Digital Currency Group

Gnosis provides a decentralized platform for prediction markets. Gnosis is built on Ethereum, a next-generation blockchain protocol enabling advanced smart contracts. Ethereum is censorship resistant, globally available, and provides transparent guarantees about future operations of the platform. With Ethereum, they can eliminate middlemen and counterparty risk. They believe in a redistributed future. Gnosis builds new market mechanisms to make this future possible. Through blockchain-based, decentralized platforms, they enable the redistribution of resources—from assets to incentives, and information to ideas. Their prediction market platforms allow anyone to utilize customized forecasting applications. These applications produce an entirely new asset class: conditional tokens, which make event outcomes tradeable and are also a powerful tool for information discovery.

Bitmark Inc. develops property system for digital environment. It offers specialized blockchain technology to convert personal data into property that can be sold, licensed, and transferred peer-to-peer. The company’s property system for the digital environment enables individuals to establish ownership claims for personal data akin to how land registrars track land titles or patent offices track patents. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Taipei, Taiwan with additional offices in Cupertino, California; Reykjavík, Iceland; and Đà Nẵng, Vietnam.

Provenance is a platform that empowers brands to take steps toward greater transparency. With our technology, businesses make the origin, journey and impact behind products transparent to the millions of shoppers that want to know more. Enabled by blockchain, mobile and open data, our software gathers and shares key product information and stories in a way that’s secure, trustworthy and accessible – bringing the supply chain to the shopper, online and in-store.

Elliptic Enterprises Limited operates a platform to acquire, use, and store bitcoin and other digital currencies. It provides Elliptic Vault, a storage service for bitcoins; and engages in digital currency lobbying, education, and advocacy for the benefit of various users and businesses. Elliptic Enterprises Limited was incorporated in 2013 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

Based in Dubai with an outlook towards emerging markets, BitOasis is a fintech startup building the infrastructure for new digital payment products using the blockchain. BitOasis bitcoin exchange platform, wallet and integrations provide the tools to onboard consumers and businesses to a borderless and efficient digital payment system.

Horizen Labs is a blockchain technology company that enables businesses to build distributed ledger solutions that are fast, secure, private and scalable. Horizen Labs leverages Horizen’s privacy-focused public infrastructure and Horizen Labs’ proprietary sidechain deployment tool. Blockchain and distributed ledger technologies enable a shift from centralized to decentralized architectures which help to bridge a divide in global trust.

Circle provides an online platform that enables users to send money quickly and easily. Circle uses blockchain technology with Circle Pay to ease and improve how users send money. Circle expands its services with a crypto-currency investment product with Circle Invest, enabling anyone to buy and sell crypto assets. It provides crypto-coins and offer OTC trading services via Circle Trade. Its crypto-trading desk provides one of the largest global liquidity pools for digital asset trading and averages $2 billion in monthly volume. Jeremy Allaire and Sean Neville founded Circle in 2013. $140 million from investors including Jim Breyer (Facebook), Goldman Sachs, IDG Capital (Baidu, Tencent), General Catalyst (AirBnB, Snapchat) and Accel Partners backs the company, with its headquarters in Boston, and branches in New York, San Francisco, Dublin, London, and Hong Kong.

Streami, Inc. develops and offers blockchain based solutions connecting and streamlining fragmented financial networks across the globe. The company is based in Seoul, South Korea.

BitClout is an open-source social media platform that builds a Proof-of-Work blockchain for its users. BitClout is a new type of social network that speculates on people and posts with real money, and it’s built from the ground up as its own custom blockchain. Its architecture is similar to Bitcoin, only it can support complex social network data like posts, profiles, follows, speculation features, and much more at significantly higher throughput and scale.

Fireblocks Inc. develops a blockchain-based security service platform. The company provides security system for managing and streamline digital assets operations. Its platform allows moving funds between exchanges, wallets, and counterparties. It caters to financial institutions. Fireblocks Inc. was founded in 2018 and is based in New York, New York. It has additional locations in Tel Aviv, Israel.

The API3 Foundation Company Limited offers decentralized application programming interfaces for web. The company is based in Cayman Islands.

