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BitPay history
BitPay company history timeline
BitPay was founded in 2011 to provide mobile checkout services to companies that wanted to accept bitcoins.
By October 2012, BitPay had grown to having 1,100 active merchants, including being WordPress's bitcoin merchant.
In May 2013, BitPay announced that they had raised $2 million via Founders Fund.
In September 2013, the company announced it had reached the milestone of 10,000 merchants.
In May 2016, BitPay launched the BitPay Visa Prepaid Debit Card, the first prepaid Visa debit card available for bitcoin users in all 50 US states.
In 2017, BitPay launched another round B funding campaign.
Bitcoin's prepaid WaveCrest Visa was discontinued in January 2018.
BitPay received its virtual currency license from the New York Department of Financial Services in July 2018.
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