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Tradehill, Inc. is the virtual currency platform for professional investors, businesses, and governments. It is the single most secure and reliable major Bitcoin exchange platform, having never been hacked or suffered significant downtime.
The business recently underwent a major re-organization, received $400,000 in seed-funding, hired a new team of top legal and engineering talent, and re-launched in March 2013, with a new focus on the accredited investor and institutions market.
Tradehill initially launched in June 2011 and functioned as the second largest Bitcoin exchange in the world until temporarily shutting down in January 2012. When Jered Kenna, CEO, met Ryan Singer, Tradehill President and COO, at the Future of Money and Technology Conference in San Francisco, and they decided to team up to create the world's enterprise class virtual currency exchange.
Tradehill is proud of its reputation as the most professional institution in the virtual currency space, and within a month of re-launching, it has executed over a million USD in Bitcoin exchanges.
The business recently underwent a major re-organization, received $400,000 in seed-funding, hired a new team of top legal and engineering talent, and re-launched in March 2013, with a new focus on the accredited investor and institutions market.
Tradehill initially launched in June 2011 and functioned as the second largest Bitcoin exchange in the world until temporarily shutting down in January 2012. When Jered Kenna, CEO, met Ryan Singer, Tradehill President and COO, at the Future of Money and Technology Conference in San Francisco, and they decided to team up to create the world's enterprise class virtual currency exchange.
Tradehill is proud of its reputation as the most professional institution in the virtual currency space, and within a month of re-launching, it has executed over a million USD in Bitcoin exchanges.
Overview
Location
United States, California, San Francisco
Employees
11-50
Phone
+1 650-924-2785
Founded date
2011
Investors 1
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Mentions in press and media 15
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| Oct 10, 2013 | In-person bitcoin exchanges spread across the globe | “I’ll do Coinbase price.”. “It’s $10 under Gox.” “Last time I was here everyone was trading in Gox price.” “That was a long time ago.” So went the banter on the trading floor -- or rather, the trading winding pathway in San Francisco’s Yerb... |
| Sep 19, 2013 | Ripple plan to make its software open source on September 26 | OpenCoin, the company behind the Ripple payment system, has announced that it should finally be made available via an open source license next week. Ripple, which features both a payment network and its own ripple currency (XRP), began circ... |
| Sep 3, 2013 | Today's Headlines and Commentary | First, of course, to Syria. Republican Senator John McCain has announced his support of our intervening in Syria; read the New York Times ("times" two) and the Washington Post, both of which describe lawmakers' opinions about inte... |
| Aug 9, 2013 | Bitcoin Ticker Available On Bloomberg Terminal For Employees | Bitcoin is now officially mainstream. According to BTC Geek, Bloomberg terminal users can now look up Bitcoin’s pricing history. Data comes from ubiquitous Bitcoin exchange service Mt. Gox as well as Tradehill. For now, only Bloomberg emplo... |
| Jul 30, 2013 | Bitcoin industry leaders launch DATA, a self-regulatory body for digital currencies | Luminaries in the bitcoin community have launched a self-regulatory body in an apparent attempt to gain a cohesive voice in the ongoing tussle with financial regulators. The Committee for the Establishment of the Digital Asset Transfer Auth... |
| Apr 11, 2013 | Bitcoin Price-Drop Caused By Rush Of Interest, Not DDOS, Says Mt.Gox Exchange; Newcomers Now Opening ~20k Accounts Per Day | The Bitcoin correction we wrote about yesterday was not caused by a DDOS attack on one of the largest Bitcoin exchanges, Mt.Gox, but rather by a massive spike in interest in the crypto currency, according to Mt.Gox. During trading yesterday... |
| Apr 10, 2013 | Bitcoin Suffers A Correction Amid Apparent DDOS Attacks On Some Exchanges | Bitcoin is undergoing a classic correction after quintupling in price over the past 30 days. The currency, which was trading as high as $265 earlier today on Mt. Gox, plummeted and is now trading at around $150. We’ve reached out to one of ... |
| Mar 21, 2013 | Crazy or crazy-smart? Canadian man puts grandparents’ house up for sale … for Bitcoins | A 22-year-old currency trader is selling his grandparents’ house for as many Bitcoins as he can get his hands on. Taylor More put the listing up for the family home (pictured above) in Alberta, Canada, several days ago. He told me that the ... |
| Mar 18, 2013 | Tradehill’s second attempt at making money off Bitcoin: Prime (exclusive) | In its heyday, Tradehill was the second largest exchange for experimental virtual currency Bitcoin. But the site closed down due to a protracted regulatory dispute and a string of payments fraud charges. With a new team and a design reboot,... |
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FAQ about Tradehill
When was Tradehill founded?
Tradehill was founded in 2011.
What has the press written about Tradehill?
Parsers VC has collected 15 articles mentioning Tradehill, among them “In-person bitcoin exchanges spread across the globe” (Oct 10, 2013) and “Ripple plan to make its software open source on September 26” (Sep 19, 2013).
Is Tradehill still active?
Tradehill is probably closed: its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Nov 15, 2013.