Creation and/or provision of alternative currency,including but not limited to digital currency, virtual currency, crypto currency, rewards points, digital coupons, and/or gift cards, and/or electronic cash equivalents and/or tokens denominated in alternative currency and/or electronic cash equivalents; facilitation and tracking of transfers of alternative currency and/or electronic cash equivalents and/or tokens denominated in alternative currency and/or electronic cash equivalents and tangible or intangible goods and/or derivatives thereof; alternative currency and electronic cash equivalents exchange and transaction services; business consultation services in the field of acquisition, use and exchange of alternative currency and/or electronic cash equivalents and/or tokens denominated in alternative currency and/or electronic cash equivalents; acquisition, storage and disposition of alternative currency and/or electronic cash equivalents and/or tokens denominated in alternative currency and/or electronic cash equivalents; compilation and distribution of information relating to alternative currency and/or electronic cash equivalents and/or tokens denominated in alternative currency and/or electronic cash equivalents; alternative currency and/or electronic cash equivalents payment processing; facilitation of purchases and sales of goods and services using alternative currency and/or electronic cash and/or tokens denominated in alternative currency and/or electronic cash equivalents via point-of-sale devices and/or mobile devices; redemption of tokens denominated in alternative currency and/or electronic cash equivalents for cash, alternative currency and/or electronic cash equivalents, discounts on purchases and/or tangible and intangible goods including ability to correlate amount and nature of such rewards to consumer activity, tiers and supply of data; provision of point-of-sale systems, virtual wallets for storing encrypted information, and apps and web interfaces to facilitate transactions in cash, alternative currency and/or electronic cash equivalents and/or tokens denominated in alternative currency and/or electronic cash equivalents and/or Application Programming Interface integration