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Bitcoin Startup Blockstream Raises $55 Million in Funding Round

Montreal-based bitcoin-focused startup, BlockStream, secured $55m in Series A funding led by Horizons Ventures. This is the latest in a string of deals that underscore the resilient appetite for bitcoin investments amid the anxiety in capital markets world-wide. So far, 2016 is showing signs of bitcoin investments picking up. Maybe bitcoin isn't so dead after all?

Blockstream, which didn’t disclose its valuation, plans to use the new funds to help expand its business. “Throughout our business and the world there is a huge opportunity right now to start changing some of the basic plumbing of traditional finance,” said Chief Executive Austin Hill.

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