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French Fintech Lydia Taps Bitpanda to Let 5.5M Users Trade Crypto
Austrian crypto exchange Bitpanda, the country's first tech unicorn, has teamed with French mobile payments app Lydia to offer its 5.5 million users the ability to invest in over 170 crypto assets. Bitpanda Chief Product Officer Lukas Enzersdorfer-Konrad shares insights into the partnership, France's regulatory reception to crypto, and the state of DeFi in Europe.
Peter Thiel-Backed Crypto Unicorn Bitpanda Triples Valuation to $4.1B
Vienna-based crypto exchange Bitpanda raised $263 million in a Series C funding round led by U.S. tech billionaire Peter Thiel’s Valar Ventures, valuing the company at $4.1 billion. It comes five months after a Series B raise that valued the firm at $1.2 billion and made Bitpanda Austria's first tech unicorn. CEO Eric Demuth discusses how his investment platform achieves rapid growth and differentiates from its competitors and crypto's state in Europe.
Bitpanda CEO on the Future of Currency
Austria-based Bitpanda, a leading platform for trading cryptocurrencies in Europe, has introduced 24/7 fractional stock trading. This comes on the heels of Bitpanda attaining unicorn status with its recent raise of $170M at a $1.2B valuation.
