company
Blockstream
Blockstream is a blockchain technology company co-founded by Adam Back in 2014. It builds infrastructure for the Bitcoin network, including the Liquid Network sidechain. The company is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.
CEO
Adam Back
Key facts
- Founded
- 2014source
- Headquarters
- Menlo Park, Californiasource
- Series B funding, August 2021
- $210 million in a Series B round in August 2021, reaching a $3.2 billion valuationsource
- Liquid Network launch
- On October 11, 2018, a production-ready implementation of the Liquid sidechain was officially launched, called the Liquid Networksource
- Cancelled SPAC merger, July 2026
- Blockstream and Cantor Fitzgerald cancelled a SPAC merger that would have seen Blockstream listed on the Nasdaq exchangesource
WYDE coverage of Blockstream
Newsletter
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Sep 12, 2026 · 5 min read
Crypto & DeFi'Whitehat' Hackers Drain Nearly 4,000 Bitcoin From Blockstream's Liquid Network, Pausing the Sidechain
Sep 10, 2026 · 2 min read
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