THELOGICALINDIAN - Several Bitcoin and blockchain firms accept excelled at the all-around fintech antagonism BBVA Open Talent 2024 organized by BBVA Among the arch names are Bitnexo Bitso Volabit Bitwage Snapcard and Safello Safello afresh additionally entered into a ProofofConcept PoC acceding with Barclays to cocreate a Bitcoin platform
Frank Schuil, CEO of Safello said,
“We are captivated to see boilerplate banks embrace Bitcoin and attending advanced to accepting a adventitious to assignment with BBVA to analyze how our belvedere can account them. Our alternative for Open Talent 2024 shows that his avant-garde technology is on everyone’s alarm and actuality to break for the continued haul.”
Apart from the above, Everledger, Voatz, and Coinanalytics also fabricated it to the finals.
The antagonism will see a absolute of 6 winners emerging, 2 anniversary from Europe, Latin America, USA & Rest of the World. Anniversary champ will accept 30,000 euros to assignment in accord with BBVA.
In a statement to the finalists, BBVA said:
We don’t aloof appetite a photo or a teambuilding cruise with you. We appetite to accord you more. We appetite you to accord us more. That’s why we are advancing an captivation and alternation affairs that will be implemented over two non-consecutive weeks.
The final of Latin America will be captivated in Mexico City from 9 to 10 September. For Europe, it will be organized in Barcelona from 21 to 22 September while for USA & Rest of the World, September 14 and 15 accept been finalized.
BBVA’s absorption in Bitcoin and blockchain ventures is not new. The coffer has a complete pale in Bitcoin wallet aggregation Coinbase.
BBVA afresh accustomed assorted awards from the arch banking annual The Banker in categories such as Developers APIs and Strategic Transformation.