Will Investors Put $1 Billion Into Bitcoin This Year?
The bitcoin industry has seen some heavy investment so far in 2015. Will that continue?
KnCMiner raise $15 million during February.
21 Inc. raises $116 million in March.
Those three companies alone total over $200 million in bitcoin startup investment, and there are three more quarters of the year left!
On ZapChain, we asked if people thought venture capitalists would put more than $1 billion into the ecosystem.
Here’s some responses:
“It’ll be close; I can certainly see a few more $100M investments, but another 8 of them is a tall order, specifically because those with the money to invest don’t understand yet all of the possibilities of a decentralized ledger.”
— Luke Parker, freelance journalist
“We will see at least 3 more stories of the big players raising massive amounts.”
— Pablo Gonzalez, CEO & Co-founder of Bitso
“I’m on the fence, it could definitely happen but the incredible pace of VC money would need to continue all year.”
— Eric Kuhn, technology enthusiast
Over $220 million has already been invested in bitcoin startups in 2015 — and there’s a long ways to go before the end of the year.
