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Bitcoin financial app River Financial nets $12m in its Series A

River Financial, which enables individuals to invest and use bitcoins, has bagged $12m in its Series A round.

Digital wallet Eco bags $26m in new funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz

Digital cryptocurrency platform Eco raised $26m in a funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz's a16z Crypto.

Crypto investment platform Unchained Capital bags $5.5m funding

FinTech firm Unchained Capital closed a $5.5m equity seed round led by bitcoin technology and financial services company New York Digital Investments Group (NYDIG).

TaxBit raises $100m to scale its cryptocurrency taxation software

Cryptocurrency tax and accounting automation firm TaxBit raised $100m in a Series A funding round led by crypto investment fund Paradigm and Tiger Global.

Contis and Bitpanda team up to launch new multi-asset debit card

Austrian neobroker Bitpanda has partnered with FinTech Contis to issue a new multi-asset debit card.

Crypto firm Anchorage raises $80m to increase institutional adoption of digital assets

After getting federal banking charter last month, cryptocurrency banking company Anchorage raised $80m in a Series C funding round.

Over 1 million users bought bitcoin for the first time on Square, CFO says

Almost a million users bought bitcoin for the first time last month through Cash App, Square's mobile payment service that allows users to invest in cryptocurrency, Square CFO Amrita Ahuja told CNBC.

LQD launches lending service with bitcoin as currency

In a bid to enter the crypto market, lending firm LQD Business Finance launched the development of a bitcoin business lending platform.

Crypto wallet Blockchain.com scores $120m in new VC round

London-based cryptocurrency wallet and exchange operator Blockchain.com has raised $120m in new venture capital funding round, taking its total funding amount to $190m since its launch in 2012.

270 service deposit addresses drive more than half of cryptocurrency money laundering

More than half of the world's cryptocurrency money laundering is made through 270 service deposit addresses, according to new research.

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