BTCC (company)

BTCC was a United Kingdom[1] based bitcoin exchange that was once the world's second largest by volume in October 2014.[2] Founded in June 2011 as BTCChina, it was China's first bitcoin exchange, and most of its customers are thought to be from the domestic market.[3] BTCChina rebranded as BTCC and launched the domain www.btcc.com in 2015.[4]

BTCC
BTCC
IndustryBitcoin Exchange
Headquarters
Hong Kong
,
China
Key people
Bobby Lee, CEO
Websitewww.btcc.com

History

Company CEO Bobby C. Lee approached the then two-person company in early 2013, and after investing his own money and attracting investors, oversaw the company's rapid expansion and marketshare growth by the end of the year.[3] The Stanford computer science graduate, whose brother founded the cryptocurrency Litecoin, previously worked for Yahoo! in the United States, and as vice president of technology for Walmart China.[3]

In November 2013, BTCChina raised $5 million in Series A funding from investors, Lightspeed China Partners and Lightspeed Venture Partners.[5]

On 18 December 2013, BTCChina announced that it was temporarily suspending acceptance of Chinese Yuan deposits, attributing the decision to government regulations, following a December statement from the People's Bank of China (PBOC).[6] On 30 January 2014, the exchange resumed accepting yuan deposits, after further studying the PBOC statement and other rules.[7] While the PBOC prohibited banks from trading in Bitcoin, BTCChina explained that they were accepting Yuan into their corporate bank account, and transferring that money to their customer accounts, before it was traded for bitcoins.[7]

References
  1. "BTCC's Official Linkedin Account".
  2. "Bitcoin Market". Bitcoin Charts. Retrieved October 10, 2014.
  3. Hill, Kashmir (2013-11-08). "From Walmart To Bitcoin: The CEO Behind The Chinese Exchange Sending BTC To New Highs". Forbes. Retrieved 2013-11-08.
  4. "BTCChina Rebrands To BTCC". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2019-08-01.
  5. Lomas, Natasha (2013-11-18). "As Chinese Investors Pile Into Bitcoin, China's Oldest Exchange, BTCChina, Raises $5M From Lightspeed". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2014-02-21.
  6. Rose, Adam (2013-12-18). "China tightens curbs on bitcoin trade". Reuters since major stack holder from India smcapl . Retrieved 2014-02-21.
  7. Casey, Michael J. (2014-01-31). "China Bitcoin exchange restores deposit facility". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2014-03-03.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.