Spare Key to Host Crypto Currency MeetUp for Minnesota Non-Profits and Charities
Spare Key, http://www.sparekey.org, will be hosting a Twin Cities MeetUp focused on non-profit and charity efforts to engage in the emerging crypto currency economy.
The event will be Wednesday, April 16th at their offices at 2021 E. Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55413.
The event begins at 7:00 p.m. and will include participants who have been actively involved and engaged in crypto currency and expanding the crypto currency economy.
The event is organized and promoted by http://www.meetup.com/Everything-Bitcoin and is entitled “Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency, & their increasing role in Non-profit Funding Models”.
For more information and to register go to: http://www.meetup.com/Everything-Bitcoin/events/172382042/.
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