Abra now supports adding money with over 60 US banks and credit unions

Last week we published our latest app update to the Apple App Store and Google Play Store. This update includes many new features, improvements, and bug fixes, including: Added new US banks and credit unions Improved bank deposit speed Revamped US bank deposit status updates Updated Bitcoin price feed Added new US banks and credit unions When we first launched US bank support, we supported 17 of the top banks in the country. Our latest update adds support for 46 new US banks and credit

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How to get your friends and family to use bitcoin without them even knowing it

The ultimate goal for Bitcoiners has been “mainstream” or “mass” adoption of bitcoin: we want everyone using bitcoin on a daily basis whether they know it or not, where bitcoin is as ubiquitous and invisible as the internet itself. The gap between where the technology is today and where it needs to be to achieve this goal is still wide, but with the Abra mobile wallet we’re hoping to help incrementally close the gap as more people begin to use Abra for p2p mobile payments.

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