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UTXOs and U: A beginner’s guide to Bitcoin UTXOs

If you’ve ever sent bitcoin before, you’ve already used a UTXO, even if you didn’t know it. UTXOs are just one of the many things that take place in the background when you send bitcoin from one wallet to another. It doesn’t matter if you’re

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🔭 Halving on the horizon: What’s the Bitcoin halving?

2024 is already shaping up to be a phenomenal year for Bitcoin. With the recent approval of Bitcoin-spot ETFs in the US, all eyes are now on another important upcoming event: the next Bitcoin halving.  Expected to arrive at some point in April, the Bitcoin halving could significantly impact Bitcoin&

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📖 A beginner’s guide to Bitcoin

Let's cover the essentials in clear and simple terms to help you gain confidence as you learn to navigate the world of Bitcoin.

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We had a data incident. Here’s what you need to know.

This post was updated on Dec. 29, 2023, to reflect new information Shakepay believes in being transparent, which is why we want to share details about a recent data incident that affected a small number of our customers and how we responded now that our investigation is complete. Scope of

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#Shakepaid for the holidays ❄️

It's the most wonderful time of the year and Shakey’s here to make it even better. He’ll be watching closely all month long to gift some #shakepaid bonuses to deserving shakers. Throughout December, any purchase of $10 or more made with the Shakepay Card will earn

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Shakepay empowering customers with expanded suite of financial tools

Montreal (November 28, 2023): Shakepay today launches everyday payments for all customers – direct deposit, pay bills, e-Transfer to friends and rewards for regular account activity – reflecting customer demand for an easy to use, affordable way to manage their money.   “At Shakepay, our foundational purpose is to give hard-working Canadians better,

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Waitlist 🚨 Everyday payments are coming to Shakepay

Get ready Canada, we’re launching everyday payments: direct deposit, pay a bill, and e-Transfers to friends. Are you ready to do more with Shakepay? 💰 Receive your paycheque directly into your Shakepay account 🔁 Automatically convert part of your pay into bitcoin 💸 Make everyday payments by paying bills and sending e-Transfers

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Introducing: Shakepay monthly statements 📄

Shakepay Monthly Statements are now available on demand in PDF format. You can find your monthly statements under the 'Account Settings' option in the ⚙️ 'Settings' tab in-app. Monthly statements contain information on transaction activity, including original cost and starting and ending balances. Your Shakepay full transaction

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Cheers to 45 million shakes in 2022! 🥂

2022 was an eventful year for Bitcoin and a big year for Shakepay! Here’s a quick rundown of some of our biggest moments. We built! 🔨 * The Shakepay Card was released to all shakers in February * With the introduction of #ShakeSquads, you could officially stack sats with your friends * Your

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SHAKE IT FORWARD

Close your eyes and imagine this. Well, don’t close your eyes because you’ll need them open to be able to read. Anyway, imagine this… You’re heading for your favourite café, that little indy one that’s more out of the way. It’s crisply cold outside, but

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#Shakepaid gets a holiday bonus

🕯📖❄️ We’re spending $225,000 on your holiday shopping Because inflation is showing no signs of stopping You’ve still got people to buy for and places to be And maybe more importantly, friends and family to see But wow! It sucks when things get expensive And the cash in

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How we've built Shakepay to keep your money safe

When Roy and I founded Shakepay 7 years ago we knew this would not be an easy company to build. As with any revolutionary technology, we expected many roadblocks, but we were certain that Shakepay would be a transformative company when we succeeded. One of our cultural values is “being

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Got ETH? Important information about the merge 👀

You may have heard news about Ethereum 2.0 or “the merge” recently. It’s a big moment for Ethereum, and if you own ETH, there are some things you’ll need to know. The merge is an upgrade to the Ethereum network that aims to improve the network’s

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Stack sats with your friends

#ShakeSquads 🤝 Join a #ShakeSquad with up to 4 other shakers to earn bonus sats on each other’s Shakepay Card purchases. Whenever a fellow squad member uses their Shakepay Card, everyone in the squad gets 42 bonus sats. We call these “bonus” sats because you get them on top of

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Our first bitcoin mural is live in Montreal

We’re taking the Bitcoin Golden Age to the street. Not just any street: the Main, our hometown’s iconic St Laurent blvd. In partnership with Mural Fest, the awesome Quebec artist collective, Projet Tyxna is beautifying the wall at Moog Audio (3828 St Laurent Blvd) with their interpretation of

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🎉 One MILLION shakers 🎉

Thanks a million! You’re one in a million. Thank you for joining our wonderful community [https://twitter.com/shakepay] of now over 1,000,000 shakers, for buying and earning bitcoin with our app, shaking for sats, and paying with your Shakepay Card. By making Bitcoin accessible, we aim

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The wait is over! 💥 The Shakepay Card is here.

Earning bitcoin just got easier. The Shakepay Card is now open to everyone! Get set up in minutes and join over 75,000 Canadians who are already earning up to 2% in free bitcoin rewards on their purchases with the Shakepay Visa* Prepaid Card. Earn real bitcoin, not reward points

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Thanks to you, Shakepay sent donations to the mooooooon! 🚀🌕

At the beginning of December, we pledged that each time the Shakepay community used the Shakepay Card during our Holiday Promo, we would donate $0.10 to Children’s Aid Foundation of Canada up to $100,000. 💰 Thanks to your enthusiasm for the Shakepay Card, we donated $46,807.60

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Shakepay raises $44m to usher in the Bitcoin Golden Age

We’re thrilled to share that after a year of exciting growth, we just closed $44 million in Series A funding—that’s like 850 bitcoin, for those keeping track. It’s a big step in our mission to help usher in the Bitcoin Golden Age. The funding is led

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The Shakepay Card is here for the holidays! 🎁

The holidays are a time for giving and we’re excited to announce that as of December 8th, we’re giving everyone on the waitlist access to the Shakepay Card ☃️. But that’s not all - during our holiday promotion we’ve got tons of gifts to go around &

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Announcing: Crypto held in cold storage with Coinbase Custody

Today is a big day. We’re excited to announce that our customers' crypto will now be held in cold storage with Coinbase Custody! The idea behind this custody arrangement is simple: you should always have a claim to your crypto. This change ensures that your digital currency is

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2% of Canadians are now using Shakepay!

There are now over 800,000 Canadians using Shakepay, which works out to over 2% of the entire country. This isn’t just huge news for us. It’s huge news for you, for Canada, and for Bitcoin! You’ve proven that there’s massive demand for a new financial

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Updated Terms of Use

With the Shakepay Card launch drawing closer, it’s time for an updated Terms of Use which will take effect on October 1st, 2021. We’ve also updated a few other sections of our Terms of Use that are not related to the Shakepay Card Here’s a breakdown of

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Some important compliance changes

As a money services business that is regulated by FINTRAC, we are required to comply with some new requirements. We want to provide some updates on what this means. What to expect: * Long-term, this means we’ll be able to offer more services to our customers * Short-term, you’ll notice

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600,000 Canadians now on Shakepay

Huge news. There are now over 600,000 Canadians using Shakepay! It was only two months when we announced 380,000 Canadians were using the platform. Clearly, the ideas behind hard money are gaining traction. Every day, more and more Canadians are discovering bitcoin as the basis for a new