Richard Branson to Virgin Disruptors: Blockchain Will Lead Economic Revolution

Richard Branson to Virgin Disruptors: Blockchain Will Lead Economic Revolution

Richard Branson, long time supporter of Bitcoin and the multibillionaire founder of Virgin Group, recently acknowledged the importance of the Blockchain technology in today’s global economic revolution. At the Virgin Disruptors event in London, Branson further emphasized the impact of the Blockchain technology in data and identity management, citing land and property issues in countries like Egypt. Branson stated: “If you take somewhere like Egypt, 90 percent of people have got houses, they've got a garden, but they've got no piece of paper to show ownership of that ... And without....


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