Blockchain.com
Funding History
| Series C · 03/2021 | $5.2B |
|---|---|
| Series D · 03/2022 | $14.0B |
About
Blockchain.com was founded in 2011 by Ben Reeves, Nicolas Cary, and Peter Smith, originally launching as Blockchain.info, a tool for tracking Bitcoin blockchain transactions in real time.
- CEO
- Peter Smith
- Employees
- 450
- Headquarters
- London, England, United Kingdom
- Founded
- 2011
- Website
- Blockchain.com
Overview
Blockchain.com is a London-based cryptocurrency company that operates one of the industry's longest-running crypto wallets alongside brokerage, trading, and blockchain data infrastructure. Founded in 2011 as a Bitcoin blockchain explorer, the company has grown into a global platform offering a consumer wallet and brokerage app, institutional trading services, crypto-backed lending, and its widely used Blockchain Explorer tool for viewing on-chain activity.
The company has raised financing across multiple rounds from a roster of venture and crossover investors including Lightspeed Venture Partners, DST Global, VY Capital, Baillie Gifford, Lakestar, and Kingsway Capital. Its valuation has swung sharply with crypto market cycles, rising to a reported $14 billion in March 2022 before a November 2023 Series E round left it valued at a fraction of that peak.
Blockchain.com says it has facilitated more than $1 trillion in crypto transaction volume and supports tens of millions of wallets since its 2011 founding. In May 2026, the company confidentially filed a draft registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, a step toward a planned U.S. stock market listing later in 2026.
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