TradeBlock
It started as a blog called The Genesis Block
An institutional cryptocurrency trading and analytics business later owned by Digital Currency Group.
- Disclosed seed funding
Later total unresolved.
- Later reported financing
- Reported figures differ
December 2016 / August 2018; standalone versus cumulative amounts unresolved.
Funding
| Round | Date | Announced | Investors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seed funding | 16 July 2014 |
Announced is what was said at the time. Cash actually received is rarely disclosed and is not assumed to match.
People
| Name | Role | Period | Now | Last checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Schvey | — | COO, Yuma | Oct 2026 | |
| Jeff Schvey | — | CTO, Yuma | Oct 2026 |
How it ended
The Hour reported that TradeBlock closed on 31 May 2023. Digital Currency Group attributed the shutdown to the prolonged crypto winter and US regulatory challenges; CoinDesk retained the index and data business.
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Sources
5 sources behind this page.
- 1TradeBlock’s seed round and origins · AlleyWatch
- 2Andreessen Horowitz leads TradeBlock’s $2.8 million financing · CoinDesk · Jul 2014
- 3DeFiLlama raises · DeFiLlama · user-editable
- 4Digital Currency Group closes trading business · The Hour · Jun 2023
- 5Yuma appoints Greg and Jeff Schvey · Yuma · Oct 2025
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