Blockstream Investors See Commercial Use Cases for Bitcoin Blockchain
Public, private or permissioned? The argument over which type of blockchain technology platform will gain market share continues to be a point of analysis for industry observers. So far, major banks have cast their vote, lining up to invest big money in private or permissioned blockchain tech startups like Digital Asset Holdings and Ripple, which have together raised nearly $100m from investors including CME Group and JP Morgan & Chase. However, with Blockstream’s latest $55m Series A, the startup is emerging as a well-capitalized counterpoint to these companies, promoting the....
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Blockstream to leverage blockchain technology to develop the Sidechain. In another case of billionaires betting big on Bitcoin and the blockchain technology, a number of technology entrepreneurs have come together to work on a Bitcoin project. The group of entrepreneurs who have previously worked with companies such as LinkedIn, Sun Microsystems and Yahoo have so far contributed a total of US$ 21 million to Blockstream. Also read: SEC Form Shows Bitcoin Technology Company Blockstream Already Has Millions in Funding. The Blockchain - Difficult to Corrupt. Blockstream aims to enhance the....
Blockstream has announced it will launch its first commercial Bitcoin sidechain by early 2016. The sidechain, codenamed "Liquid," offers instant transactions, providing a fast settlement layer for bitcoin exchanges, brokerages and other industry members. As its main advantage, Liquid provides instant and secure transactions among all users of the sidechain. While Bitcoin transactions can typically take up to an hour to be sufficiently secured by the blockchain, Liquid offers a similar level of security within seconds. Blockstream, which received a $21 million funding round last year and....
Blockstream allows investors to mine Bitcoin by simply purchasing the Blockstream Mining Note security token. Major blockchain technology company Blockstream has completed six tranches of its Bitcoin (BTC) mining security token offering (STO), securing a total of 30.9 million euros ($36 million).Blockstream officially announced Thursday that the company raised 13.9 million euros ($16.1 million) in the sixth tranche of its Bitcoin mining-focused security token known as Blockstream Mining Note (BMN).According to the announcement, the latest raise was the largest tranche that Blockstream has....
Blockstream has officially announced $21m in seed funding to continue the development of its much-anticipated blockchain technology proposal, 'sidechains'. Announced on the Blockstream website, the round was led by LinkedIn co-founder and Airbnb board member Reid Hoffman. Khosla Ventures, which has previously invested in bitcoin API developer Chain; and Canada-based seed fund Real Ventures. In total, Blockstream indicated 40 investors took part in the round. Blockstream CEO Austin Hill positioned the funding as proof that the wider tech industry is increasingly acknowledging the disruptive....
Blockstream has announced its first Bitcoin sidechain called Liquid, set to be launched in early 2016. The sidechain will serve payment processors and brokerages among a dozen other major traders and licensed exchanges with instantaneous and secure transactions. Months after releasing the source code of Sidechain Elements - a codebase for developers to experiment and build sidechains, Blockstream, a startup comprising of a group of core Bitcoin developers has announced the first commercial application of sidechain technology with Liquid. Blockstream, having raised $21 million in venture....