The Bitcoin community has already endured serious moves and hard blows that have cast a shadow of doubt over the future of bitcoin; but the digital currency industry seems to have continued in a rapid growth, unaware to such events.
Bitcoin start-ups have raised over $76.8 million in the second quarter of this year; VC investment in bitcoin is far higher in the US than in Europe, $200 million compared with around $10 million in the last year, thanks to innovation within the most active continental countries, representing around 25% of the global bitcoin network.
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