BitGold Enables Gold Savings through a New App and Global Network
BitGold designed a new software that automatically links buyers to bullion dealers and storage companies. With this move, the company makes it easier for people to own gold as a hedge against inflation and as a store of value. The Toronto-based company began offering its service to the public in May and had already racked up more than 168,000 global users by the end of July, with about $7 million in transactions. BitGold pairs together the ease and convenience of digital payments and online gold savings with the integrity and stability of gold. The company's mission is to make physical....
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BitGold Inc. has announced the public launch of the BitGold platform, a software service that connects gold storage with payment networks, resulting in a banking-like platform for gold. The announcement refers to the BitGold platform as a "new global operating system for gold." In fact, BitGold is a digital payments platform that connects gold stored in real-world vaults with online payments. Though the BitGold press release emphasizes that BitGold is not a cryptocurrency like bitcoin, there are similarities. In particular, the BitGold platform allows for the quick settlement of gold....
BitGold has indicated that while it uses blockchain technology, it has pivoted from a focus on bitcoin. Canadian digital currency startup BitGold has successfully closed a $3.5m Series A funding round. Participants in the round included PowerOne Capital, Soros Brothers Investments, Sandstorm Gold and PortVesta Holdings. Notably, the man behind Soros Brothers Investments is Alexander Soros, the son of billionaire investor George Soros. The Toronto-based company offers a consumer-focused Internet platform for global blockchain payments, alongside access to secure and redeemable gold for....
BitGold has raised $3.5 million from venture capitalists to fund their attempt to digitize gold. BitGold Inc. (not to be confused with Bitreserve's similarly-named bitgold) has just concluded a $3.5 million investment round ahead of its Q1 launch. The company hopes to make gold a viable payment medium once again by offering a multi-faceted platform that includes a gold exchange, a custodial vault, and a payments service. Also read: Gold And Silver On The Blockchain: DigitalTangible Partners With Agora Commodities. BitGold Inc. Concludes $3.5 Million Investment Round. Gold has served as a....
The Bitcoin firm BitGold, which is a Canadian international savings and payments service, that enables individuals and businesses to transact with physical gold, has announced that it has successfully created a direct link with nine of America's biggest banks. The firm also announced that it has successfully activated a "secure and direct link through a proprietary authorization with Chase, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, Citi, US Bank, USAA, Fidelity, Charles Schwab, Capital One and even American Express" which enables a user to verify his identity and authorize his account to purchase or....
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 its founding in 2001, has amassed 20,000 customers, 135,000 user sign ups and manages more than $1 billion in assets. In a BitGold press release, the startup said the acquisition will lower its operating cost and give them a ready-made....