Nasdaq · CIK 0001436229
BTCS BTCS Inc.
Insider trading from SEC Form 4. Last filing 4 d ago. Close $1.29 on Oct 9, 2026, +32% from the 52-week low and -77% from the high.
BTCS Inc. (BTCS) has 46 SEC Form 4 filings on file from 8 insiders, the latest filed on Oct 9, 2026. No insider bought or sold on the open market in the last 90 days; rows filed in that time are grants, exercises, tax withholding and other transactions that carry no view on the price.
10 open-market trades have been scored at BTCS. The newest: Charles W Allen (CEO) sold $304k of stock on Jun 12, 2026, filed Jun 16, 2026, scored 27 (weak), under a 10b5-1 plan. The largest of the 10 shown: Michal Handerhan (COO) sold $677k on Jul 16, 2025, scored 20 (weak), under a 10b5-1 plan. 2 insiders sold within 14 days of each other around Jun 12, 2026.
BTCS closed at $1.29 on Oct 9, 2026, 32% above its 52-week low and 77% below its 52-week high.
7 Form 144 notices of planned sales are on file, the latest filed Jul 21, 2025.
Last 90 days
Price and insider trades, last year
Daily candles, adjusted for splits and dividends. Green arrows are insider buys, red are sells, sized by value. Click a marked bar to open the signal.Charts by TradingView Lightweight Charts™
Signals
Open-market buys and sells at BTCS Inc., scored.
| Score | Insider | Value | Holdings | Price context | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Weak | Charles W Allen CEO sell | $304k 255,000 shares | -4% | 0% from low-83% from high | |
| 23Weak | Benjamin Henry Hunter CTO sell | $12k 10,000 shares | -1% | 0% from low-82% from high | |
| 31Weak | Charles W Allen CEO sell | $496k 420,000 shares | -6% | 0% from low-81% from high | |
| 46Moderate | Charles W Allen CEO buy | $261k 90,500 shares | +2% | +120% from low-54% from high | |
| 22Weak | Charles W Allen CEO sell | $445k 100,000 shares | -2% | +324% from low-32% from high | |
| 20Weak | Michal Handerhan COO sell | $677k 112,779 shares | -6% | +443% from low-3% from high | |
| 3Weak | Michal Handerhan COO sell | $527k 87,221 shares | -5% | +458% from low0% from high | |
| 17Weak | Michal Handerhan COO sell | $450k 150,000 shares | -9% | +193% from low-36% from high | |
| 19Weak | Charles W Allen CEO sell | $283k 200,000 shares | -5% | +32% from low-71% from high | |
| 33Weak | Melanie Pump director sell | $77k 22,000 shares | -36% | - |
Planned sales
Form 144 notices filed before a sale of restricted or control stock, newest first. The sale itself usually reaches a Form 4 within days. All planned sales
| Filed | Seller | Shares | Value | Sale date | Past 3 months |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 2025 | Handerhan Michal Officer | 400,000 1.90% of outstanding | $4.0M | Jul 18, 2025 | $1.7M |
| Jul 9, 2025 | Charles Allen CEO | 400,000 1.72% of outstanding | $2.4M | Jul 9, 2025 | none |
| Jul 8, 2025 | Handerhan Michal Officer | 200,000 0.95% of outstanding | $560k | Jul 8, 2025 | $450k |
| Apr 7, 2025 | Paranjape Manish Former Chief Technology Officer | 158,047 0.79% of outstanding | $231k | Apr 7, 2025 | none |
| Feb 27, 2025 | Handerhan Michal COO | 750,000 3.95% of outstanding | $5.7M | Mar 5, 2025 | none |
| Feb 14, 2025 | Charles Allen CEO | 200,000 1.00% of outstanding | $550k | Feb 18, 2025 | none |
| Nov 19, 2024 | Melanie Pump Director | 22,000 56.80% of outstanding | $72k | Nov 22, 2024 | none |
Transactions
The newest 50 of 78 rows filed, every code.
