Bitcoin News
By Evie Vavasseur
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What's Actually Moving — and Why Bratislava and Vietnam. The roles heading abroad are primarily in back-office and administrative functions.
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Licenses in Liechtenstein, Bermuda, and Now Abu Dhabi. The job moves aren't happening in isolation. Bitcoin Suisse has been on a licensing run.
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A Firm Repositioning Itself at the High End. Twelve years in, Bitcoin Suisse still runs the full stack of crypto financial services: trading,…
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Bitcoin Suisse is moving up to half its Swiss workforce abroad. That's roughly 60 out of 120 positions — mostly back-office and administrative staff — heading to cheaper cities…
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CEO Andrej Majcen was clear about one thing: this isn't a crypto market play. The decision didn't come from a bear market panic or a sudden drop in trading volumes.
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The target destinations are Bratislava and Vietnam. No specific timeline has been disclosed for either hub.
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The roles heading abroad are primarily in back-office and administrative functions. Not client-facing. Not trading desks.
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Bratislava makes sense on paper. Slovakia sits inside the EU, offers a solid financial services talent base, and costs a lot less than Zurich or even Zug.
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What stays in Switzerland? The source didn't specify exactly, but the implication is that higher-value functions — strategy, client relationships, product development — remain in…
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The job moves aren't happening in isolation. Bitcoin Suisse has been on a licensing run. The company secured regulatory approvals in Liechtenstein and Bermuda, two jurisdictions…
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More context: Bitcoin Soars 22% While Major Mining Firms Struggle to Keep Up
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And then there's Abu Dhabi. Bitcoin Suisse's Middle East subsidiary got full regulatory approval there in July. That's a big deal for the firm's ambitions in the region.
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The company has been targeting exactly that kind of client: institutional investors, family offices, asset managers, and wealthy individuals.
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It's also a harder market to crack. The wealth management space is relationship-driven, heavily regulated, and dominated by firms with decades of trust built up.
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Whether that bet pays off is unclear yet. The Abu Dhabi approval is real and meaningful. The Liechtenstein and Bermuda licenses are real.
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