The Bitcoin Group Gets an Investment Fund before the Launch of Its IPO
The Bitcoin Group Limited - Australia's largest operator for mining bitcoin, has received a boost in cash via investment platform BnkToTheFuture in return for shares in the company ahead of the planned launch of the mining operator's IPO on November 11, 2015. In the weeks leading up to the launch of the world's first bitcoin mining IPO, Australia-based Bitcoin Group Limited has, with the help of investment platform BnkToTheFuture, launched a 'pre-IPO,' with the setup of an investment fund. The fund, at the time of publishing this article, has raised close to USD $3 million of its USD $3.63....
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