---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-24-015122"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BTCS"
cik: "0001436229"
company_name: "BTCS Inc."
filed_at: "2024-04-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T18:39:24.850150+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# BTCS appoints Ashley DeSimone to board; she will chair Nominating Committee

## Summary
- Ashley DeSimone appointed to BTCS board effective April 15, 2024; also named Chair of Nominating Committee and member of Audit/Compensation Committees.
- Annual compensation: $25,000 cash + $5,000 for committee chair, plus $50,000 in common stock payable quarterly.
- DeSimone brings capital markets advisory and investor relations experience; BTCS cites governance enhancement and growth focus.
- BTCS recently launched Builder+ and ChainQ initiatives; DeSimone expected to help guide blockchain innovation.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-24-015122
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BTCS
- cik: 0001436229
- company_name: BTCS Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-04-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1436229/000149315224015122/0001493152-24-015122-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1436229/000149315224015122/form8-k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-24-015122
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-24-015122.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-24-015122.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Ashley DeSimone was appointed as Director at BTCS Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On April 15, 2024, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of BTCS Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Ashley DeSimone as a member of the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1436229/000149315224015122/0001493152-24-015122-index.htm

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