Meet the new Abra

Bill Barhydt - Tuesday, November 12th, 2019

Meet the new Abra

I am really excited to announce the next milestones on our roadmap of creating a globally accessible and easy-to-use crypto investing app.  Starting today Abra users in the United States will be able to deposit and withdraw 60 new cryptocurrencies, bringing the total to nearly 100. And soon, Abra users outside of the US will be able to invest in more than 200 additional cryptocurrencies.  (For more details, check out our new user guide). We are also releasing new deposit and withdrawal capabilities for a

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Welcoming the world’s investors

Bill Barhydt - Wednesday, May 29th, 2019

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Abra now offers equities to 150 countries with $0 stock trading fees for 2019. This latest product is secure, affordable, and makes investing in US markets available worldwide.* The big day has finally arrived! Now Abra users who live outside of the United States can invest in stocks and ETFs right from the Abra app.* Fractional amounts of valuable stocks from global markets such as Tesla, Uber, Alibaba, and Facebook — as well as ETFs like the gold SPDR, and indexes like the S&P 500

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Abra’s next chapter

Bill Barhydt - Wednesday, February 6th, 2019

stock and ETF investing on Abra

When I started Abra, my vision was to create a single smartphone app that could eventually offer any financial service to any person in the world. Today, Abra is making a big step towards realizing this vision. Get early access to stock and ETF investing. We’re announcing that we are enabling everyone, everywhere in the world the opportunity to invest in traditional stocks, commodities and ETFs, all from the Abra app. We’re going to start with popular US stocks and ETFs and add more global assets in the coming months. Of course,

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Watching a Keynesian Economist Self Combust and Implode is NOT a Pretty Sight

Bill Barhydt - Monday, May 7th, 2018

I participated in a panel on Cryptocurrencies at the Milken Institute Global Conference last week. We had a packed house and the panel was actually rescheduled to accommodate a much larger ballroom due to the higher than expected interest among Milken Global attendees. Supposedly we drew a larger crowd than Paul Ryan who was being interviewed at the same time in another ballroom. That is great news for Bitcoin and the broader cryptocurrency world. Video of the entire Milken Global Crypto session along with my immediate

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Abra Introduces World’s First All-in-One Cryptocurrency Wallet and Exchange

Bill Barhydt - Thursday, March 15th, 2018

Support 20 Cryptocurrencies and 50 Fiat Currencies in a Single App Today, Abra announced support for 20 cryptocurrencies and 50 fiat currencies in a new version of our mobile app that includes a real-time exchange service across all 70 currencies. Users around the world can now buy, sell or store any of these 70 currencies within the Abra app and exchange between them at any time with no limitations. Abra is now the only all-in-one smartphone app in the world with these capabilities. The new

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