First 'Live' Bitcoin Exchange Opens in Vietnam

First 'Live' Bitcoin Exchange Opens in Vietnam

Bitcoin continues to grow in Vietnam with last week's launch of the country's first live open-order book trading bitcoin exchange, VBTC. The new company is the result of an international merger between the operators of Vietnam's first bitcoin broker exchange BitcoinVietnam, and Israeli exchange technology startup Bit2C Ltd. Other team members hail from Germany, Singapore and the US. CEO of Bitcoin Vietnam Co. Ltd., Nguyen Tran Bao Phuong, told CoinDesk the Southeast Asian region had seen rapid grown in bitcoin infrastructure in the past months, with the Philippines probably leading the....


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