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MIAMI, June 3, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Today
Blockchain.com, one of the most widely-used consumer crypto products and the leading institutional crypto solutions provider, announced that it has moved its U.S. headquarters from New York City to Miami. As part of the relocation, plans for expansion include aggressive hiring throughout the local Miami job market as well as investment to support the local STEM community. Earlier this morning, Miami Mayor Francis Suarez made the announcement at City Hall with Blockchain.com CEO Peter Smith, ahead of the highly anticipated Bitcoin Miami conference this week.
The move is part of Blockchain.com s aggressive efforts to scale. The company will tap into the talent pool and support the local job market, with plans to hire 100 full-time employees by the end of 2021, and an additional 200 in 2022. In addition, it will also support the local crypto ecosystem by supporting the South Florida STEM community via educational programmi
Our list of largest investment rounds in crypto and blockchain just got a new leader. Circle, creator of the second largest stablecoin, USDC, has just raised $440 million in private investment from an array of private equity, institutional and strategic investors.
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Peter Smith is the CEO and cofounder of the Baillie Gifford-backed crypto startup Blockchain.com.
Smith shared how, in 10 years, he built the firm from nothing to a business valued at $5 billion.
He also laid out the four crypto trends and assets on his radar these days.
The crypto market is tumbling. But Peter Smith, the chief executive and cofounder of Blockchain.com, is hodling. Ten years in crypto and I still haven t figured out how to sell, Smith said in an interview. I ve never been more convicted that bitcoin and crypto generally are where I should be spending all my time.
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In March, three crypto startups raised some of the largest capital raises in the industry’s history. Here are the top ten.
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The cryptocurrency industry is steaming hot. The total market value of cryptocurrencies is approaching $2 trillion - that’s bigger than the market caps of Amazon, Google and Microsoft. Bitcoin has been trading above $50,000 since March 8 and has a market value of $1.12 trillion, almost as much as all the silver in the world. FOMO-ed institutions keep pouring into the space. Tesla will start accepting payments for its electric vehicles in bitcoin, adding the cryptocurrency to its $2.5 billion bitcoin trove. One of the oldest banks in America, BNY Mellon, has launched a digital assets unit, Goldman Sachs has relaunched its crypto trading operations, JPMorgan has introduced a structured note offering tied to a basket of stocks with exposure to bitcoin, Morgan Stan
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