Former Bitspark CEO George Harrap Joins Crypto PR Firm as Head of DeFi
"I've been around crypto for a decade now and DeFi has me as excited as when I mined my first bitcoin," Harrap told CoinDesk.
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Founded in April 2014 in Hong Kong with the vision of providing the securest, most innovative and simplest to use cryptocurrency platform, Bitspark (the website is now undergoing maintenance) is a limited private company dedicated to easy-to-use and multi-lingual services aimed at making Bitcoin transfers easier than ever. Last week, Bitspark announced several major developments, including secured investment funding from fintech investors based in Hong Kong and a partnership with Palo Alto based Bitgo Inc meant to provide the best Bitcoin security, arbitraging in particular 'multi-sig'....
Hong Kong-based remittance platform Bitspark has joined Accenture's FinTech Innovation Lab Asia-Pacific 2015 as the only bitcoin and blockchain startup in the lineup. The three-month programme, launched by Accenture - a multinational technology services and consulting company - in collaboration with traditional finance institutions including Bank of America Merill Lynch, Goldman Sachs and UBS will provide mentoring, coaching, networking and investment opportunities to the seven startups accepted on to the accelerator. George Harrap, CEO of Bitspark, said in a company blog post: "There is a....
Bitcoin exchange Bitspark is looking to expand the bitcoin remittance services it offers in Hong Kong to the island nation of Indonesia. Bitspark CEO George Harrap spoke enthusiastically about the move, saying: "We are excited to be able to bring our low cost service to Indonesia in partnership with PT Artabit... Indonesia is an exciting opportunity and a key focus for us... It's a very different market in terms of logistics and distribution than our existing Philippines services with many people using Post Offices as the primary cash pickup location, not third party remittance stores.......
Asian Bitcoin company BitSpark announced the temporary closure of its bitcoin exchange earlier this month so the company could focus on its pioneering bitcoin remittance service. The company also recently expanded into mainland China through a partnership with Chinese Bitcoin company Melotic. Melotic recently shut down its own crypto-currency exchange, citing a lack of demand for the service. A company blog post read, "Simply put, we did not experience enough growth in this product to justify the ongoing costs of development, maintenance, and support." According to BitSpark CEO George....
Hong Kong-based Bitcoin service provider, Bitspark, has announced a new partnership with California-based Bitcoin security provider BitGo and the closure of the company's first external funding round. The exchange's bitcoin reserves will now be protected by multi-signature technology. Bitspark CEO George Harrap, told Bitcoin Magazine the integration has been months in the making. "We approached BitGo some time before Bitstamp was hacked," he said. The partnership with the Bitcoin security provider could not come at a more important time for the Asian bitcoin industry. In February,....