Bitcoin Growth Fund (BGF) a blockchain-based startup fund, has raised $14.5 million (Rs 95 crore) as part of its initial coin offering (ICO). The startup has already picked over $1.6 billion in the first 24 hours, with more capital continually pouring in over the past week. It plans to achieve an…
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Bitcoin start-ups come together to regulate India’s cryptocurrency market
Bitcoin startups Zebpay, Unocoin, Coinsecure and SearchTrade have come together to form Digital Asset and Blockchain Foundation of India (DABFI) for the “orderly and transparent growth of the virtual currency market.” A panel comprising Zebpay founders Saurabh Agrawal and Sandeep Goenka, Coinsecu…
Indian bitcoin start-ups form a blockchain association following RBI caution
A circular by the Reserve Bank of India last week, cautioning users about virtual currencies such as Bitcoin, may have led to an alarm among Bitcoin investors in the country, but for startups in this space, it has served as the right push for creating an industry association. Bitcoin players such…
Bitcoin trading start-up Coinsecure raises $1.2 million
Indian bitcoin trading platform Coinsecure has raised $1.2 million as part of its ongoing Series-A investment round from an undisclosed investor. The company opened the fund-raising round earlier in January this year and expects to close a total of $5-million funding soon. The start-up had also r…