PYMNTS.com August 21, 2022
Seven of the 10 most active blockchain investors among large public companies have stakes in at least one company that offers payment services.
That’s according to blockchain market intelligence firm Blockdata’s list of the “Most Active Investors in Blockchain Companies By the Top 100 Public Companies,” released earlier this month. It looked at the 10 months from September 2021 through June 2022.
While the firms that held venture funding rounds weren’t necessarily pure-play payments firms, their offerings included payments services. These are Fireblocks, Circle, FTX, Anchorage Digital, New York Digital Investment Group (NYDIG) and ConsenSys.
Investment firm Digital Currency Group gets an honorary nod for portfolio investments in Abra, Avanti Bank, AZA (formerly Bitpesa) and a fair number of other...