Chicago Ready to Host a Flourishing Bitcoin Economy
On 7th January, the temperature in Chicago was -4 degrees Farenheit (that's -20 degrees Celsius). That evening, a Tuesday, nearly 40 people ventured out in to the Arctic conditions and gathered at the Atlas Brewing Company for beer and food. The reason? Bitcoin. In a city with a population of 2.7 million, 40 people at a bitcoin meetup is clearly a drop in the ocean. But bitcoin's Chicago cheerleaders say it's a sign of a dedicated community, one they say is growing. What's more, they argue, the city is ripe to host a flourishing bitcoin economy. Experimenting with bitcoin. At the end of....
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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....
Fillmore Miami Beach - Venue of the North American Bitcoin Conference. This January, the city of Miami plays host to the second annual North American Bitcoin Conference or the NABC. The event returns to Miami after successful Bitcoin conferences in Amsterdam and Chicago. The Amsterdam conference was attended by over 1,100 people from more than 50 countries. The Chicago event saw more than 1,200 attendees representing the Bitcoin community worldwide. It is to be expected that Miami will be just as well attended if not better. Also read: Bitcoin's First Chamber of Digital Commerce Announced....
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Chicago Sun Times seems to be embracing Bitcoin. The paper began taking bitcoin for subscriptions last month. A month in which 11% of their new sign-ups were paid for in bitcoin. The paper is going to be running ads with QR codes that will allow its readers to use bitcoin to buy products directly. The first test of this is new technology and the ads being placed in the paper will be a co-venture with a local ticket broker for tickets to a Jay-Z and Beyonce show at Soldier Field in Chicago this summer. “As newspapermen ourselves, we take special interest in the things that the group over at....