New Bitcoin Center Opens in Chicago
Another of America's major cities will now have its own Bitcoin Center, opening today in Chicago after an announcement at the Inside Bitcoins Conference happening there now. The effort is funded in part by Tally Capital, a local venture capital firm that sees the potential of block chain technology. The new center will be located at 1871, an office building packed with tech start-ups, currently housing more than 300. Aside from the usual mission of a Bitcoin information center, the Chicago Bitcoin Center will also focus on incubation of local Bitcoin start-ups, providing them with office....
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The Chicago Bitcoin Center is launching at 1871, Chicago, sponsored by a group of Chicago-based technology entrepreneurs and investors. The Center will act as a Bitcoin incubator, the result of a pioneer effort from prominent entrepreneur who claim that the Center will serve as Chicago’s key resource and center of gravity for blockchain-based technologies. Jonathan Solomon, the first executive director of the Chicago Bitcoin Center, says that he is looking forward to working with FinTech entrepreneurs to build on the growing momentum in the FinTech industry, while drawing on the city’s....
A group of Chicago entrepreneurs and investors have launched the city's first bitcoin and blockchain hub. Opening today at Chicago's 1871 - an entrepreneurial centre home to 325 early-stage digital startups - Chicago's Bitcoin Center will provide a co-working space, mentorship, public relations and government affairs services to blockchain-focused startups. Matthew Roszak, CEO of the Chicago Bitcoin Center and founding partner of VC firm Tally Capital, said in a statement:
The number of Bitcoin and Blockchain based start-ups are gradually increasing around the world. Blockchain technology has proven to be one of the most versatile technologies till date, which can disrupt the way a lot of industries currently work. Blockchain technology was originally created to act as a ledger for Bitcoin transactions across the network, but soon the technology was adopted for uses other than Bitcoin transactions. As people catch up with changing times, it is necessary to make them understand about digital currency and the technology behind it. It will make the process of....
Bitcoin is growing. Adoption rates are rising in every major city and Bitcoin business keep popping up in those cities. Cryptocurrency and financial tech are capitalizing globally. This precedence is taking place in the city of Chicago at a vast rate. Chicago is home to 4,300 financial trading businesses and generates close to one quarter of the world’s....
In late April we learned that Europe was slated to receive its first bitcoin center of sorts with the advent of La Maison du Bitcoin, or the House of Bitcoin, in Paris. Today - as planned - the center has opened. Located in the heart of the city (specifically 35 Rue du Caire), the center's overall objective is to kickstart the crypto-currency movement in France. To do this, La Maison will be host to a number of bitcoin meetups and other events. In addition, the 220-square foot property will be used as a start-up incubator for new businesses in the bitcoin realm. The pricing for businesses....