European Director of Indiegogo Hinted the Company May Start Accepting Bitcoin

European Director of Indiegogo Hinted the Company May Start Accepting Bitcoin

Anastasia Emmanuel, the European director of technology and design at Indiegogo hinted that the company may start accepting Bitcoin sometime in the future. She said that to a CoinTelegraph correspondent after her speech at the Slush conference. It sounded like a hint but, if there is any chance of Indiegogo actually adopting Bitcoin, it would have a positive influence on the development of the cryptocurrency. Indiegogo is a well known, established crowdfunding platform, which helps millions of companies and startups to raise funds for their ideas and bring them to life. The main idea of....


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