Cubits Bitcoin Whitepaper: Diamond Market

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GLOBAL MARKETSARE A DIAMOND’S

BEST FRIEND.

Cubits operates under the UK’s HMRevenue and Customs regulations.

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Cubits imagines a world where Bitcoin is accessible to anyone, anywhere. Our mission is to provide everyone with convenient access to Bitcoin. Cubits lays the infrastructure for the world to speak one common payment language.

O U R B U S I N E S S

Buy & SellBitcoin

Instant buy and sell options with 17

supported currencies.

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BitcoinWallet

Secure Bitcoin storage and portal for transfers

and payments.

BitcoinPayments

Bitcoin payment processing for merchants

and professionals.

Founded in 2014, Cubits is an all-inclusive platform to buy, sell, manage, and use Bitcoin. With locations in London and Berlin, our mission is to make Bitcoin easily accessible to everyone around the world. Cubits launched in November 2014 with a Bitcoin wallet and merchant services.

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De Beers Diamond Insight Report 2014 Bitcoin Charts

Cubits Pay empowers global diamond traders with an online Bitcoin payment solution. We consolidate traditional financial intermediaries like banks and credit cards into an all-inclusive online payment service.

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Designed for global commerceCubits Pay connects you to Bitcoin users worldwide so you can boost your revenue. Eliminate the need for locally based payment processors.

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No fees help businesses growWith no fees for your first €100,000 in earnings, you can keep the extra money and reinvest it back into your business. Earn exactly what you charge.

Eliminate fraud and chargebacksCubits Pay protects you from fraud and chargebacks. Transactions are irreversible and do not use sensitive personal data. Say goodbye to expensive reprocessing fees.

Immediately access fundsWith Cubits Pay, you’ll receive Bitcoin payments instantly. You can accept Bitcoin with confidence and quickly receive full payment for your goods.

In the past 30 days, 83% of all Bitcoin transactions occured in Chinese Yuan.

China has purchased $3.75 Billion worth of polished

diamonds.

$4.21billion

in purchasing power

China holds

15%of the global diamond

market share

China has

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A N D T H E W I N N E R I S . . .

Now, let’s compare Cubits Pay with PayPal. We use key metrics such as time and costs to let you decide which payment provider better suits your business and its future.

We are the future of payments.Low fees, efficient processing and no chargeback risks.

GlobalAccessibility

Processing Fees

E V E R Y W H E R EGiven that basic telecommunication

services are available.Dependent on country’s financial standing, payment infrastructure,

and political stability.

0.0%2% - 3.5%

+ $0.30 per transactionNo processing fees for your

first €100,000 in transactions and 0.9% after.

Rate dependent on transaction volume, country, and business risk.

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Limited

T H E S H O W D O W N

Expensive reprocessing fee and does not reduce fraud.

$20 per transaction

ChargebackPenalties

N O N EIrreversible transaction and no

reprocessing fees. Automatically reduces fraud.

Access your Bitcoin immediately. Works with existing payment

infrastructure when accessing funds.

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AccessFunds

Funds are held in case there are problems with orders, chargebacks

and other issues.

21 days


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P A Y M E N T & D O N A T I O N B U T T O N S

S H O P P I N G C A R T P L U G I N S

C U B I T S A P I

Pay with Bitcoin Donate Bitcoin

Payment and donation buttons are the most immediate means of accepting Bitcoin. From our Cubits Pay interface, you can set an individual item’s description and price, which will generate HTML code and a preview of the button.

If you have specific needs or require more control over the payment process, we have a custom API to suit your business’ needs. The Cubits API offers:

With ready-made libraries and documented example code, we make using the Cubits API a very straightforward process. Our professional support staff and engineers are ready to aid you in the process.

• Secure authentication mechanism

• Invoice creation with single API call

• Permanent payment screen URLs

• Custom reference fields

• Flexible and secure callback mechanism

• Customer support

• Payments and invoice change notifications

With Cubits Pay, you will have FREE access to our collection of shopping cart plugins, payment buttons, and API. No matter how big or small your business, we have a Bitcoin payment solution for you. No additional hardware is required. Our customer support is standing by to help you with any of your integration needs at [email protected].

Cubits Pay has integration tools for popular shopping carts. Don’t see your cart here? Our support team can customize a solution for you.

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Once you have integrated your Cubits payment button, shopping cart plugin, or custom API, you are ready to accept Bitcoin!

Here is how the process works when your customer decides to pay using Bitcoin:

CUSTOMER HASBITCOIN

CUSTOMER DOES NOTHAVE BITCOIN

Cash out in Bitcoin, your local currency, or a mixture of both. You earn exactly what you charge.

A customer with a Cubits wallet can log into their account and checkout within seconds.

ZERO transaction feesfor your first €100,000 in earnings and only 0.9% after.

A customer can sign up for a Cubits wallet and have Bitcoin within minutes.

A customer shops at your store and decides to pay using Bitcoin.

Your customer is given 10 minutes to make the purchase.

Reinvest the money you’ve saved on fees back into your business.

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(1) Under the supervision of HMRC, the company is registered and operating under the Telecommunications Digital & IT Payment Service Provider under the Money Laundering Regulations 2007.

Source: http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/mlr/

(2) In March 2014, HMRC further clarified that no VAT is due on the value of Bitcoin when they are exchanged for fiat currencies like Pounds Sterling or Euros.

Source: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/revenue-and-customs-brief-9-2014-bitcoin-and-other-cryptocurrencies

U K H M R E V E N U E & C U S T O M S R E G U L A T I O N S

O U R R E G U L A T I O N C O M M I T M E N T

At Cubits, we see regulation as a necessity for cryptocurrencies to exist and survive in the long-run. Cubits is registered as Telecommunications Digital & IT Payment Service Provider under the Money Laundering Regulations 2007 with the HM Revenue & Customs and applies strict Know Your Customer and Anti-Money Laundering controls using Jumio. For data protection purposes, Cubits is also registered with the Information Commissioner’s Office. We have partnered with Bitcoin organizations like Diacle and Innovate Finance to uphold the highest level of regulatory transparency and compliance.

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Cubits Bitcoin Whitepaper: Diamond Market