{"id":1080,"date":"2016-07-06T15:15:00","date_gmt":"2016-07-06T15:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.holytransaction.com\/2016\/07\/uber-accepts-bitcoin-in-argentina.html"},"modified":"2016-07-06T15:15:00","modified_gmt":"2016-07-06T15:15:00","slug":"uber-accepts-bitcoin-in-argentina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/holytransaction.com\/blog\/2016\/07\/uber-accepts-bitcoin-in-argentina.html","title":{"rendered":"Uber accepts Bitcoin in Argentina"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-5dFLo5MAYec\/V30gj4nuO4I\/AAAAAAAAAms\/xn0StxqGbtMLzy9f3lTeZElTpiSSTunxACLcB\/s1600\/uber-generic-corbis-news-fd-lede.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"uber accepts bitcoin\" border=\"0\" height=\"298\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-5dFLo5MAYec\/V30gj4nuO4I\/AAAAAAAAAms\/xn0StxqGbtMLzy9f3lTeZElTpiSSTunxACLcB\/s400\/uber-generic-corbis-news-fd-lede.jpg\" title=\"uberacceptsbitcoin.jpeg\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Argentinian department of the ridesharing giant <b>Uber<\/b> accepts Bitcoin.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">To do so, Uber starts a partnership with <a href=\"https:\/\/xapo.com\/\"><b>Xapo<\/b><\/a>, a startup that will help Uber users to accept bitcoin debit cards during their domestic and abroad travels.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">This project was announced this week through a <b>Twitter post<\/b> published by Uber Argentina, even if it has now been deleted for unknown reasons.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b><br \/><\/b><\/div>\n<h3>Uber accepts Bitcoin to fight against Government<\/h3>\n<div><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">This decision came when <b>Argentinian government blocked Uber credit cards<\/b>, after a police raid in the houses of the individuals suspected to be connected to the Uber company.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A Xapo spokesperson explained that the company exploits this event to propose its service to Uber, to allow its users to load debit cards with bitcoin.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Anni Rautio<\/b>, product manager at Xapo, explained:<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><i>&#8220;This is a win for all local Uber users and drivers, and for Uber as a company, as they are able to continue operations in Argentina through Xapo&#8217;s Debit Card. It&#8217;s also great news for bitcoin: it&#8217;s one step closer to seeing mainstream companies adopt bitcoin.&#8221;<\/i><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">This partnership started last week, and Xapo has already experienced a growth in interest for its debit card service.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Even if it is not sure that this news will allow the increase of the use of bitcoin in the country, a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lanacion.com.ar\/1914051-ante-los-problemas-con-las-tarjetas-de-credito-uber-ofrece-mas-medios-de-pago-en-buenos-aires\">local magazine reports<\/a> that 550,000 users downloaded the ridesharing app.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<p>Open your free digital wallet <a href=\"https:\/\/holytransaction.com\/app#!\/signup\">here<\/a> to store your cryptocurrencies in a safe place.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Argentinian department of the ridesharing giant Uber accepts Bitcoin.&nbsp; To do so, Uber starts a partnership with Xapo, a startup that will help Uber users to accept bitcoin debit cards during their domestic and abroad travels.&nbsp; This project was announced this week through a Twitter post published by Uber Argentina, even if it has [&hellip;]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,76,185,647,693],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.6 (Yoast SEO v22.3) - 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