Online shopping startup Ziftr has officially closed the presale of its own altcoin, raising over $850,000 in under two months.
Swedish bitcoin mining company KnCMiner has raised $15m in a Series B funding round led by Accel Partners.
Micropayments startup NeuCoin has raised $2.25m in angel funding from investors including King co-founder Patrik Stymne and Uber SVP Emil Michael.
Bitcoin services firm bitFlyer has secured a $1.1m funding round to expand overseas, bringing its total to $2.93m.
Anycoin Direct has raised €500,000 as part of its seed funding round to expand its bitcoin brokerage service.
Colored coins startup Colu has raised $2.5m from former Twitter and Tumblr investor Spark Capital, VC firm Aleph and more.
CoinDesk speaks to USV principal Fred Wilson about his firm's recent investment in Coinbase and larger investment philosophy for the industry.
Coinbase has raised $75m from investors including the New York Stock Exchange, USAA, BBVA and telcom giant DoCoMo.
Trustatom has raised $100,000 in seed funding to launch CredyCo, its due diligence 'software as a service' solution aimed at venture capitalists.
Singapore-based bitcoin firm CoinPip will attend South by Southwest in the US in March, thanks to sponsorship from a government agency.
Cryptocurrency security firm Ciphrex has raised $500,000 in a Series-A funding round to advance its multisig wallet and other products.
Bitcoin ATM operator and brokerage LibertyX has raised just over $400,000 in funding from venture capital firm Project 11.
Israeli seed-stage investment group Magma VC has invested $400,000 in decentralised social messaging startup GetGems.
The amount of funding for bitcoin startups tripled in 2014 compared to the previous year, taking total funds raised to over $410m.
Canadian digital currency startup BitGold has announced the successful completion of a $3.5m Series A funding round.