Bitcoin ATM Goes Live at Google's London Co-Working Space
Following the launch of its new bitcoin ATM, visitors to Google's 'Campus London' co-working space will now be able to buy bitcoin and spend the cryptocurrency on a coffee or muffin. Conveniently, the UK's first BitAccess-made machine is located in the centre's basement cafe, which uses an app developed at Campus called Wyre to accept bitcoin payments for refreshments. Operated by a company called Bitbuddy, the ATM performs two-way transactions between fiat and bitcoin, taking its prices from the Bitstamp exchange. Users are charged a 5% fee for the service. While the machine does not....
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Campus London's "BTM" (bitcoin teller machine). Google's Campus London is a seven-floor building based in the UK dedicated to encouraging "innovation through collaboration, mentorship, and networking". The building was designed for entrepreneurs and startups "on their quest to change the world". According to Google, "Google began life as a startup in a garage in California. Campus allows us to help entrepreneurs grow and find success in a better garage. Our success will be measured by the success of the startups who use Campus. Campus allows UK technology startups to meet at a central....
The CoinDesk team will be covering CoinSummit London over the next two days, so stay tuned for daily updates from the conference's key speakers and panels. Invitation-only tickets for the event are still available, but there will be no sales on the door. If you're not able to attend, don't worry - you can follow all the action live on CoinDesk's Twitter feed (@CoinDesk) and via the CoinSummit Live Stream (below). To find out more about the speakers involved, alongside CoinSummit's 'startup showcase' winners click here. CoinSummit London 2014 Highlights. State of Bitcoin Q2 2014 - As....
Paul Taylor, a former Google engineer and founder and CEO of UK-based Fintech startup Thought Machine, is developing a blockchain-centric operating system, Vault OS, a modern banking engine and core software that runs on the cloud. Before delving into the blockchain space, Paul Taylor held a prominent position at Google as the head of the text-to-speech group at the search giant, responsible for the speech recognition software used in over a billion Android phones and devices used around the world. A Cambridge University academic, Taylor began working on Vault OS over two years ago at a....
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