Bitcoinference California: Women in Bitcoin, VCs, and the 'Unconference'
One hundred and fifty people attended Bitcoinference, a half-day event devoted to cryptocurrencies, on Thursday (March 20th) in Mountain View, California. The sellout event, held at the offices of incubator 500 Startups, consisted of a keynote speech, two panel sessions, a networking session and an 'unconference' portion - the latter melding a traditional event agenda with increased attendee social interaction. Several speakers during the formal session of the event expressed concern about negative news related to bitcoin in recent weeks. But it was perhaps Zeroblock co-founder Dan Held....
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Robocoin, a Las Vegas based company specializing in the first bi-directional Bitcoin ATM, will be unveiling California's first Bitcoin ATM at the 500 Startups' Bitcoinference. On Thursday, March 20, the company will make buying and selling Bitcoin possible, all from a single machine. Held in Mountain View, California, the sold-out conference will by a half-day "un-conference" featuring industry leading companies throughout the Bitcoin community, as well as speakers from all aspects of cryptocurrency. Speaking at the Bitcoinference will be Dan Held, Co-founder of ZeroBlock, Connie Gallippi,....
Take out your smartphones and get those palms warmed up for a scanning, because it's time for CoinDesk's weekly bitcoin ATM roundup. Each day, the army of bitcoin ATMs across the globe grows in number, and firepower. The many users feeding their fiat into these machines are not only receiving bitcoin, but helping to build the economy of the future. In this week's bitcoin ATM news roundup, Jon Southurst tracks down the latest models to touch down. California. Robocoin launched its first two-way bitcoin ATM in Mountain View, California, on Thursday at the 500 Startups 'Bitcoinference' - a....
Sunday wasInternational Women's Day, when the Bitcoin community is joined with others around the world to promote awareness of women's issues by launching its firstBitcoin Women's Day. Like International Women's Day, "Bitcoin Women's Day is not just for women," says Sarah Boone Martin of the Digital Currency Council. The issues that women are concerned about - equal access to healthcare, to financial systems, to the world economy, to employment, to education; a sustainable environment, personal safety, security and autonomy - these are all issues that are important to the Bitcoin community....
Since debuting the first bitcoin ATM in the United States last month (and shipping 10 more overseas), Robocoin is continuing its expansion. The Las Vegas-based company is planning to unveil the State of California's first bitcoin ATM on Thursday, March 20th at the 500 Startups' Bitcoinference in the heart of Silicon Valley. "We're setting the precedent for bitcoin ATMs and demonstrating to California's citizens and regulators just how this exchange business should be run with respect to Anti-Money Laundering compliance and consumer protection," said Robocoin CEO Jordan Kelley. "Our....
Crypto isn’t gender-biased but it seems that more women in the United States are now into it. According to a recent Gemini survey, around 53% of those who expressed their interest in investing in crypto are women. However, the survey coming from the U.S. cryptocurrency exchange revealed the opposite as only 26% of women actually […]