Nextury Ventures and Lithuania Co-host Baltics' Largest Bitcoin and Blockchain Conference
Prominent Lithuania-based venture capital firm Nextury Ventures is hosting the largest Bitcoin and blockchain conference in the Baltic States ever on April 8, in association with Vilnius City Municipality. The event will be participated in by angel investors, venture capital firms, experts, entrepreneurs, startups and officials of Lithuania to discuss about the general Bitcoin ecosystem, and potential use-cases of the digital currency. “Lithuania in general and Vilnius in particular are becoming a center for international financial innovation. The R&D sector has already seen the arrival....
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