Investors

Banking

Spanish Bank Backs Decentralised Bitcoin Exchange Coinffeine

Spanish bank Bankinter has made an investment in Coinffeine, a bitcoin startup working to develop a new distributed exchange platform.

Business  ·  17 November 2014
Venture Capital

OneName Raises Seed Funding to Fuel Decentralized Identity Protocol

Open-source identity protocol OneName has announced a project development roadmap while revealing new details about its investors.

Business  ·  13 November 2014
Australia

Richard Branson Backs Digital Currency Ahead of Australia Summit

Sir Richard Branson has voiced his support for bitcoin ahead of the GDCC forum in Brisbane, Australia, this Sunday.

Business  ·  13 November 2014
Venture Capital

Bitcoin-Friendly Accelerator Boost VC Raises $6.6 Million in Funding

Boost VC's latest $6.6m fund will accelerate 200 companies – many of them bitcoin focused – over three years.

Business  ·  3 November 2014
Venture Capital

Poland’s InPay Lets Crowdfunders Buy Equity With Bitcoin

Poland-based bitcoin payments platform InPay has launched a crowdfunding campaign that rewards contributors with shares.

Business  ·  27 October 2014
Bitcoin

Spondoolies-Tech Takes Aim at BitFury With $5 Million Funding Round

Israeli bitcoin mining firm Spondoolies-Tech has raised $5m in new venture funding as part of its ongoing Series B.

Business  ·  24 October 2014
Venture Capital

Blockstream SEC Filing Reveals $15 Million Raised in Funding Round

Blockstream has raised $15.18m in a major funding round and added LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman to its board.

Business  ·  23 October 2014
Bitcoin

BitFury Invests in GoCoin for Payments Processing Push

BitFury Capital has announced an undisclosed strategic investment in digital currency merchant processor GoCoin.

Business  ·  22 October 2014
Volatility

Hedgy Hopes to Tackle Bitcoin Volatility Using Multi-Signature Technology

The startup wants to help merchants, investors and others avoid problems associated with bitcoin's unpredictable pricing behavior.

Business  ·  18 October 2014
Exchanges

AlphaPoint Raises $1.35 Million to Build Intel for Bitcoin

AlphaPoint has raised $1.35m in new funding to internationalize its line of digital currency exchange solutions.

Business  ·  17 October 2014
News

Why Marc Andreessen is Long on Bitcoin and Short on Apple Pay

Marc Andreessen talks bitcoin, Apple Pay and the problems they face at the Dreamforce 2014 conference in San Francisco.

Business  ·  17 October 2014
Japan

Japanese Exchange BitFlyer Raises $236k in Growth Funding

Tokyo-based bitcoin exchange bitFlyer has raised $236,000 in growth investment from Barry Silbert's Bitcoin Opportunity Corp.

Markets  ·  16 October 2014
Venture Capital

Libra Raises $500k to Expand Bitcoin Tax Compliance Solutions

Libra has announced $500,000 in new fundraising as part of a seed round led by Liberty City Ventures.

Business  ·  10 October 2014
Bitcoin

BitFury Raises $20 Million to Power New ASIC Chip Development

BitFury has raised $20m in new funding to power further chip development and data centre expansion.

Business  ·  9 October 2014
South Korea

Coinplug’s $2.5 Million Funding Round Reveals Bitcoin Growth in Korea

South Korea's Coinplug has secured a $2.5m funding round from mainly local investors, and is targeting young online shoppers.

Markets  ·  8 October 2014