| Date | Insider | Transaction | Shares | Price | Value | Holdings after | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | Charles Benjamin Lee director | AGrant or award Common Stock | +8,993 | - | - | 149,620 | 4 d ago |
| Sep 30, 2026 | Christopher J Janis director | AGrant or award Common Stock | +8,504 | - | - | 8,504 | 4 d ago |
| Mar 31, 2026 | Ashley DeSimone director | AGrant or award Common Stock | +8,993 | - | - | 62,515 | 4 d ago |
| Jun 30, 2026 | Charles Benjamin Lee director | AGrant or award Common Stock | +11,262 | - | - | 160,882 | 4 d ago |
| Jun 30, 2026 | Ashley DeSimone director | AGrant or award Common Stock | +11,262 | - | - | 73,777 | 4 d ago |
| Sep 30, 2026 | Ashley DeSimone director | AGrant or award Common Stock | +8,504 | - | - | 82,281 | 4 d ago |
| Sep 30, 2026 | Charles Benjamin Lee director | AGrant or award Common Stock | +8,504 | - | - | 169,386 | 4 d ago |
| Jun 12, 2026 | Charles W Allen CEO | SOpen-market sale Common Stock10b5-1 | -87,000 | $1.15 | $100k | 7,012,033 | Jun 16, 2026 |
| Jun 15, 2026 | Charles W Allen CEO | SOpen-market sale Common Stock10b5-1 | -168,000 | $1.22 | $204k | 6,844,033 | Jun 16, 2026 |
| Jun 10, 2026 | Benjamin Henry Hunter CTO | SOpen-market sale Common Stock | -10,000 | $1.21 | $12k | 1,278,018 | Jun 12, 2026 |
| Jun 9, 2026 | Charles W Allen CEO | SOpen-market sale Common Stock10b5-1 | -105,000 | $1.27 | $133k | 7,414,033 | Jun 11, 2026 |
| Jun 10, 2026 | Charles W Allen CEO | SOpen-market sale Common Stock10b5-1 | -150,000 | $1.19 | $179k | 7,264,033 | Jun 11, 2026 |
| Jun 11, 2026 | Charles W Allen CEO | SOpen-market sale Common Stock10b5-1 | -165,000 | $1.11 | $183k | 7,099,033 | Jun 11, 2026 |
| Jan 1, 2026 | Benjamin Henry Hunter CTO | AGrant or award Common Stock | +54,377 | - | - | 250,737 | Jan 7, 2026 |
| Jan 1, 2026 | Benjamin Henry Hunter CTO | FTax withholding Common Stock | -11,962 | - | - | 238,775 | Jan 7, 2026 |
| Jan 1, 2026 | Benjamin Henry Hunter CTO | AGrant or award Common Stock | +1,049,243 | - | - | 1,288,018 | Jan 7, 2026 |
| Jan 1, 2026 | Benjamin Henry Hunter CTO | AGrant or award Stock Options (Right to Buy)derivative | +97,879 | $0.00 | $0 | 97,879 | Jan 7, 2026 |
| Jan 1, 2026 | Michael Edward Prevoznik JR CFO | AGrant or award Common Stock | +96,177 | - | - | 624,089 | Jan 5, 2026 |
| Dec 31, 2025 | Melanie Pump director | AGrant or award Common Stock | +4,735 | - | - | 65,135 | Jan 5, 2026 |
| Dec 31, 2025 | Ashley DeSimone director | AGrant or award Common Stock | +4,735 | - | - | 53,522 | Jan 5, 2026 |
| Dec 31, 2025 | Charles Benjamin Lee director | AGrant or award Common Stock | +4,735 | - | - | 140,627 | Jan 5, 2026 |
| Jan 1, 2026 | Charles W Allen CEO | AGrant or award Common Stock | +199,432 | - | - | 4,865,938 | Jan 5, 2026 |
| Jan 1, 2026 | Michael Edward Prevoznik JR CFO | FTax withholding Common Stock | -21,158 | - | - | 602,931 | Jan 5, 2026 |
| Jan 1, 2026 | Charles W Allen CEO | FTax withholding Common Stock | -43,875 | - | - | 4,822,063 | Jan 5, 2026 |
| Jan 1, 2026 | Charles W Allen CEO | AGrant or award Common Stock | +2,696,970 | - | - | 7,519,033 | Jan 5, 2026 |
| Jan 1, 2026 | Michael Edward Prevoznik JR CFO | AGrant or award Common Stock | +1,049,243 | - | - | 1,652,174 | Jan 5, 2026 |
| Jan 1, 2026 | Michael Edward Prevoznik JR CFO | AGrant or award Stock Options (Right to Buy)derivative | +173,118 | $0.00 | $0 | 173,118 | Jan 5, 2026 |
| Jan 1, 2026 | Charles W Allen CEO | AGrant or award Stock Options (Right to Buy)derivative | +358,978 | $0.00 | $0 | 358,978 | Jan 5, 2026 |
| Nov 18, 2025 | Charles W Allen CEO | POpen-market purchase Common Stock | +19,499 | $2.90 | $57k | 4,599,005 | Nov 19, 2025 |
| Nov 19, 2025 | Charles W Allen CEO | POpen-market purchase Common Stock | +67,501 | $2.89 | $195k | 4,666,506 | Nov 19, 2025 |
| Nov 19, 2025 | Charles W Allen CEO | POpen-market purchase Common Stockindirect: By SEP IRA | +3,500 | $2.80 | $9,800 | 4,670,006 | Nov 19, 2025 |
