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This is a list of for-profit companies with notable commercial activities related to bitcoin. Common services are cryptocurrency wallet providers, bitcoin exchanges, payment service providers [a] and venture capital.
Stellar, or Stellar Lumens (XLM) is a cryptocurrency protocol which allows transactions between any pair of currencies.. The Stellar protocol is supported by the nonprofit Stellar Development Foundation (though this organization does not have 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status) [2] [3] which was founded in 2014.
Anchorage Digital was founded in 2017 by Diogo Mónica and Nathan McCauley. Early investors included Andreessen Horowitz and Blockchain Capital. [1] Visa became an investor in Anchorage Digital in 2019, and uses the company to provide cryptocurrency payment services.
The company was launched by Star Xu in 2017. It is a global company with offices in Singapore, Hong Kong, the UAE, the Bahamas and the United States.. On April 11, 2018, the company announced its expansion to Malta, given the country's efforts to provide a sound regulatory framework for blockchain businesses and digital asset exchanges.
Genesis is a cryptocurrency intermediary for institutional investors, with Digital Currency Group (DCG) as its parent company. [1]Genesis operates several businesses, including Genesis Global Trading, Inc. ("GGT"), Genesis Global Capital, LLC ("GGC"), Genesis Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd. ("GAP"), GGC International Limited ("GGCI"), and Genesis Custody Limited ("Genesis Custody").
Grayscale was founded in 2013, launching a bitcoin trust that year. [4] In 2015, the company became a subsidiary of Digital Currency Group. [5] The same year, Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (OTCQX: GBTC) began trading over-the-counter on the OTCQX market, becoming the first publicly traded bitcoin fund in the United States.
Digital Currency Group Inc. (DCG) is a venture capital company focusing on the digital currency market. It is located in Stamford, Connecticut. [2] The company has the subsidiaries Foundry, Genesis, Grayscale Investments, and Luno. It also formerly owned CoinDesk.
The company invested in several notable category leaders, including Opensea, Kraken, Ethereum, and Coinbase. [ 3 ] In October 2024, Blockchain Capital led a $15 million Series A investment round in Bluesky Social, PBC , a social media company, which operates a same-named decentralized microblogging social platform.