Multis, Inc. offers crypto bank services to companies and entrepreneurs. It’s wallet provides an interface to store crypto, pay suppliers, run payroll, and earn interest. Its services include monitoring, that check company's balance in real-time, and track all transactions from a single dashboard; multi-access to assets, recurring payments, send and receive funds, trading, and convert crypto to cash. The company was founded in 2006 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Circle provides an online platform that enables users to send money quickly and easily. Circle uses blockchain technology with Circle Pay to ease and improve how users send money. Circle expands its services with a crypto-currency investment product with Circle Invest, enabling anyone to buy and sell crypto assets. It provides crypto-coins and offer OTC trading services via Circle Trade. Its crypto-trading desk provides one of the largest global liquidity pools for digital asset trading and averages $2 billion in monthly volume. Jeremy Allaire and Sean Neville founded Circle in 2013. $140 million from investors including Jim Breyer (Facebook), Goldman Sachs, IDG Capital (Baidu, Tencent), General Catalyst (AirBnB, Snapchat) and Accel Partners backs the company, with its headquarters in Boston, and branches in New York, San Francisco, Dublin, London, and Hong Kong.

Curv is a developer of digital asset security infrastructure helping crypto-native and financial institutions to create digital wallets. The company's security technology is enabling users to build crypto finance products that safely transfer, store, and manage any digital asset on any blockchain or digital system for recording transactions. Its research and development office is located in Tel Aviv, Israel. Curv's decentralized security model utilizes multi-party computation (MPC) protocols, enabling transactions to be securely signed in a mathematically-proven, distributed way. Its enterprise-grade policy engine allows clients to define risk profiles and enforce granular policies to ensure only authorized transactions are allowed. Dan Yadlin and Itay Malinger established the company in New York, New York in 2018.

VAULT.IO, INC. develops a secure wallet and distributed application (dApp) discovery platform for mobile devices. The company uses block chain technology for the development of the platform. The company was incorporated in 2017 and is based in New York City, New York.

Horizon Blockchain Games is a video game studio and Blockchain infrastructure company pioneering a new dimension of gaming. The company makes video games for dreamers, futurists, and digital citizens. It has a community-driven platform for decentralized games where players enjoy the freedom of digital ownership, open economies, privacy, and the ability to earn real-world value through play. Horizon Blockchain Games was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Horizon Blockchain Games is a video game studio and Blockchain infrastructure company pioneering a new dimension of gaming. The company makes video games for dreamers, futurists, and digital citizens. It has a community-driven platform for decentralized games where players enjoy the freedom of digital ownership, open economies, privacy, and the ability to earn real-world value through play. Horizon Blockchain Games was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Zabo combines your bank with your cryptocurrency. ✓ Support for Bitcoin and Ether at launch ✓ A full bank: checking, savings, debit card, direct deposit and more ✓ Easily exchange cryptocurrency right from your bank account Signups coming in early 2019.

Transparent Systems transforms global financial systems with an open universal platform that enables secure, frictionless payments through distributed cryptographic systems. Starting with B2B payments and treasury management solutions, its goal is to increase financial accessibility, efficiency, and transparency worldwide. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

The Graph is the indexing and query layer of the decentralized web. Developers build and publish open APIs, called subgraphs, that applications can query using GraphQL. There is a hosted service in production that makes it easy for developers to get started building on The Graph, and the decentralized network will launch later this year. The Graph currently supports indexing data from Ethereum, POA, and IPFS, with more networks coming soon. To date, ~1,700 subgraphs have been deployed for dApps like Aragon, Uniswap, Synthetix, Balancer, Gnosis, Balancer, Livepeer, and Decentraland.

Bloq, Inc. develops enterprise software solutions. The company develops BloqEnterprise, a blockchain infrastructure that enable users to build, update, customize, and analyze their own private, public, and permissioned blockchain networks. The company through BloqEnterprise and BloqCloud offers blockchain management system, BloqLabs tokenization of things, and cross-blockchain cryptocurrency named Metronome. The company also owns and operates a digital currency wallet that offers cryptocurrency services. Bloq, Inc. was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Decentraland offers a blockchain virtual reality platform, where users can create, experience, and monetize content and applications. It offers go to a casino, watch live music, attend a workshop, shop with friends, start a business, test drive a car, visit an underwater resort, and much, much more—all within a 360-degree, virtual world through its platform. Decentraland ws founded in 2017 and is based in the United States.

Flipside Crypto, Inc. operates a crypto currency information platform that provides business intelligence for blockchain organizations. The company offers cryptocurrency management services, including cryptocurrency acquisition, digital walleting, custody services, community tools, and portfolio dashboards for investors. It offers data models to evaluate liquid crypto assets and offers investment portfolios related to cryptocurrencies. The company was incorporated in 2017 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.

