New York Bitcoin Job Fair Shows Demand for Bitcoin Wage Payments
More than 200 job seekers convened yesterday at the Bitcoin Job Fair in New York, a networking function organized to connect potential employees with companies in the bitcoin arena. The event was hosted by the Bitcoin Center NYC on Broad Street in New York's Financial District. BitPay, Coinbase, Coinsetter and eGifter were among the higher-profile of the 11 companies with representation at the job fair. Alex Palantzas, head of business development at the Bitcoin Center said the job fair is one of the most crowded and successful events they have ever had, telling CoinDesk: "The turnout is....
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Hester Street Fair located in the heart of the Lower East Side is the largest pushcart market in New York City. Now in its fifth season, the market is dotted with 60 to 90 small businesses selling anything from artisanal food to vintage clothing to handmade arts and crafts. Next weekend, like every other Sunday, the market will be up and buzzing, but with a twist in the tale. The entrance of Hester Street Fair in New York. Starting 15th June, more than 30 vendors at the Hester Street Fair will be trading their artisan goods for bitcoin every Sunday until the end of October. Over its....
The current minimum wage in Venezuela is still just US$12.84. Hyperinflation has been plaguing the Venezuelan economy for quite some time now. It is also one of the reasons why the government decided to mint new coins and banknotes. The next step in the long recovery process is hiking the minimum wage by 50%. An intriguing decision that can affect Bitcoin adoption in the country. President Nicolas Maduro shocked the world by hiking Venezuela’s minimum wage all of a sudden. It is not the first time this happens, although the latest 50% increase seems rather steep. In fact, it is the fifth....
If you're interested in getting yourself a job in the bitcoin industry and live in the New York City area, today may be your chance. The Bitcoin Center NYC is holding a Bitcoin Job Fair today from 12:00 - 5:00 pm local time. This particular job fair is the eastern coast's first, with the last fair taking place on May 3rd in Sunnyvale, California at the Plug and Play Tech Center. The fair saw four hundred job seekers, and this weekend's event in Manattan will be on-track to attract a decent crowd, it seems. At the last Bitcoin Job Fair, Atlanta-based BitPay made multiple hires - adding a....
The new decree that makes official the recently announced Venezuelan minimum monthly wage rise has been revealed in the Official Gazette, with no mention of its supposed peg to the petro, the national cryptocurrency. The law published mentions that the wage will be 130 VES, using the national fiat currency as a unit of account, something that contradicts statements of the Venezuelan president.
Official Gazette Reveals Real Salary Raise for Venezuelans
The recent publication of the Oficial Venezuelan Gazette, a magazine where laws and decrees are published when approved, revealed....
Late last month we learned about a New York City fair that's aiming to make a splash in the bitcoin community byholding 'bitcoin fairs' on a weekly basis. It's the Hester Street Fair in the Lower East Side, and it's all in attempts of attracting a younger crowd to the marketplace, with offerings of handmade jewelry, vintage items, to food like wood-fired pizza and ice cream sandwiches. Bitcoin payments processor BitPay says they're teaming up with the Fair in order to accommodate bitcoin acceptance among the select vendors who will be accepting digital currency. "We are so pleased with our....