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Blockchain have today announced a record-setting Series B of $40m, the largest venture investment in Europe in fintech since Brexit.

The largest funding round in the European blockchain and data security ecosystem will allow Stratumn to focus on research, product design, and business development.

Stratumn, a leading provider of network solutions securing processes between enterprises and their stakeholders through blockchain technology and advanced cryptography, announces today the raising of €7M in a series A funding from Open CNP, the Corporate Venture arm of CNP Assurances, Otium Venture, Nasdaq and Digital Currency Group.

Together the teams will start a new New York-based subsidiary with focus on reliable industry news coverage.

The United States Marshals Service has sold the last 44,000 bitcoins seized from the Silk Road marketplace.

The US Marshals Service plans to auction off the final chunk of 44,341 bitcoins confiscated from the Silk Road online dark market.

On Friday, the most discussed cryptocurrency started soaring again and set a new 2015 high for its value.Bitcoin price broke past the $320 level.

Digital Currency Group, the company which builds and incubates Bitcoin and Blockchain technology-related firms, raised capital from MasterCard, Bain Capital Ventures, CME Ventures, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, New York Life, and others.

The first broker-dealer start-up has been announced recently.

Barry Silbert has announced that his Bitcoin Investment Trust went public on OTCQX exchange, thus becoming the first publicly traded bitcoin fund.

FundedByMe has recently launched a Bitcoin pilot program with the aim of checking investors’ interest of paying via the digital currency and generating funds for the Bitcoin trading platform Safello.