CryptoKitties is a mobile game that enables users to collect and breed virtual cats on the blockchain. The collectible, breedable, and adorable CryptoKitties aim to make blockchain technology accessible to everyday consumers by putting a furry face on the concept of digital collectibles. With each CryptoKitties unique 256-bit genome empower nearly 4-billion potential genetic combinations.

Bitmark Inc. develops property system for digital environment. It offers specialized blockchain technology to convert personal data into property that can be sold, licensed, and transferred peer-to-peer. The company’s property system for the digital environment enables individuals to establish ownership claims for personal data akin to how land registrars track land titles or patent offices track patents. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Taipei, Taiwan with additional offices in Cupertino, California; Reykjavík, Iceland; and Đà Nẵng, Vietnam.

Horizon Blockchain Games is a video game studio and Blockchain infrastructure company pioneering a new dimension of gaming. The company makes video games for dreamers, futurists, and digital citizens. It has a community-driven platform for decentralized games where players enjoy the freedom of digital ownership, open economies, privacy, and the ability to earn real-world value through play. Horizon Blockchain Games was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

They are a group of passionate individuals from Paypal, Luno, Bank of America, Instamojo who believe in the promise of decentralized and trustless commerce.

Blockchain infrastructure has set the stage for a new generation of digital ownership that better connects and empowers both creators and owners

Horizen Labs is a blockchain technology company that enables businesses to build distributed ledger solutions that are fast, secure, private and scalable. Horizen Labs leverages Horizen’s privacy-focused public infrastructure and Horizen Labs’ proprietary sidechain deployment tool. Blockchain and distributed ledger technologies enable a shift from centralized to decentralized architectures which help to bridge a divide in global trust.

Cambridge Blockchain develops blockchain-based identity management and compliance software solutions for financial institutions. The company provides an identity management platform for multinational banks financial institutions that puts control of personal identity data back in the hands of the end-user. It returns control of personal data back to users while delivering the benefits of trusted, distributed identity to consumers and organizations. Alex Oberhauser, Alok Bhargava, and Matthew Commons founded it in 2015, with its headquarters in Cambridge in Massachusetts.

CoinFLEX (Coin Futures and Lending Exchange) is the world's first physically delivered cryptocurrency futures exchange.

Nivaura Ltd owns and operates a blockchain technology based platform for automated issuance of financial products and asset administration. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Ilford, United Kingdom.

Curv is a developer of digital asset security infrastructure helping crypto-native and financial institutions to create digital wallets. The company's security technology is enabling users to build crypto finance products that safely transfer, store, and manage any digital asset on any blockchain or digital system for recording transactions. Its research and development office is located in Tel Aviv, Israel. Curv's decentralized security model utilizes multi-party computation (MPC) protocols, enabling transactions to be securely signed in a mathematically-proven, distributed way. Its enterprise-grade policy engine allows clients to define risk profiles and enforce granular policies to ensure only authorized transactions are allowed. Dan Yadlin and Itay Malinger established the company in New York, New York in 2018.

Staked, LLC provides an infrastructure that assists institutional investors of digital currencies to compound crypto holdings through staking and lending. The company offers SLA for block rewards, automatic payouts, and detailed reporting. It supports staking and lending across various proof-of-stake currencies. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in Becket, Massachusetts.

Staked, LLC provides an infrastructure that assists institutional investors of digital currencies to compound crypto holdings through staking and lending. The company offers SLA for block rewards, automatic payouts, and detailed reporting. It supports staking and lending across various proof-of-stake currencies. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in Becket, Massachusetts.

At Coinhouse, we believe digital assets and blockchain technologies are breakthroughs that will fundamentally change societies. They will transform the way we exchange value and disrupt the financial system for the better. Founded in 2014 and based in Paris, France, Coinhouse is the leading and trusted partner for investing and safeguarding digital assets using entreprise-grade custody systems. A comprehensive suite of online and in-person services sets Coinhouse apart by: - Offering immediate access to a wide selection of digital assets where transactions can range from tens of euros to several million with best prices and high-level liquidity - A dedicated account manager for all our premium clients to support them throughout their investment journey with premium research and services. - An enterprise-grade custody service offered by our sister company, Coinhouse Custody Services.

Flipside Crypto, Inc. operates a crypto currency information platform that provides business intelligence for blockchain organizations. The company offers cryptocurrency management services, including cryptocurrency acquisition, digital walleting, custody services, community tools, and portfolio dashboards for investors. It offers data models to evaluate liquid crypto assets and offers investment portfolios related to cryptocurrencies. The company was incorporated in 2017 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.

