{"id":39486,"date":"2021-03-24T14:05:45","date_gmt":"2021-03-24T12:05:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=39486"},"modified":"2025-08-30T09:48:17","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T06:48:17","slug":"blockchain-com-raises-300-million-at-a-5-2-billion-valuation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/blockchain-com-raises-300-million-at-a-5-2-billion-valuation\/","title":{"rendered":"Blockchain.com raises $300 million at a $5.2 billion valuation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The cryptocurrency exchange Blockchain.com raised $300 million in a Series C round, valuing the company at $5.2 billion.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote twitter-tweet is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I\u2019m pleased to share that <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/blockchain?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Blockchain<\/a> has raised a Series C, securing $300M in funding at a $5.2B post-money valuation led by DST Global, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lightspeedvp?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@lightspeedvp<\/a>, and VY Capital.<\/p>\n<p>More:<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3iSGnflcm3\">https:\/\/t.co\/3iSGnflcm3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Peter Smith (@OneMorePeter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OneMorePeter\/status\/1374664239240056836?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 24, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The round was led by partners from investment firms DST Global, Lightspeed Venture Partners and VY Capital. The funds raised will be used to develop new products.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-text-wrappers-keypoints article_keypoints\">\n<p><strong>Clarification<\/strong>: The DST Global fund did not participate in the deal, only its partners did.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m incredibly proud of the team and optimistic about the future of Blockchain.com, our products and brand,\u201d said the company\u2019s CEO Peter Smith.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to him, Blockchain.com\u2019s products are used by more than 31 million users in over 200 countries. Over the past 12 months, their number has tripled.<\/p>\n<p>Note: In February Blockchain.com <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/blockchain-com-raises-120-million-in-round-led-by-google-ventures-and-other-macro-investors\">attracted $120 million<\/a> from Moore Strategic Ventures, Google Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners and others.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to ForkLog news on Telegram: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/forklogfeed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ForkLog Feed<\/a> \u2014 full news feed, <a href=\"https:\/\/telegram.me\/forklog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ForkLog<\/a> \u2014 the most important news and polls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The cryptocurrency exchange Blockchain.com raised $300 million in a Series C round, valuing it at $5.2 billion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39487,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[996,1133],"class_list":["post-39486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-blockchain-com","tag-venture-investments"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"27","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39486"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39486\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39488,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39486\/revisions\/39488"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}