Bitcoin at Vancouver Car Free Day
Car Free Day Vancouver is taking place in mid-June on Main Street. The event occurs on Father's Day each year (June 15), and is entirely volunteer organized and for years has been promoting car free transportation in Vancouver. The event has a history of community involvement, moving the city into the future and inspiring others to think beyond car....
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What did you do this past New Year's Eve? If you weren't at the international arrivals terminal at the Vancouver Airport, you were clearly missing out. This 'Decentralized Dance Party' (aka New Year's Eve Banana Boombox Throwdown) was funded by bitcoin donations and most certainly took jet lagged travelers by surprise. "Big thanks to the hundreds of fearless free spirits who Partied with us alllllll the way to the airport and back (with the spontaneous assistance of TransLink and the Vancouver Police Department) for what was the likely the most ridiculous NYE countdown that Vancouver will....
Cryptocurrency had a lot of firsts in Vancouver, but nothing brought more media attention than the world's first Bitcoin ATM. Installed by the Bitcoiniacs (now CoinTrader) in partnership with Robocoin, it found its home in a Waves Coffee House. Originally signed onto Bitcoin by the Bitcoin Co-op, CoinTrader soon moved in and made it their Bitcoin headquarters, which it still is, today! Although traffic has dwindled since the famous launch event, Waves continues to be one of Vancouver's Bitcoin hot-spots. It held one of CoinFest's most popular events-the mining and hardware....
Quantum Properties, a Abbotsford, British Columbia based company, will now accept Bitcoins as payment for their vast selection of condominiums across the Fraser-Valley and the Lower Mainland of B. C. Quantum Properties' Vancouver office is located right next to Vancouver's Bitcoin ATM was well. With a selection of both high-rise and low-rise residential condos, as well as being in the tech-savvy area of Greater Vancouver, Quantum Properties is one of the real estate developers to accept Bitcoin in the Vancouver area. President and CEO of Quantum Properties, Diane M. Delves, said: "I like....
The city of Vancouver could soon take a step into the future. As New York is about to take the Chinese route and cut itself from yet another industry, Vancouver considers “using an unconventional method: harnessing the heat emitted from” bitcoin mining. If signed, the contract between the Lonsdale Energy Corporation and Canadian mining operator […]
Next week Chinese investors in the Vancouver housing market will face a new 15 percent transfer tax that targets foreign nationals specifically. This particular real estate market has been a favorite way for Chinese investors to get their money out of the country, and as of August 2, it will cost them 15 percent more. Vancouver Real Estate Popular Among....