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Nearly a billion dollars in venture capital funding has flowed into Bitcoin companies to date, most of it since the price of a Bitcoin cracked $1,000 in late 2013. More than 100 firms have sprung up to service—and profit from—Bitcoin. They’re creating a new financial landscape for cryptocurrency.
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This article is part of the Future Of Money feature from our January/February 2016 issue. Read the rest of the feature here.