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Nous sommes maintenant 100 000 shakers !

Grâce à vous, Shakepay compte désormais 100 000 utilisateurs. Pour cela, nous vous remercions.

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We’re 100,000 shakers strong!

With your help, Shakepay is now officially 100,000 customers strong. And for that, we thank you.

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Cold storage insurance & a security report

Cold wallet insurance policyShakepay now holds an insurance policy for all digital currencies held in cold storage. This policy covers most damages, theft, and loss of private keys. We intend

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Assurance pour le stockage à froid & rapport de sécurité

Police d’assurance pour le stockage à froidShakepay détient désormais une police d'assurance pour toutes les cryptomonnaies stockées hors ligne. Cette police couvre la plupart des dommages, vols et pertes

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2-Factor Authentication

The second step in your defence against hackers. You'll learn how 2FA works, why it's important, the different kinds of 2FA, and how to set them up on your accounts.

Product Updates

New wallet addresses

We’re excited to share that we’ve implemented a significant upgrade for Bitcoin and Ethereum wallet addresses that make funding more reliable.

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Nothing's changed

We received a few messages asking about continued operations for Shakepay during these uncertain times.

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Bitcoin transaction batching

Today we’re launching Bitcoin transaction batching on Shakepay, a feature that should significantly improve the speed and reliability of your Bitcoin cashouts.

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Shakepay.com and a refreshed logo

I’m super excited to announce that we’re moving to Shakepay.com with a new logo!

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Passwords and Password Managers

In this article, we’ll explore the common pitfalls associated with passwords, the advantages of using a password manager, and strong password practices to minimize the chances of a bad actor gaining unauthorized access to our personal information.

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Shakepay’s 2019 in review

2019 was a formidable year. We saw immense growth in transaction volume and accounts created at Shakepay.

Product Updates

Cashouts to native SegWit addresses

Ending the year on a bang, we’re launching support for bitcoin cashouts to native SegWit (bech32) addresses.

Product Updates

Limit orders & 2FA with Authenticator

Limit orders on Shakepay allow you to buy or sell at a price that you set!

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A Guide to Securing Online Accounts

Our goal in this series is to look at the many aspects of online security, such as having strong and unique passwords, enabling 2-factor authentication, scrambling email address and secondary online phone numbers.

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Shakepay is now commission-free

We’re super excited to share some updates with the community today. Shakepay is now commission-free!

Product Updates

Fingerprint unlock & transaction history

Unlock Shakepay with your fingerprint 🐾In the latest Shakepay version, we’ve replaced the in-app PIN code with your phone’s device lock. This option will be enabled by default

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Instant CAD cash outs ⚡

Every time you cash out your Canadian dollar funds, we’re now automatically and instantly sending out the Interac e-Transfer. This means at any time of the day, 24/7, your Shakepay funds will be sent to your email right away.

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Today is Bitcoin's 10th Birthday. Here are 10 posts you won't want to miss.

10 years ago today, Satoshi Nakamoto created the Bitcoin Genesis Block, based on his white paper. It's a great day to learn more about Bitcoin, its history, and the context around it. Here are some great posts to dive into, that you won't want to miss.

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Is Bitcoin anonymous?

Bitcoin has a reputation in popular culture for being an anonymous digital currency. This is not actually true. Bitcoin is at best pseudonymous. We explore in this post.

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How to best secure your Shakepay account

We recently received a question on Reddit on how to best secure funds in your Shakepay account. Here's a re-post of the insights we shared.

Product Updates

Price Alerts 🔔, Max Button

You spoke, we listened. Today we’re introducing Price Alerts, a highly requested feature by the community!

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Shakepay’s Thanksgiving fundraiser raises $1,060.58 for Food Banks Canada

This past Monday, Shakepay set out to raise funds for Food Banks Canada for Thanksgiving by donating all fees collected on our platform. We also gave the option for folks to donate directly in digital currencies, converted to Canadian dollars at cost.

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This Thankgiving, Shakepay is donating all fees to charity

This Thanksgiving Monday all fees collected by Shakepay will be donated to charity to help feed the hungry.

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New funding options 🔥

We’ve got a brand spankin’ new Add Funds page that shows the many ways you can fund your Shakepay account.

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You really gotta feel for Canadians wanting to buy bitcoin

I've been in the space offering crypto services to Canadians for 3 years, here's what I've learned.

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