Crypto Startup Fireblocks doseže status Unicorna z zbiranjem sredstev v višini 310 milijonov USD

Fireblocks, blockchain zagon, ki ponuja rešitve za kripto infrastrukturo, vključno z denarnicami, izmenjavo in skrbniškimi storitvami, se je približal 310 milijonov dolarjev financiranja serije D, kar je potrojilo njegovo oceno na več kot 2 milijardi dolarjev. Ponudnik kripto infrastrukture je postal zadnji zagon, ki je utrdil svoj status Unicorn.

The Series D funding round was led by Sequoia Capital, Stripes, Spark Capital, Coatue, DRW VC and the venture arm of Siam Commercial Bank SCB 10X. The startup has also attracted investments from BNY Mellon in its earlier funding rounds. The blockchain startup is looking to use the funds to work with traditional financial institutions and bring assets to the blockchain,

Michael Shaulov, izvršni direktor podjetja Fireblocks, je dejal,

"Čas je vse in mislim, da je zdaj začetek prave priložnosti za to. Videli smo že veliko projektov in ... v bistvu je tehnologija in apetit po tem dosegla najvišjo raven teh bank."

Naraščajoče število kripto samorogov poudarja naraščajoče povpraševanje po kripto podjetjih

Leto 2021 se je izkazalo za leto kripto podjetij, saj je veliko število kripto zagonskih podjetij zaprlo rekordne kroge financiranja in doseglo status Unicorn. Vsaj pet kripto podjetij je v svojem zadnjem krogu financiranja zbralo več kot 5 milijonov dolarjev, njihova ocena pa je presegla milijardo dolarjev.

BlockFi raised $350 million in their latest funding round at $3 billion valuations while Blockchain.com raised another $300 million, Haainaliza raised $100 million taking their valuation to $4 billion and crypto exchanged FTX recently closed the biggest funding round in the crypto history with a $900 million fundraise at $18 billion valuations.

Apart from several crypto unicorns, several digital asset firms have also made their public debut this year. Coinbase was one of the most prominent ones that went public on Nasdaq. USDC stablecoin issuer Krog also announced the SPAC merger to go public last month. The likes of Bakkt, 8hut mining, and a few other crypto mining companies have made their public debut this year while several others including Kraken are planning to make a public debut in near future.

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