Chris Dixon: "I believe in Bitcoin"
Silicon Valley loves innovation. But when it comes to new tech businesses in the finance sector, it's been stymied at multiple turns: by the power of Wall Street, by the difficulty of competing with capital-flush banks and hedge funds, and by an intimidating regulatory environment. That's what a leading venture capitalist believes ... and that's why he sees bitcoin as the missing piece of the internet commerce jigsaw. The bitcoin market, he says, is finding a strong appetite for investment for a reason. "I believe in it," said Chris Dixon, general partner at Andreessen Horowitz, a leading....
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