France: tobacco shops sell bitcoins from 2019
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Big news: from next year you will be able to buy bitcoins and ether in the tobacco shops in France. The association of tobacco dealers received the OK of a regulatory body.
You will certainly know the many voucher cards in kiosks, post office and drugstores, for Amazon, stream and much more. In France from the beginning of 2019, this range will be another voucher type: you will be in 3.000 tobacco stores can buy tickets for Bitcoin and Ether (Eth) nationwide.
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According to an article on Europe1.FR has given the association’s unification of the tobacco dealer to sell virtual currencies. The tobacco dealers have submitted a concept to a supervisory body of the Central Bank of France to sell vouchers for bitcoins and get the green light. First, 3.000 to 4.000 tobacco retailers receive software that allows you to offer coupons for bitcoins worth 50, 100 or 250 euros. The other of the total of 27.000 tobacco dealers in the country will later be equipped with the software.
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According to Europe1.FR gave the supervisory body permission “because there is no other option.“Cryptocurrencies become a global currency, and it is better to accompany this inevitable movement and to meet the demand of the market. The magazine quotes a report by Jean-Pierre Landau from July 2018, so it is the right approach to the innovations in the crypto room free space to Ulassen.
The provider for the coins and the software will probably be Keplerk, a French provider of voucher cards for Bitcoin and Ether. The vouchers are then redeemed on the platform of the startup and an online wallet is credited.
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A very similar system has existed in Austria since the beginning of 2015, which has apparently been working without major disturbances since then. The crucial question at the end of this message is of course: when will this also exist for Germany?