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.

Elliptic Raises $2 Million in Funding for Bitcoin Vault Services

UK-based digital asset services company Elliptic, best known for its Elliptic Vault product offering, has announced $2m in seed-funding from Octopus Investments.

ING: Future Bitcoin Protocol Should Include Central Bank Functions

A new video report from eZonomics by ING, a money management resource operated by Netherlands-based multinational banking company ING, suggests that bitcoin could one day be supplanted by an improved protocol that seeks to control digital currencies in a similar way to government-backed central banks.

Expresscoin Raises $150,000 in Funding from Bitcoin Shop

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Digital currency-only online retail outlet Bitcoin Shop has announced a $150,000 investment in cryptocurrency-buying service expresscoin.