By Michael Carney
On June 21, 2013

Though not widely well known across the venture capital world, Ribbit Capital founder Meyer “Micky” Malka is making a name for himself within a particular subset: the bitcoin ecosystem. Malka has made several bets on the cryptocurrency since first encountering it in fall 2011 and says that Ribbit might be the largest venture investor in the category as measured by total dollars deployed.

Malka comes to bitcoin with a lengthy background with disruptive financial services, having founded five companies in the sector in the US, Europe, and Latin America. Asked w