Top Virtual Currency Startups in 2024

Chainalysis is one of the fastest growing companies in the cryptocurrency space. Our cryptocurrency investigation and compliance software is used by the world’s leading law enforcement agencies, regulators, and businesses as they combat fraud, human trafficking, money laundering, and other illicit activity involving cryptocurrencies. With offices in New York, Washington D.C., London, and Copenhagen, we are backed by Accel, Benchmark and other leading names in venture capital. Our mission is to build trust in blockchains.

Whether in the world of payment, finance, fashion, art or retail, more and more companies have decided to adopt blockchain and digital assets. However, these companies are faced with a fundamental problem: how to adopt these new assets without jeopardizing their accounting processes and their “auditability”? Created in 2018 by Antoine Scalia, Cryptio is a startup that has taken on the incredible challenge of inventing the foundations of accounting and financial reporting for digital assets (crypto-currencies, NFT, digital assets). How? By offering a SaaS accounting, auditing and tax solution that bridges the gap between blockchain and accounting systems - turning data into verifiable records for accounting, treasury and tax reporting. We enable pioneering companies in the crypto ecosystem, large enterprises and financial institutions to confidently navigate the fragmented digital asset landscape. Our mission is to tackle one of the biggest challenges in crypto right now - building the infrastructure to help institutional adoption. And we're playing to win. Cyptio wants to become the source of truth in the world of crypto!

At River, we are committed to building financial solutions that power a transparent and efficient global economic system made possible by Bitcoin. We have built leading Bitcoin brokerage, mining, and custody products to keep our clients ahead of the curve. We aim to bring premier Bitcoin solutions that offer our clients a full array of financial services.

Gemini is a digital asset exchange and custodian that allows customers to buy, sell, and store digital assets such as bitcoin, bitcoin cash, ether, zcash, and litecoin. Gemini is a New York trust company that is subject to the capital reserve requirements, cybersecurity requirements, and banking compliance standards set forth by the New York Department of Financial Services and the New York Banking Law. Gemini was founded in 2014, by brothers Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss. In December of 2018, Gemini extended its trusted platform launching its mobile app making trading easy for customers on the go. In September of 2018, Gemini launched the world’s first regulated stablecoin, the Gemini dollar, that combines the creditworthiness and price stability of the U.S. dollar with blockchain technology and the oversight of U.S. regulators. Gemini, in partnership with the Cboe Futures Exchange, LLC, launched the first-ever bitcoin futures contract in December of 2017.

Blockstream is the global leader in Bitcoin and blockchain technology. Applying cutting-edge cryptography and security engineering, we’re building the products and networks that make financial markets more efficient by reducing reliance on trust. Bitcoin is at the heart of everything we do. From enterprise-grade settlement networks, to consumer wallets, to Bitcoin satellites, our technology is accelerating the adoption of bitcoin-based peer-to-peer finance. Blockstream's key innovation is in sidechains, which enable the introduction of brand new features to Bitcoin, as well as the issuance of new digital assets. OUR PRODUCTS: - The Liquid Network: sidechain-based settlement network for traders and exchanges - Blockstream Green: simple and secure Bitcoin wallet with Liquid support - Blockstream Mining: colocation services for Bitcoin miners - Blockstream Satellite: the Bitcoin blockchain beamed from space - Many major contributions to Bitcoin open source software and research

Bitso, Mexico's first Bitcoin exchange & issuer of MXN balances in the Ripple Network. Remittances are critical for the Mexican and most Latin American economies, with US-to-Mexico being the largest remittance corridor in the world. Mexicans living in the U.S. send almost $22 billion a year to their country. Bitso.com aims to create the foundation for a healthy Bitcoin economy in Mexico, thus enabling the use of Bitcoin as a mechanism for substantially improving the efficiency of this vast economic flow; decreasing the costs and increasing the speed of transactions. Bitso launched early April 2014, exiting its beta period in July. Bitso's userbase is growing daily, with significant media attention both locally and internationally. coindesk.com/bitcoin-opportunity-corp-mexico-bitso coindesk.com/mexican-exchange-bitso-enables-mobile-credit-card-payments coindesk.com/ripple-network-expands-addition-first-peso-issuer

Bitfinex is a digital asset trading platform offering state-of-the-art services for digital currency traders and global liquidity providers. Founded in 2012, Bitfinex was one of the first professional platforms set up to accomodate for the booming interest in cryptocurrency trading. Since then, the team has gained invaluable experience whilst cementing their spot as the go-to platform for digital asset traders and institutions. In addition to a suite of advanced trading features and charting tools, Bitfinex provides access to peer-to-peer financing, an OTC market and margin trading for a wide selection of digital assets. Bitfinex’s strategy focuses on providing unparalleled support, tools, and innovation for professional traders and liquidity providers around the world.

Localcoin is a financial technology company that operates the largest cryptocurrency ATM network in Canada. Our network allows users to buy and sell Bitcoin, Litecoin, and Ethereum at over 400 retail locations across North America in more than 9 provinces and 3 states. Founded in 2017, Localcoin empowers consumers to join the cryptoeconomy by offering a simple cryptocurrency buying/selling experience to over 40,000 customers. Our partners include independent retailers and franchises such as Hasty Market and Gateway Newstands. We are a profitable cryptocurrency startup and we are growing at an exponential rate with over 50 new locations opened monthly. Localcoin’s mission is to bring cryptocurrency to your community, one ATM at a time. Learn more at localcoinatm.com.

BitGo provides the most secure and scalable wallet solutions for the digital asset economy, offering regulated custody, staking and trading, and core infrastructure to investors and builders alike. Founded in 2013, BitGo pioneered the multi-signature wallet and is the first digital asset company to focus exclusively on serving institutional clients. In 2018, it launched BitGo Trust Company, the first qualified custodian purpose-built for storing digital assets and established BitGo New York Trust in 2021. In 2022, BitGo launched institutional-grade DeFi, NFT and web3 services. BitGo secures approximately 20% of all on-chain Bitcoin transactions by value and supports more than 700 digital assets within its platform. BitGo provides the security and operational backbone for more than 1500 institutional clients in 50 countries, including many regulated entities and the world’s top cryptocurrency exchanges and platforms. For more information, please visit bitgo.com

Archblock's mission is to open access to financial opportunities and global trade. We’re building a platform to modernize +$10 trillion of global lending and capital markets. Archblock bridges institutional capital to DeFi’s modern financial infrastructure. As a core TrueFi contributor, Archblock brings institutional lenders and fund managers on-chain to make global lending more transparent, effective, and accessible. As a builder of modern financial assets and infrastructure, Archblock incubated and operates top stablecoins like TUSD, now moving billions of dollars around the world each month.