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Bitcoin Daily: CoinZoom Crypto Exchange Debuts Visa Debit Card; Wave Financial To Offer Kentucky Bourbon Tokens As Investment

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In other news, Wave Financial has made deal with Wilderness Trail Distillery in Kentucky to tokenize bourbon barrels that are valued at as much as $20 million, CoinDesk reported. Investors will have the ability to buy tokens backed by assets that are connected to a collection of whiskey barreled in 2020.

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FBI: BEC Scams Stole $1.2B In 2018

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For gift cards, once they have the pictures of the cards from the victims, they sell the cards on gift card exchanges where they can sell the cards to bitcoin. Actors usually get around 70 percent of the face value of the card in bitcoin.”. In Kentucky. million cyber scam that is now being investigated by the FBI.

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Fintech Fundings: 15 Companies Raise $51 Million Week Ending Dec 25

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The Kentucky-based company has developed a vendor management platform for banks and credit unions. Vendor management for financial services companies. HQ: Elizabethtown, Kentucky. Bitcoin exchange. BTCS (aka Bitcoin Shop). Investment portfolio management . Escrow & renter deposit management.

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Fintech Fundings: 21 Companies Raise $460 Million Week Ending April 1

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Real estate transaction management technology. Bitcoin exchange and remittance platform. HQ: Louisville, Kentucky. Tags: Consumer, investing, trading, robo-advisor, porfolio management. Total raised: $205 million. HQ: New York City. Source: Finovate. Real Matters. Latest round: $76.7 million ($500 million valuation).

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Fintech Fundings: $110 Million Raised by 13 Companies Week Ending Dec 4

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HQ: Louisville, Kentucky. Blockchain-based bitcoin analytics. College fraternity and sorority financial management platform. Marketing automation & analytics for financial institutions. Latest round: $1.0 million Series A ($3 million valuation). Total raised: $1.6 Source: Finovate. Digital receipts platform. ExpenseBot.