Blockchain and bitcoin start-ups have raised almost $300 million in funding in the first half of 2016, Juniper Research claims. This goes to show just how important the new way of doing business and paying for goods and services is. There are more than 30 startups in the world which Juniper looked at for this research. Juniper look at more than 30 startups across the globe for this research, which have raised a total of $290 million. A large part ($165m) went to just three companies: Circle ($60 million), Blockstream ($55 million) and Digital Asset Holdings ($50 million). According to the… [Continue Reading]