{"id":26995,"date":"2020-08-07T14:02:19","date_gmt":"2020-08-07T11:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=26995"},"modified":"2025-08-26T18:04:33","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T15:04:33","slug":"casa-adds-bitcoin-buying-via-its-mobile-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/casa-adds-bitcoin-buying-via-its-mobile-app\/","title":{"rendered":"Casa adds Bitcoin buying via its mobile app"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Casa, a custody provider, has added the ability to buy bitcoin directly through its mobile app. In the initial phase, the feature is available in the United States and Europe using Apple Pay.<!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We\u2019re thrilled to announce that you can now buy bitcoin with Casa!<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udf4f Buy safely in seconds with Apple Pay<br \/>\n\u26a1\ufe0f BTC is deposited instantly into your secure Casa App<br \/>\n\ud83c\udf8a It\u2019s real BTC \u2014 not bitcoin IOUs from an exchange<\/p>\n<p>Tap here to download: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eOLtLJziGR\">https:\/\/t.co\/eOLtLJziGR<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8aBNuoBKlL\">pic.twitter.com\/8aBNuoBKlL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Casa (@CasaHODL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CasaHODL\/status\/1291449400267505669?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 6, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.keys.casa\/buy-bitcoin-with-casa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">statement<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from the company, the ability to buy bitcoin is implemented in partnership with the Wyre payment provider. With the minimum verification level, the BTC purchase limit is $250 per day and $1,500 before completing enhanced KYC. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The company plans to raise the purchase limits in the near term.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The purchase fee for bitcoin will be $0.30. American cardholders will incur an additional 2.9% of the amount, international cardholders 3.9%. A transaction fee is also charged to the user.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The move is designed to secure the process of purchasing cryptocurrency and save users time, the company says.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cBy integrating the ability to buy bitcoin directly into the secure user wallet, we remove difficulties in purchasing cryptocurrency, and we also eliminate steps at which a customer is vulnerable to losses, theft or fraud,\u201d said Casa CEO Nick Neuman.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The company plans to expand the list of supported countries and to add the ability to buy bitcoin with Google Pay.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last year, Casa unveiled a solution that enables holders to pass their bitcoins to heirs after death.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In June the company released a beginner-friendly bitcoin wallet that does not require verification.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to ForkLog news on Telegram: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/forklogfeed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">ForkLog Feed<\/a> \u2014 the full news stream, <a href=\"https:\/\/telegram.me\/forklog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">ForkLog<\/a> \u2014 the most important news and polls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The custodian Casa has added the ability to directly buy bitcoin through its mobile app. In the initial phase, the feature is available in the United States and Europe via Apple Pay.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26216,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[18,987],"class_list":["post-26995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-bitcoin","tag-casa"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"13","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26995"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26995\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26996,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26995\/revisions\/26996"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}