Logos Network its a crypto network that provides hyper scalable transaction infrastructure from micro transactions to large scale B2B transfers. It includes chain mesh that provides post-blockchain data architecture built to accommodate the Internet of tomorrow, Axios is a novel, delegated proof-of-stake consensus protocol that ensures optimal throughput while guaranteeing safety, and Polis sharding scheme adds a second dimension of parallelism to transaction validation. The company is based in Dublin, Ireland.

Provenance is a platform that empowers brands to take steps toward greater transparency. With our technology, businesses make the origin, journey and impact behind products transparent to the millions of shoppers that want to know more. Enabled by blockchain, mobile and open data, our software gathers and shares key product information and stories in a way that’s secure, trustworthy and accessible – bringing the supply chain to the shopper, online and in-store.

Parity Technologies Limited operates as a blockchain infrastructure company. The company offers open source software development for enterprises using blockchain technology. The company was incorporated in 2015 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

POSaBIT Systems Corporation, a financial technology company, provides block chain-enabled payment processing and point-of-sale systems for cash-only businesses with a focus on the cannabis industry in the United States. The company is headquartered in Kirkland, Washington.

Cambridge Blockchain develops blockchain-based identity management and compliance software solutions for financial institutions. The company provides an identity management platform for multinational banks financial institutions that puts control of personal identity data back in the hands of the end-user. It returns control of personal data back to users while delivering the benefits of trusted, distributed identity to consumers and organizations. Alex Oberhauser, Alok Bhargava, and Matthew Commons founded it in 2015, with its headquarters in Cambridge in Massachusetts.

Circle provides an online platform that enables users to send money quickly and easily. Circle uses blockchain technology with Circle Pay to ease and improve how users send money. Circle expands its services with a crypto-currency investment product with Circle Invest, enabling anyone to buy and sell crypto assets. It provides crypto-coins and offer OTC trading services via Circle Trade. Its crypto-trading desk provides one of the largest global liquidity pools for digital asset trading and averages $2 billion in monthly volume. Jeremy Allaire and Sean Neville founded Circle in 2013. $140 million from investors including Jim Breyer (Facebook), Goldman Sachs, IDG Capital (Baidu, Tencent), General Catalyst (AirBnB, Snapchat) and Accel Partners backs the company, with its headquarters in Boston, and branches in New York, San Francisco, Dublin, London, and Hong Kong.

Token Daily operates an online news publishing platform intended to provide news on the cryptocurrency and blockchain market. Its platform provides information on daily crypto investments, blockchain investments and other related news on the digital coin trading market, enabling clients and traders to stay updated on the daily trending news and products in crypto and blockchain.

An open & accessible development platform to help future generations of blockchain innovators design, run & scale networks with exponentially lower overhead. We do for blockchain what Docker did for containerization.

Chainalysis builds trust in blockchains between people, businesses, and governments. Our Blockchain Intelligence Platform powers our compliance and investigation software for the world’s top institutions. With offices in NY, D.C., and Copenhagen, Chainalysis is global and backed by Benchmark and other leading names in venture capital.

CoinList provides a platform for digital asset companies to run their token sales. Its customers are at the center of the digital asset and blockchain ecosystem including Protocol Lab and Blockstack. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Lightning Labs is building the next generation of decentralized, resilient financial infrastructure. We believe systems based on cryptography, blockchains, and smart contracts will enhance financial cooperation around the world in unprecedented ways at scales both large and small. We have developed Lightning Network Daemon (lnd) the most advanced and most developer-friendly implementation of the Lightning Network protocol. Along with Neutrino, an open platform that enables users with mobile devices to conduct blockchain and Lightning Network transactions quickly and easily. We’re hiring. See our open positions: http://lightning.engineering/careers.html Get involved: http://dev.lightning.community/

The Hedera hashgraph platform will offer a distributed public ledger that enables anyone to easily develop globally decentralized applications. Developers can build secure, fair, blazing-fast decentralized applications on top of the Hedera hashgraph platform.

Nivaura Ltd owns and operates a blockchain technology based platform for automated issuance of financial products and asset administration. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Ilford, United Kingdom.

Ledger develops security and infrastructure solutions for cryptocurrencies as well as blockchain applications for individuals and companies, by leveraging a distinctive, proprietary technology. Launched in 2014, Ledger has designed an acclaimed line of hardware security devices quickly placing the company as a global leader on the market with 1,000,000 units sold in more than 165 countries. For enterprises and corporations, Ledger introduced the Vault: a fully managed SaaS solution addressing the need to safeguard a very large amount of multiple cryptocurrencies while mitigating both IT and physical assault threats. The company is also active on the industrial IoT market, leveraging its secure hardware technology to interface sensors and machines to smart contracts or blockchain based assets. Ledger is headquartered in Paris, has a production facility in Vierzon (France) and offices in San Francisco.

