- Blockchain.com was founded by Ben Reeves, Peter Smith and Nic Cary.
- The company have become聽迟丑别听way to buy, sell and trade cryptocurrency.
- So far, Blockchain.com have raised $490 million over 6 funding rounds.
Website: https://www.blockchain.com/
Claimed as the 鈥渨orld鈥檚 most popular way to buy, sell, and trade crypto鈥�, our Startup of the Week for this week is Blockchain.com 鈥� offering users a digital wallet to trade crypto as well as buy, send, receive and borrow digital currencies.
With Blockchain.com鈥檚 wallet, users can buy and sell crypto within minutes, able to purchase Bitcoin instantly via debit and credit cards, as well as linking the account to the user鈥檚 bank.
Blockchain.com was founded by Ben Reeves, Peter Smith and Nic Cary, and initially begun as a block explorer website where users could track public cryptocurrency transactions.
The site was initially launched by Reeves, who in 2012 (alongside Coinbase co-founder Brian Armstrong), applied to Y Combinator鈥檚 summer class 鈥� proposing a Bitcoin payment platform, where users would have a digital wallet to exchange other currencies for Bitcoin and make payments in this popular cryptocurrency. After differences in opinions, the two parted ways before the Y Combinator begun and started on separate ventures 鈥� Reeves continuing on with Blockchain.com.
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Since launching in 2011, Blockchain.com have now seen 81 million of their wallets created, expanded to over 200 countries, with 37 million verified users and hold 1/3 of Bitcoin network transactions via their platform. The service has been trusted by millions for over a decade, and has facilitated $1 trillion + crypto transactions.
The business is backed by such leading investors as Google Ventures and Lightspeed Venture Partners, and have raised a total $490 million over the course of 6 funding rounds. Their latest round was announced in March 2021 as a Series C which raised $300 million.
鈥淲e believe that in a decade the financial system of the internet 鈥� that is, commerce that happens on the internet 鈥� will be the largest financial system in the world. And it will be powered by crypto.鈥� The company state.
鈥淥ur team spans the globe and has worked tirelessly to accelerate the adoption of crypto and usher in the future of finance. We are passionate, relentless, and stoked — and believe that a lean team of world-class visionaries can ship products that empower our customers and drive the business to new heights.鈥�
