NotATether: Create KeepKey article; note ShapeShift acquisition

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Create KeepKey article; note ShapeShift acquisition

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{{infobox company
| name = KeepKey
| industry = Hardware cryptocurrency wallet
| foundation = 2014
| founder = Darin Stanchfield, Ken Hodler
| website = https://keepkey.com/
}}

'''KeepKey''' is a hardware cryptocurrency wallet first released in 2014. Company materials name founders Darin Stanchfield and Ken Hodler and tie the project’s origin to the aftermath of the [[Mt. Gox]] failure.<ref name="about">[https://keepkey.com/about KeepKey About]</ref>

== ShapeShift acquisition ==
On 16 August 2017 cryptocurrency exchange [[ShapeShift]] acquired KeepKey on undisclosed terms. ShapeShift said it would keep the KeepKey brand and that KeepKey staff would continue on the hardware line. KeepKey had previously integrated ShapeShift’s exchange API, and after the acquisition the device was marketed with on-device ShapeShift swaps.<ref name="cd">[https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2017/08/16/cryptocurrency-exchange-shapeshift-acquires-bitcoin-wallet-startup CoinDesk, 16 August 2017: Cryptocurrency Exchange ShapeShift Acquires Bitcoin Wallet Startup]</ref>

== Later status ==
The KeepKey About page describes a later period in which the brand is maintained by a small contributor team and states that the wallet is not owned by a corporation, with community input on the roadmap.<ref name="about" />

== See also ==
* [[Hardware wallet]]
* [[ShapeShift]]
* [[Wallets]]
* [[Security]]

== External links ==
* [https://keepkey.com/ KeepKey website]
* [https://keepkey.com/about KeepKey About]
* [https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2017/08/16/cryptocurrency-exchange-shapeshift-acquires-bitcoin-wallet-startup CoinDesk acquisition report]

== References ==
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[[Category:Hardware]]
[[Category:Security]]
[[Category:Wallets]]
[[Category:Companies]]

KeepKey - Revision history

NotATether: Create KeepKey article; note ShapeShift acquisition