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Blockchain, the world's biggest provider of digital wallets, is establishing a presence in San Francisco for the first time after acquiring Bay Area startup Tsukemen.

UK-headquartered Blockchain announced the deal on Wednesday but did not disclose terms. Tsukemen is an early stage app-development company founded by Thianh Lu, who previously founded and sold file-sharing product Cloudup. You can read the full report here.

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