BitGold Going Live Today on TSX Venture Exchange

BitGold, which recently rolled out the full version of its platform, will go live for public trade today on the TSX Venture Exchange.

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Earlier this year, the startup entered into a reverse merger agreement with Loma Vista Capital Inc, a shell company traded on the venture exchange. BitGold has indicated that the merger is now complete.

The new entity will be traded under the symbol XAU, a play on gold's Au symbol in the periodic table of elements.

According to a regulatory filing, there are 36,619,885 common shares, 3,888,888 warrants, 462,346 agent warrants and 1,974,428 options outstanding.

BitGold joins bitcoin exchanges QuadrigaCX and CoinTrader as other Canadian bitcoin companies announcing plans to go public this year.