• Libra

    Blockchain Capital joins Libra Association

    Leading VC joins the would-be stablecoin creator, adding a badly needed boost after a summer of rebuilding

    Saying the firm believes “deeply in the mission of creating a more equitable payment system,” Blockchain Capital Co-founder and Managing Partner Bart Stephens added that using “blockchain technology to improve financial access and promote innovation has been at the core of Blockchain Capital’s portfolio strategy.”

  • Anchorage safer crypto loans
    Cryptocurrencies

    Anchorage Finance seeks safer Bitcoin loans

    A partnership with Silvergate Bank now allows the custodian’s customers to use crypto as collateral for loans

    Many people like the idea of using their crypto as collateral for a loan, but they are less keen on the security risks associated with taking their assets out of custody to make it happen.

  • Bison Trails' Aaron Henshaw and Joe Lallouz (Photo: Bison Trails).
    People,  Technology

    Libra-member Bison Trails scores $25 million from Silicon Valley heavy hitters

    Blockchain Capital leads Series A round, explains in exclusive interview why they’re banking on Aaron Henshaw and Joe Lallouz

    Libra Association founding member Bison Trails has raised $25.5 million to expand its business of providing the digital infrastructure on which blockchains rely.

  • Blockchain Capital’s Jimmy Song speaking at the Bitcoin 2019 Crypto PR Lab afterparty (photo by Martine Paris).
    Bitcoin

    Crypto pundits are unfazed by market volatility

    A look at the halving, the whale, and the Bitcoin faithful

    Martine Paris talked with crypto pundits, Jimmy Song, venture partner at Blockchain Capital and author of Programming Blockchain; Alex Frenkel, GM of Kin Ecosystem; Michael Terpin, CEO of Transform Group and co-founder of BitAngels; and Alex Mashinsky, founder and CEO of Celsius Network. What follows are their views on the likely causes of the wild parabolic swings.