BitGold Review - Bitgold Inc. Acquires GoldMoney.com for CAD $52 Million

BitGold Review - Bitgold Inc. Acquires GoldMoney.com for CAD $52 Million

Bitgold Review. This Bitgold review discusses how the gold payment startup BitGold acquired the operations and intellectual property of the leading consumer gold storage company GoldMoney.com. The acquisition of the company will be in exchange for 1,169,794 common shares in BitGold, a public company trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange. GoldMoney, since....


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