Bitcoin ATM Presentation for Capitol Hill
The first Bitcoin ATM was unveiled in Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. “Bitcoin is digital decentralized currency and Robocoin is the easiest way for people to buy and sell Bitcoin with cash,” said Robocoin CEO Jordan Kelley. "We're honored to be the first bitcoin company to demo and educate officials about bitcoin on Capitol Hill." “I have a healthy dose of skepticism but it’s positive skepticism. Things are always changing and we live in a global economy now,” said Hank Johnson, Democrat Congressman in the interview to Reuters. Robocoin was the first company to represent the....
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Congressman Jared Polis is no stranger to bitcoin. The democratic Representative from the Second District of Colorado has long stood up for the idea of bitcoin and digital currency, even going to far as to welcoming Robocoin to the nation's capital to show off their bitcoin ATM. Now, Polis is co-hosting an event on Capitol Hill designed to demonstrate the machinations of bitcoin to the country's lawmakers from some of the best and brightest in the industry. BetaBeat reports that major bitcoin companies like Coinbase and BitPay will be engaging with members of Congress at the Rayburn House....
It's a special edition of the bitcoin ATM roundup this week as Robocoin went to Washington, DC, a couple of new players entered the European market via Finland and Slovenia and Quebec City received two bitcoin 'guichets automatique.'. Washington, DC USA. Surrounded by reporters and camera crews from some of the world's largest news organisations, more than 50 members of the US Congress lined up in Rayburn House on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC to test a Robocoin ATM. Presented by Robocoin's management team at the invitation of Representative Jared Polis (D-CO), the Robocoin machine....
Falcon Global Capital has filed to register lobbyists on Capitol Hill in an effort to further "education and understanding of bitcoin and other crypto-graphic based currencies". Greater bitcoin discussion in Congress should give lawmakers more familiarity and comfort with the concept, currently misrepresented by its scandals and its volatility. Co-founder Brett Stapper said: "In our discussions and debates we have realized that those who oppose bitcoin don't really oppose it, they simply don't understand it." Though more US politicians are taking an active interest in the technology,....
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