Bitpanda
crypto exchange
Bitpanda GmbH is an Austrian company headquartered in Vienna. Bitpanda provides a cryptocurrency broker, commodities and securities trading, and ETFs via their website and mobile app. In 2021, Bitpanda achieved a valuation of over US$4 billion. The company was the first Austrian start-up to meet the criteria for unicorn status. The revenue was $98.66 million in 2022, and increased to $161.81 million the following year.
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Founding and Orientation
The company was founded in 2014 by Eric Demuth, Paul Klanschek, and Christian Trummer. In the early days, Bitpanda was a platform on which only cryptocurrencies were traded. Initially, the company operated under the name Coinimal GmbH, while the cryptocurrency trading platform was always known as Bitpanda. From 2017 onwards, vouchers for Bitcoins could be purchased at over 1,800 locations of the Österreichische Post, which could be redeemed on the Bitpanda platform. In 2017, 15 employees achieved a net profit of US$12.49 million, and processed transactions with various cryptocurrencies amounting to $672 million.
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