Blockchain.info Buys RTBTC.com, Launching ZeroBlock Trading Platform
Announced exclusively on Bloomberg TV, Blockchain.info CEO Nic Cary announced that his company has purchased RTBTC.com, a real-time trading platform developed by Clark Moody they're re-branding as the ZeroBlock Trading Platform (if you recall, ZeroBlock was acquired by Blockchain.info last year). "By merging a world class trading platform with the most popular mobile Bitcoin app Blockchain will lead the way for institutional investors," said Cary. This move will transform the informational ZeroBlock service into a full-fledged bitcoin exchange, providing traders with real-time access to....
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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....
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....
ZeroBlock, the bitcoin mobile app specialist acquired by Blockchain.info last December, has purchased real-time bitcoin trading platform and market visualization provider RTBTC. Notably, the acquisition is part of a larger play by Blockchain to attract institutional investors to its ZeroBlock property. RTBTC will power ZeroBlock's new trading platform, and ZeroBlock's proprietary news feed will be embedded in the new trading platform, allowing traders first access to market-moving news. Dan Held, co-founder of ZeroBlock and director of product for Blockchain, told CoinDesk that the move....
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....
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....