Cannabis Startups Need Bitcoin
The Cannabis industry and Bitcoin environment are two of some of the biggest growing ecosystems in the world right now. In the United States and the United Kingdom legalization and decriminalization of Marijuana is continuing forward. In the United States, medicinal Cannabis is currently legal in twenty states and there is recreational legality in two.....
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Tuesday saw eight of nine states, where cannabis legislation was on the ballot, approve initiatives for cannabis regulation either medicinally or recreationally. There are numerous blockchain-facing startups and crypto-currencies who stand to benefit from the normalization of marijuana. In the wake of Tuesday’s “green letter day” for cannabis legislation, we put together a list of some of those blockchain companies in the best position to prosper from the so-called “green rush.” Tokken. Tokken founder Lamine Zarrad, a former US government regulator in Colorado, believes the blockchain can....
Colorado, a US state known for its liberal regulation of cannabis, is now going to host the Crypto Cannabis Conference on October 24th & 25th, 2015. The organizers expect the attendance from the best minds in the cannabis industry who will discuss the pros and cons of Bitcoin for the cannabis industry. Inviting the best minds in the Bitcoin world, Crypto Cannabis Conference organizers don’t charge any registration fees. People involved in the legal cannabis business have a lot of advantages if they use Bitcoin, and this conference explores those advantages. Similarly, the organizations....
The Crypto Cannabis Conference is holding its second annual conference in Denver, Colorado — where cannabis is legalized for recreational use. Crypto Cannabis Conference Comes to Colorado. The cannabis industry is growing exponentially in the U.S., and this year many states are on the path to legalize marijuana. With this economy now budding, many....
Is it possible to put cannabis on the blockchain? With one company, that’s exactly what’s taking place. Motherboard reports that Medicinal Genomics is creating a registered list of all cannabis genomes to be stored on the bitcoin blockchain. The purpose is to take any confusion out of marijuana purchases; MG wants to make sure every customer receives the strain they’ve set out to purchase, as each type can have varying effects on patients. “The Bitcoin blockchain has been going since 2009, and its security is in its proof of work,” says CSO of MG Kevin McKernan. “If, for any reason, we....
Cannabis and crypto go a long way. They share the same “high” and miseries. Still a taboo in many countries, the U.S. Cannabis industry sees cryptocurrency as its saving grace after being declined by the traditional banking sector. Being ignored by banks is just one of the many gnawing hurdles that the weed industry is […]