Video: BlockCypher CEO Explains Bitcoin for Singularity University
Catherine Nicholson is the CEO of BlockCypher, which is the company that powers instant trades at ShapeShift. Its Confidence Factor is used in several other applications as well. CCN spoke in depth to BlockCypher's Developer Advocate, Josh Cincinnati, in a recent podcast. In this video, Catherine is sent some very basic questions about Bitcoin, which she handles with vigor. Questions range from the public good to micro transactions. At one point, Catherine says: People who live on $2.50 a day, they don't have a bank account. They don't have access to capital. They can't ever escape the....
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BlockCypher, a startup that provides a complete set of services for bitcoin developers, just closed a $3.1M seed round conducted by VC firms Boost VC, 500 Startups, Crypto Currency Partners and New Enterprise Associates (NEA). Individuals such as the former hip-hop artist NAS, Jesse Draper and Shawn Byers also participated in this round. Also read: Nas to Give Bitcoin to Top 100 Fans. BlockCypher: A Blockchain Toolbox. In a tough context marked by the recent bitcoin's price decline, the fundraising demonstrates the confidence institutional investors still have regarding the....
BlockCypher has raised more than $3m in a seed-funding round that will allow it to expand its operations in Europe and Asia. Tim Draper and Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang's AME Cloud Ventures are among the many that invested in the round. Other participants included Boost VC, 500 Startups, Crypto Currency Partners, New Enterprise Associates (NEA), hip-hop artist and VC Nasir Jones, Jesse Draper and Shawn Byers. With this latest round of funding Blockcypher said it can now seek to provide customers deeper analytics while continuing to build services and invest in scaling and security. The....