Blockchain to Grow Further After Closing $30.5 Million Funding Round

Blockchain to Grow Further After Closing $30.5 Million Funding Round

Blockchain announced today that it has secured a record $30.5m Series A funding deal, co-led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and Wicklow Capital. The figure is one of the largest ever single investments in a bitcoin company, after BitPay announced a new record with its $30m Series A round in May and Xapo achieved the gold standard for total funding with $40m over two rounds in March and July. Blockchain is the world's most popular bitcoin wallet provider, search and technical information source with 2.3 million wallet accounts and a total $26bn in transaction volume. Today's news marks its....


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