“Can a Bitcoin-native mobile wallet serve as financial infrastructure for Mexico's unbanked and cross-border remittance market?”
Founded in 2014 in Guadalajara as one of Mexico's earliest Bitcoin exchanges, Volabit targeted the underbanked population and cross-border remittance corridor between Mexico and the US. Accelerated by Boost VC, the company expanded from pure Bitcoin buy/sell into a mobile wallet with cash payments via OXXO and SPEI integration. The platform later added USDC and additional crypto assets (LTC, XRP). A blog post titled 'Toda historia llega a su fin' signals the company has ceased or is winding down operations.
Volabit was founded by Tomas Alvarez and is founded in 2014, headquartered in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.
Volabit has raised $250K in total (latest round: unknown).
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