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Blockchain

Can a legacy crypto wallet and exchange platform become a full-service crypto finance house across retail, institutional, and DeFi verticals?

Founded2011
HQLondon, UK
FoundersPeter Smith, Nicolas Cary
IndustryFintech / Crypto
The story

Blockchain.com (originally Blockchain.info) began as a Bitcoin block explorer and wallet service, evolving into one of the world's largest retail crypto platforms offering exchange, custody, lending, and institutional services. The evidence available is insufficient to construct a detailed product timeline or pivot narrative with confidence.

Last 12 months
The stack
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