CoinCorner Timeline
We haven’t become one of the leading British based Bitcoin exchanges by chance! CoinCorner has been in the Bitcoin space since 2014 and our team has worked incredibly hard to get us to where we are today.
Take a look at our timeline to see our company milestones.
September 2021
Acquired Coinfloor
Became a carbon-neutral Bitcoin business
June 2021
CoinCorner turned 7
May 2021
Moved to EVEN bigger offices to accommodate EVEN bigger team
January 2021
Added support for the Bitcoin Lightning Network
December 2020
Hired even MORE staff and ended the year as a team of 20
Partnered with Bitrefill to enable customers to buy gift cards with Bitcoin from Bitrefill, directly from CoinCorner
October 2020
Launched Britcoiners - a Bitcoin podcast hosted by the team, with industry-led opinions on important stories from the week
July 2020
Launched our Bitcoin cashback browser extension and product search feature
June 2020
CoinCorner turned 6
Launched the first Bitcoin cashback service for the UK
Launched our Bitcoin Auto Buy (DCA) service
December 2019
Hired even more staff and ended the year as a team of 15
October 2019
Our Tech Team started contributing to Bitcoin Core development
Launched MtSocks - Bitcoin socks that teach people about Bitcoin in a new and exciting way
June 2019
CoinCorner turned 5
May 2019
New share scheme introduced, making all employees shareholders of CoinCorner
Launched CoinCorner Checkout - our Bitcoin payment solution for UK businesses
April 2019
Added support for UK banking services with UK Faster Payments
Shortlisted for Best Advertising Campaign at CIM’s Excellence Awards for our ‘Be More Brenda’ campaign
November 2018
WON the PokerStars Digital Champions Award at the Isle of Man Awards For Excellence (third time lucky!)
August 2018
Introduced GBP card withdrawals
June 2018
CoinCorner turned 4
February 2018
Set up and ran our first Lightning Node
January 2018
Implemented SegWit
December 2017
Hired more staff and ended the year as a team of 10
November 2017
Shortlisted (again!) for the Digital Champions Award at the Isle of Man Awards For Excellence
July 2017
Moved to bigger offices to accommodate our growing team
June 2017
CoinCorner turned 3
September 2016
Shortlisted for the PokerStars Digital Champions Award at the Isle of Man Awards For Excellence
June 2016
CoinCorner turned 2
March 2016
Granted Designated Business status by the Isle of Man Government
September 2015
Announced support for EUR and rolled out our services across Europe
June 2015
Launched a summer internship programme giving 4 local students the opportunity to work in the Bitcoin industry
CoinCorner turned 1
Hired 2 new staff members, taking our team from 4 to 6
March 2015
Received a small amount of Angel Investment which meant we could move to bigger offices
October 2014
Became one of the first places in the UK to allow customers to buy Bitcoin with credit and debit cards
September 2014
Launched our mobile app, API and payment gateway
July 2014
Launched CoinCorner.com
June 2014
Founded CoinCorner