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