Airbitz Expands To Europe; Appoints Lucas Betschart As Core Developer

Continuing its series of exciting announcements made in 2015, San Diego-based Bitcoin start-up Airbitz has recently announced its expansion to Europe.

“Airbitz is announcing a presence in Zug, Switzerland”, Airbitz said in a press release. “Zug has been dubbed the Silicon Valley of Finance in Europe and boasts offices from Xapo, Shapeshift.io, Monetas, and many more. The office can be located at Poststrasse 22 6300 Zug, Switzerland.”

In addition, Airbitz has also announced the appointment of Lucas Betschart as a core developer. He has worked for Monetas and is an experienced Meetup group coordinator in Switzerland.

Betschart started his career as software developer at Crypto AG, writing software for military encryption devices. In early 2013, he discovered his passion for Bitcoin and financial cryptography. After becoming involved in the Open Transactions open source project, he worked for Monetas AG to bring his vision of a freer world by financial inclusion and sovereignty a step closer to reality.

He also organizes talks and events for the Bitcoin community in Switzerland and contributes to Bitcoin related open source projects. Betschart’s expertise in C++, Build/CI Systems and blockchain technology along with his extensive network in Bitcoin will help Airbitz in bringing its wallet to the old continent, the press release said.

“Lucas is an excellent addition to the Airbitz family and has already been instrumental in suggesting improvements to our app that enhance user experience and privacy. I have no doubt with his assistance we can take Airbitz to the next level”, mentioned Airbitz’ community manager M.K. Lords.

Last year, Airbitz made a string of announcements including the integration of one-touch two-factor authentication model, release of a buy and sell feature in the U.S. and Canada and their integration of Fold to easily buy discounted gift cards for Starbucks and Target. In July, the company also announced that it received $450,000 funding from Block26, a blockchain venture firm.

“Airbitz continues to enhance user experience without compromising privacy or security. These announcements are only the beginning to a promising new year”, the company added.