The industry is developing rapidly. Bitcoin has received 300 million venture capital in half a year

During the Asian session on Thursday (August 18), the recent price of Bitcoin remained weak, and according to a survey, the total venture capital in the blockchain and Bitcoin investment fields in the first half of 2106 was nearly US$300 million.

According to the latest quotes , Bitcoin/ RMB is trading at 3800 in the Asian session of this trading day. Bitcoin/USD (XBT/USD) is trading at 570 in the Asian session of this trading day. Bitcoin/Euro (XBT/EUR) is trading around 508 in the Asian session of this trading day.

Nearly $300 million invested in Bitcoin

According to a survey by Juniper Research, a British market research organization, venture capital in the field of blockchain and Bitcoin investment totaled $290 million in the first half of 2016. During this period, more than 30 startups received funds, of which more than one-third of the investment went to three major companies: Bitcoin-based payment application providers; side chain developers aimed at expanding the functions of the Bitcoin protocol layer; and distributed ledger solution providers.

"The blockchain industry is currently developing rapidly. It is an emerging field that major banks and financial institutions around the world are investing heavily in and pursuing. It is innovating the global financial infrastructure and is one of the most promising industries in the next five years." The characteristics of blockchain technology, "cannot be tampered with, cannot be forged, and is open and transparent", are more conducive to supervision. Because by obtaining information from the top level of the technical system, it is easier for regulators to obtain market dynamics in advance, reduce the lag of supervision, and make supervision simpler and more efficient. Xu. Star used blockchain to classify the Internet. If the Internet is a network for transmitting information, then blockchain is a network for transmitting value.