Bitcoin ATM to demo this week at Bitcoin 2013
The race to produce commercial bitcoin ATMs is heating up. A group of entrepreneurs is set to showcase one this week. Robocoin Kiosk, a machine that lets people buy and sell bitcoins, will be demonstrated at the Bitcoin 2013 conference this weekend. The machine lets users insert dollars and then retrieve bitcoins by scanning a QR code with their bitcoin address. Alternatively, the Mt. Gox-linked device enables customers to redeem bitcoins for US dollars by scanning an address displayed on the kiosk's screen with their mobile wallet. They can then scan a receipt printed by the kiosk to....
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The summer 2013 class of seventeen startups pitched to a crowd of over 100 investors at Boost VC's demo day in Menlo Park last week. Seven of the startups in the incubator's most recent class were bitcoin-focused. To help educate investors on the concept of digital currency, an explanation of bitcoin was included on the back of the demo day's program for the event. Each startup was given four minutes to present a pitch to investors and try to raise money. This demo day gave credence to the rise of bitcoin-based businesses as each startup offered some compelling reasons why it thought they....
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The demo account, according to the company, uses identical live price feeds and commission pricing as live accounts. Evolve Markets is a privately owned brokerage firm which enables traders to invest in mainstream finance assets (commodities, forex, indices, etc.) using Bitcoin as collateral. The platform is also in news for offering the liveliest demo trading accounts to novice traders. The demo account, according to the company, uses identical live price feeds and commission pricing as live accounts. However trades execute differently because demo trades are not sent to the real market.....
Distributed derivatives platform Velocity went live this week with a product demo version. The “simple” smart contract invites users to speculate on price for Ethereum’s native token ether. Velocity Making ‘Financial Building Blocks’. Velocity‘s aim is to provide a blockchain-based smart contract alternative to existing derivatives, built on Ethereum. The demo version currently runs on Ethereum’s testnet. Chief architect Vignesh Sundaresan indicated where the financial industry could use his products: “Derivatives are financial building blocks if you think about it. They are everywhere....
The very first, largely Bitcoin-focused startup accelerator session wrapped-up on Thursday with a remarkable event that the founders at Boost VC call Demo Day, a high-stakes mashup of final exam and graduation for the 17 fresh companies that were chosen to participate. Seven of the attending startups in the concluding summer session have created products that use Bitcoin in a wide variety of manner. With the course coming to an end, all seven Bitcoin companies have received a $50,000 investment in addition to the countless other benefits, both valuable and priceless, that have come from....