{"id":4096,"date":"2016-06-02T17:26:28","date_gmt":"2016-06-02T09:26:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/06\/02\/bitcoin-to-be-sold-in-australian-newsstands-over-the-counter\/"},"modified":"2016-06-02T17:26:28","modified_gmt":"2016-06-02T09:26:28","slug":"bitcoin-to-be-sold-in-australian-newsstands-over-the-counter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/06\/02\/bitcoin-to-be-sold-in-australian-newsstands-over-the-counter\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin to be sold in Australian newsstands over the counter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Https%3a%2f%2fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com%2fuploads%2fcard%2fimage%2f103762%2fgettyimages-527516294__1_\" src=\"http:\/\/i.amz.mshcdn.com\/fy9yKCx6govQp034yUBKqPQM5zM=\/575x323\/https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fcard%2Fimage%2F103762%2FGettyImages-527516294__1_.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;width: 50px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?via=Mashable&amp;text=Bitcoin+to+be+sold+in+Australian+newsstands+over+the+counter&amp;src=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F06%2F02%2Fbitcoin-newsagency-australia%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-tw\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/a.amz.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-tw-f7c0a094d16b7ee7c91a1e50839a8e00.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F06%2F02%2Fbitcoin-newsagency-australia%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;src=sp\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-fb\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/a.amz.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-fb-c0a21e8841794479b8086c32c6f24ba1.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Australians will soon be able to buy some Bitcoin along with the newspaper and a pack of gum.<\/p>\n<p>Launching Thursday, a new initiative will help people buy Bitcoin with cash at around 1,200 newsagents nationally, <i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.afr.com\/technology\/bitcoin-available-over-the-counter-at-a-newsagency-near-you-20160526-gp52ka\">Fairfax Media<\/a><\/i> reported.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/06\/02\/chris-boshuizen-planet-labs\/\">Space entrepreneur: Why build apps when you can make satellites?<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The project is being rolled out as a partnership between the retail network Blueshyft and Australian Bitcoin exchange, Bitcoin.com.au.\u00a0<span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">Blueshyft&#8217;s technology already allows customers to connect in-store with the bookmaker Ladbrokes, among other services.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>According to\u00a0<span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">Rupert Hackett, general manager of Bitcoin.com.au<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">, the joint venture should help promote trust in Bitcoin, which doesn&#8217;t exactly have the best\u00a0reputation as a reliable place to put your money.\u00a0<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/06\/02\/bitcoin-newsagency-australia\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>More about <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/bitcoin\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Bitcoin<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/australia\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Australia<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/tech\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Tech<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/Mashable\/~4\/CrQFgE6QbLE\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Australians will soon be able to buy some Bitcoin along with the newspaper and a pack of gum. Launching Thursday, a new initiative will help people buy Bitcoin with cash at around 1,200 newsagents nationally, Fairfax Media reported. SEE ALSO: &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/06\/02\/bitcoin-to-be-sold-in-australian-newsstands-over-the-counter\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":115,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[728,2621,725],"class_list":["post-4096","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other","tag-australia","tag-bitcoin","tag-tech"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4096","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/115"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4096"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4096\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}