United States-based cryptocurrency brokerage BitOoda has secured $7 million funding from major investors including former senior investment exec at JPMorgan.
Founded in 2017, BitOoda positions itself as a digital asset financial services platform that combines digital finance and applied science.
Investors are former execs from British Petroleum, JPMorgan and S&P Global Platts.
According to an official announcement on Dec. 23, BitOoda's new seed round featured founder of international energy analytics firm PIRA Energy Gary Ross, who is also a former head of global oil analytics and chief energy economist at S&P Global Platts.
Other investors included Roy Salame, former managing director and head of global investment opportunities group at JPMorgan, as well as Calvin Schlenker, former senior executive at British Petroleum.
As noted in the announcement, the firm has purportedly distinguished itself by designing and executing two major products including financial swap the BitOoda Difficulty and physical hashpower contract the BitOoda Hash.BitOoda is registered with major U.S. regulators like the SEC and CFTC. The firm's operations include registration as a broker-dealer with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, as well as registration as an introducing broker with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the National Futures Association.
BitOoda founder and CEO Tim Kelly noted that the seed round unlocks major growth opportunities including the company's considerations to expand operations both in the U.S. as well as Asia and Europe.
Cointelegraph has contacted Kelly for comment on its plans to expand BitOoda's business but the publication has not received any feedback as of press time.
This article will be updated pending any new information.
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SEC-Licensed Broker-Dealer BitOoda Secures $7M Seed Funding
Publicado en Dec 23, 2019
by Cointele | Publicado en Coinage
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