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Coinbase’s $100M In Funding Brings Its Valuation To $1.6B

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Coinbase has raised $100 million in a Series D funding round, giving the digital currency startup a post-money valuation of $1.6 With the bitcoin market surging, Coinbase has facilitated almost $15 billion in digital currency exchange in just the first half of 2017, which is five times more than was exchanged in all of 2016.

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Roblox Holds Off On IPO Following SEC Scrutiny

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The SEC is investigating how the San Francisco-area startup allocates revenue. . A funding round earlier this month put Roblox’s valuation at $29.5 A funding round earlier this month put Roblox’s valuation at $29.5 8, the company changed its plans to a direct listing to occur in February. .

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Revolut for Mobile Currency Exchange Closes Its Seed Round

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Currency transfer and finding ways for consumers to avoid the inevitable fees is a hot spot for FinTech startups. With Revolut, the money can be spent in over 90 currencies around the world at the cheapest exchange rate available, the interbank rate, with no fees, at least for now. Revolut, a U.K.-based

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TransferWise Teams With Alipay For Money Transfers In China

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The partnership gives TransferWise’s estimated 7 million customers the ability to transfer Chinese yuan from 17 currencies to Alipay’s 1.2 Founded in 2011 by Estonian friends Käärmann and Taavet Hinrikus, the startup set out to make foreign exchange fees more transparent. TransferWise has a valuation of $3.5

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Bitcoin Daily: Blockchain Phone ‘Finney’ To Debut In Dec; AriseBank CEO Handed 120-Year Prison Sentence Over $4M Crypto Scam

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Blockchain startup AriseBank’s CEO is facing up to 120 years in prison for misleading investors in a crypto scam. The device comes equipped with an Intel Celeron Processor J Series processor and an AMD Radeon RX570 graphics card, in addition to a 1 TB drive to hold the blockchains needed for currency management.

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Enterprise Security Returns To Top Of B2B Investment Mountain

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Cybersecurity returned to the top of the B2B startup investment list as three companies in the enterprise security realm landed nearly half of the $246 million in B2B venture capital this week. Another California cybersecurity startup, Contrast Security, announced $65 million in Series D funding this week. Contrast Security.

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Bitcoin Daily: Ex-SoFi Head Pairs Blockchain With Lending; Fidelity Trials Bitcoin ‘Lightning’ Payments

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Mike Cagney, former CEO of SoFi , just announced that his new startup has raised $65 million in a funding round. The new funding, led by RPM Ventures and partners at DST Global, brings the company’s total raised to more than $120 million, with its valuation at $365 million. Last year, the U.S.