Based in Dubai with an outlook towards emerging markets, BitOasis is a fintech startup building the infrastructure for new digital payment products using the blockchain. BitOasis bitcoin exchange platform, wallet and integrations provide the tools to onboard consumers and businesses to a borderless and efficient digital payment system.

Buda.com develops and operates cryptocurrency markets in South America.

BitGo is the world's largest processor of on-chain Bitcoin transactions, processing 15% of all global Bitcoin transactions, and $15 billion per month across all cryptocurrencies. BitGo supports over 200 coins and tokens, and has over $2 billion in assets in wallet. Our customer base includes the world's largest cryptocurrency exchanges and spans more than 50 countries. In 2018, we introduced BitGo Custody and launched BitGo Trust Company, the first qualified custodian purpose-built for storing digital assets. In 2019, we began providing clearing and settlement. Ben Davenport, Michael Belshe, and Will O'Brien founded BitGo in 2013. It has its headquarters in Palo Alto in California.

At Coinhouse, we believe digital assets and blockchain technologies are breakthroughs that will fundamentally change societies. They will transform the way we exchange value and disrupt the financial system for the better. Founded in 2014 and based in Paris, France, Coinhouse is the leading and trusted partner for investing and safeguarding digital assets using entreprise-grade custody systems. A comprehensive suite of online and in-person services sets Coinhouse apart by: - Offering immediate access to a wide selection of digital assets where transactions can range from tens of euros to several million with best prices and high-level liquidity - A dedicated account manager for all our premium clients to support them throughout their investment journey with premium research and services. - An enterprise-grade custody service offered by our sister company, Coinhouse Custody Services.

norbloc AB develops Fides, know-your-customer blockchain platform and application for the banking and consulting industry. Its technology results in no more paper, reduced duplication, automatic screenings, data driven insights, and secure data management. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Stockholm, Sweden with a development hub in Athens, Greece.

Blokur Ltd develops blockchain based platform for the management and monetization that reduces costs and increases revenue for music publishers through automation and data, enabled by blockchain technology and machine learning. It reconciles different sources of rights data to a single blockchain state, allows music publishers to explore their catalogue in the cloud and compare their data with the global consensus view, and resolves data conflicts. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Oxford, United Kingdom.

BitPesa Ltd. is a digital currency exchange that accepts Bitcoin and exchanges it to Kenyan Shillings. The company operates an online platform that leverages blockchain settlement and opens corridors for business payments and trade between Africa and the rest of the world. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Karen, Kenya.

Provenance is a platform that empowers brands to take steps toward greater transparency. With our technology, businesses make the origin, journey and impact behind products transparent to the millions of shoppers that want to know more. Enabled by blockchain, mobile and open data, our software gathers and shares key product information and stories in a way that’s secure, trustworthy and accessible – bringing the supply chain to the shopper, online and in-store.

POSaBIT Systems Corporation, a financial technology company, provides block chain-enabled payment processing and point-of-sale systems for cash-only businesses with a focus on the cannabis industry in the United States. The company is headquartered in Kirkland, Washington.

Cobalt delivers a private peer-to-peer network that significantly reduces post-trade cost and risk for financial market participants. It aims to use the technology behind bitcoin to simplify foreign exchange trading. The company also aims to create a single, shared view of each transaction by using blockchain technology, which uses complex cryptography to allow people to safely view and edit shared ledgers. The technology was first developed to underpin cryptocurrency bitcoin, doing away with the need for a central bank. Cobalt was founded in 2015 by Andy Coyne and Adrian Patten. It is headquartered in London, England.

Stratumn SAS develops and operates a platform to deploy, monitor, and scale blockchain applications. Its platform helps developers to focus on blockchain applications to write, execute, and verify various workflows or business processes. The company’s platform also offers a private computing unit that executes business logics to go from one state of workflow to the next; and generates proofs of workflow, generating objective evidence or proof-of-existence of data. Stratumn SAS was founded in 2015 and is based in Paris, France.

OpenBazaar is a new way to trade online. By running a program on your computer, you can connect directly to other users in the OpenBazaar network and trade with them. This network isn't controlled by a company, it's a decentralized network that isn't run by any organization at all. This means there are no mandatory fees to pay, and that your trade is censorship-resistant. OpenBazaar uses Bitcoin, a digital currency that is also cheap to use, decentralized, and censorship-resistant. This project is open source, which means the code is publicly available, can be reviewed, and anyone can join the project and suggest changes.

