Minnesota Senator to Spearhead Bitcoin Public Awareness Effort
A Minnesota senator is leading the latest effort to bring bitcoin and its benefits to the global public through a new bitcoin-focused non-profit called yesbitcoin. Described as a consumer-facing organization with worldwide ambitions, yesbitcoin has announced a strategic communications effort aimed at advancing bitcoin through advertising and merchant-adoption efforts. Republican Senator Branden Petersen, the Executive Director and founder of yesbitcoin, spoke to CoinDesk about how his organisation aims to achieve this goal. In the interview, Petersen compared the program to American....
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