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Bitpay Chief Commercial Officer Sonny Singh, whose responsibility is to bring bitcoin to the masses and to small businesses worldwide, led a discussion about bitcoin, the importance of the block chain technology to banks, the rapid growth in VC investments, and the benefits of bitcoin for merchants and small e-businesses.
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According to the data of Coinometrics and Statistita, bitcoin has took over global financial services and remittances companies like Western Union and digital money transfer and settlement platforms like Xoom.
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“Two years ago, bitcoin wouldn’t have been on that,” said Singh. “It shows how much of a traction bitcoin has gotten in just over the last two years. It’s really come a long way and I imagine in the next two years, it will be much higher actually.”
To da moon guys , we are going to the moon .
Full article can be found here :
http://cointelegraph.com/news/115198/bitpay-silicon-valley-is-becoming-a-bitcoin-hub