UK app - based bank Revolut is set to launch support for cryptocurrencies including bitcoin , ethereum and litecoin . Customers will be bale to buy , hold and sell the digital currencies as well as enable their transfer between Revolut accounts . The company currently provides users with a pre-paid contactless MasterCard debit card, currency exchange with 26 different currencies and a peer-to-peer payments service. CEO Nikolay Storonsky said cryptocurrencies were " definitely not a fraud " , in contrast to comments made by his JPMorgan colleague Jamie Dimon . Storonsky compared bitcoin to gold , whose transaction volumes were mostly data - driven , with much smaller percentages of real - world usage .
UK app - based bank Revolut is set to launch support for cryptocurrencies including bitcoin , ethereum and litecoin . Customers will be bale to buy , hold and sell the digital currencies as well as enable their transfer between Revolut accounts . CEO Nikolay Storonsky said cryptocurrencies were " definitely not a fraud " , in contrast to comments made by his JPMorgan colleague Jamie Dimon . Storonsky compared bitcoin to gold , whose transaction volumes were mostly data - driven , with much smaller percentages of real - world usage .