PricewaterhouseCoopers Launches Bitcoin and Blockchain Technology Team
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), the world’s largest professional services firm, has recruited 15 leading technology specialists to explore the application and commercialization of the Bitcoin blockchain technology. The blockchain research team will collaborate with PwC’s Belfast office and is expected to grow to more than 40 technological specialists....
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Global services powerhouse PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has announced the assembling of a new global technology team studying Bitcoin’s blockchain. The world’s largest professional services firm has recruited 15 leading technology specialists to ‘exploit and commercialize’ Bitcoin’s blockchain, a press release stated. The now 15-member team is also expected to more than double over the course of 2016. Based in PwC’s Belfast office in Northern Ireland, the team could see a rise to over 40 digital and technology specialists this year. The firm’s decision to invest in blockchain technology....
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