Bitcoin Angel Network BitAngels Celebrates 2nd Anniversary

Bitcoin Angel Network BitAngels Celebrates 2nd Anniversary

BitAngels, which is considered the largest bitcoin angels network, celebrated its second anniversary this week. The group was founded in an impromptu meeting during the Bitcoin Foundation's Bitcoin 2013 Conference, with co-founders Michael Terpin, David Johnston and Sam Yilmaz. The invitation was sent through a Reddit invite and at least 35 bitcoin enthusiasts attended, later on growing in size to around 60 members after a week. Today, over 500 investors make up BitAngels' decentralized global network. Bitcoin Angel Network Activities. "The spirit of discovery and camaraderie from those....


Related News

CoinEx Celebrates Third Anniversary With Overall System and Product Upgrade

PRESS RELEASE. CoinEx, a global and professional cryptocurrency exchange service provider, celebrates its third anniversary and announces that it has upgraded and optimized the underlying system as well as the front-end. After months of hard work by the R&D department, CoinEx has completed the system upgrade named “Aegis”. This upgrade significantly improves the performance and security of CoinEx’s underlying platform, enhances the new system’s carrying capacity and matchmaking performance at least tenfold, and effectively optimizes users’ trading experiences....

BitAngels Closes 10,000 BTC Fund for Decentralised Applications

One time-tested measurement of an industry's promise is the amount of investment capital flowing into new ventures in the space, and now angel investor group BitAngels has closed a new fund that highlights the bright future of digital currencies and decentralised applications. Billed as the world's first "distributed veteran entrepreneur and angel investor group," BitAngels has been an active organization in the bitcoin community, having invested $7m into digital currency startups since its inception in 2013. BitAngels co-founders Michael Terpin and David Johnston sat down with CoinDesk at....

BitAngels' Michael Terpin on the 'Long Road Ahead' for Bitcoin

Last month marked a milestone of sorts for Michael Terpin. BitAngels, the first "serious" angel network in bitcoin, celebrated its second birthday. Things are markedly different since the group's first impromptu meeting at the Bitcoin Foundation's Bitcoin 2013 conference. After sending out a Reddit invite with the goal of six or seven people showing up, Terpin and co-founders David Johnston and Sam Yilmaz had 35 attend (60 joined within a week). "The spirit of discovery and camaraderie from those early days was magical and unforgettable," said Terpin. "When we did our first set of fundings....

BitAngels interview with David Johnston -- The next bitcoin startups

I recently had the pleasure of sitting down with David Johnston, the executive director of BitAngels, which is a network of investors that was sporadically formed a couple of weeks ago during a San Jose technology conference to create the first ever angel investment network for Bitcoin startups. David hopped on Skype with me after having just flown into Mountain View, California for the week, where he was staying at an AirBnB location he dubbed the "Zen Pad". "AirBnB is part of the share economy," he stated enthusiastically. "You rent out your place to travelers and they pay you like a....

Ariva Celebrates 1st Year Anniversary With Impressive Achievements in the Blo...

PRESS RELEASE. Ariva, a next-generation tourism & travel blockchain protocol, celebrated the first anniversary of its launch on May 25, 2022. This development marks an impressive milestone for the blockchain project that has taken the tourism sector by storm in recent months. Ariva launches reward program to celebrate 1st anniversary Ariva has announced a giveaway campaign to celebrate the first birthday that will reward users with different prizes. This includes a limited collection of its Arivaman NFT to 6 winners, $30 million ARV tokens to 30 participants and $6k....