'blockchain' Tag

• Japan: Bitcoin #1

  October 7, 2017

  Despite Japan’s accounting for half of the worldwide bitcoin trading volume daily (yes, half !), I could not locate any substantial research on this fascinating phenomenon. Frustrated by this absence, I decided to write a book about it. A primer on the world’s leading country for bitcoin and blockchain adoption Japan, the world’s third largest […]

  posted in technology, venture capital by mark bivens

• Interview from Japan’s Cryptocurrency Conference

  September 8, 2017

  Here’s the English version of the interview I gave at this week’s Japan Cryptocurrency Conference in Tokyo. You mentioned that you believe Japan is taking a leadership role in cryptocurrency. What did you mean by that? I was referring to both the government and the consumer. As another speaker explained, earlier this year the Japanese […]

  posted in venture capital by mark bivens