Block.one said to raise fresh funding from Peter Thiel, Bitmain

Block.one said to raise fresh funding from Peter Thiel, Bitmain

Peter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal Inc., answers a question during a news conference at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, Oct. 31, 2016. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg

Blockchain platform Block.one is close to announcing a new fundraising round, bringing in Peter Thiel and Chinese billionaire Jihan Wu’s Bitmain Technologies Ltd. as new investors, according to people familiar with the matter.

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