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The newest Richard Branson’s Blockchain Event

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The well-known founder of Virgin Group, Richard Branson has organized a new blockchain-related event on his private island in the Carribbean.
Among his about 40 guests there are: Beth Moses, engineer for the Virgin Galactic; Laurent Lamothe, former prime minister of Haiti; Jim Newsome, former chairman at the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission; and Elizabeth Rossiello, CEO at BitPesa.
This is the second year for the Branson’s Blockchain Event on his Necker Island, also thanks to the support of the mining company BitFury.
BitFury CEO Valery Vavilov explained:
“Our emphasis for this year’s gathering is to bring some of the world’s top thinkers from diverse backgrounds – civil society, [non-governmental organizations], business, technology, government – to this extremely special place known for free thinking and cutting edge innovation.”
 

Branson’s Blockchain Event

From 3rd to 7th June, guests will partecipate to this summit focused on three main topics: financial technology, security and global change.
Also, they will have a lot of networking time, a great opportunity to build connections.
Last year’s event generated some controversy about the lack of women, so this year the list includes several female experts who work in the blockchain field, as you can read on the guest list above.

Branson in Bitcoin

Of course this is not the first time Branson talks about Bitcoin.
A few months ago, during an interview on Bloomberg TV, he explained that this cryptocurrency is working well.
In a conversation with journalist Trish Regan about space tourism, Branson also commented positively on the future of the Bitcoin industry.

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Virgin Galactic to accept Bitcoin for space flights

(BitcoinExaminer) Virgin Galactic, the commercial space
flight venture created by the billionaire entrepreneur Richard Branson,
is accepting Bitcoin: this means the new crypto-millionaires and space
aficionados can now use their digital coins to pay for an exciting and unique trip. The news was announced by Branson himself on CNBC’s show “Squawk Box”.
The entrepreneur awoke the community’s curiosity when he tweeted the following message, this Friday (22), before the interview.
According to the entrepreneur, Virgin Galactic already accepted its first purchase made with this ”new exciting currency”,
Branson said. The lucky space traveler is a flight attendant from
Hawaii. Apparently, the woman made “quite a lot of money getting into
Bitcoin early on”, he told CNBC.
The client bought the trip with Bitcoin
and then Virgin Galactic converted the amount into US dollars,
specifically $250,000. “There’s a fixed price [and] we can actually pay
her money back, if she changes her mind about going to space in a few
months”.
After the interview, Richard Branson tweeted two more Bitcoin-themed messages.
Actually, during the Skype talk with CNBC, the entrepreneur revealed he was also an early Bitcoin investor
and is holding on for the long-term. “I have invested in some Bitcoins
myself and find it fascinating how a whole new global currency has been
created”, he wrote on Virgin’s website. Brason even compared the virtual coin with his own business.
The entrepreneur also focuses regulation on Virgin’s website: “Bitcoins
aren’t yet formally recognized by governments as a currency, but with some regulation I hope that it will become more widely accepted.
A few years ago many people had doubts about whether Virgin Galactic
would ever get off the ground. Now we have gone supersonic, are a long
way along the testing process, and are looking forward to launching
commercial space travel”.

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