Love Bitcoin or hate it, it’s providing jobs in Croatia.
As we reported recently, the very first Bitcoin Store Croatia opened its doors more than two weeks ago in the Dalmatian capital of Split.
As Poslovni Dnevnik/Bernard Ivezic writes on the 9th of May, 2018, Tomislav Vajić and Šime Bakić, the owners of the very first Croatian BitKonan crypto-currency stock exchange, have launched a new project: the physical exchange of crypto-currency. While banks, which traditionally operate with fiat currencies (money declared by the government to be legal tender), are increasingly crossing over to the online side of things, one of the major domestic crypto-players is gradually spreading its way into the physical world, even resulting in what we see here – the opening of real outlets. The trend is the one which appears to be slowly spreading from some of the largest cities in the world: New York, Tokyo, Paris, Mexico City and Seoul.
In Croatia, the first Bitcoin Store Croatia opened its doors to the public about two weeks ago in Split. As has been stated unofficially as yet, BitKonan’s owners are already planning to introduce another shift, which would enable them to offer their services throughout the day. Over the next two months, Bitcoin Store’s number of employees could grow to as many as thirty. Jelena Lukić, the public relations manager of Bitcoin Store Croatia, has stated that by the end of June, the desire is to open outlets in both Zagreb and Rijeka, and then in the wider region.
“The first is in Zagreb, where we’ll open a Bitcoin Store in late May, while the opening of the one in Rijeka is planned for June,” Lukić says.
She argues that the idea of opening up physical currency exchange has been driven by the demands and queries that arrived to BitKonan. Lukić says that this stock market actually boasts more than 15,000 registered users.
“Many people want to enter the crypto-currency world without a lot of complication, and we offer them that: in just a few minutes, they physically enter that world, open a wallet, buy or sell the desired crypto-currency and get a fiscalised bill, and if they want it, a vault,” Lukić explains.
Tourists are also interested in the new service. It has been pointed out that, based on the current business in Split, Bitcoin Store has seen that their services have managed to catch the interest of tourists visiting Split, as well as that of local users and users from the wider region, such as those from neighbouring Bosnia and Herzegovina and Slovenia.
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