Twitter Joins $20M Funding Round for Bitcoin ( $75,957.00 ) Payments Provider OpenNode

Bitcoin ( $75,957.00 ) payment provider OpenNode has closed a $20 million Series A funding round led by U.K. firm Kingsway at a $220 million valuation to fuel its global expansion, according to a press release provided to CoinDesk. Other participants in the round include Twitter, venture capital investor Tim Draper and Avon Ventures, a venture capital fund affiliated with Fidelity Investments.