How 400,000 People Are Gradually Adopting Bitcoin in Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv, a city of about 400,000 residents in the heart of Israel, is considered one of the leading cities in the world in Bitcoin adoption. For new bitcoiners, Tel Aviv is like a dream come true; it has everything you need to get started with the digital currency. For starters, the Israeli Facebook Group "Israeli Bitcoin" has more than 4,500 members.....
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Inside Bitcoins Conference & Expo, the leading trade show for the fast-growing bitcoin and related cryptocurrency, will be debuting in Tel Aviv later this month after successful events earlier this year in Berlin, New York, Hong Kong, and Melbourne. From July 28-29, thought leaders, virtual currency experts and business visionaries will converge at the Tel Aviv Hilton to lead a discussion on the first digital, decentralized, peer-to-peer based global currency. “The vision for bitcoin is going to be set at conferences like this”
UPDATE(July 30, 2014): The Inside Bitcoins conference in Tel Aviv has been rescheduled. The Inside Bitcoins Tel-Aviv Conference will now take place on October 19-20, 2014 and will be held at the KMC (Kfar Ha’Maccabiah) Hotel & Convention Center (http://www.kmc.co.il/en/).The tickets will be sold at a lower price and free networking passes will be distributed to our sponsors and partners. As a result of this, the organizers expect a much greater number of participants. This will allow the ROI of the exhibitors to be maximized and will create a bigger and more impressive event. UPDATE(July....
Bitcoin ATMs are seemingly popping up everywhere. From North America to Eastern Asia, and now: the Middle East. A report from Haaretz indicates that one of (if not the) first bitcoin ATMs in the Middle Eastern region is slated to come online Wednesday in Tel Aviv, Israel. Manufactured by Las Vegas, Nevada-based Robocoin and operated by a Bitbox, the machine will allow its users to both buy and sell bitcoins in a matter of seconds without going through bureaucracy. "The launch of the first Bitcoin ATM in the Middle East will allow any person with no previous knowledge of bitcoin and how it....
Intel has announced the creation of a new fintech innovation lab in Tel Aviv, The Jerusalem Post reports. The lab will be operated in association with The Floor, a fintech hub based at the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange. The work of the new Intel fintech lab will be centered on blockchain technology, biometrics and the Internet of Things (IoT). “Through this collaboration, Intel will be able to lead, alongside The Floor, the development of this field in Israel and to widen the influence of technology on the financial field, from the user to the cloud,” said Sharon Puterman-Zafrir, Intel Israel’s....
The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) has recently mentioned its plans to create a crypto platform. It also mentioned that it would be reshaping the ownership structure of the crypto or blockchain-based platform. The idea behind launching the platform is to implement a strategy to create more opportunities for crypto trading in order to level […]