Ripio bags additional funding to take Series A to $2.25m
Argentinian bitcoin startup Ripio (formerly Bitpagos) has bumped up its Series A round with an additional $428,000. The investment comes from Medici Ventures.
Deloitte backs blockchain financial inclusion startup Humaniq
Blockchain-based banking startup Humaniq has landed backing from professional services giant Deloitte. The size of the round is undisclosed.
Factom pulls in additional funding to take Series A passed $8m
Blockchain-as-a-service company Factom has extended its Series A round to more than $8m. Peeli Ventures, Harvest Equity and a number of local Austin investors joined the extended round.
Coinsquare collects CAD$10.5m for digital currency exchange
goNumerical (Coinsquare), a Canadian digital currency exchange, has closed a CAD$10.5m investment at a CAD $110.5m post-money valuation.
Kraken gobbles up charting and trading platform Cryptowatch
Digital asset exchange Kraken has acquired charting and trading platform Cryptowatch in an undisclosed deal.
Japan’s three largest banks back bitFlyer
Three of Japan’s largest banks are now stakeholders in Tokyo-based bitcoin exchange bitFlyer following its new ¥200m ($1.7m) round.
BitFury lands $30m in deal with Credit China FinTech
Bitcoin and blockchain infrastructure and security provider BitFury has landed $30m from Chinese financial services provider Credit China FinTech.
BANKEX brings in $24m through ICO to enable tokenisation
BANKEX, which provides the technology for asset tokenization through its Proof of Asset (PoA) protocol, has already raised more than $24m through its token sale.
Tierion raises $25m through ICO
Blockchain data management platform Tierion has reportedly raised $25m through its ICO, which had an initial closing date of August 10th.
BitPagos rebrands to Ripio on back of $2.3m round
Argentinian bitcoin startup BitPagos has raised $2.3m in a Series A round led by recently-established Chinese blockchain fund Huiyin Blockchain Venture (HBV).