Sentences with phrase «digital currency entrepreneurs»

Wang told CoinDesk that he and his business partner, digital currency entrepreneur Mao Shihang, were early adopters of the technology, but that despite early growth, mining remained a key weak point.

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The brothers may chafe at the suggestion, but Gemini is also their play for respect, both in the digital - currency world they've embraced and in the larger realm of tech entrepreneurs.

Even with its roller - coaster volatility, young entrepreneurs are banking on the digital currency.

In addition to their other duties, the mentors are expected to help entrepreneurs ensure their companies are compliant with all the regulations concerning Bitcoin and other digital currencies.

Gemini, the US - based digital currency exchange founded by entrepreneurs Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, noted the massive amount of untapped opportunities within the eSports industry and its natural fit with cryptocurrencies.

Investor and entrepreneur Roger Ver was one of the early investors in Bitcoin, and he made a great deal of money from the blossoming digital currency during its early days.

Bitcoin, a digital currency that is traded on a peer - to - peer network independent of central control, has seen its value soar in the past year as it gains attention from growing numbers of investors, entrepreneurs and regulators.

Over 10 million people visit the site every month, including fintech / bank executives, technology entrepreneurs and investors, digital currency traders, lawmakers and regulators from government agencies, and journalists from major technology publications.

Ten - episode drama about three Miami tech entrepreneurs who create a controversial digital currency — and a crooked FBI agent («Sherlock's» Martin Freeman) who is intent on taking them down.

Bitcoin entrepreneur reaches plea deal for charges of selling digital currency to users of illicit online marketplace, Reuters

That's the view of entrepreneur Jeremy Allaire, who used a Monday morning keynote address in New York to set out out a vision of the digital currency that is decidedly unlike the decentralized dreams of many early bitcoin backers.

Dino Mark is an entrepreneur active in the cryptocurrency space and is the Founder of Smartwallet, a mobile digital currency wallet.

Zug has been called the «Crypto Valley» of the financial world since many of its citizens are entrepreneurs who specialize in digital currencies.

The Bees Brothers, dubbed the world's youngest bitcoin entrepreneurs, are offering a 20 % discount off all honey - related items to customers paying with the digital currency.

A team of entrepreneurs is planning to launch a blockchain - based digital currency called UBU (Universal Basic Unit) that aims to economically empower lower income South Africans.

Avra Inc., a South Carolina - based digital currency company, has announced the launch of a new platform, offering a variety of security solutions for bitcoin entrepreneurs.

El Pais, has also reported that most of the entrepreneurs working in virtual digital currencies in Spain are from Catalonia.

Perhaps propitiously, the pseudonymous Satoshi Nakamoto — who may or may not be an Australian entrepreneur named Craig Wright — outlined a new protocol for a peer - to - peer electronic cash system using a cryptocurrency, or digital currency, called Bitcoin.

Financial regulators have been clamping down on the crowdfunding trend in recent weeks, warning entrepreneurs that their digital currencies may be regulated as securities or, in China's case, by banning them outright.

A representative for Digital Currency Group, the investment firm backed by entrepreneur (and Bitcoin advocate) Barry Silbert, said last week it was currently in talks with the SEC about launching its own publicly traded product, despite withdrawing its application for a listing last month.

From my former White House colleague Brian Forde who now heads the Digital Currency Initiative at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Media Lab, to the former Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)-- BitFury board member Jim Newsome — to the former Deputy Assistant Attorney General in charge of cybercrime and organized crime at the Department of Justice's Criminal Division Jason Weinstein, to the former CFO of JP Morgan Blythe Masters, to startup entrepreneur Wences Casares.

- > Brock Pierce, Partner: A venture capitalist and entrepreneur who pioneered the market for digital currency in games and has raised more than $ 200 million for companies he founded.

Bitcoin entrepreneurs and digital currency enthusiasts in the European Union (EU) have spoken out following the European Court of Justice's (ECJ) proposal for bitcoin's exemption from Value Added Tax (VAT).

The short course will also feature insights from guest speakers such as Meltem Demirors, Director at the Digital Currency Group, and Professor Sandy Pentland, one of the world's leading data scientists, as well as a number of practicing entrepreneurs, technologists and financiers in the blockchain sector.

A team of software developers supported by serial entrepreneur Mark Cuban has launched the digital currency Ethereum - based Mercury Protocol for the communication industry on Aug. 24.

Brock Pierce Co-Founder, Advisor Brock Pierce is a 15 - time entrepreneur best known for pioneering the market for digital currency.

TaaS board members include fund management expert John Wong; serial entrepreneur and investor Mike Costache; Blockchain technology and digital currency trading expert Marshall Swatt; and legal expert Arnold Spencer.

Additional participants included MENA - focused venture capital firm Wamda Capital, early Internet entrepreneur Samih Toukan, serial industry investor Digital Currency Group and a group of unnamed angel investors.

Ethereum has emerged not only as a store of value for investors seeking alternative assets, but a platform for entrepreneurs to launch their own digital currencies.

Earn.com, which enables users to earn digital currency for answering emails and completing tasks, last week launched a new project: Airdrops, described on the company's website as a way for blockchain entrepreneurs to give users a free trial of a new token and thus gain early adopters.