Blockchain's Nic Cary: Banks Should Embrace Digital Currency Innovation
Blockchain CEO Nic Cary spoke at New York Ideas - a conference featuring thought leaders in the business, finance and technology industries held by The Atlantic and the Aspen Institute - on 6th May as part of a panel discussion entitled 'Cash, Credit or Digital: What Happened to My Money?". The panel featured Cary, Pryor Cashman partner Jeffrey Alberts and McKinsey & Company principal Philip Bruno, and was moderated by NPR Planet Money podcast host David Kestenbaum. The half-hour talk covered a host of current debates in the bitcoin industry, including whether digital currencies are best....
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Nicolas Cary is one of the biggest leaders in the bitcoin sector by being the CEO of blockchain. He is super busy and travels a lot so we were really lucky to catch him for a quick interview at the 2014 Bitcoin Conference in Amsterdam. Bitcoinist.net: Hi Nick, thank you for your time, I am sure Bitcoinist.net readers will be stoked to read this interview! Nic Cary: Hello! Thanks for having me! Bitcoinist.net: How did you get involved in the cryptocurrency business? And please tell your story with Blockchain. Nic Cary: Okay. So I learnt about Bitcoin in 2011 from a friend of mine, in Erik....