BTCC is a computer and technology company that enables bitcoin exchanges worldwide. It offers a variety of services, including digital currency exchange, a mining pool, payment processing, consumer wallets, and blockchain engraving, via a single integrated platform. BTCC serves security, risk mitigation, credibility, and technological innovation to its global customer base. Its product line includes Bitcoin Pro Exchange, Bitcoin Exchange, Bitcoin Mining Pool, Bitcoin Wallet, Blockchain Engraving, Mint Physical Bitcoins, and Developer Platform. Headquartered in Shanghai, BTCC was originally founded as BTCChina in 2011.

Filament builds blockchain hardware and& software solutions for enterprise and IoT. Filament’s distributed blockchain capabilities leverage open protocols so that devices are able to independently process and record transactions, ensuring digital trust. Its new trusted application software and Blocklet Chip, currently in beta, are designed to communicate and interact with multiple blockchain technologies natively. The software, implemented on existing hardware, will deliver a secure distributed ledger technology solution. The Blocklet Chip will allow industrial corporations and enterprises to seamlessly extract the value of recording and monetizing data assets, at the edge of the network, on the sensors themselves.

Ledger develops security and infrastructure solutions for cryptocurrencies as well as blockchain applications for individuals and companies, by leveraging a distinctive, proprietary technology. Launched in 2014, Ledger has designed an acclaimed line of hardware security devices quickly placing the company as a global leader on the market with 1,000,000 units sold in more than 165 countries. For enterprises and corporations, Ledger introduced the Vault: a fully managed SaaS solution addressing the need to safeguard a very large amount of multiple cryptocurrencies while mitigating both IT and physical assault threats. The company is also active on the industrial IoT market, leveraging its secure hardware technology to interface sensors and machines to smart contracts or blockchain based assets. Ledger is headquartered in Paris, has a production facility in Vierzon (France) and offices in San Francisco.

ShapeShift is a web and API platform formed in July of 2014 to provide instant Bitcoin and altcoin conversion with the maximum level of consumer protection and efficiency. In summer of 2019, the new ShapeShift platform launched to enable B2C users to self-custody their crypto assets, and buy, sell, trade, track, send, and receive all without trusting a 3rd party. ShapeShift also built and operates the real-time crypto market data service CoinCap.io, and acquired hardware wallet company KeepKey in mid-2017. The company is run by industry veteran Erik Voorhees.

Cambridge Blockchain develops blockchain-based identity management and compliance software solutions for financial institutions. The company provides an identity management platform for multinational banks financial institutions that puts control of personal identity data back in the hands of the end-user. It returns control of personal data back to users while delivering the benefits of trusted, distributed identity to consumers and organizations. Alex Oberhauser, Alok Bhargava, and Matthew Commons founded it in 2015, with its headquarters in Cambridge in Massachusetts.

BitPesa Ltd. is a digital currency exchange that accepts Bitcoin and exchanges it to Kenyan Shillings. The company operates an online platform that leverages blockchain settlement and opens corridors for business payments and trade between Africa and the rest of the world. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Karen, Kenya.

Blockstack is a decentralized computing network that puts users in control of their data and login. It’s the easiest way to build decentralized apps that can scale. Blockstack enables engineers to build secure, privacy-focused applications: users are in control of their data instead of storing it with large tech companies. Over 120 independent developer teams have built apps on Blockstack.

Axoni serves the world’s largest financial institutions and capital markets service providers with full-stack blockchain solutions. It is a New York-based capital markets technology firm that specializes in distributed ledger infrastructure. Axoni’s product offerings include distributed ledger technology deployments, bespoke smart contract development, and analytics tools. The company was founded in 2013 by a team of distributed ledger technology entrepreneurs and cryptography specialists.

Bitmark Inc. develops property system for digital environment. It offers specialized blockchain technology to convert personal data into property that can be sold, licensed, and transferred peer-to-peer. The company’s property system for the digital environment enables individuals to establish ownership claims for personal data akin to how land registrars track land titles or patent offices track patents. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Taipei, Taiwan with additional offices in Cupertino, California; Reykjavík, Iceland; and Đà Nẵng, Vietnam.

Yours, Inc. designs and develops cryto focused mobile application which enables contributors to earn bitcoin cash for creating content, voting, and commenting. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in San Francisco, California. As of September 29, 2020, Yours Inc. operates as a subsidiary of The Bayesian Group.