| Sep 30, 2025 | Melanie Pump director | AGrant or award Common Stock | +2,588 | - | - | 60,400 | Oct 2, 2025 |
| Sep 30, 2025 | Charles Benjamin Lee director | AGrant or award Common Stock | +2,588 | - | - | 135,892 | Oct 2, 2025 |
| Sep 30, 2025 | Ashley DeSimone director | AGrant or award Common Stock | +2,588 | - | - | 48,787 | Oct 1, 2025 |
| May 13, 2025 | Charles W Allen CEO | AGrant or award 5% Original Issue Discount Senior Secured Convertible Notederivative | - | - | - | - | Aug 27, 2025 |
| May 13, 2025 | Charles W Allen CEO | AGrant or award Warrantsderivative | +24,351 | - | - | 24,351 | Aug 27, 2025 |
| Aug 18, 2025 | Michal Handerhan COO | DDisposition to issuer Common Stock | -333,333 | $0.00 | $0 | 1,308,248 | Aug 19, 2025 |
| Aug 14, 2025 | Charles W Allen CEO | SOpen-market sale Common Stock10b5-1 | -50,000 | $4.13 | $207k | 4,629,506 | Aug 18, 2025 |
| Aug 18, 2025 | Charles W Allen CEO | SOpen-market sale Common Stock10b5-1 | -50,000 | $4.77 | $239k | 4,579,506 | Aug 18, 2025 |
| Aug 7, 2025 | Charles W Allen CEO | AGrant or award Stock Options (Right to Buy)derivative | +169,232 | $0.00 | $0 | 169,232 | Aug 8, 2025 |
| Aug 7, 2025 | Michael Edward Prevoznik JR CFO | AGrant or award Stock Options (Right to Buy)derivative | +81,613 | $0.00 | $0 | 81,613 | Aug 8, 2025 |
| Jul 16, 2025 | Michal Handerhan COO | SOpen-market sale Common Stock10b5-1 | -112,779 | $6.00 | $677k | 1,641,581 | Jul 18, 2025 |
| Jul 9, 2025 | Charles W Allen CEO | MOption exercise Common Stock10b5-1 | +508,884 | $1.90 | $967k | 4,679,506 | Jul 10, 2025 |
| Jul 8, 2025 | Michal Handerhan COO | SOpen-market sale Common Stock10b5-1 | -87,221 | $6.04 | $527k | 1,516,881 | Jul 10, 2025 |
| Jul 9, 2025 | Charles W Allen CEO | MOption exercise Stock Options (Right to Buy)derivative10b5-1 | -750,000 | - | - | 0 | Jul 10, 2025 |
| Jul 9, 2025 | Michal Handerhan COO | MOption exercise Common Stock10b5-1 | +237,479 | $1.90 | $451k | 1,754,360 | Jul 10, 2025 |
| Jul 9, 2025 | Michal Handerhan COO | MOption exercise Stock Options (Right to Buy)derivative10b5-1 | -350,000 | - | - | 0 | Jul 10, 2025 |
| Jul 2, 2025 | Charles W Allen CEO | GGift Common Stock | -8,000 | - | - | 4,170,622 | Jul 3, 2025 |
| Jun 30, 2025 | Charles Benjamin Lee director | AGrant or award Common Stock | +5,682 | - | - | 133,304 | Jul 2, 2025 |
| Jun 30, 2025 | Ashley DeSimone director | AGrant or award Common Stock | +5,682 | - | - | 46,199 | Jul 2, 2025 |
Insiders
Everyone who has filed a Form 4 here.
- Charles W AllenCEO
- Ashley DeSimonedirector
- Michal HanderhanCOO
- Benjamin Henry HunterCTO
- Christopher J Janisdirector
- Charles Benjamin Leedirector
- Michael Edward Prevoznik JRCFO
- Melanie Pumpdirector
Questions about BTCS
Answered from the filings on this page, as of the latest one.
Are insiders buying BTCS?
No. In the last 90 days no insider at BTCS Inc. bought or sold shares on the open market according to SEC Form 4 filings. The rows on file from that period are grants, exercises, tax withholding or other transactions, which carry no view on the price.
Who was the last insider to trade BTCS on the open market?
Charles W Allen (CEO) sold $304k of BTCS on Jun 12, 2026 and filed the Form 4 on Jun 16, 2026. InsiderTell scored 27 (weak), under a 10b5-1 plan, with 2 insiders on the same side within 14 days.
How many insiders file Form 4 at BTCS Inc.?
8 people have filed a Form 4 at BTCS Inc., among them Charles W Allen (CEO), Ashley DeSimone (director), Michal Handerhan (COO). Officers, directors and holders of more than 10% of a share class must report their trades within two business days.
Not investment advice. Scores and forward returns are decision support built from public SEC filings and past prices; they describe what happened after comparable filings, not what will happen after this one. Do your own research and size your risk.