MIT Bitcoin Expo Day Two: Emerging Market Opportunities
The second day of the MIT Bitcoin Expo, hosted by the MIT Bitcoin Club this weekend in Cambridge, Massachusetts, took a step away from technical debates surrounding Bitcoin development and focused on applications in the financial sector and beyond. Speakers included representatives of R3, the digital ledger consortium of 42 banks, and Enigma, a....
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The second day of the MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Bitcoin Expo in Cambridge, Mass. featured speakers on a variety of topics ranging from technical issues like the size of the blockchain to social concerns like social inequities that technology perpetuates, according to Nasdaq. Hosted by the MIT Bitcoin Club, the third annual MIT Bitcoin Expo brought together students, developers and business founders to discuss both technical issues and potential solutions in today’s bitcoin climate. Latanya Sweeney, chief technologist for the Federal Trade Commission and director of the....
The Bitcoin Alliance of Canada has announced they'll be hosting the first annual Bitcoin Expo in Toronto, taking place from April 11th through the 13th at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. Speakers are comprised of well-known entities in the bitcoin community, the likes of which include Jason King of Sean's Outpost, Blockchain.info chief security officer Andreas Antonopoulos, Charlie Lee of Coinbase (and creator of litecoin), and many more. A full list of speakers can be found here. According to the Bitcoin Alliance of Canada, "The Expo will provide unique opportunities for businesses,....
The 6th annual Remittance & Mobile Money Expo, held today and tomorrow – Feb. 2 and 3 in Lagos, Nigeria, will address the challenges and opportunities in the emerging African remittance market. Billing itself as the largest gathering of stakeholders in the remittance ecosystem serving Africa, the conference will be at the Lagos Oriental Hotel. The theme of the conference, hosted by MobileMoneyAfrica, a resource for mobile financial inclusion, is “lowering transaction cost.” There will be more than 30 speakers. According to MobileMoneyAfrica, Nigeria is the largest remittance....
The Bitcoin Expo, which is slated for March 1-15, 2015 will no longer be in its physical form and will be converted into a completely virtual event. The Expo will be held online only, and thus, will be accessible to the community around the world. The CoinTelegraph is proud to announce that it will be an official media sponsor of the event. Virtual Bitcoin Expo is a result of the cooperation between Bitcoin Colombia, Ferias Virtuales and Mundo Bitcoin. As stated by the organizers, even though the Expo was created by Latin Americans, its main purpose is to become a worldwide event and reach....
Love everything Bitcoin-related? Perhaps the Bitcoin Expo taking place next year will be your cup of tea. Aptly named "Bitcoin Expo 2014", the meet-up will be taking place between the dates of April 11-13th in Toronto, Canada. Organized by the non-profit Bitcoin Alliance of Canada, the expo will be taking place at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, and will feature over 700 experts and general participants from around the world. From entrepreneurs to lawyers, the event hopes to have something for everyone. Registration for the expo begins in January, and those who are interested are....