Luno Blog

We are excited to announce the launch of Luno across several new European markets. This means people from 40 countries around the world can now easily buy, sell and store Bitcoin with Luno. At Luno, our core mission is to bring digital currencies to everyone, everywhere - and in a…

Maybe you’re new to Bitcoin (or Luno) and you’re just not completely sure of how things work. Maybe you’re one of our early customers, with a very technical question. Either way, the Luno Community Team is here to help you. At some point, you may need to get in touch…

A common misconception among people who are new to Bitcoin is that they have to buy an entire Bitcoin, all at once, to get started. This is not true. Since Bitcoin is digital and practically infinitely divisible, you can buy, sell, send and receive fractions of a Bitcoin; you don’t…

Edit: You can now withdraw your BCH or sell it for Bitcoin. Log in to Luno, navigate to Wallets > Send BCH. The Bitcoin Cash (BCH*) project intends to hard fork from Bitcoin on 1 August 2017. At this stage, it appears the fork is only supported by a small minority of…

“Bitcoin is dying!”, “Bitcoin will crash!”, “Bitcoin may fork!”, “BIP148 vs BIP91”, “August 1 is D-day!“ are some of the confusing articles and comments you might have seen or heard in recent weeks. In this article, I’ll try to unpack what is probably (and probably not) happening to your Bitcoin…

Last month, we ran a Ramadan promotion, where our Indonesian and Malaysian customers could guess what the Bitcoin price would be on a certain day and time. We’d like to thank everybody who participated and congratulate the winners, below. Luno Malaysia Winners Week of June 03: MYR 400 worth Zalora…

The Bitcoin protocol will be undergoing changes in the coming weeks related to the activation of the Segregated Witness system. Due to the controversial nature of these changes, there are several different activation mechanisms in play. As such, disruptions are expected in the coming weeks, including temporary suspension of Bitcoin…