Coinbase, a digital wallet that enables users to buy, use and accept bitcoin, this week announced its first international expansion.

Consumers and merchants in Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Finland, France, Greece, Italy, Latvia, Malta, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and Slovakia now can use Coinbase.

Coinbase called this a beta launch in Europe and will have a 500-euro-per-day limit on buys and sells.

"We think launching in these additional countries is a major step for the entire Bitcoin community, and will help continue bitcoin's growth as a global payment network," Coinbase wrote in a blog post.