BlockFi, a financial services company recently announced the completion of its Series D fundraising round. BlockFi raised a whopping $350million that was led by big-name investors namely Bain Capital Ventures, partners of DST Global, Pomp Investments, and Tiger Global. The $350million was attained after three prior rounds that raised almost $100million within the last two years. Presently, BlockFi is worth $3billion. According to the announcement by BlockFi, by expanding into

BlockFi users have been attacked by a “malicious actor” with “vulgar and racist” terms, as the first and last names for the fake accounts that resulted in about 500 emails containing offensive language being sent out automatically before BlockFi caught on to the problem and halted registrations altogether. It has been reported that according to employees of the company, a single attacker began the registration process for more than 1,000 fake accounts on March 7, using email

Zac Prince, the CEO of BlockFi, has said that his company paid out 450 BTC, 5,000 ETH, and $6 million in stablecoins in February. It has been reported that clients of BlockFi are able to earn interest on Bitcoin, Ether, and stablecoins by depositing their cryptocurrencies into an interest-bearing account. Another record breaking month of interest payments for @BlockFi clients in Feb. Over 35M in interest paid including: >450 #btc >5,000 #eth >6M in stablecoins Thank you

Visa has partnered with BlockFi, a New York-based startup specializing in crypto-backed loans and savings accounts, to launch a new credit card that rewards users with Bitcoin (BTC), setting the stage for wider mainstream adoption of digital currency. It has been reported that the new credit card will reward purchases with Bitcoin rather than airline miles or other cashback rewards. Cardholders will be eligible to receive 1.5% of their purchases back in BTC. However, the card