A First In Denmark: Miner Buys House With Bitcoin Using Coinify
Coinify APS, a Denmark-based blockchain currency payment provider, is facilitating the first real estate purchase in Denmark using bitcoin. Coinify processed a transaction worth 117 BTC (290,000DKK, $50,000 USD). The Just-Sold group real estate agency signed up for a Coinify merchant account at the buyer’s request to accept the blockchain payment. The purchase was in process at this report, according to Coinify. The buyer of the residential property, who requested to remain anonymous, acquired the bitcoins from bitcoin mining over an extended period. The purchased property is in the town....
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Coinify, the Bitcoin payments solution company has raised investments from SEB, gets new directors on the board. Coinify, the Bitcoin company based out of Denmark has a new investor on board. The unusual investment is made by a major mainstream banking institution Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken, better known as SEB. The Swedish banking major now owns a part of Coinify, the Bitcoin-based payment solution company. The change in ownership pattern is available for verification on the Danish corporate database biq.dk. According to reports, the changes in the ownership also includes the addition....
Danish company Coinify received a multi-million investment by SEED Capital, the largest early stage technology oriented venture fund in Denmark, and plans to become Europe's leading player in the digital currency market. According to their website, Coinify "makes it simple for anyone to become a part of the ever-growing Bitcoin ecosystem." They offer merchant accounts to accept Bitcoin payments and trading accounts to buy and sell Bitcoin (think of Bitpay and Bitstamp rolled into one). "With the investment and acquisitions, Coinify is now positioned to bring the empowering potential of....
Coinify has announced an undisclosed venture funding round, as well as a string of strategic deals that aim to position it as the leading bitcoin services company for the European market. Based in Denmark, Coinify acquired a portfolio of services from established market players in May, purchasing established domestic bitcoin broker Bitcoin Nordic and the merchant services formerly offered by Bitcoin Internet Payment Systems (BIPS). Speaking to CoinDesk, Coinify CEO Hans Henrik Heming framed the new company as a natural pursuit for himself as an established entrepreneur and bitcoin....