MaiTai BitFury Racing Experience Takes Place this Weekend
There's a VIP event of sorts taking place this weekend in Las Vegas, Nevada dubbed the MaiTai BitFury Racing Experience. The three-day event involves racing supercars, firing machine guns, taking poker lessons from professionals, and winding down at the NOBU Hotel. The event is hosted by MaiTai Global founders Susi Mai and Bill Tai, in addition to race car driver Collete Davis. Now, you may be asking yourself how bitcoin fits into this picture. Put simply, Bill Tai serves on the BitFury board, and as such, he's likely pulled some strings to have the company sponsor the exclusive event. The....
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