Etherscan is a block explorer and analytics platform for Ethereum, a decentralized smart contracts platform. Etherscan hosts a collection of web-based tools for exploring the public Ethereum network, based on the transactions that have been confirmed on the Ethereum blockchain. As a blockchain explorer, Etherscan can only provide and display information on transactions that occur on the Ethereum blockchain. Etherscan does not process transactions and is unable to troubleshoot transaction failures.

coins.ph Pte. Ltd. provides a mobile wallet that empowers consumers and small businesses to access various financial services. Its mobile wallet allows users to transfer money, pay bills, load phones, and buy and sell bitcoins. The company also offers ATM cash pickup and merchant services, as well as a mobile application. coins.ph Pte. Ltd. was founded in 2014 and is based in Pasig City, the Philippines. coins.ph Pte. Ltd. operates as a subsidiary of PT Go-Jek Indonesia.

Unocoin is a mobile wallet that enables users to buy, sell, store, use, and accept bitcoins. Users can print paper wallets and import bitcoin addresses to their own address book and also withdraw bitcoins to their paper wallets. Available on both iOS and Android platforms, it acts as a point-of-sale merchant mobile app. Unocoin was launched in 2013 and is based in Tumakuru, India.

BigchainDB is a blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assets. BigchainDB allows for the deployment of large-scale applications in a variety of use cases and industries from intellectual property and identity to supply chain, IoT and artificial intelligence. BigchainDB provides unique solutions for developers, start-ups and enterprises to successfully build their concepts, platforms and applications as big as they can dream.

CryptoFacilities is a financial services firm that provides FCA-regulated risk management and trading solutions for digital assets such as bitcoin. It also operates as a broker for exchange-traded futures and options. The company's products serve to trade and manage the price risk of bitcoin and other digital tokens. It offers a platform for its customers to make bitcoin transactions online. Users of the platform are able to open accounts, verify them by uploading addresses and identifications, and deposit bitcoins to the provided addresses once the verification is confirmed. CryptoFacilities is based in London, United Kingdom.

Colu Technologies Ltd. develops and provides an open source technology protocol based on blockchain technology that allows for direct exchanges of digital cash. Its solutions include a control panel to create a local currency, invite businesses and new members, and track economic data; a mobile app to send and receive payments, monitor balance, and explore the local economy; and merchant tools to accept payments, manage transactions, and distribute local currency. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Based in Dubai with an outlook towards emerging markets, BitOasis is a fintech startup building the infrastructure for new digital payment products using the blockchain. BitOasis bitcoin exchange platform, wallet and integrations provide the tools to onboard consumers and businesses to a borderless and efficient digital payment system.

Fluent Network develops enterprise blockchain network for financial institutions and global enterprises. It also provides solutions and applications that are used in the areas of global payment platform, supply chain financing platform, receivables marketplace, supply chain market place, and API and developer platform. The company is headquartered in New York, New York.

Tierion, Inc. turns the blockchain into a global platform for verifying data, le, or business process. It provides an API and tools to collect data and anchor it in the blockchain; and SmartNet, a marketing automation platform with real-time analytics, email marketing, and lead capture. The company was incorporated in 2015 and is based in Hartford, Connecticut.

RSK is the first open-source smart contract platform with a 2-way peg to Bitcoin that also rewards the Bitcoin miners via merge-mining, allowing them to actively participate in the Smart Contract revolution. RSK goal is to add value and functionality to the Bitcoin ecosystem by enabling smart-contracts, near instant payments and higher-scalability.

Elliptic Enterprises Limited operates a platform to acquire, use, and store bitcoin and other digital currencies. It provides Elliptic Vault, a storage service for bitcoins; and engages in digital currency lobbying, education, and advocacy for the benefit of various users and businesses. Elliptic Enterprises Limited was incorporated in 2013 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

Bitwala GmbH designs and develops trading platform for cryptocurrency. The company provides international money transfers and payment processing services through digital currency. It offers debit cards, e wallet, and bank account services. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Berlin, Germany.

Chainalysis builds trust in blockchains between people, businesses, and governments. Our Blockchain Intelligence Platform powers our compliance and investigation software for the world’s top institutions. With offices in NY, D.C., and Copenhagen, Chainalysis is global and backed by Benchmark and other leading names in venture capital.

SurBTC is developing solutions that use bitcoin as an underlaying tool, benefiting from its attributes without carrying the disadvantages.

