H Western Union επενδύει στην εταιρεία χρηματοδότησης Bitcoin startup του Barry Silbert

Η εταιρεία επενδύσεων του Barry Silbert Digital Currency Group (DCG) που στο πορτφόλιο της έχει πάνω από 70 startup κυρίως του Bitcoin οικοσυστήματος ανακοίνωσε με ανάρτηση της στο επίσημο Blog ότι μεταξύ των εταιρειών που έλαβαν μέρος στην χρηματοδότηση της βρίσκεται και η εώς σήμερα μεγαλύτερη εταιρεία μεταφοράς χρημάτων η Western Union.

We are proud to announce that over the past six months both our firm and team have continued to grow. We have been joined by a group of new investors including Western Union, Beijing-based HCM International Company, and a number of family offices, investment managers, and funds including Gibraltar Ventures, OMERS Ventures, Horizon Kinetics, Kingsbridge Wealth Management, and Wood Investment Partners.

Ακόμα ανακοίνωσε το νέα μέλη της εταιρείας ως advisor που είναι ο επενδυτής Glenn Hutchins καθώς και ο Bitcoin developer Gavin Andresen.

We are also excited to have Dr. Lawrence H. Summers and Gavin Andresen joining the DCG team as Senior Advisors. Dr. Summers brings a wealth of perspective to the table, having served as the 71st Secretary of the Treasury for President Clinton and the Director of the National Economic Council for President Obama. Dr. Summers is currently the Charles W. Eliot University Professor and President Emeritus at Harvard University.

Dr. Summers commented, “Digital currencies, blockchain and ‘the internet of value’ will create new platforms for financial inclusion, and Barry and his team at DCG are building an important platform with great potential to help these technologies reach mass adoption.”

Gavin Andresen is one of the developers of the bitcoin protocol, and was the lead developer for several years after the anonymous creator of bitcoin, Satoshi Nakamoto, stepped back. He is currently with the MIT Digital Currency Initiative.