BTCS (company)
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Type of site | Public |
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| Traded as | OTCQB: BTCS |
| Founded | June 20, 2013 |
| Headquarters | Arlington, Virginia, U.S |
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BTCS, Inc. (also called Bitcoin Shop, Inc.) is a publicly traded company based in the US, whose stated line of business is development of applications related to blockchain databases and digital currencies.[1][2][3][4]
In April 2015, according to company releases, its shares were valued at 0.30 USD or more.[5] In July 2016, the price had dropped to 0.001 USD.[6]
Services
According to company material, their services and products could possibly include:
- A low-cost bitcoin transaction verification (bitcoin mining) services business.[7] In January 2015, BTCS announced finalizing a two-year lease for an 83,000 square foot facility.[8]
- An e-commerce marketplace accepting bitcoin, litecoin, dogecoin, and other cryptocurrencies. In its beta version, the marketplace claimed to offer over 250,000 curated products, featuring a so-called "Intelligent Shopping Engine" to find competitive prices on products from over 250 retailers.[9]
- A bitcoin wallet that uses 2-of-3 cryptographic multisignatures to securely store the user's bitcoin keys. The wallet is built on BitVault's Gem’s technology[10] and operates in cooperation with Authy,[11] a provider of two-factor authentication. A beta version was claimed to be available, by invitation only.
Investments
BTCS claims to have partnered with and invested in several digital currency companies, including GoCoin LLC,[12] Bitvault Inc.[13] and Spondoolies Tech Ltd.[14]
See also
References
- ↑ Overstock.com And Bitcoin Shop Offer Virtual Currency First-Mover Advantages - Mar. 26, 2014. http://seekingalpha.com/article/2111343-overstock-com-and-bitcoin-shop-offer-virtual-currency-first-mover-advantages
- ↑ Meet the First Public Bitcoin Company - February 11, 2014. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/b/d29dc63c-5e6e-4ff7-ab4f-6bf91846a917
- ↑ Bitcoin Shop to Trade Publicly Over the Counter - Feb. 6, 2014. http://www.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304450904579367293415457138?KEYWORDS=bitcoin
- ↑ BTCS Net Mining and Focus - August 7, 2015. https://www.dukascopy.com/tv/en#162001
- ↑ http://www.otcmarkets.com/stock/BTCS/news/BTCS-Announces--2-3-Million-Financing-With-Management-Participation?id=102551&b=y
- ↑ http://www.hotstocked.com/article/93923/will-btcs-inc-otcmkts-btcs-stop-crashing.html
- ↑ Bitcoin Shop Expands Mining, ATM Businesses, Rebrands as Blockchain Technology Consumer Solutions - January 8, 2015. http://www.financemagnates.com/cryptocurrency/news/bitcoin-shop-expands-mining-atm-businesses-rebrands-as-blockchain-technology-consumer-solutions/>
- ↑ BTCS Enters Mining Sector in a Market-Share Grab - March 25, 2015. https://bitcoinmagazine.com/19735/btcs-enters-mining-sector-market-share-grab/
- ↑ Accepting Only Digital Money, Bitcoin Shop Overhauls Its Online Marketplace - September 4, 2014. http://www.digitaltransactions.net/news/story/Accepting-Only-Digital-Money_-Bitcoin-Shop-Overhauls-Its-Online-Marketplace
- ↑ Gem Multi-Key Signature Security - https://gem.co/security
- ↑ Authy - https://www.authy.com/
- ↑ Bitcoin Shop Inc. To Invest in GoCoin Payment Platform - March 26, 2014. https://coinreport.net/gocoin-payment-platform-investment/
- ↑ Bitcoin API Developer Gem Raises $2 Million in Seed Funding - September 17, 2014. http://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-api-developer-gem-raises-2m-funding/
- ↑ Bitcoin Shop, Inc. (BTCS) and Spondoolies-Tech Move Forward with Merger - June 10, 2015. https://bitcoinmagazine.com/20792/bitcoin-shop-inc-btcs-spondoolies-tech-move-forward-merger/
External links
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- Business data for BTCS Inc.:
- Reuters
- SEC filings
- BTCS companies grouped at OpenCorporates
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