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Everyone in the bitcoin community is understandably irate at Apple right now. Many of us have spent thousands of dollars on Apple products, some have spent hundreds of hours developing iOS apps and millions of current and future bitcoin users will be negatively impacted by Apple's de facto ban on all things bitcoin. Still, things have a way of working themselves out, and if bitcoin is as indestructible as many in the community say, the tech giant's screw-up will hurt Apple more than bitcoin. From my vantage point, the Apple furor has buried another story that bitcoiners have not adequately....
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Startups in the exciting world of Bitcoin are creating new jobs and helping to bolster the global economy. If you've thought about getting started in the industry, wait no longer. The time to land a Bitcoin job is now. Bitcoin companies are in search of talented professionals to join their teams, and we're bringing you new opportunities every week. Check out the Bitcoin job listings below. Find a position that fits your skill-set and apply. Also read: New Bitcoin Job Openings At Leading Startups. New Bitcoin Job Openings. 01. DevOps Engineer. Company: Coinbase. Location: San Francisco,....
California-based accelerator 500 Startups has announced it will fund five bitcoin companies in its latest batch of startups with $100,000 each. The bitcoin startups are part of 500's Batch 9 group - a total of 30 companies building business ideas over a period of four months at the accelerator. Sean Percival, who runs the incubator for this batch, says the funding will allow the bitcoin startups to really focus on product: "$100,000 for these companies is going to go a long way. For some of them it actually provides them a year of runway, so they don't have to go raise money and they can....
Startups are the next hot commodity when it comes to investing in people – and projects – that could become the next Google, Facebook, Twitter, or Uber. However, all of those startups are in need of funding, and that money has to come from somewhere. Young startups based in the US can rejoice, as AngelList announced a new US$400m fund, backed by one of China’s largest private equity firms. The world of finance is an odd creature, as there are rumours circulating regarding China wanting to create a new global currency to replace the US Dollar. Yet at the same time, one of the country’s....
Boost VC has released new figures about its investments in startups focusing on bitcoin and the blockchain. The San Mateo incubator, which has pledged to invest in 100 industry startups through 2017, revealed in a Medium post this week that it has invested in 52 bitcoin and blockchain companies since its founding in 2012. According to figures provided to CoinDesk by Boost, bitcoin and blockchain startups have so far raised $52 million, compared to the $86 million across companies in all of its target sectors. The figures suggest bitcoin and blockchain startups have so far captured 60% of....
Since 2015, an increasing number of multi-billion-dollar financial institutions such as Goldman Sachs have exhibited their interest in emerging innovative financial technologies and startups. Several major banks and financial organizations have established various investment funds for fintech and blockchain startups, to research the application of fintech and blockchain technologies in the financial market. Blockchain technology focused startups have been the main attraction of these banks. According to the Outlier Ventures research team, there are over 1,000 blockchain startups in....