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Blockchain Angels Invest $1 Million in Bitcoin-Ethereum Hybrid Qtum

A new public blockchain that would seek to merge requested design aspects of both the bitcoin and ethereum blockchains has raised $1m in funding.

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Bitstamp Collects $1.3 Million As Funding Campaign Continues

Bitcoin exchange Bitstamp’s funding campaign has netted more than $1.3m in capital to date – but it's not over yet.

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Charlie Shrem's Post-Prison Blockchain Firm Sees Gold in Garbage

Charlie Shrem is re-imagining investment on the ethereum blockchain with a fund focusing on garbage.

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BitPagos Raises $1.9 Million in Funding, Rebrands as Ripio

Argentinian bitcoin startup Ripio has raised $2.3m in Series A capital.

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Wells Fargo, ICAP Lead $18 Million Series A for Blockchain Startup Axoni

New York-based blockchain startup Axoni has raised $18m in a new funding.

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Regulating ICOs: Striking a Balance in 2017

How blockchain technology is impacting venture capital – and why that brings both cause for excitement and pause heading into 2017.

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Overstock Raises $10.9 Million in First Blockchain Stock Issuance

The first blockchain-based Series A has closed, and Overstock.com is on the verge of beginning trading on its blockchain platform.

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Wyre Raises $5.8 Million for Cross-Border Blockchain Payments

San Francisco-based bitcoin startup Wyre has raised $5.8m in new funding.

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Bitcoin-Powered Marketplace OpenBazaar Raises $3 Million

The developers behind OpenBazaar, the open-source marketplace protocol powered by bitcoin, have raised $3m in new funding.

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A16z, USV Invest $10 Million in Blockchain Token Trading Firm

A hedge fund that specializes in the trading of blockchain-based assets has raised $10m from a notable cast of VCs.

Andreessen Horowitz co-founder and General Partner Marc Andreessen (Fortune Live Media via Flickr)