Safello Co-Founder Moves to Tokyo to Start New Bitcoin Security Firm
WizSec Founding Team: Kim Nilsson, J. Maurice, Emil Oldenburg. The co-founder of Swedish exchange Safello has left the company to join a team of bitcoin security experts in establishing a new Tokyo-based consulting firm. The move should also see him assisting the investigation into Mt Gox's missing bitcoins. Emil Oldenburg, who was also Safello's chief technology officer, left Sweden just last month and is now an official co-founder at WizSec, a new startup that has been performing unofficial analysis of Gox's transaction records. Oldenburg told CoinDesk he was looking for something....
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Japan and Sweden have now become the latest "bitcoin allies." Emil Oldenburg, co-founder of Swedish bitcoin exchange Safello, has now relocated to Tokyo, Japan to start a new security firm with some of his fellow bitcoin experts. The company, WizSec, is being created to perform unofficial analysis of the transaction records of Mt. Gox, the massive Japan-based exchange that lost nearly half-a-billion of its customers' bitcoins and is now facing massive lawsuits and heavy cleanup. As Oldenburg states: "I saw an opportunity in Japan and decided I needed to act now, as it wouldn't be there....
Recently, we had an opportunity to interview Frank Schuil, the CEO and founder of Safello. Frank is a seasoned entrepreneur who has founded numerous and guess what, he is/has been a rapper too! Safello is a leading bitcoin platform based out of Sweden. Safello offers a unique exchange and wallet service to its customers. People can buy, sell or store bitcoins on the platform. We asked Frank a set of questions about Safello, and future of bitcoin, and this is what he had to say. Gautham: Can you please tell us a bit about Safello? Frank: Safello was founded in July 2013. Since then, it has....
Swedish-based bitcoin exchange Safello has announced a new banking partnership that will see it add local deposit options for UK customers. The firm says the move opens up the "underserved" British market for bitcoin buying and could spark a "wave of interest" in the digital currency. Thanks to its new arrangement, Safello now supports payment methods including CHAPS, BAC and Faster Payments - the latter of which is free for standard UK bank accounts and takes around two to three hours to transmit funds. Frank Schuil, Safello's CEO and co-founder, told CoinDesk: "Hopefully we are at the....
Last week, we reported on a start-up company by the name of Safello, that was working on a new bitcoin ATM. It was noted that Safello was essentially still scouting around for locations, but the company has seemingly found a place to do business. The Safello bitcoin ATM is reported located just outside the Hilton Slussen Hotel in Stockholm. As one would expect, the ATM is able to turn traditional fiat currency into digital currency using Safello's bitcoin exchange and vice-versa. The goal? Bridge the gap between the world of digital currency and fiat currency in one seamless transaction.....
Swedish bitcoin startup Safello has reportedly received $600,000 in investment capital from Coinapult co-founder Erik Voorhees, bitcoin advocate and angel investor Roger Ver, Blockchain.info CEO Nicolas Cary, and angel investment outfit Victor & Victor. The company, which we've reported on previously, will use the investment cash to grow their position in Europe, and will take other bitcoin start-ups like Coinbase, Kraken, and Bitstamp head-on. To do that, Safello has started by redesigning their website for ease of use, and they've also registered with the Financial Supervisory Authority....