---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-22-027345"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BTCS"
cik: "0001436229"
company_name: "BTCS Inc."
filed_at: "2022-10-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T05:54:46.271953+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# BTCS appoints Melanie Pump as independent director and committee chair

## Summary
- Appointed October 1, 2022; will serve as Chairperson of Audit and Compensation Committees.
- Compensation: $25,000 annual cash plus $5,000 per committee ($35,000 total) and 7,962 RSUs vesting Dec 31, 2022.
- Pump currently CFO of Polymath Research; prior CFO roles at Brane Inc. and Incognito Software Systems.
- Company highlights pending launch of Staking-as-a-Service platform in press release.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-22-027345
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BTCS
- cik: 0001436229
- company_name: BTCS Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-10-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1436229/000149315222027345/0001493152-22-027345-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1436229/000149315222027345/form8-k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-22-027345
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-22-027345.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-22-027345.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Melanie Pump was appointed as Director at BTCS Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On October 1, 2022, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of BTCS Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Melanie Pump as a member of the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1436229/000149315222027345/0001493152-22-027345-index.htm

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