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Tim Draper Leads CrowdCurity's $1 Million Seed Funding

CrowdCurity has raised $1 million in a round of seed funding led by Tim Draper and Kima Ventures.

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Investor Fred Wilson: Security and Hoarding Are Holding Back Bitcoin

In a recent speech, the venture capitalist discussed the issues preventing bitcoin from reaching widespread adoption.

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

Big data analytics firm TradeBlock has raised $2.8m in new funding led by Andreessen Horowitz and Barry Silbert.

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Elliptic Raises $2 Million in Funding for Bitcoin Vault Services

The UK-based bitcoin storage firm has announced $2m in new funding led by Octopus Investments.

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CoinDesk Mining Roundup: BitFury's Latest Venture and a Global Scrypt Network

In this week's roundup: PeerNova gets new funding while BitFury enters the investment game with a new venture fund.

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First Regulated Bitcoin Investment Fund to Launch on Island of Jersey

What is claimed to be the world's first regulated bitcoin fund will launch on the island in August.

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How One Law Firm is Helping Bitcoin Startups Find Success

CoinDesk speaks to Perkins Coie about its role in helping over 40 fledgling cryptocurrency businesses get up and running.

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Israeli VC Fund Offers $50k Bounty for Cost-Cutting AppCoin

Venture capital fund Aleph announced the developer bounty for code to reduce transaction costs on its new Karma platform.

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Why Bitcoin is the Petroleum of Our Time

Crypto-entrepreneurs are making waves in heavily-regulated territory, just like in the early days of petroleum, argues economist Tuur Demeester.

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Multi-Sig Bitcoin Wallet Provider BitGo Raises $12 Million

BitGo has secured funding from several venture capitalists and bitcoin investors, including Hollywood A-lister Ashton Kutcher.

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