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Topic: [2015-01-21] Bitcoin Startup Coinbase Raises $75 Million From DFJ, the NYSE and (Read 909 times)

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This is a fantastic fillip to the ecosystem - the adoption that the funds are hopefully going to be spent on will work wonders
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Coinbase is like AOL of bitcoin boom. Dont you agree?
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Hefty piece of news and already posted and known around here. Thanks for bumping of sorts, however. Smiley
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http://recode.net/2015/01/20/bitcoin-firm-coinbase-raises-75-million-from-dfj-the-nyse-and-two-banks/

Coinbase, a software company that allows people to buy bitcoin and enables businesses to accept it as payment, has closed a giant $75 million investment. In real U.S. dollars.

The round is by far the biggest investment in a bitcoin company to date. Beyond its size, the funding is sure to make waves in financial services thanks to the participation of three industry investors: the New York Stock Exchange, USAA Bank, and BBVA, a multinational bank with a large presence in Spain and Mexico. Former Citigroup CEO Vikram Pandit also personally invested in the company.
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