ShapeShift Will Cease To Exist As A Company. It’ll Be Reborn In Another… Shape

According to ShapeShift founder and CEO Erik Voorhees, the company's recently launched iOS app "sailed through" the Apple App Store approval process. "We were expecting quite a bit of pushback from Apple because there have been lots of these horror stories about bitcoin apps, you know, never getting past the bar," he told CoinDesk. "And so we submitted it and crossed our fingers." Since its launch - notable for its release on an app platform known for its restrictive policy toward digital currency - the ShapeShift app has been downloaded more than 600 times, says Voorhees. Issues with the....

Founded on July 1, 2014, Shapeshift has been offering global trading of a variety of digital assets for seven years. Following the company’s recent anniversary, it announced Shapeshift is evolving into a community-owned decentralized platform. Shapeshift founder Erik Voorhees explained in a blog post that the firm airdropped FOX tokens to over a million customers in order to “facilitate decentralized governance.” Shapeshift Is Shifting Shapeshift is changing, according to a recent blog post from its founder, and the company’s announcement about an airdrop of the....

Since its founding in 2013, ShapeShift has gained popularity because of its speed and privacy. Despite its success, little was known about the company or the people behind it. Now, though, the exchange has announced the true identity of its founder and CEO: Erik Voorhees, prominent Bitcoin entrepreneur. In addition to this news, ShapeShift annoucned that it raised £525k (563,745 USD) from Barry Silbert and Roger Ver. “Why the mystery? The goal with ShapeShift was this: build a service that was safe and trustworthy by design, not by faith in the creator,” wrote a ShapeShift spokeswoman.....

CCN received the following press release this morning from ShapeShift.io: SWITZERLAND, April 1, 2015 - ShapeShift.io has integrated Winklecoin (WNK), into its instant exchange platform. Customers anywhere in the world can now buy or sell WNK instantly with Bitcoin or over two dozen other leading cryptocurrencies with ShapeShift.io. Winklecoin, masterminded by Olympic rowers and internet entrepreneurs Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, is now available for exchange in increments of two.

ShapeShift.io, is an instant online cryptocurrency exchange that provides instant currency exchange between many cryptocurrencies without having to open an account. This Thursday, ShapeShift.io announced it was integrating Counterparty (XCP), along with Moner (XMR) into its platform. Customers anywhere in the world will now be able to buy or sell XCP or XMR instantly with Bitcoin or over two dozen of other cryptocurrencies with the ShapeShift.io exchange platform. ShapeShift.io, was launched in August 2014, and in less than a year it has become a market leader. Shapeshift.io is now the....