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<ul><li><strong>Investors including <keyword id="1600958" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Alexis-Ohanian">Alexis Ohanian</keyword>, <keyword id="10987737" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="cody-ko">Cody Ko</keyword>, and <keyword id="1607246" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Casey-neistat">Casey Neistat</keyword> took part in a $5 million funding round for <keyword id="6354947" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="bitcoin">bitcoin</keyword> rewards company, <keyword id="10987735" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="lolli">Lolli</keyword>. </strong></li><li><strong>Lolli is a browser extension that rewards online shoppers with bitcoin when they make a purchase.</strong></li><li><a href="https://newsletter.businessinsider.com/join/4np/10-things-opening-bell?utm_source=markets&amp;utm_medium=ingestgest"><strong>Sign up here for our daily newsletter, 10 Things Before the Opening Bell</strong></a><strong style="color: #222222;">.</strong></li></ul><p>A star-studded roster of investors took part in a $5 million funding round for Lolli, a company that rewards online shoppers with a small amount of bitcoin when they make a purchase. <br /><br />On Wednesday, Lolli announced it completed its Pre-Series A funding. Alexis Ohanian's venture capital fund-Seven Seven Six led the round. Youtube creators Cody Ko and Casey Neistat also participated in the round, and so did Night Media, the management company that represents MrBeast, plus additional investors. </p><p>Lolli is a browser extension and mobile app that allows people to earn bitcoin when they shop online. The company partners with over 1,000 brands including Kroger, Sephora, Macy's, Nike, and Postmates. When users shop these brands through the Lolli extension, the company rewards the user with a small amount of bitcoin. The company sees this as a way to bring more investors into the crypto space by allowing them to slowly build their bitcoin holdings.<br /><br />The funding will contribute to the mobile app development and international expansion of Lolli, according to a press release. At the moment, only residents of the United States can become Lolli members. </p><p>The bitcoin rewards company also raised $3 million in a Seed Round in May 2020. <br /><br />"The retail industry is facing an inflection point and the future lies with providing easily accessible crypto options," said Ohanian, who is the co-founder of Reddit and founder of Seven Seven Six. "I am excited to see how Lolli's mobile app development and international expansion will unlock new opportunities for both consumers and retailers alike. As an early investor in Coinbase, I believe Lolli has the potential to not only accelerate the future of bitcoin adoption, but also to fundamentally change the landscape for future generations."</p>

Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian and Youtube creators Cody Ko and Casey Neistat took part in a $5 million funding round for an app that rewards online shoppers with bitcoin

<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><p class="source"><span>Lolli</span></p><p class="caption">Alex Adelman, founder of Lolli.</p></div><p></p></div></div></p><ul><li><strong>Lolli is a startup that offers incentives for online shoppers by giving money back in the form of bitcoin.</strong></li><li><strong>Once you download Lolli's extension, you're alerted to any bitcoin-back offers when shopping on one of Lolli's online <keyword id="6354851" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="retail">retail</keyword> partners.</strong></li></ul><p>Fewer people own cryptocurrencies than you might think. <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/16/why-just-8-percent-of-americans-are-invested-in-cryptocurrencies-.html">A recent study found</a> that only a small percentage of Americans own cryptoassets and that many people still don't know how to go about buying them. </p><p>One startup founder, Alex Adelman, hopes to speed up bitcoin's adoption process, and he's doing it by making cryptocurrencies accessible to people who aren't necessarily interested in going out of their way to buy it.</p><p>Adelman is the founder of <a href="https://www.lolli.com/">Lolli</a>, an eight-month-old New York-based startup with a single-minded mission: Put cryptocurrencies like bitcoin into the hands of consumers, risk-free. </p><p>Lolli's primary offering is a browser extension<a href="https://www.lolli.com/"> (it pairs with Chrome and Safari and it's downloadable through Lolli's website) </a>that pairs with more than 500 online retailers. Purchase an item through one of Lolli's online retail partners, and you'll receive as much as 30% off the item's cost back in bitcoin. From there, the bitcoin is stored in your personal Lolli wallet where it can later be cashed in to your bank account. </p><p>It's like cash back, but for bitcoin.</p><p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><p class="source"><span>Lolli</span></p></div><p></p></div></div></p><p>So far, Lolli's partners include a number of different kinds of retailers including Bloomingdale's, Macy's, Lucky Brand, Home Depot, Hotels.com, Jet.com,and SeatGeek.</p><p>For Adelman, Lolli is not only an incentive for online shoppers but an educational platform where he believes many people will have their very first experience with a digital asset.</p><p>"Buying bitcoin or making any first investment is inherently risky," said Adelman. "It's important to make it easy. We're trying to take away all the risks of buying into bitcoin. People are making a completely passive investment by us negotiating deals with online retailers and working off our partnerships."</p><p>Adelman has leveraged the retail connections he made through his previous e-commerce startup Cosmic (which was later acquired by PopSugar), to yield a streamlined business model: Retailers offer Lolli a commission for each shopper they drive to the site and Lolli returns a part of its commission back to shoppers in bitcoin. </p><p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><p class="source"><span>Lolli</span></p></div><p></p></div></div></p><p>For Adelman, it was important to keep Lolli's design light and approachable. For instance, Lolli's name comes from the lollipops that banks hand out to customers: "Most people hate going to the bank," he said. "I've always looked forward to the lollipop at the end."</p><p>Adelman said that he believes that risk-free incentives have long been missing in the cryptocurrency space, and that many people still view cryptocurrencies as unapproachable or difficult to understand. <span style="font-weight: 400;">For Lolli, bitcoin is only the beginning. Adelman said that he hopes to build an engaged online community surrounding his product and that its offerings might extend to other digital currencies in the future. </span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">"I believe that bitcoin is the bank of the future, and that it's going to bank billions of people across the world," he said. "Right now it's not very user friendly, it's not fun. The thing that's missing is the lollipop. We're coming in and being that fun, easy way to get into bitcoin."</span></p><p class="tagline">Get the latest Bitcoin price <a href="http://markets.businessinsider.com/currencies/BTC-USD">here.&gt;&gt;</a></p>    <div class="margin-top">        <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-twitter-thai-cave-sleeping-factory-2018-7">What's going on with Elon Musk</a></h3>        <div>                    </div>    </div>

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