Our blockchain-based Commerce Cloud links procurement and contract management, financing arrangements, direct enterprise control of corporate payments and inventory tracking in a buildable manner. The result is a Liquid Supply Chain, where data flows downstream in real time and early payments flow upstream in a risk-mitigated manner from new pools of capital.

Civic's blockchain based ecosystem gives businesses and individuals the tools to control and protect identities. They believe identity should be convenient, safe and secure, and put users in control. Civic allows people to control the use of their identity information. They use cutting edge identity verification technology to secure and protect personal information transfer. Having conducted a successful token sale in June 2017, they set their sights on building identity.com, an open source, first-of-its-kind marketplace for identity verification services built on blockchain. They are a team spanning five countries with one common goal: to revolutionize identity.

Zcash offers total payment confidentiality, while still maintaining a decentralized network using a public blockchain. Unlike Bitcoin, Zcash transactions automatically hide the sender, recipient, and value of all transactions on the blockchain. Only those with the correct view key can see the contents. Users have complete control and can opt-in to provide others with their view key at their discretion. Zcash transactions do not depend on the cooperation of other parties. Additionally, full nodes in the Zcash network only need to store a small persistent state.

Filament builds blockchain hardware and& software solutions for enterprise and IoT. Filament’s distributed blockchain capabilities leverage open protocols so that devices are able to independently process and record transactions, ensuring digital trust. Its new trusted application software and Blocklet Chip, currently in beta, are designed to communicate and interact with multiple blockchain technologies natively. The software, implemented on existing hardware, will deliver a secure distributed ledger technology solution. The Blocklet Chip will allow industrial corporations and enterprises to seamlessly extract the value of recording and monetizing data assets, at the edge of the network, on the sensors themselves.

CoinDesk provides news and analysis on the trends, changes, technologies, companies and people in the Bitcoin and digital currency world. From explaining the very basics of what Bitcoin is, to showing you how you can buy bitcoins, to all the latest news in the digital currency world. CoinDesk is an independent publication with reporters all over the world who track down the latest information and present it, unbiased.

Gem empowers individuals to take full control of their wealth, to benefit from the value of their own data, and to experience the collective power of the decentralization movement spreading globally today. Gem has been powering this movement through its cryptocurrency wallets and blockchain platform since 2013. Our seasoned team of cryptocurrency software architects and blockchain engineers are building apps for the next generation of consumers, offering easier and more secure ways to participate in the rapidly evolving digital marketplace. Join the movement today at https://gem.co.

JSgenesis is building a content platform on the blockchain.

Genesis facilitates billions in digital currency trades, loans and transactions on a monthly basis, including over $25 billion in 2020 YTD. Our team combines decades of experience at top Wall Street investment banks with a deep understanding of cryptocurrency markets. Our platform provides a single point of access for digital asset trading, derivatives, borrowing, lending, custody and prime brokerage services.

The biggest challenge to Bitcoin commerce is the lack of consumer incentive to spend. Purse generates this incentive in the form of 15% discounts on Amazon. Buyers can purchase bitcoins with a credit card as easily as checking out on Amazon, thus solving the last mile problem.

Veem is a payment service provider that helps simplify the way businesses send and receive funds. It offers a platform that enables small businesses to send and receive payments in local currency. Using blockchain as a payment rail, the company eliminates the need for intermediary banks, reducing costs for small- and medium-sized businesses. It converts the sender’s funds into bitcoin, selling the digital currency at an exchange for the desired currency of the recipient. Aldo Carrascoso and Marwan Forzley co-founded the company in 2014 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Abra is the world’s first digital cash, peer-to-peer money transfer network. Buy, sell, and hold bitcoin or send bitcoin or fiat to any bitcoin wallet or any other Abra user instantly and securely. Abra uses bitcoin and blockchain technology to enable users to transact in over 50 currencies, including bitcoin. Founded in 2014 by Bill Barhydt, serial entrepreneur and global mobile-banking veteran, their team is based in Silicon Valley and committed to forever changing how the world moves money.

ShapeShift is a web and API platform formed in July of 2014 to provide instant Bitcoin and altcoin conversion with the maximum level of consumer protection and efficiency. In summer of 2019, the new ShapeShift platform launched to enable B2C users to self-custody their crypto assets, and buy, sell, trade, track, send, and receive all without trusting a 3rd party. ShapeShift also built and operates the real-time crypto market data service CoinCap.io, and acquired hardware wallet company KeepKey in mid-2017. The company is run by industry veteran Erik Voorhees.