The Ethereum Foundation, the main entity behind the development of the Ethereum protocol, made available a new version of the cryptocurrency's wallet and Distributed application's browser, Mist.
The main new feature of this Ethereum Wallet release is the inclusion of the Coinbase Buy Widget (a quick FIAT gateway that allows the instant purchasing of up to $5 worth in cryptocurrency ). The Coinbase buy widget has been making its way into several services and apps, like Decentral’s multi-wallet Jaxx.
For now, the offer is limited to United States residents, and the widget requires the creation of a Coinbase account for first-time clients, Alex Van de Sande, lead designer for the Ethereum foundation, said:
As Coinbase adds more markets, they will be added to the wallet, and we are looking into how we can use their bank transfers integration to allow unlimited daily amounts. We are not getting any fees or compensation for this (unlike our ShapeShift affiliate program which sends about 0.25-0.4% to the Ethereum Tip Jar) but we are very excited to see another adoption barrier being taken down. We thank the Coinbase team for their help making this a reality.
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Yelp,
You can buy Ethereum with your Coinbase account, in the UK with debit card currently - quite handy really!
Though it works out to be 3% above the market price.
Fluctuations in BTC cash price are the key component to watch out for
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But this means its actually built into the ETH wallet, making this much more simpler for new users....
hope your wearing your spaceboots
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