BNP Paribas International Hackathon Starting This Weekend
BNP Paribas, the second largest bank in the world, will be organizing a financial technology Hackathon in Brussels this weekend. Over the course of two days, various coders and developers will try to come up with innovative and creative solutions linked to one of four different themes. Even though Bitcoin is not officially featured, some of the participating developers may try to implement blockchain technology in their solution. As you would come to expect from BNP Paribas, their International Hackathon spans five different cities across different continents. All of these major cities....
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