Abra is adding new features to its bitcoin wallet app, including support for ethereum.
Abra founder Bill Barhydt now envisions that bitcoin micropayments and smart contracts, combined with IoT, can underpin a new type of consumer credit.
Abra users can now buy bitcoin with American Express credit cards, a move that diversifies its available payment options.
Abra CEO Bill Barhydt talks to CoinDesk about the bitcoin payments startup's long-awaited global rollout next month.
After months of small-scale testing in the Philippines, blockchain payments app Abra launched in the US today.
Bitcoin API startup Blockcypher has expanded its suite of developer tools to include services for Ethereum developers.
CoinDesk interviews Abra CEO Bill Barhydt on why he believes his startup is poised to be the "WhatsApp for payments".
Bitcoin startup Abra is one of five blockchain startups to be accepted into the latest FinTech incubator run by Plug and Play.
American Express is using its investment in bitcoin remittance app maker Abra to investigate the technology.
Abra is gearing up to release its bitcoin-powered remittance app in the next few weeks, pending final approval from the Apple App Store.
Major funding rounds dominated the headlines this week, which saw industry startups raise $45m in new venture funding.
Abra, the startup developing a bitcoin powered remittance app, has raised just over $12 million in new funding.
Bitcoin services firm Coins.ph has launched Teller, an Abra-inspired mobile app in Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand.
Bill Barhydt, the entrepreneur and former Netscape director who gave the first-ever TED Talk on bitcoin, has debuted a bitcoin venture called Abra.