July 22nd, 201918 The $323 million in funding from crypto notables, including Ribbit Capital and Sequoia, brings Robinhood's valuation to $6.7 billion. https://www.coindesk.com/robinhood-raise-323-million-from-dst-sequoia-and-ribbit-capital-in-funding-round
July 10th, 201918 Institutional crypto custody provider Anchorage just raised $40 million in a Series B round backed by Blockchain Capital, Visa and a16z. https://www.coindesk.com/visa-blockchain-capital-a16z-back-40-million-series-b-for-crypto-custodian-anchorage
June 13th, 201937FinLab EOS VC Fund and several angel investors have invested a combined $2 million in Uplandme, maker of a digital property-trading game running on top of the EOS blockchain.
The funds will be used to support the development and launch of Upland, which is currently available in beta, and will become widely available later this...
June 7th, 201926Budweiser’s parent company, Anheuser-Busch InBev, is doubling down on its interest in using blockchain tech to assist unbanked workers.
Through its ZX Ventures arm, the brewing giant – which also owns the Stella Artois, Corona and Beck’s brands, among many others – has invested an undisclosed amount in a Series A fundraising...
April 30th, 201952Aspiring crypto derivatives provider ErisX took one step closer to its ultimate goal Tuesday with the launch of a spot market.
The exchange announced that it will immediately support dollar trading pairs with bitcoin, bitcoin cash, litecoin and ethereum, as well as bitcoin trading pairs with the other three cryptocurrencies at launch....
April 18th, 201950Cryptocurrency exchange OKCoin has invested an undisclosed amount in crypto custody provider Prime Trust.
In a note sent to customers on Wednesday, Prime Trust CEO and chief trust officer Scott Purcell said that the firm has closed a “nice” funding round that was led by the California-based exchange.
Other participants in the round...
April 17th, 201966Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), Japan’s largest bank, has backed an additional $6 million Series B round for cryptocurrency sleuthing startup Chainalysis.
The investment came via the bank’s venture capital unit, MUFG Innovation Partners, Chainalysis said Tuesday. The round also saw participation from Tokyo-based investment...
April 12th, 201946Just-launched blockchain technology startup Horizen Labs has raised $4 million in a seed funding round.
Participating in the round were VC firms Digital Currency Group (DCG) and Liberty City Ventures, as well as other independent investors.
The U.S.-based startup had initially been looking to raise $2 million, but ultimately...
April 3rd, 201957Andreessen Horowitz’s cryptocurrency fund A16z Crypto and venture capital firm Polychain Capital have invested $25 million in cryptocurrency payments startup Celo.
Celo announced Tuesday that the two investors have purchased $15 million and $10 million in the project’s Celo Gold tokens, respectively.
The token-based funding effort...
March 19th, 201936Blockchain staking startup Bison Trails has raised $5.25 million in a series seed funding round backed by Mike Novogratz’s Galaxy Digital.
Announcing the news on Friday, Bison Trails said the round was led by Accomplice and Initialized Capital, with Notation Capital, Homebrew, Distributed Global and Charge Ventures and other angel...
