Revolutionary Coop Promotes Bitcoin To Promote Social Change, Will Take Center Stage At London Art Fair
The Moniker Art Fair has teamed with Fork The Banks, a revolutionary cooperative of artists and techies, in promoting bitcoin, according to artdaily.com. The Moniker Art Fair will return to London's Old Truman Brewery Oct. 15 to 18, 2015 and will be the first international art fair to accept bitcoin payments. Fork The Banks, based in London, uses the bitcoin "B" in its "FTB" logo. Its motto is "99 Artists. 99 Musicians. 1 Currency." Its website page features a picture of recent Greek street protests. Its YouTube video claims it seeks to unite artists and computer scientists looking to....
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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology's student bookstore 'The COOP' announced plans to begin accepting Bitcoin through payment processor BitPay, making them the first major university bookstore to accept the cryptocurrency. In such a vibrant, young Bitcoin community, this could be a huge way of introducing Bitcoin to the future's brilliant minds. As BitPay Co-Founder and Executive Chairman Tony Gallippi wrote in a press release earlier today: "Students are the next generation technology leaders and we expect them to be at the forefront of new technology adoption like bitcoin. As MIT....
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 folks over at Liberty Teller are expanding their regional network of bitcoin ATMs with the introduction of their latest operated device installed inside of the MIT COOP retail store in Kendall Square. "We are pleased to bring our bitcoin ATM to Kendall Square's vibrant tech and startup community which is home to Google, Facebook, Twitter, MIT, and the Cambridge Innovation Center among others. Along with the MIT Bitcoin Project ($500K giveaway), the public launch of Circle, and an increasing number of local merchants accepting bitcoin, Cambridge/Boston is showing the world that it is a....
This year, the Moniker Art Fair returns to east London's iconic Old Truman Brewery for its sixth year, having firmly established itself as London's premiere event for contemporary art rooted in urban culture. This year's edition, Moniker Art Fair has teamed up with global art, music and technology collective Fork The Banks, in an exciting venture to become the world's first international art fair to accept Bitcoin payments. Specialising in urban culture and its related genres, Moniker Art Fair will showcase approximately 20 national and international contemporary art galleries. Frankie....