Digital asset custody service provider Fireblocks has announced it will acquire First Digital, a fellow Israeli company, for $100 million. The acquisition, which is said to be Fireblocks’ first, comes less than three weeks after the company revealed it raised $550 million in Series E funding. Fireblocks’ $8 Billion Valuation Fireblocks, a digital asset custody…
The US-headquartered multinational technology company, Apple, is set to allow users of its Apple Pay platform to transact with cryptocurrencies. This will arrive with “Tap-to-pay,” a new feature that will allow iPhone users to make contactless payments to merchants that accept Apple Pay as a method of payment. Tap-to-pay will essentially integrate third-party digital wallets
OpenNode, a bitcoin payment processor and infrastructure provider, announced today it has closed a $20 million Series A funding round. UK-based Kingsway led the round, which also included Twitter, Tim Draper, and Avon Ventures, a venture capital fund affiliated with the parent company of Fidelity Investments. Following this Series A investment round, OpenNode will be […]
The team of Wirex, a crypto payment platform with wallet and debit card, announced today that Wirex has launched in the USA. Wirex USA offers the ability to buy, hold, exchange, and sell US dollars as well as 37 different cryptocurrencies from its application, as well as send and receive crypto from external wallets. Wirex’s […]