MIAMI, Nov. 23, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- In the
last 2 months, El Salvador has
undergone one of the most important digital transformations in the
world, thanks to the adoption of Bitcoin (BTC) as legal tender,
after the approval by the legislative assembly last June.
Since then, Chivo Wallet, the
first legal tender crypto wallet in a country in the world, took on
the challenge of becoming the main method of making transactions
with Bitcoin. Helping people in the process of adopting the new
technology.
Chivo Wallet powered by Athena
Bitcoin Inc., decided to join with Scrummers, a Colombian born
company with headquarters in Miami, Toronto and Bogotá that for the last 12 years
has been dedicated to kickstart disruptive projects with blockchain
technologies in the fintech and crypto industries, as revealed
November 19th, 2021 at Labitconf, one
of the most important Bitcoin and Blockchain events in Latin America.
Thanks to the collaborative work between Athena Inc. and
Scrummers, Xpay (Crypto exchange platform) and Cobru (digital
wallet team ) Chivo Wallet today
supports more than 4 million active users on the platform, which is
also integrated into a network over 200 bitcoin ATMs distributed
throughout El Salvador.
"We are proud to support technologically the stabilization and
evolution of Chivo Wallet. Alongside
Athena Bitcoin in El Salvador, we
are excited to see how this initiative will promote Latin America as the main producer of this
disruptive technology in the world in the near future."
Daniel Jiménez - CEO, Scrummers.
The strategic relationship between Athena and Scrummers will
allow other countries to take advantage of the experience gathered
by both companies to replicate the adoption of Bitcoin and other
digital currencies in sovereign countries. Furthermore, working on
the development of ATHENA RURU, the new operating system that will
function as a fintech ecosystem from which, developers, entities
and countries from all over the world, will be able to use Athena
technology for the adoption, creation and integration of products
related to the Crypto and Fintech world.
Founded in 2013, Athena Bitcoin Inc. is a North American company
based in Chicago, IL. It is a
company dedicated to products related to Digital Currencies and
Crypto assets such as Bitcoin. Its main line of business is a
network of Crypto ATMs that extends from the USA through LATAM. It is currently in
the United States, Colombia, Argentina and El
Salvador.
At Scrummers, we facilitate the financial inclusion of banked
and un-banked users to the digital world. We are a next generation
technology company with more than 12 years of experience in the
software industry with offices in Miami, Toronto and Bogotá. We specialize in providing
top-notch Agile Teams and Staff Augmentation services for the
implementation of decentralized disruptive products in the crypto,
blockchain and fintech world, throughout our history we have worked
for some Fortune 500 companies such as Samsung, Microsoft, Lenovo,
Intel, Nokia, among others.
More information about Scrummers here.
Media Contact
Said Pacheco, Scrummers, 1 9543970799, said@scrummers.co
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