{"id":27991,"date":"2020-09-01T13:41:38","date_gmt":"2020-09-01T10:41:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=27991"},"modified":"2025-08-27T09:03:18","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T06:03:18","slug":"leading-swiss-insurer-begins-accepting-bitcoin-and-ethereum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/leading-swiss-insurer-begins-accepting-bitcoin-and-ethereum\/","title":{"rendered":"Leading Swiss insurer begins accepting Bitcoin and Ethereum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A leading Swiss health insurer, Atupri Health Insurance, has begun accepting payments in Bitcoin and Ethereum.<!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">As the first Swiss health insurer, we accept <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Kryptow%C3%A4hrung?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Cryptocurrency<\/a>. With us you can now pay with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Bitcoin?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Bitcoin<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Ether?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Ether<\/a>. More at: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/twg3AX2WLX\">https:\/\/t.co\/twg3AX2WLX<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BitcoinSuisseAG?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BitcoinSuisseAG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 social@atupri.ch (@Atupri_ch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Atupri_ch\/status\/1300331663151464448?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 31, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The insurer will receive fiat money after exchanging digital assets through the cryptocurrency company Bitcoin Suisse.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Our company does not own bitcoins. The settlement amount in Swiss francs will be calculated in real time. Thanks to Bitcoin Suisse we are not exposed to financial risk,&#8221; explains Atupri&#8217;s head of marketing and sales, Caroline Meli.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Atupri Health Insurance serves about 200,000 customers annually. The company\u2019s revenue in 2019 amounted to almost $887 million.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;As pioneers of digital technologies in healthcare, we anticipate social trends and offer insurance solutions with long-term prospects. Blockchain and cryptocurrencies are becoming increasingly important,&#8221; Ms. Meli said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Bitcoin Suisse holds assets worth more than $1 billion. In May, the crypto broker added custody services and staking for Tezos (XTZ). In June, the company closed a Series A round, raising CHF 45 million (over $48 million).<\/p>\n<p>In 2021, Bitcoin Suisse plans to conduct an STO with a view to listing on a stock exchange.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to ForkLog&#8217;s channel on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCC9FnXTC8_ENzaNSO5cHQ6g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leading Swiss health insurer Atupri Health Insurance has begun accepting payments in Bitcoin and Ethereum.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26216,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1198,1269,508,468],"class_list":["post-27991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-crypto-payments","tag-cryptocurrencies","tag-insurance","tag-switzerland"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"20","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27991","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27991"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27991\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27992,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27991\/revisions\/27992"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}