Bitbond, a Stellar-based blockchain startup that provides business loans, announced this week that it has gained German regulatory approval to conduct a security token offering (STO). According to the announcement, Germany’s Federal Financial Supervisory Authority, better known as BaFin, has approved Bitbond’s plea under the German Banking Act to become a licensed asset broker, making […]
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Radoslav Albrecht: “Altcoins Will Not Gain Much Popularity Beyond Very Specific Use Cases”
I (Serge) recently had the honor and privilege to interview Radoslav Albrecht, Founder of Bitbond; during which I asked his opinion on Bitcoin, digital currency and the Bitbond project. Mr. Albrecht gave us some interesting insights into his personality, his thoughts and how he views the world of economics we live in right now.
Serge: Can you tell us a bit about yourself? When did you get interested in Bitcoin?
Global P2P Bitcoin Lending Platform Bitbond to Demo AutoInvest at Finovate Europe 2015
In a couple of weeks the Finovate Europe 2015 conference will be held in London. This February conference, held in the UK’s capital, is the place to be if you are interested in banking and technological innovations. The purpose of this great conference is multi fold. The first aspect is to introduce new innovative ways to the financial sector. The obvious networking and exchange of ideas are a couple of others but the showcase is one of the most important aspects of this conference.
Bitcoin Merchant Services : Competitive Advantages and Removing Barriers To Access
The panel for this session consists of Josh Metnick (Chicago Sun Times) , Pierre Noizat (Paymium Founder) , Todd Edelbohls (Coinbase) , Michael Gronager (COO of Payward Inc) and Radoslav Albrecht (BitBond Founder)
This Bitcoin 2014 panel will be looking at the competitive advantages provided by merchant services using Bitcoin as opposed to the traditional players in the merchant services market. Current and future innovations to put bitcoin ahead of the game will be discussed.
Josh Metnick has some experience implementing backend services in regards to Bitcoin payment integration, as he is the CTO of Chicago Sun Times.