Crypto Companies Raised $2.5 B in First Quarter of 2021, the Highest Ever!

2021 bull run has propelled Bitcoin, altcoins, and the whole ecosystem into the mainstream limelight as well as adoption. The growing demand for digital assets is evident from the number of mainstream financial firms adding support for cryptocurrencies as well as the number of crypto companies that have become a billion-dollar company after the latest funding round. The first quarter of 2021 saw crypto companies raise a combined capital of $2.5 billion the highest ever and nearly double of 2018 second-quarter total fundraise

Many of these crypto companies attracted funding from mainstream behemoths including Chainalysis whose valuation grew into billions after its latest funding round of $100 million that saw participation from TIME Magazine owner Marc Benioff. Apart from Chainalyis other crypto firms that raised capital to the tune of hundreds of millions in their latest funding round include BlockFi that raised a whopping $350 million in their Series D funding round and Blockchain.com which also raised $300 million to see its valuation grow to $5.2 billion.

Crypto Companies in High Demand

The multi-fold increase in valuation of several crypto companies along with the public listing of many others reflect the growing demand for not just digital assets but also for experienced service providers from the crypto space. Coinbase created history this April after it made its public debut on Nasdaq with an $80 billion-plus valuation and over 50 million registered users.

Apart from crypto companies growing demand in the mainstream market, many traditional financial firms and payment processing giants such as PayPal and Venmo with over 300 million and 70 million customer bases respectively. PayPal that was once a part of Facebook’s infamous Libra association also opened a crypto spending option for its customers across millions of its verified vendors. MasterCard and VISA have also added crypto payment support in one form or other, not to mention, only a few years back these payment processing giants were blocking crypto-related transactions via their platform.

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