Swiss-based non-custodial bitcoin-exchange Pocket Bitcoin has acquired fashionable bitcoin wallet app Bitkipi, the institution announced connected Monday. According to a property merchandise sent to Bitcoin Magazine, the acquisition volition assistance Pocket Bitcoin solidify its absorption connected self-custody and supply users with a level for buying and holding bitcoin successful their ain wallets. Previously, customers could acceptable up Pocket with their ain existing wallets via the company’s website and stack bitcoin utilizing elemental slope transfers.
"We judge that everyone should person entree to the fiscal state that bitcoin provides, and the Bitkipi app volition beryllium instrumental successful helping america execute that goal," said David Knezić, CEO and co-founder of Pocket Bitcoin. “With this acquisition, Pocket Bitcoin present has an in-house wallet app that enables beginners to easy get started with bitcoin and self-custody,” the property merchandise describes.
Bitkipi's laminitis expressed excitement to articulation forces with Pocket Bitcoin and bring their imaginativeness to life. "We person been moving hard to make an easy-to-use, secure, and reliable bitcoin-only wallet app that tin assistance newcomers get started with bitcoin," said the laminitis of Bitkipi. The app volition proceed to beryllium disposable connected some the App Store and Google Play, and existent users tin expect to spot continued updates.
According to the property release, successful astir 2 years, PocketBitcoin has already exchanged implicit ~$54 cardinal (€50 million) successful bitcoin for customers from each implicit Europe and paid them retired connected self-custodial wallets.
Anyone funny successful learning much astir Pocket Bitcoin's bitcoin-only level tin sojourn their website astatine pocketbitcoin.com.