Bitpanda Recap: April 2019

After a very busy start to 2019, we’re keeping up the momentum and heading into summer with big plans. Make sure to follow us to stay informed about the latest from the Bitpanda ecosystem.

We received a payments license! (PSD2)

The biggest news from April is that we received a PSD2 payments license from the Austrian financial market authority in accordance with E.U. law. This might sound like a lot of legal jargon but this monumental news for us as a fintech. We are now able to launch new and innovative features which will underline our vision for the future.

Bitpanda at Paris Blockchain Week

Were you lucky enough to visit Paris Blockchain Week? If so, you might have caught us there too! We were discussing tokenisation and how it affects and changes the financial world we’re used to.

Eric Demuth gave a talk at Dublin Tech Summit

Bitpanda CEO Eric Demuth took the HorizonX stage at Dublin Tech Summit to talk about investing for millennials, Bitcoin and the barriers of finance which shouldn’t exist in 2019.

We also had a stand in the middle of the conference where people could come and chat to us about cryptocurrencies, investing and the future of the industry.

The doors @dubtechsummit are open! Have you seen the Bitpanda stand? If you’re at Dublin Tech Summit then come and visit us on the exhibit floor to talk about cryptocurrency, digital assets and what we’re planning for 2019 #DTS19 pic.twitter.com/JwCGyXgQnv

— Bitpanda (@bitpanda) 10 April 2019

Trip to New York

As if Dublin Tech Summit wasn’t enough, we visited New York with Austria’s Minister for Digital and Economic Affairs as part of a delegation trip which saw a lot of productive talks about digitalisation and future technologies with various established U.S. startups.

Bitpanda CEO, @eric_demuth, was in New York this week with Margarete Schramböck, Austria’s Minister for Digital & Economic Affairs as part of a delegation trip which saw numerous productive talks about digitalisation and future technologies with various established US startups. pic.twitter.com/sqv0ceC3ks

— Bitpanda (@bitpanda) 19 April 2019

Latvia and Romania became part of the Bitpanda family

We welcome Latvia and Romania to the Bitpanda platform, users from these countries are now able to fully verify their accounts!

Welcome Latvia and Romania to the Bitpanda Family! 🇱🇻🇷🇴 We’re happy to say full verification is now possible for all EU members! #bitpanda pic.twitter.com/LRSeoFxPyF

— Bitpanda (@bitpanda) 11 April 2019

Cosmos ($ATOM) integrated to the platform

We added Cosmos to trade on Bitpanda. Users can now buy and sell Cosmos with their Bitpanda account.

There’s a new addition to our platform! The @cosmos token ATOM is now available to trade on Bitpanda! #cosmos $ATOM pic.twitter.com/ldgfMvT1A1

— Bitpanda (@bitpanda) 25 April 2019

We added Tulips as a tradeable asset (and then took them away)

On the 1st of April, we decided to add digitised Tulips as a tradeable asset on the platform. The decision was based on the fact that many economists compare Bitcoin with Tulips, calling it a bubble like that which happened in Holland in the 17th century.

Clever people like @Nouriel Roubini called Bitcoin the “mother of all bubbles”, and “much worse” than the tulip mania. So we decided to revive this promising and attractive asset class 🌷 #bitcoin #tulipmania pic.twitter.com/U31giRyulQ

— Bitpanda (@bitpanda) 1 April 2019

Tron won our community coin vote!

After receiving more votes that Basic Attention Token, Golem and Dogecoin, Tron ($TRX) won in our most recent coin poll. These regular polls allow our users to have a say in what will be listed on Bitpanda next. Be sure to follow us on Twitter so you don’t miss the next one!

📢 The winner of our recent poll @Tronfoundation will be available to trade on Bitpanda from May 2nd! #TRON $TRX pic.twitter.com/FZTNIjoLLR

— Bitpanda (@bitpanda) 26 April 2019

Our tell-a-friend competition ended

With loads of you taking part and referring your friends for a free €10 each, the lucky winner of the Samsung Galaxy S10+ was chosen. But that doesn’t mean our tell a friend program is going away — you can still claim €10 for you and a friend when you introduce them to Bitpanda.

Social Media

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Want to become part of the fintech revolution?

Please don’t hesitate to check out our current vacancies. You never know which jobs are available and you could get the chance to work at one of Europe’s fastest growing fintechs.

That’s all for April.

Kind regards from Vienna,
Team Bitpanda.