July 13, 2026

Capitalizations Index – B ∞/21M

Volinex Offers Crypto Community Solution for Major Debit Card Issue

Volinex offers crypto community solution for major debit card issue

Volinex Offers Crypto Community Solution for Major Debit Card Issue

Volinex offers crypto community solution for major debit card issue

Bitcoinist.net · January 26, 2018 · 6:00 pm

BARCELONA, 25 January 2018 – On 14 January Switzerland based start-up Volinex AG launched its debit card to offer a solution for the sudden closedown of all WaveCrest issued Visa debitcards. The issue still causes major problems for millions of European cryptocurrency owners. For their debit card, Volinex is partnering up with a company that works with the largest credit card providers in Europe. At volinex.com people can place a pre-order for one of the 100,000 available Volinex Cryptocards. Up until this moment over 5,300 cards have been sold. 


Confidence

The Volinex platform offers a wallet from which cryptocurrencies can be sold in euros and dollars based on the daily rates. From there the money can be loaded onto a debit card, and soon it will also be possible to put money on a linked IBAN account and make transfers directly from a crypto balance. Not only is Volinex working closely together in 2018 with their trusted partner, from 2019 onwards the company will also have its own banking license. This means third parties will never be able to block their cards.

Money Laundering Act

Volinex takes its responsibilities very seriously and therefore complies with the regulations as stated in the Money Laundering Act (MLA). This means that people who want to order a debit card will have to register under their real name, need to provide a copy from their passport or national ID card, a selfie with their ID card or passport, and a bill from the last three months. This verification is necessary to comply with the AML and to make sure the cards can be issued. Once the pre-order has been placed and paid for, Volinex sends an email to inform their clients when their debit card will be sent. Clients will receive their cryptocard by ordinary mail, and once received they need to verify their identity in order to activate the card.

Prices

The sudden end of the collaboration between WaveCrest and Visa caused very few active crypto cards to be available in Europe at the moment. Volinex decided to take quick action in order to solve this major debit card issue. The debit card which the company has released can be used for Bitcoins (BTC), Litecoins (LTC), Ether (ETH) and bitcoin Cash (BCH), and will be sold for €24.90. This includes manufacturing, shipping, and mailing. People can pay for the card in BTC, ETH, LTC, and BCH.

About Volinex

On the Volinex platform, anyone can easily set up a free bank account with a linked bitcoin Wallet, regardless of whether they are a private or business customer. With the Volinex software, clients can make a direct bank transfer with personal IBAN from their bitcoin balance. This makes the manual transfer and sale of Bitcoins a thing of the past. Volinex makes crypto easy!

Additionally, Volinex offers debit cards that can be topped up with the use of the online platform. The collaborating partners ensure that all legally relevant procedures, such as observance of the Money Laundering Act, the necessary licenses, and linkage to a FIAT-certified banking system are provided.

Additional information about Volinex can be found on www.volinex.com, Facebook, Twitter, and our YouTube channel Volinex TV.


Images courtesy of Volinex

The content of this article was provided by the company referenced. Bitcoinist does not endorse and is not responsible for or liable for any content, accuracy, quality, advertising, products or other materials on this page. Readers should do their own research before taking any actions related to the company.

Press Release Show comments

Published at Fri, 26 Jan 2018 23:00:37 +0000

Press releases[wpr5_ebay kw=”bitcoin” num=”1″ ebcat=”” cid=”5338043562″ lang=”en-US” country=”0″ sort=”bestmatch”]

Previous Article

Ubit IN-STOCK For Bitcoin 6 PCS/Lot 1x to 16x Express Extender Riser Card USB 3.0 PCI-e Extension SATA 15pin to 4pin Power Cable

Next Article

InsurePal Token Sale Hits Target in Under 80 Seconds

You might be interested in …

Entcash christmas special live (t-ara minkyul cut)

ENTCash Christmas Special Live (T-ara MinKyul Cut)

ENTCash Christmas Special Live (T-ara MinKyul Cut) Please take note that the video is very choppy and I apologize for that For full interview w/ other artists please watch here: https://www.yizhibo.com/l/tEKPUuK80YyMpwRj.html I do not own […]

Howard Marks Admits ‘Mistake’, Changes Stance on Bitcoin

After previously slamming bitcoin and other digital currencies as “not real”, “fad”, and “a pyramid scheme”, billionaire traditional investor Howard Marks made a spectacular U-turn on his views on the new financial technology in his latest memo to Oaktree Clients.


Howard Marks’ 180 Degree Turn

In his July memo, Howard Marks explored the world of cryptocurrencies and leveled heavy criticism at them. However, after receiving significant backlash from various media outlets for his ‘dinosaur’ views and lack of understanding of the new financial technology, Marks decided to revisit the topic to get ‘enlightened’ and ‘educated’ on the subject. In his new September memo, he claims that bitcoin partisans encouraged him to think of bitcoin as a currency – a medium of exchange – rather than as an investment asset.

The billionaire investor acknowledged his ‘mistake’ as he had been looking at bitcoin the wrong way, and humbly conceded that much of the arguments he made against the cryptocurrency were applicable to the dollar as well. Marks subsequently made the case for qualifying bitcoin as a currency and concluded that although he sees no reason why bitcoin can’t serve as a currency and “become an accepted medium of exchange”, he warned against getting caught up in the hype and buying it with the sole view of making money off it.

//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

Warning Signs

bitcoin’s volatility, which has seen it rise over 350% in 2017 alone, concerned Marks, who was quick to point out that the lack of an upper ceiling for bitcoin which sees limitless appreciation fails to make sense to him. He asks, “Would you sell your house for euros that are said to be worth two or three times as much as the dollar?”

Although this represents a risk averse and extremely conservative outlook, it does provoke thoughts pertaining to long term stability of currencies. Marks also shares his other major concern, that the low barriers to entry give rise to many competing transaction systems. Would bitcoin’s utility as a payment mechanism be hampered if Amazon announced its own? He asks, “Would you rather transact in bitcoin or Amazonians?”

//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

The Bottom Line on bitcoin

In the new memo, Marks makes it clear that he advocates for bitcoin as a currency and warns against “lottery-ticket thinking”, which seduces people towards the cryptocurrency as it offers the possibility of vast wealth. Although some elements or “seeds for a boom” that contributed to past historical economic bubbles are evident in Bitcoin’s surge, Marks emphatically makes it known that none of them make bitcoin a ‘mistake’. He also mentions that with the existence of tons of cryptocurrencies and the possibility of endless more, the winner will be hard to call.

As evidenced by the hundreds of e-commerce start ups during the tech bubble, most of which ended up worthless, putting all your eggs in one basket might not be the wisest thing to do. Although Marks said that he still considers it a speculative bubble and therefore still doesn’t “feel like putting my money into it”, he also said that he was “willing to be proved wrong.” For such a juggernaut in the field of traditional financial investing, this is as close as anyone can get to singing the praises of the very technology that might be the cause of their own downfall.

//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

What do you think of Howard Marks’ new memo and shift in position on bitcoin? Do you agree with his bottom line? How would you respond to his apprehensions? Let us know in the comments below.


Images courtesy of Christopher Goodney/Bloomberg

The post Howard Marks Admits ‘Mistake’, Changes Stance on Bitcoin appeared first on Bitcoinist.com.