Sir Richard Branson: Bitcoin "The Pioneer of a Global Currency"
Business magnate Sir Richard Branson's no stranger to the topic of bitcoin and digital currency. In November of last year, Branson announced that his latest and greatest venture, Virgin Galactic, would be accepting bitcoin for short flights to space. In the April issue of Delta's SKY Magazine, Branson spoke about a number of topics, of which include (yes, you guessed it) bitcoin. "It was a genius who set [Bitcoin] up," he told the magazine. But despite the genius behind bitcoin, Branson says there's a number of flaws with it - chiefly, its transparency. Specifically, the fact that most....
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The Endorsements. Billionaire entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson, whose Virgin Galactic airlines was the first to accept bitcoins for space flight, recently describedbitcoin as "the pioneer of a global currency" in an interview in the April issue of Delta's SKY Magazine. Branson clearly believes in bitcoin. Not only is he accepting it, but he's invested in it as well. But his comments indicate that he does not believe bitcoin will be the ultimate winner in the cryptocurrency wars. "It may not be the perfect global currency of the future yet, but it's the pioneer of a global currency,"....
Sir Richard Branson has been in the news quite a bit lately, for all of the wrong reasons. His Virgin Galactic company suffered a major setback in their quest to send common (rich) folks into space, when their Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo spacecraft crashed during testing in the Mojave Desert, killing one of the pilots. Never one to let free publicity go to waste, he seems to be quickly turning the page towards his viewpoints on Bitcoin. Sir Richard Branson is now making news for other reasons as he spoke extensively about Bitcoin recently in Australia. Branson is a known Bitcoin investor....
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Sir Richard Branson, thebillionaire investing-mogul behind Virgin Airlines, Virgin Galactic and a slew of other companies, recently wrote a blog titled "Why I Invest In Startups" on the Virgin official website. It's no secret that Branson takes favor to Bitcoin as he's been very vocal in the past and stood alongside other investors in BitPay, providing the company with $30 million. In the blog, Branson plugs Bitcoin, PayPal and BitPay all in the same breath, saying: "Finance is another area where I see exciting opportunities. Indiegogo, a crowdfunding platform, allows entrepreneurs better....
Sir Richard Branson has voiced his support for bitcoin ahead of the Global Digital Currency Conversation (GDCC) forum in Brisbane, Australia, this Sunday. The GDCC is due to coincide with this year's G20 Summit on 16th-17th November, at the close of the G20 event. Organisers say it aims to facilitate discussion and "formalise a global agreement on digital currencies" before Turkey's G20 conference in 2015. Branson, a prominent bitcoin advocate, first announced his support for the Australian Digital Currency Commerce Association (ADCCA), the industry group behind the conference, late last....