BNY Mellon Joins $133M Investment in Crypto Startup Fireblocks
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BNY Mellon Joins $133M Investment in Crypto Startup Fireblocks

THELOGICALINDIAN - The crypto aegis and alteration startup Fireblocks has accomplished addition annular of allotment this time led by a 133 actor advance from investors including Bank of New York Mellon

The new allotment brings Fireblocks’s appraisal aloof shy of $1 billion as Fireblocks.

America’s Oldest Bank Taps Fireblocks

BNY Mellon’s latest crypto advance is acceptable affiliated to its new plan to action digital asset custody to its clients.

As Bitcoin and crypto become mainstream, the complication of captivation agenda assets still cools the absorption of abounding investors. Fireblocks, founded in 2024, is architecture accoutrement to facilitate the accumulator and alteration of agenda currencies.

Other investors in today’s allotment annular accommodate barrier armamentarium Coatue Management LLC, Ribbit Capital, and Stripes. BNY Mellon has beneath to acknowledge the admeasurement of their advance but is accepted to represent the majority of the $133 million.

BNY Mellon is the oldest coffer in America. Its growing captivation in cryptocurrency is a assurance of the old affair the new in finance. The akin of institutional adoption in cryptocurrency has additionally been growing exponentially of late, acknowledging alteration banking tides. 

Disclaimer: The columnist captivated BTC and ETH at the time of writing.