Barry Silbert Resigns SecondMarket CEO Position

Noted bitcoin investor Barry Silbert has resigned from his position as CEO of SecondMarket, the New York-based illiquid assets marketplace he founded in 2004 and that in 2013 made a $2m investment in the Bitcoin Investment Trust (BIT), a private trust of which Silbert remains CEO

Barry Silbert Leads $250,000 Investment in Mexican Bitcoin Exchange Volabit

Mexico-based bitcoin exchange Volabit has received $250,000 in new funding, an amount the company says will be used to further establish itself in the digital currency market

SecondMarket Hosts Bitcoin Talk for Professional Women’s Network

Last night about 80 New York women of varied experience with the bitcoin industry met at SecondMarket’s headquarters for what was effectively the largest women’s bitcoin meetup, at least in the US city.

Andreessen Horowitz Leads Bitcoin Startup TradeBlock’s $2.8 Million Funding

Online cryptocurrency data and research provider TradeBlock has raised $2.8m in funding as part of a new investment round led by Andreessen Horowitz that also included SecondMarket CEO Barry Silbert, Devonshire Investors and FinTech Collective.

Bitcoin Opportunity Corp Invests $250k in Swedish Exchange Safello

Swedish bitcoin exchange Safello has received $250,000 in new funding from the Bitcoin Opportunity Corp (BOC).

Safello made the announcement at the CoinSummit conference in London today. Notably, the financing is the BOC’s largest investment outside of the US yet.