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Digycode and Ingenico to allow 10,000 retail shops across France to sell Bitcoin, XRP, Ethereum, Litecoin, and Dash

  • Digycode is partnering up with payment giants Ingenico to allow 10,000 retail shops across France to sell Bitcoin, XRP, Ethereum, Litecoin, and Dash.
  • Ingenico reported $2.8 billion in revenue in 2017.

French crypto startup, Digycode is partnering up with payment giants Ingenico, to potentially open up Bitcoin, XRP, Ethereum, Litecoin, and Dash to 10,000 new points of sale. Digycode will offer prepaid coupons that can be purchased in three available increments, being 20, 50, or 200 euro.

The customers can redeem their coupons by going on Digycode’s website and using a secret code to convert the euro into one of the available cryptocurrencies. Digycode's partner in this venture is payments giant Ingenico, who reported $2.8 billion in revenue in 2017.

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Rajarshi Mitra

Rajarshi Mitra

Independent Analyst

Rajarshi entered the blockchain space in 2016. He is a blockchain researcher who has worked for Blockgeeks and has done research work for several ICOs. He gets regularly invited to give talks on the blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies.

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