American former professional boxer Mike Tyson has teamed up with Bitcoin to launch the Mike Tyson Digital Wallet, which allows the buying and selling of bitcoin, a form of digital currency.

Peter Klamka, CEO of Bitcoin Direct, said 'The Mike Tyson Digital Wallet offers beginners a simple and secure way to get started with bitcoin. Users can create wallets for sharing funds with friends, store multiple personal wallets in the same app, accept payments from friends, or pay bitcoin-accepting businesses online or in person'.

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