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“# European crypto company Bitpanda raises $170M ” Austria-based cryptocurrency firm Bitpanda has closed a $170 million funding round to further the firm’s international growth. The latest Series B funding round was led by Valar Ventures, a venture capital firm backed by PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel, Bitpanda announced on Tuesday, and featured partners from Yuri…
“# ‘Existential threat’ to Bitcoin-investing companies from carbon fallout ” Allocating capital to Bitcoin risks a backlash from environmentally conscious investors, according to author and co-anchor of CNBC’s Squawk Box, Andrew Ross Sorkin. In a piece for the International New York Times, syndicated worldwide, Sorkin pointed to statements by Lawrence Fink, CEO of Black Rock…
“# PayPal purchases crypto custody firm Curv ” Payments giant PayPal has acquired Israel-based crypto custody firm Curv for an undisclosed amount. According to PayPal, the firm purchased Curv as part of its initiative to support cryptocurrencies and digital assets. The platform said it plans to complete the acquisition before the third quarter of 2021,…
“# US crypto tax startup TaxBit to channel $100M raise into UK expansion ” Major cryptocurrency tax compliance startup TaxBit has raised $100 million as it expands into Europe. According to a March 3 blog post, TaxBit has secured the funds in Series A round led by Paradigm and Tiger Capital. Additional investors included PayPal’s…
“# DeFi token CRV spikes after reports PayPal acquired unrelated custody firm Curv ” Excitable speculators mistakenly rushed to invest in the native token of decentralized finance protocol Curve Finance (CRV) after reports emerged that payments giant PayPal has acquired the unrelated Israel-based crypto custody firm, Curv. News of PayPal’s Curv acquisition was reported on…
“# PayPal expanding crypto services to U.K. residents ” Residents of the United Kingdom will be the first people outside of the U.S. who are able to use PayPal for buying and selling crypto. According to journalist Carl Quintanilla, the payments platform is planning to expand its crypto offerings to the U.K. in the coming…
“# Moment of truth? Tesla purchase is the moment Bitcoin has been waiting for ” Even though Tesla has made its way into the crypto market recently, it generated an immense amount of publicity surrounding the announcement. On Feb. 8, the car manufacturer caught the crypto world off-guard by committing a cool $1.5 billion into…
“# MasterCard announces support for crypto on its network ” MasterCard has announced plans to support cryptocurrencies in 2021, paving the way for its nearly one billion users to spend digital assets at more than 30 million merchants. The firm believes this may open merchants up to new customers and build loyalty with existing customers…
“# Coincidence? Company stocks rise after they buy Bitcoin as a reserve ” It seems to be the season of giving, and Bitcoin is doing just that, at least for its institutional backers, such as MicroStrategy, Galaxy Digital, Square and Marathon Patent Group, which got in somewhat early on the BTC gravy train. In this…
“# PayPal to offer crypto payments for merchants, limited trading on Venmo ” After a limited buy/sell/hold crypto trading launch that “exceeded expectations,” PayPal CEO Dan Schulman said on the company’s Q4 earnings call today that the payments giant is ready to double down on cryptocurrencies. “We also saw an exceptional response from our crypto launch,”…