Elliptic raises $60M to advance crypto analytics service
The blockchain analytics firm have amassed data points on 98% of the market's digital assets. Cryptocurrency risk management firm Elliptic has announced a $60 million Series C funding round led by Evolution Equity Partners and supported by a panoply of venture capital firms including SoftBank Vision Fund 2, as well as existing investors AlbionVC, Digital Currency Group, Wells Fargo Strategic Capital and SBI Group, amongst others.Elliptic's history of funding charts a consistent increase, with their debut funding raise in 2016 totaling $5 million, while their second raise across late 2019....
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On Monday, the blockchain intelligence firm Elliptic announced the company has raised $60 million in a Series C financing round. Elliptic plans to leverage the capital to expand the team and “accelerate” blockchain research and development (R&D).
Elliptic Raises $60 Million to Bolster Expansion
There’s been a number of capital investments and finance injections directed at companies within the crypto ecosystem. On October 11, the blockchain surveillance company Elliptic revealed the firm has raised $60 million from strategic investors. Elliptic highlights....
UK-based digital assets service provider Elliptic has partnered with Gem to offer a custodian service for the private keys of multisig wallets. Multisig wallets have at least three unique private keys. Through the new partnership, consumers will control one private key, while Gem and Elliptic will have custody over the two others. Customers are not obliged to assign the third key to Elliptic. However, if the client loses their key, Gem and Elliptic will use their private keys to transfer the user's funds into a new Gem multisig account belonging to the customer. Dr James Smith, CEO at....
The relationship between Lloyd's of London and bitcoin storage service Elliptic Vault broke down just weeks after Elliptic's launch in January, it has emerged. Elliptic Vault was the first insured bitcoin storage service in the world and was widely hailed as a milestone for the industry. The exact details of how the relationship between Lloyd's and Elliptic broke down are unclear, with Elliptic COO Tom Robinson saying his impression was that Lloyd's pulled out "due to the high level of publicity" around the deal. In turn, a Lloyd's spokesperson claimed Elliptic never actually finalised the....
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