Yılmaz joined Paysafe from Vienna-based cryptocurrency and digital asset investment platform, Bitpanda, where he was Managing Director, MENA and Turkey with responsibility for leading the company’s strategy and operations in the region. Before Bitpanda, Yılmaz spent many years as a venture capitalist investing in, and scaling, innovative tech startups including multiple blockchain and crypto companies.
Featured articles and reports from Elbruz

Generation crypto
One in four crypto holders aged 18-24 in the U.K. and in the U.S. consider crypto their main job or income stream. And for one in two, it’s a weekly habit. New study explores the views of young crypto investors
- Nov 07, 2022

Building trust during crypto downturns
2022 has certainly reinforced the old adage that the only constant is change; especially so in the crypto market. We commissioned independent* research amongst 2,000 crypto holders as the crypto downturn rocked the market and made headlines in the mainstream media. As alerts of losses and uncertainty went global, we were taking a pulse check of crypto holders’ thoughts and feelings.
- Oct 05, 2022
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