Luno Bitcoin Wallet Receives $ 9M in funding - Bitcoin wallet startup Luno raised $ 9M in round B funding. CoinDesk writes about it.

Bitcoin wallet Luno receives $ 9 million in funding

Bitcoin wallet startup Luno raised $ 9 million in round B funding. Writes about this CoinDesk.

The main investor is Balderton Capital, a London-based venture capital firm that has previously invested in various startups, including Revolut, which launched its cryptocurrency service this year.. As part of the latest agreement, Balderton Capital partner Tim Bunting will join Luno's board of directors. AlphaCode and Digital Currency Group also took part in the campaign.

Luno was launched under the BitX brand in 2013 and changed its name in January this year. At the same time, the startup announced that it has joined the experimental regulatory framework of the Financial Conduct Authority, one of the regulators of the UK financial markets..

The startup announced that new funding will go to the development of a mobile application and services, and will also allow it to enter new markets..

“A key part of our mission to make digital currencies more accessible is to provide access to our products and services to more people in Europe,” said Luno co-founder and CEO Marcus Swanepoel..

Today Luno serves clients in Indonesia, Malaysia, South Africa and the UK.

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