The $300m round revealed by the Access Industries, GV and Virgin-backed crypto wallet provider last month included a commitment from Baillie Gifford.

Asset management firm Baillie Gifford has contributed up to $100m in series C funding for Blockchain.com, a UK-based, corporate-backed cryptocurrency software developer, the latter revealed on Tuesday.

The cash forms part of a $300m series C round disclosed last month valuing the company at $5.2bn. It was co-led by partners of DST Global, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Vy Capital and also featured undisclosed returning backers. No DST Global funds were used, its spokeswoman said.

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Edison Fu

Edison Fu is a reporter and Asia liaison at Global Corporate Venturing.