blockchain

Bitso, a currency exchange platform for trading cryptocurrencies with the Mexican Peso, raised an undisclosed investment led by Ripple, with participation from Pantera Capital, Jump Capital, Coinbase, and previous investor…

Algo Capital closed a US$200m VC fund to invest in accelerating adoption of the Algo, the digital currency of the open source public blockchain Algorand. The fund will look at…

Maltese VC Vereeni Investments acquired a 25% stake in Caleta Gaming, a Brazilian gaming content development studio, for an undisclosed amount. (Igaming Business) Venture capital fund Vereeni Investments has agreed…

DUX Capital made a US$350k investment in Trato, a Mexican blockchain-based contract management platform. (Press Release) El pasado 13 de mayo, Dux Capital concluyó con la cuarta inversión de su…

Rappi acquired Payit, a Mexican blockchain-based payments platform, for an undisclosed amount. (La Republica) La plataforma colombiana de entrega de pedidos a domicilio, Rappi, adquirió la startup mexicana de pagos…

Disruptech is a new Chilean VC fund targeting US$19m in capital commitments to invest up in early-stage blockchain, AI and IoT projects.

Medici Ventures made a US$3m follow-on investment in Bitt, a blockchain-based digital payment provider based in Barbados, following a US$4m investment in 2016. (Press Release) Medici Ventures, announces the exercise…

Law firm Baptista Luz shares the status of several regulatory issues in Brazilian fintech, including crowdfunding, online lending and blockchain, and crypto-asset public sales (ICOs). (Baptista Luz) Introdução: O Brasil…

Six Argentinian private banks with the involvement of NXTP Labs have launched Arfintech, a fund investing in startups in the financial services sector, including blockchain technology. The banks have committed…

Blockchain technology investor Medici Ventures made an undisclosed investment in Argentinian bitcoin platform Ripio, which has over seventy thousand users across Argentina and Brazil and is in the process of…