CoinAgenda Announces 20 Winners of BitAngels Startup Pitch Competition

Companies from Six Nations Are Selected to Pitch Angel Investors and Venture Funds at First Cryptocurrency Investor Conference in Las Vegas, October 7-9. End Quote

(1888PressRelease) October 09, 2014 - Las Vegas, NV - CoinAgenda (www.coinagenda.com), the first conference for bitcoin and cryptocurrency investors, today announced the group of 20 startups chosen to participate in its inaugural BitAngels startup pitch competition. An integral part of CoinAgenda, the BitAngels event is focused solely on startups and early-stage investments. CoinAgenda is being held in Las Vegas, Oct. 7-9, at the Palms Fantasy Tower, and has already included an opening party at the 9,000-square-foot Hugh Hefner suite, and will conclude with a VIP dinner at the former Mike Tyson mansion seen in The Hangover.

"While many have been debating the weekly price rise or drop of the bitcoin price, cryptocurrency companies have quietly increased their fundraising activities by more than 100x in the past two years, "said CoinAgenda organizer and BitAngels co-founder Michael Terpin. "The mission of BitAngels is to provide a place for the next generation of cryptocurrency startups to find seed capital and for savvy investors to have the earliest possible access to funding these innovative companies."

Participating in the BitAngels competition are 20 promising, early-stage companies working in bitcoin and other digital currencies. They include:

· Bitwage, the first formal payroll service for bitcoin.

· Breakout Gaming, the world's first gaming site altcoin.

· PaaS, cloud-optimized Bitcoin infrastructure BlockCypher.

· Social media bitcoin tipping service Changetip.

· Finland's CoinMotion, the easiest way to buy and sell bitcoin in Europe.

· Hong Kong-based bitcoin invoicing service CoinSimple.

· Digital currency political donation processor Coinvox.

· Gold-to-digital asset trading platform DigitalTangible.

· Enterprise cryptofinance provider Epiphyte.

· eSpend, an enterprise Ripple gateway SaaS solution for licensed financial institutions.

· Factom, "proof of process" for the Bitcoin block chain.

· Hedgy, the marketplace for peer-to-peer hedging of smart derivative contracts on the block chain.

· Crypto-crowdfunding platform Koinify.

· From Canada, instant and secure browser-based wallet Kryptokit.

· Leetcoin, which allows gamers to compete in real-time for bitcoins.

· Bitcoin real estate trading platform Meson.re.

· Mexican bitcoin exchange mEXbt.

· Digital asset security provider Rivetz.

· Tether (fka Realcoin), a digital connection to real world assets.

· India's Zeb Ventures, makers of Zebpay, the simplest bitcoin wallet ever.

Each company will present for 30 minutes, and at the end of the event three winners will be named, as chosen by a jury of prestigious investors in the cryptocurrency space.

For more information about the CoinAgenda or BitAngels conferences, please visit http://coinagenda.com.

About BitAngels
BitAngels is the world's first decentralized angel group for investing in digital currency companies. Created in May 2013, BitAngels has grown to more than 500 investors and has funded 20 companies in its first 16 months in business.

About CoinAgenda
CoinAgenda is the first global conference for investors in digital currency and in companies in the cryptocurrency sector, taking place October 7-9 in Las Vegas. Founder Michael Terpin is also the co-founder of BitAngels and of Bitcoin Syndicate, the fastest growing "top 10" investment syndicate on AngelList, as well as the CEO of SocialRadius/Transform, the top PR/marketing firm for cryptocurrency companies globally.

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