Safello Brings Japan and Sweden Together Over Bitcoin
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....
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Bitcoin exchange Safello will unveil Sweden's first bitcoin ATM next week, after announcing their work on the Lamassu machine just three weeks ago. The ATM will be on display next Monday at Stockholm's STHLM TECH Meetup - converting users' cash into bitcoin and depositing it in their wallet addresses. For now, the machine is operating in Safello's office while the company puts the finishing touches to its service. It will move to a more permanent location soon. "We are in discussion with a big mall in the centre of Stockholm. We aim to cooperate with them for the first ATM deployment,"....
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.....
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....
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....
Sweden and the UK have come together over their love of bitcoin. Swedish bitcoin exchange Safello is partnering with a British bank to offer local deposit options for UK-based accounts. While the company's CEO and co-founder Frank Schuil says he is unable to reveal the name of the financial institution at this time, he mentions that the bank is fully aware of Safello's dealings in bitcoin. The partnership is being labeled as a huge step forward as not only have most bitcoin startups been forced to bank elsewhere, but most banks are particularly reluctant to associate themselves with....