Huobi Joins Turkish Blockchain Platform To Boost Local Ecosystem

The major cryptocurrency exchange Huobi joins the new Blockchain Turkey Platform with a main aim of cooperating with local players on blockchain efforts. As we can see from the latest Huobi news, five months after entering the Turkish market the exchange joins this new platform as a ‘Platinum’ member.

The announcement from January 15 shows that Huobi is active in the market. Founded by the Turkish Informatics Foundation in 2018, the Blockchain Turkey Platform (BCTR) is an independent, non-profit organization aiming to create a healthy blockchain ecosystem in Turkey. The platform has members from banking and finance as well as venture capital firms, and members from technology and crypto industries.

As Huobi joins the Turkish blockchain association, it also becomes the first global exchange to become a member of BCTR, the press release notes. According to the General Manager of Huobi Turkey, Alphan Gogus, they all believe in the importance of maintaining blockchain-driven development together.

“We support BCTRs vision to secure Turkey’s regional leadership in a decentralized system,” he summarized.

For those of you who haven’t been following the blockchain news, it is important to note that Huobi’s Turkey efforts began when the company announced the establishment of a local office at the Eurasian Blockchain Summit last October. This was the time when the crypto exchange brought a lot of experts to the event, signalling their desire to support Turkey’s blockchain efforts.

Gogus also told the media that they are looking forward to cooperating with the Blockchain Turkey Platform via Huobi University. Now that Huobi joins BCTR, we can go back to the exchange’s statement at the event which read:

“Huobi supports the growth of crypto and blockchain ecosystems globally. Turkey has the potential to become a pioneer in blockchain technology, both regionally and globally. By joining The Blockchain Turkey Platform, which drives local efforts in a cross-industry approach, we aim to exchange our global expertise and knowledge with key local players to boost the blockchain ecosystem.”

BCTR is seen as a union which creates a multidisciplinary environment and enables key players from different industries to speed up the adoption of blockchain in the country.