New Bitcoin Exchange: itBit Launches With $5.5 Million in Funding
A new bitcoin exchange has launched, folks. Dubbed itBit, this new exchange has come to live with about $5.5 million in funding (after two rounds). The exchange began trading operations today for institutional and retail traders for mostly non-US organizations. Rich Teo, who has previously worked as a senior analyst at Cedar Hill Capital Partners and at Citigroup will be commanding the operation, and already, the company has offices in New York, Singapore, and even Shanghai. According to The Genesis Block, "Trading will be available is USD, SGD and EUR, with fees based on a maker-taker....
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This morning, Bitcoin Magazine had the privilege of speaking with CEO and co-founder of itBit, Richmond Teo and also representatives from Liberty City Ventures. Today, itBit announced its official opening and global platform for the trading of Bitcoin with US dollars, Singapore dollars and Euros. itBit is a Singapore based exchange with the intent of reaching out globally to provide a platform for institutional investors to utilize Bitcoin in new ways and to take Bitcoin to the next level. CEO and Co-Founder, Richmond Teo, created itBit to serve as a Bitcoin exchange that covers global....
Today, international bitcoin exchange itBit announced it had been granted a trust charter by the New York Department of Financial Services (NYFDS) under New York State banking law. This is the first such charter granted to a digital currency company by the NYDFS. ItBit also announced the successful completion of a $25 million Series A funding round and the expansion of their board of directors. Under the charter granted to itBit by the NYFDS, itBit is now able to accept customers from all 50 U. S. states in full compliance with state and federal law. "We have sought to move quickly but....
ItBit becomes the first US regulated exchange, but the EU might be about to harmonize digital currency law for 500 million people. On Thursday, May 7, Ben Lawsky tweeted out the now signed charter for ItBit, confirming its status as a registered trust business. This move allows ItBit to operate an online currency exchange between USD or other fiat currencies, and something like Bitcoin. Addressing the move in a press release on Thursday, Lawsky explained how he saw the chartering of ItBit as an important step in legitimizing and harnessing the potential of digital currencies for investors....
A new virtual currency exchange has raised $3.25m to fund the expansion of its operations. Singapore-based itBit, which has raised $5.5m in funding to date, will use the money to bring institutional investment technology to bitcoin. "itBit is the first bitcoin exchange built on global equities exchange standards, therefore offering a new level of professionalism, reliability and security to bitcoin trading," CEO Rich Teo and CTO Jason Melo of itBit told CoinDesk. The recent round was funded by Canaan Partners and RRE Ventures, along with Liberty City ventures and other individual angel....
New York bitcoin exchange itBit has closed $25m in Series A fundraising. The round drew support from a pool of new and existing sources including RRE Ventures, Liberty City Ventures and investor Jay W Jordan II. Raptor Capital Management chairman James Pallotta also participated in the round. ItBit further confirmed the addition of three new members to its board of directors: former Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation chairperson Sheila Bair; former New Jersey Senator Bill Bradley; and former Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) chairman Robert Herz. The three directors had....