News & Updates
Welcome to The Mode Blog. Here you will find the latest news on Mode, its products and the crypto industry!

An open letter from Mode
On Wednesday last week, we announced that we allocated a significant portion of our cash reserves to purchase Bitcoin and adopt it as a treasury

Here’s why we decided to build the Mode app
We founded Mode with a vision: to build a next-generation banking ecosystem for the decentralised economy — integrating the best attributes of traditional and digital finance. Thus,

Mode introduces next-gen bank transfers powered by ‘Open Banking’ technology
Mode launches ‘Open Banking’ capabilities, allowing its users to connect their external bank accounts and add funds in just a few taps. Mode, the new

Boomers, Gen-X doubled their investments in BTC every month since lockdown
Since its inception, interest in Bitcoin has been much stronger in younger age groups than in older ones. However, a recent study conducted by Mode

Mode: In conversation with Bitcompare
Last week, we were interviewed by crypto comparison platform, Bitcompare. We had a great time sharing some insights about Mode, the team, and how we are

Mode launches euro accounts
We have launched Euro accounts! Today, we are proud to officially launch Euro accounts with SEPA access to provide our UK and European customers with

Mode launches new banking capabilities, powered by Modulr
Launch of unique individual sort codes and account numbers for all Mode users In the upcoming weeks, Mode will roll out EUR accounts, instant and

Mode to donate Bitcoin Jar revenue to the NHS to help fight coronavirus
As Coronavirus continues to spread and affect every aspect of life, we must keep doing everything we can to help combat this crisis. At Mode,

Twitter co-founder Biz Stone shares why he loves the Mode app
As our community will know, we recently launched our mobile Bitcoin banking app for iOS. The Mode app makes Bitcoin – the world’s most popular

Bitcoin: Gold reimagined for the 21st century
Article first published in City AM on January 28th 2020. When Satoshi Nakamoto first described Bitcoin in 2008, there was little way of knowing what a behemoth

Bitcoin is like investing in gold… but better
People love to make comparisons between Bitcoin and gold, and the term ‘Digital Gold’ to refer to Bitcoin is being used more and more. While

How to explain Bitcoin to your best friend
Bitcoin. It’s that thing that got that annoying guy you met at a dinner party a new Ferrari. Or the thing you heard you can buy penguins with

Introducing Mode: The platform delivering the financial products of tomorrow
For over a decade, the rise of digital assets has been a source of global fascination. Since the original bitcoin whitepaper was released in 2008,

Mode’s parent company R8 Limited raises $5m and appoints Twitter founder to its board
Twitter co-founder Biz Stone, appointed to R8’s Board ahead its intention to seek an IPO in London. Mode’s parent company R8 Limited (R8) today announced