Sir Richard Branson - Bitcoin Brings Power to the People
Sir Richard Branson has been in the news quite a bit lately, for all of the wrong reasons. His Virgin Galactic company suffered a major setback in their quest to send common (rich) folks into space, when their Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo spacecraft crashed during testing in the Mojave Desert, killing one of the pilots. Never one to let free publicity go to waste, he seems to be quickly turning the page towards his viewpoints on Bitcoin. Sir Richard Branson is now making news for other reasons as he spoke extensively about Bitcoin recently in Australia. Branson is a known Bitcoin investor....
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Virgin Group founder and billionaire entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson is a huge supporter of blockchain technology. While talking to the press on October 3, Branson said the tech could bring an “economic revolution” to many nations worldwide. Sir Richard Branson Praises Blockchain Land Registry. Bitcoin and blockchain technology is a keen interest for....
Billionaire entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson has revealed a handful of people have paid in bitcoin for their place on board the Virgin Galactic spaceship. Back in November, Branson announced his commercial space flight venture Virgin Galactic was to accept payment in bitcoins and, just two months later, "six or seven" people have already paid for their tickets in the digital currency. Earlier this month, Virgin Galactic took its SpaceShipTwo on its third test flight, with the craft reaching 71,000 feet - its highest yet. SpaceShipTwo is a consumer-ready vehicle designed to fly to the edge....
The long list of things that you can spend your Bitcoins on is growing every day. Today the news is from Richard Branson, the eccentric billionaire of Virgin! fame. Richard Branson revealed that he has long been a holder of Bitcoin, and his company Virgin Galactic will now accept Bitcoin for commercial space flights in the future. Check out Coindesk's full story here. I just felt the need to point out to our good readers that services such as this are essential for Bitcoin to go "to the moon." I meant that both literally and figuratively. Have a cryptic day, mis amigos.
Sir Richard Branson, thebillionaire investing-mogul behind Virgin Airlines, Virgin Galactic and a slew of other companies, recently wrote a blog titled "Why I Invest In Startups" on the Virgin official website. It's no secret that Branson takes favor to Bitcoin as he's been very vocal in the past and stood alongside other investors in BitPay, providing the company with $30 million. In the blog, Branson plugs Bitcoin, PayPal and BitPay all in the same breath, saying: "Finance is another area where I see exciting opportunities. Indiegogo, a crowdfunding platform, allows entrepreneurs better....
Business magnate Sir Richard Branson's no stranger to the topic of bitcoin and digital currency. In November of last year, Branson announced that his latest and greatest venture, Virgin Galactic, would be accepting bitcoin for short flights to space. In the April issue of Delta's SKY Magazine, Branson spoke about a number of topics, of which include (yes, you guessed it) bitcoin. "It was a genius who set [Bitcoin] up," he told the magazine. But despite the genius behind bitcoin, Branson says there's a number of flaws with it - chiefly, its transparency. Specifically, the fact that most....