Fortress-Linked Pantera Said to Invest in Top Bitcoin Exchange

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Pantera Capital Management, the hedge fund that manages money for Fortress Investment Group executives, invested about $10m in Bitstamp months before the startup emerged as the world’s dominant dollar-Bitcoin exchange, according to three people briefed on the deal. Infusion late last yr ranks among the largest single investments in a Bitcoin venture and is part of a broad Pantera strategy to build a brand in the Bitcoin world, the people said London-based Bitstamp’s share of dollar-Bitcoin trade

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