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| name = ShapeShift<br />
| industry = Cryptocurrency exchange / non-custodial interface<br />
| foundation = 2014<br />
| founder = Erik Voorhees<br />
| location = Colorado (corporate era)<br />
| website = https://shapeshift.com/<br />
}}<br />
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'''ShapeShift''' is a cryptocurrency trading service founded in 2014 by Erik Voorhees. In its early years it was known for relatively lightweight, often identity-light instant conversions between digital assets. Over time the product line moved toward a multi-chain interface for swapping, tracking, and related DeFi activity. The corporate entity later wound down into a FOX-token DAO structure.<ref name="cd">[https://www.coindesk.com/business/2021/07/14/shapeshift-to-shut-down-airdrop-fox-tokens-to-decentralize-itself-out-of-existence CoinDesk, 14 July 2021: ShapeShift to Shut Down, Airdrop FOX Tokens to Decentralize Itself Out of Existence]</ref><br />
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== DAO transition ==<br />
On 14 July 2021 ShapeShift planned to wind down operations as a formal company and hand its legacy to a decentralised autonomous organisation controlled by holders of its FOX token. Founder Erik Voorhees said the company would, over roughly four to twelve months, move to a structure with no employees, no bank accounts, and no CEO, framing the step as closing the corporate entity rather than leaving a conventional company atop a protocol.<ref name="cd" /><br />
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The plan included an airdrop of 340 million FOX tokens to past ShapeShift users (about 900,000 addresses) and to addresses on several DeFi protocols, with further allocation detail and a claim window in ShapeShift's materials. At the time the company had roughly 65 employees and operated a crypto interface spanning multiple chains and wallets.<ref name="cd" /><br />
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== Products ==<br />
As of September 2026, shapeshift.com presents a non-custodial, community-oriented multichain trading and wallet interface under the ShapeShift name, alongside FOX governance materials.<ref name="site">[https://shapeshift.com/ ShapeShift website]</ref><br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Exchanges]]<br />
* [[Companies]]<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [https://shapeshift.com/ ShapeShift]<br />
* [https://www.coindesk.com/business/2021/07/14/shapeshift-to-shut-down-airdrop-fox-tokens-to-decentralize-itself-out-of-existence CoinDesk DAO transition report]<br />
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[[Category:Exchanges]]</div>NotATether