What Is Cryptocurrency? This is What You Should Know

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The word cryptocurrency (or “crypto”) is a currency which is digital, that can be used to buy goods and services, but uses an online ledger with strong cryptography to secure online transactions. many of the interest in these unregulated currencies is to trade for profit, with speculators at times driving prices skyward. The most popular …

Trading platform Bitpanda raises $263M at a $4.1BN valuation

It’s not even half a year since crypto exchange Bitpanda announced a $170M Series B — when, back in March, Austria’s first unicorn was being valued at $1.2 billion. Today it’s topping that: Announcing a $263M Series C, led by Peter Thiel’s Valar Ventures, with the fintech startup now valued at a whopping $4.1BN — …

Pintu gets $35M in new funding which was led by Lightspeed

Pintu gets $35M in new funding which was led by Lightspeed

Just two months after its last funding announcement, Indonesian crypto assets platform Pintu has closed a $35 million Series A+. The new round was led by Lightspeed Ventures, with participation from returning investors like Alameda Ventures, Blockchain.com Ventures, Castle Island Ventures, Coinbase Ventures, Intudo Ventures and Pantera Capital. Pintu’s previous funding, a $6 million Series …