Patrick Byrne to Give Keynote Address at APEX: Digital Currency Partnerships Expo
A newly-announced event dubbed APEX: Digital Currency Partnerships, will take place from September 8-9 with a goal of "bring[ing] digital currency to the forefront of financial services." The event described: "At APEX: Digital Currency Partnerships, you'll engage in new conversation, bridging Bitcoin philosophy and business development. We'll cover digital currencies as transactional currency, investment vehicles, protocol platforms and the underpinning of financial services for mainstream and underserved consumers." Overstock.com CEO Patrick Byrne will reportedly be delivering the keynote....
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The Bitcoin2014 conference kicked off today in the Netherlands with a keynote address from Overstock CEO and bitcoin enthusiast Patrick Byrne. Byrne delivered his keynote speech to a large portion of the 1,100 registered participants at the conference gathered in the Passenger Terminal in Amsterdam. The talk was an information-heavy lesson in the historical context of bitcoin and cryptocurrencies. Byrne used historical great thinkers like Marx, Hegel and Kant, as well as modern-day academics like Francis Fukayama, to explain why he backs the cryptocurrency revolution. "As much as I love....
For the countless bitcoin enthusiast who were unable to make it to Bitcoin 2014 in Amsterdam (myself included), you've probably been looking for a video of Mr. Patrick Byrne's keynote. Thankfully, the folks at "Coinsider This!" have posted the video many of us have been waiting to see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkf04kQw1YU. Patrick Byrne, as you might be aware, is the CEO of Overstock.com. He rose to fame in the bitcoin community last year, when he announced (to NEWSBTC first) that his company would soon be accepting bitcoin. During my interview with Patrick, he originally aimed....
Source: @OverstockCEO, Twitter. Just announced this morning by the Bitcoin Foundation is news that Overstock.com CEO and Chairman Patrick Byrne will be the keynote speaker for the Bitcoin 2014 Conference taking place between May 15th-17th in Amsterdam. Byrne made news in late 2013 when he announced first to newsBTC that his company would be accepting bitcoin in 2014. At the time of my interview with Byrne, he projected that bitcoin payments would begin some time in the second half of this year. Due to overwhelming press attention, however, the company worked tirelessly to enable bitcoin....
Overstock.com CEO and bitcoin convert Patrick M Byrne will deliver the keynote speech at the Bitcoin 2014 conference on 15th-17th May at the Passenger Terminal Amsterdam. He is expected to speak about his vision for the future of bitcoin; its potential for global financial inclusion; non-currency uses like proving ownership of stocks and bonds; and the network's relation to society as a whole. Jon Matonis, executive director of the Bitcoin Foundation, said: "We are delighted to have one of bitcoin's most prominent and prescient champions at our conference. Patrick's decision to accept....
One week after the SEC approved Overstock's plan to issue stock via the Bitcoin blockchain, company CEO Patrick Byrne gave the keynote address - called "The Virtues of Crypto-Settlement" - at the Inside Bitcoins Conference in the San Diego Convention Center. Byrne, whose firm was bitcoin's first major retailer, spoke at length about his firm's plans, launched at the website, t0.com. He lamented the "crazy system" of Wall Street banks and said there is. "all kinds of room for mischief." That's why Byrne has developed an alternative. "This system is transparent and reduces costs we believe....