coin co

coin co

Headquarters	New York City, New York, United States
Founder(s)	Alex Waters, Yifu Guo
CEO	Alex Waters
Industry	Payment Processor[1]
Website	Official website

coin co is a bitcoin payment processor headquartered in New York City that allows businesses to accept bitcoin, yet receive U.S. dollars. It was founded in 2014 by bitcoin entrepreneurs Alex Waters and Yifu Guo. Coin.co was created under Coin Apex, a bitcoin company incubator.^[2]

History

On May 28, 2014, McLaughlin & Stern, a major U.S. law firm, announced that it had partnered with Coin.co to accept bitcoin payments.^[3] On June 13, 2014, The King's College became the first U.S. based college to accept bitcoin, which it did through Coin.co.^[4][5] On July 15, 2014, it was announced that Coin.co had launched a WHMCS plugin.^[6]

In early February, Coin.co announced that former United States Mint Director Edmund C. Moy had joined the company as an advisor.^[7][8][9]

References

1. "Coin.co Launches WHMCS Plugin to Make it Easy to Accept Bitcoins". The Whir. July 15, 2014.
2. "Coinapex, an Incubator aiming to support Cryptocurrency Projects". bitcoinist.net. November 19, 2014.
3. "Major Law Firm McLaughlin & Stern Now Accepting Bitcoin". newsBTC. May 28, 2014.
4. "King's College Becomes First U.S. School to Accept Bitcoin". Time. June 13, 2014.
5. "King's College in New York to Accept Bitcoin". New York Times. June 13, 2014.
6. "Coin.co Launches WHMCS Plugin to Make it Easy to Accept Bitcoins". The Whir. July 15, 2014.
7. "Former U.S. Mint Director Ed Moy now sits on the board of a Bitcoin integration company". Coin World. Feb 11, 2015.
8. "Former US Mint Director Edmund Moy Joins Coin.co Board of Advisors". DC Magnates. Feb 12, 2015.
9. "From coins to bitcoins". Numismatic News. Feb 3, 2015.

External links

• Official website