Bitcoin Exchange Startup Bex.io Recieves $525k in Funding
Bitcoin exchanges are the gateway between fiat and digital currency. Vancouver-based Bex.io has received venture funding in order to advance its own ideals on how to build them. The company, which has built a bitcoin exchange platform, has received $525,000 in venture capital to fund its operations. The round was funded by CrossPacific Capital Partners, with participation from Brian Cartmell and HootSuite Founder Ryan Holmes. Plug and Play and Boast Capital also contributed financing recently. Founder Yurii Rashkovskii told an audience in London in July that Bex.io plans to "help bitcoin....
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