Bitcoin Center NYC Launches A Startup Incubator
Bitcoin Center NYC, a large space for the bitcoin community, has announced it has launched an incubator for bitcoin startups. The NYC first grabbed headlines in early 2013 when it recognized as one of the first (and largest) bitcoin meetups in the world. Its location in the heart of New York, a short distance from the New York Stock Exchange, has since became a hub for Bitcoin in the large city and a model for other community efforts around the world. According the groups Meetup.com page, the group has grown to over 2,000 members. The center has grown to far past a simple meeting place.....
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Bitcoin Center NYC has announced that it is now accepting applications for a startup incubator that will help entrepreneurs fund and manage new digital currency ventures. While the launch has brought new attention to New York's first brick-and-mortar bitcoin resource center, co-founder Nick Spanos explained that the announcement simply adds formal branding to the work already being done by his team at 40 Broad Street. In an interview with CoinDesk, Spanos moved quickly to separate his new incubator from more conventional offerings, describing the program as a showcase for talented....
A stone's throw from the New York Stock Exchange, in the heart of New York's financial district, is a 6,000-square-foot facility called theNew York Bitcoin Center. The Bitcoin Center is known for educating the public on Bitcoin and crypto-economics at their events and inviting high-profile speakers. It has become a central part of the global Bitcoin movement in it's own right and was recently featured on CNN in Morgan Spurlock's Inside Man. This year, they are working on their new incubator. John Lilic, the Head of Investor Relations and Operations at the Bitcoin Center, spoke to me about....
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....
New York City's own Bitcoin Center NYC is looking to explore new frontiers. The Center, which often holds live trading and other cryptocurrency events announced Thursday plans to "help fund, manage, and cultivate momentum for Bitcoin related startups." The Center - located just 100 feet from the New York Stock Exchange - says their plan is to provide a workplace, technical support, and event coordination in attempts to give selected startups a leg up on the competition. Of course, not all startups will be accepted into the program. The Center announced they are, effectively immediately,....
California-based startup accelerator Y Combinator has officially selected bitcoin ATM manufacturer BitAccess for admittance to its esteemed incubator program. Founded in 2005, Y Combinator has gained a reputation for empowering entrepreneurs and startups, with nine of its companies having since been acquired by Google and seven snapped up by Facebook - a track record that attracted BitAccess to the deal. Haseeb Awan, co-founder of the startup, indicated that while his firm has shied away from major investments in the past, the Y Combinator offer - which finds the incubator investing....