Banks Involved in Bitcoin

The Bitcoin community is abuzz after the news that Goldman Sachs lead Circle’s latest $50 million funding round. While Goldman is the highest profile bank to make a Bitcoin investment to date, they are not the only one. Below is list of banks that have made public investments into Bitcoin companies.

 

Goldman Sachs

Goldman Sachs was the lead investor in Circle’s latest $50 million funding round. Bloomberg

BBVA

BBVA invested as part of Coinbase’s $75 million Series C funding round. Coindesk

USAA

USAA invested as part of Coinbase’s $75 million Series C funding round. Coindesk

Wedbush Securities

Wedbush invested in now defunct Buttercoin’s seed round. Bloomberg

 

This list will surely grow in the months ahead. 2015 is the year that Bitcoin is co-opted by legacy financial institutions.