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Rotterdam, 30 May 2024 - The leading asset manager Blockrise today introduces its new website. This renewal is designed to increase accessibility for new Bitcoin investors and aligns seamlessly with the launch of an extensive education section on the website. This initiative underscores Blockrise's commitment to sharing accurate information about crypto assets and promoting the adoption of Bitcoin.

Last week, Arnhem Bitcoinstad celebrated its 10th anniversary with the event Adopting Bitcoin Arnhem. Enthusiastic Bitcoiners from all over the world came to Arnhem to celebrate this milestone. Blockrise was proudly involved as a sponsor, and CEO Jos Lazet was invited to speak.

On April 20 at 2:09 AM, the 840.000th Bitcoin block was mined, marking the fourth Bitcoin halving. The inflation of Bitcoin has now been halved for the next four years, from 900 to 450 new bitcoins per day. Due to this special event, the pressure on the Bitcoin network temporarily increased, causing transaction fees to rise to €200 per transaction. Within a few days, this normalised, and transaction fees have since dropped back to less than €1.

The BCNL Foundation recently announced a new edition of the Dutch Blockchain Days. This event will take place on 19 June 2024 at the Meervaart Theatre in Amsterdam. This year, Blockrise will have its own booth and our CEO Jos Lazet will participate in a panel discussion.

Blockrise recently participated in a trade mission to London, a significant event that brought together key players from the crypto, financial, and regulatory sectors from the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Organised by

Blockrise is constantly evolving. We make many improvements on the backend, but this time we have made a front-facing update for our mobile app that is immediately visible to our clients. This update is focused on improving client insights into their Bitcoin and Ethereum positions, and crypto asset management portfolios.

We are proud to announce our involvement as co-sponsors and co-initiators of BitFest, an event on 20 April at Circa Amsterdam. BitFest marks the celebration of the fourth Bitcoin halving, which is expected sometime in April. Hundreds of guests from around the world are expected to attend this halving party. Blockrise will be the official countdown partner and set the clock on the big screen.

Last week we attended the Delft Career Days, formerly known as De Delftse Bedrijvendagen, with some of their staff. Our representatives from various disciplines met numerous enthusiastic students from Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) there. The Delft Career Days enabled us to have valuable conversations with future talent from various technical disciplines.

Blockrise, as an active member of the Verenigde Bitcoinbedrijven Nederland (VBNL), has been working closely with the Nederlandse Vereniging van Banken (NVB) over the past few months to draft the introduction of the Sector Standard for crypto service providers.

Blockrise celebrated a milestone last Friday, November 3, 2023, that will go down in the books: the grand opening of its full suite of services. With around eighty guests, including some of the most prominent figures from the crypto world, politics, and banking, this event was a magnificent milestone for the company.

Rotterdam, Oct. 25, 2023 - Blockrise, a Dutch crypto platform, is proud to announce the grand opening of their full services, held at their modern office at Blaak 555 in Rotterdam. The festive celebration will take place on November 3 and promises to be a memorable evening, with inspiring guests from the business world, crypto market, and politics.

Rotterdam, Oct. 17, 2023 - Today, Rotterdam-based crypto platform Blockrise, founded and built by former TU Delft students, announces that they are launching a revolutionary asset management service for cryptocurrencies. For the past few years, the alumni have been working on a technically unique solution that stores Bitcoins as securely as if they were stored at a Swiss bank.

On October 13th, 2023, our CEO Jos Lazet was interviewed on episode #280b of Satoshi Radio, live at Bitcoin Amsterdam. Together with hosts Bart Mol, Bert Slagter, and Peter Slagter, they discussed the core proposition of Blockrise and what makes it a unique service.

Rotterdam, September 8 2023 - Rotterdam-based company Blockrise announces the launch of an innovative cryptocurrency storage solution. The crypto platform has built a unique solution, which is unprecedented in the industry. After several problems with (inter)national trading platforms and even well-known physical wallets, the need for secure storage among investors has been growing. With this, Blockrise aims to offer peace of mind to crypto investors.

On the 11th of October 2022, our CEO Jos Lazet attended BNR radio and the Cryptocast podcast to talk about the Blockrise launch. With host Herbert Blankesteijn en co-host Bert Slagter many details have been discussed about the Blockrise platform.