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December 9, 2020 @ 8:17 am By JD Alois  |  

Bitbond, a European digital asset platform, has partnered with Bankhaus von der Heydt (BVDH), one of Europe’s oldest banks, to issue a EURO stablecoin (EURB). The stablecoin is available today and is leveraging the Stellar blockchain network. The stablecoin is said to be the first… Read More

July 27, 2020 @ 9:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Bitbond is a Germany-based Fintech that started life as a global online lender serving small business borrowers. Some years ago, Bitbond received a regulatory license by the German financial services regulator, BaFin. Crowdfund Insider reported that it took several years to complete the process but… Read More

February 10, 2020 @ 7:16 am By JD Alois  |  

Bitbond, a Germany based Fintech that provides online lending and tokenization services, has announced a new partnership with a regulated bank, Bankhaus von der Heydt. Bitbond will now help the bank provide  asset structuring and asset servicing using blockchain technology. Bankhaus von der Heydt was… Read More

December 12, 2019 @ 4:34 pm By JD Alois  |  

Bitbond, a Berlin-based online lender and trailblazer in the digital asset sector, is leveraging its experience in issuing blockchain-based bonds to move into real estate. According to a note from Bitbond, the investment platform has formed a partnership with KlickOwn, a property investment platform. Bitbond… Read More

August 16, 2019 @ 9:30 am By JD Alois  |  

Bitbond, a Germany based global peer to peer lender, is visiting Bermuda this week. Bitbond recently closed on a BaFin approved security token offering raising €2.1 million for a digital bond. Investors from 87 different countries participated in the offering (minus the US and Canada)…. Read More

July 6, 2019 @ 5:34 pm By JD Alois  |  

Bitbond, an online lender that is in the midst of a security token offering (STO), is in discussions with the Gibraltar Stock Exchange (GSX). Bitbond manages a lending platform that describes itself as “the first cryptocurrency based lending platform for business loans that operates globally…. Read More

June 24, 2019 @ 7:43 am By JD Alois  |  

Bitbond, a Germany-based global online lending platform that is in the process of issuing one of the first security tokens, says guidelines issued by FATF impacting “virtual asset service providers” or VASPs – has gone too far. Bitbond, licensed by BaFin, is in the midst… Read More

May 27, 2019 @ 11:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Bitbond, one of the very first regulated security token offerings (STOs) in Europe, is now offering an STO to Asian investors. According to a release from the company, Bitbond is raising €3.5 million in an STO to continue supporting SMEs in Asia with business loans…. Read More

March 18, 2019 @ 10:54 am By JD Alois  |  

Bitbond, an online lending platform, has launched one of Germany’s first Security Token Offerings (STO). The Bitbond STO has published a BaFin approved Prospectus in conjunction with the offering representing an important step in the validation of the emerging digital asset ecosystem. The Bitbond STO… Read More

February 18, 2019 @ 8:01 am By JD Alois  |  

Bafin, Germany’s securities regulator, has given the green light to Bitbond to issue digital bonds. Bitbond is an online lending platform that operates globally. In business since 2013, Bitbond provides access to capital for small businesses. The Fintech boasts a peer to peer lending network… Read More

October 13, 2017 @ 4:33 pm By JD Alois  |  

LendIt Europe took place in London earlier this week with around 1000+ attendees participating including a good showing of regular suspects and an emerging group of early stage, aspiring Fintech firms. For both presenters and attendees the backdrop of the Brexit decision and the uncertainties… Read More

March 27, 2017 @ 2:04 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

German-based SME lending platform Bitbond and African payment services provider BitPesa announced on Monday they have formed a new partnership to improve access to African SMEs financing.  Bitbond stated that by working with BitPesa, borrowers who receive funding on its lending platform can now have their loan… Read More

February 22, 2017 @ 4:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Bitbond has raised $1.2 million in equity capital to help boost global expansion. The Berlin-based online lending platform has now raised total funding of $2.3 million. The funding round was led by mobilike founder Şekip Can Gökalp, plus several angels investors including, Fyber founders Janis Zech… Read More

November 8, 2016 @ 12:59 pm By JD Alois  |  

Bitbond is one of the most interesting SME lenders around today. Launched in 2013, the online lender eschewed dollars and euros to focus on digital currencies, specifically Bitcoin. The global peer to peer lender provides access to capital for small business around the world. As… Read More

October 11, 2016 @ 10:54 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Bitbond, a Berlin-based startup that connects small business owners who need a loan with investors and uses the Bitcoin blockchain for payment processing, announced on Tuesday it received its BaFin license. Sharing details about the new license Radoslav Albrecht, founder and CEO of Bitbond, stated: “With our own… Read More

April 21, 2016 @ 2:23 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Thursday, marketplace lender for small business loans, Bitbond, announced that it has joined the SME Finance Forum. This membership will help the company exchange SME knowledge with other financial institutions.  Bitbond reportedly provides inclusive microfinance on a global scale. It has over 1,200 loans with borrowers… Read More

November 18, 2015 @ 4:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Taking a page out of the august Economist, Bitbond has launched BitcoinPPI; an index that measures bitcoin purchasing power measured in Big Macs.  Yes, that eternal benchmark of consumable wealth is put to use once again. The hamburger. The Big Mac index was launched by the… Read More

May 20, 2015 @ 4:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Berlin based global bitcoin lending platform Bitbond has received a cash infusion to grow its lending platform. The angel round of € 600,000 now brings total capital raised for the site to €800,000. The new funding was led by Bitbond’s earlier seed investor Point Nine Capital, along with a… Read More