Investments in Blockchain Pass $290 Million in Six Months

A study conducted by Juniper Research has found that the total value of Venture Capital (VC) blockchain and bitcoin investments totalled $290 million in the first six months of 2016. While more than 30 startups were involved that received funding during that time, more than a third of all the investment went to three major companies: Circle, the social bitcoin-based payment provider, which raised $60 million earlier this year, Blockstream, the sidechain developer, which gained $55 million in funding; and Digital Asset Holdings, the distributed ledger solutions provider, which secured $52....

A new report from CB Insights has shown that funding investments in bitcoin and blockchain technology startups amounted to $550 million compared to almost no investment in 2012. According to CB Insights, post-2012 total funding has risen five percent, from $524 million in 2015 to $550 million in 2016. Yet, while some may consider this a small increase, the total funding amount has increased significantly from 2012 figures. Then only five deals, amounting to $1.3 million, were achieved. However, this was followed by two years of increased investments with 143 deals and $357 million invested....

The data from CoinShares shows a weekly inflow of $193 million, with more than half of that figure going to Bitcoin alone. Solana is also getting attention and broke a record in the process. CoinShares data revealed on Tuesday that institutional investments into cryptocurrencies are at the highest levels in three months, a sharp rise from the previous week which saw outflows of $47 million.The Digital Asset Fund Flows Weekly Report revealed that investment products for digital assets saw total inflows of $193 million last week, a level not seen since early December 2021.The last time....

Startups powered by Bitcoin and Blockchain technology raised $290 million during the first six months of this year, resembling the dot-com bubble of the late 1990s. According to a report by Juniper Research, venture capital investment raised by companies employing either Blockchain technology, or Bitcoin directly, amounted to more than a quarter of a billion dollars. About a third of this was raised by three companies: Circle, a social payment provider, which raised $60 million; Distributed Asset Holdings, a distributed ledger solutions provider, which raised $50 million; and, of course,....

In an announcement posted on the Havelock Investments website, it would appear as if the trading of the Neo & Bee fund has been halted. Transfers have also been halted. Here's what the announcement read in full: Havelock Investments has been formally informed by the Pass-Through Fund Manager of NEOBEE that the compliance officer of Neo and Bee Ltd has stated that due to an increase of abnormal activity on the LMB share platform, there may be a high possibility of questionable trading activity. While Neo and Bee Ltd investigate the issue further they have strongly recommended that we halt....