Jim Mellon, executive director of Kuala Innovations, told CoinDesk the group now owned 10% of SatoshiPay, a bitcoin micropayment processor.
CoinDesk speaks with Verizon Ventures, the venture capital arm of US teleco giant Verizon, to learn more about its blockchain strategy.
With bitcoin, banks are now embracing what many already feel to be "inevitable", according to TechStars managing director Jenny Fielding.
Bitcoin payment startup PEY has raised €300,000 ($339,780) in seed funding for a new payroll service.
Coinalytics has raised $1.1m as part of a seed round led by Palo Alto-based incubator The Hive.
Abra, the startup developing a bitcoin powered remittance app, has raised just over $12 million in new funding.
Case has raised an additional $1m in funding, bringing its total amount raised to $2.25m.
Blockchain technology startup Chain has raised $30 million in new funding from investors including Visa, Capital One and Fiserv.
Digital currency exchange ShapeShift.io has raised $1.6m in new funding.
Bitcoin Group is to make its third attempt to IPO this November, following two stop orders from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission.
Bitcoin payments services startup Paymium has raised €1m in new seed funding from investors including Newfund and Kima Ventures.
Filament, a blockchain-based tech provider for the Internet of Things, has raised $5m from Samsung Ventures and Verizon Ventures, among others.
BitFlyer has raised approximately 510m JPY ($4m) through third-party allotment, which entails issuing new shares to a limited number of investors.
FuturePerfect Ventures founding partner Jalak Jobanputra talks opportunities in the bitcoin and blockchain space and VC funding trends.
Factom has closed $1.1m in new funding following the debut of a release client and before an expected beta client rollout.