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Niklas Nikolajsen (born 1975) is an early adaptor, investor and FinTech entrepreneur in the field of crypto currencies and crypto finance (bitcoin). While a Danish citizen, Nikolajsen has been a Swiss resident since 2011.
A computer science graduate from Copenhagen, Denmark, he has worked professionally as a software architect and developer from 1998 until 2012; during the later years of his career mostly in the financial sector.
In 2013, he co-founded Bitcoin Suisse AG, a (2016) leading broker, asset manager and financial service provider in the field of crypto finance. This company became the first bitcoin financial service provider to provide services to a public entity (the town of Zug).
In 2014, he co-founded the Digital Finance Compliance Association and joined its board, promoting the Zug-based 'Crypto Valley' concept, and working towards a friendly Swiss regulatory framework for digital finance with the FINMA (Swiss Financial Market Authority)
Since 2010, he has been an outspoken proponent of bitcoin and blockchain technology, particularly in Switzerland.
In 2016 Niklas Nikolajsen was named a top-100-influential Swiss banker by the Swiss financial magazine BILANZ.