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Bitcoin Conference comes to London
Bitcoin London conference will be held July 1st 2013. It is an invitation only event with an expected 200 attendees. CoinDesk readers get a 20% discount.
By John Oates
Updated Apr 10, 2024, 3:11 a.m. Published May 14, 2013, 10:10 a.m.
will be held on Tuesday, July 2, 2013. It is an invitation-only event with an expected 200 attendees and is London's first big Bitcoin conference.
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Organiser Pamir Gelenbe, who is also a venture partner at Hummingbird Ventures, said: "We hope to bring together entrepreneurs, VC investors and folks from hedge funds who want to learn about bitcoins as an asset class...we really want to focus on the business side of Bitcoin as we don't think there has been an event like this before."
Speakers include venture capitalist Stefan Glaenzer, BitInstant CEO Charlie Shrem, BitStamp CEO Nejc Kodrič, and CoinDesk's own Shakil Khan.
stating that you're a CoinDesk reader, and you will be sent a 20% discount code with your invite. You can even pay in bitcoins.
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