Blockchain.info Buys Bitcoin App ZeroBlock
The folks over at Blockchain.info have acquired bitcoin price application ZeroBlock (LLC), as noted in an announcement this Christmas Eve. The mobile application (available on both Android and iOS) provides the end user with the latest news, price quotes, and more. Dan Held, ZeroBlock's developer, will be joining the Blockchain.info team as a product manager, as part of the acquisition. It being the most-viewed bitcoin application on the Apple App Store, it's easy to see Blockchain.info's interest in the app. Blockchain.info say that the acquisition of the app is part of their "very....
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Big things are happening at Blockchain.info. In late december, the world's most popular bitcoin website announced the acquisition of ZeroBlock, an informational app widely used on iPhone and Android devices. That acquisition was followed by yet another not terribly long ago, when Blockchain.info CEO Nic Cary appeared on television to announced that digital currency trading platform RTBTC would be integrated with the ZeroBlock service. In the days since, ZeroBlock's trading platform has not surprisingly received a significant amount of attention. "I think both the existing users of....
Dan Held is a pioneering third party Bitcoin innovator. His co-founding of ZeroBlock, a leading app fast becoming a household name in the community, led to the Blockchain.info where he is now Director of Product. We caught up with Dan to ask about how things are going in the new incarnation of ZeroBlock and get his opinion on the Bitcoin market today, as well as some sneak peeks into the future. CoinTelegraph: Can you tell us what's next for ZeroBlock in its new guise as Blockchain.info's financial data portal? Dan Held: ZeroBlock's product roadmap has exciting milestones coming up in the....
This week Blockchain.info showed us just how easy it is to acquire a company. The company purchased the encrypted currency trading platform RTBTC, in what was the first 100% Bitcoin acquisition. From the buyout of RTBTC, Blockchain.info has launched the ZeroBlock trading platform, combining a world class currency trading platform with the most popular Bitcoin mobile app. The undisclosed amount of the all-Bitcoin sale will be distributed over a period of time to compensate for the volatility of the virtual currency. This will allow for ZeroBlock, subsidiary of Blockchain.info and leading....
ZeroBlock Trading Platform Adds BTC-e. ZeroBlock's trading platform "will allow traders consolidated access to much of the liquidity in the Bitcoin market." Blockchain has been making large strides in the Bitcoin world over the last few months. Blockchain.info has taken custodial custody of bitcoin.com, the premier landing page of our generation, and given it a revamp. Before that project, Blockchain bought ZeroBlock, a news aggregation app, in December of 2013 and also RTBTC, a trading platform, in March of 2014. Today, Blockchain's acquisitions have culminated into the ZeroBlock Trading....