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  • Comment: This article covers a notable Canadian Bitcoin hardware company with coverage in the Toronto Star, CBC News, and NBC News.

  • Comment: This article covers a notable Canadian Bitcoin hardware company with coverage in the Toronto Star, CBC News, and NBC News.

Coinkite Inc. is a Canadian Bitcoin company based in Toronto that designs and manufactures hardware wallets and other Bitcoin-related devices. It was founded in 2013 by Rodolfo Novak and Peter Gray.[1][2]

History

Coinkite launched in Toronto in 2013 with a Bitcoin point-of-sale terminal and a web-based wallet service.[1] That November, the company partnered with Canadian exchange Virtex to trial Bitcoin debit cards, allowing merchants equipped with Coinkite terminals to accept Bitcoin payments.[3]

Coinkite added multisignature wallet support to its platform in 2014.[4] The web wallet and payment terminal were shut down in March 2016 as the company shifted to hardware.[5]

Products

The company's main product is the Coldcard, a Bitcoin-only hardware wallet that operates air-gapped from any computer. The first version shipped in 2017, followed by the Mk2, Mk3, Mk4, and Mk5.[6][7]

Coinkite also makes the Opendime, a single-use USB stick that holds a Bitcoin private key until physically snapped open, and the Satscard, an NFC card serving a similar purpose. Other products include the Tapsigner, an NFC signing card, and the Blockclock, a dedicated Bitcoin price ticker.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b "Bitcoin entrepreneurs want to put virtual coins in your wallet". Toronto Star. December 11, 2013.
  2. ^ "Hold the bitcoin obit: Why the digital currency isn't dead yet". CBC News. March 10, 2014.
  3. ^ "Coinkite and Virtex trial bitcoin debit cards and POS terminals". CoinDesk. November 4, 2013.
  4. ^ "How 2014 Became the Year of Multisig". CoinDesk. December 29, 2014.
  5. ^ "Coinkite Pulls Plug on Bitcoin Web Wallet Service". CCN. 2016.
  6. ^ a b "Coinkite: Bitcoin Security and Fun Devices". Retrieved 2026-03-20.
  7. ^ "Coinkite Announces COLDCARD Mk5 Hardware Wallet". Nasdaq. 2026.

Category:Bitcoin companies Category:Companies based in Toronto Category:Canadian technology companies Category:Hardware wallet manufacturers Category:Companies established in 2013

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