Ten31 Timestamp 735,188

May 06, 2022

Bitcoin Magazine held Bitcoin 2022 in Miami and was on April 6-9th this year. The conference was in the Miami Beach Conference Center where 25,000 people attended to listen to likes of Peter Theil, Senator Cynthia Lummis and Jordan Peterson to name a few. The exhibition hall was packed with the leading companies in the space where attendees were able to see the latest products and services. Upstream Data’s Black Box was on display demonstrating the ability to mine at home and mitigate noise and climate as they ran two S9s during the convention.

Jack Mallers, Strike CEO and founder, gave the keynote speech where he announced partnerships with Shopify, Blackhawk, and NCR to offer an alternate payment processing rail to Visa and Mastercard. Jack discusses this is the 1st upgrade to the payment rails since 1949. Now you will be able to purchase from McDonald’s, Walmart, Starbucks, Best Buy, Home Depot, Staples, Wendy’s and Macys to name a few. Users will be able to use any wallet (Green, Cashapp, Zeus, Muun, Strike…) and interact with the open permissionless lightning network.

Matt Odell was in charge of the Open Source stage where he led the efforts to provide high signal on new innovations such as Decentralized Exchanges and Federated Chaumian Mints. The recordings are available at Day 1, Day 2 and Day 3. A highlight from the Open Source stage was when a few attendees realized and took it upon themselves to pirate stream the talks live for everyone.

jack⚡️ @jack

livestream the open source stage at #Bitcoin2022

wiz @wiz

stream link 2 https://t.co/b4IeMacQiS

Fund II New Investments

Fold is leading the way into the rewards market their debit card allowing users to get bitcoin back on all purchases. Will Reeves, CEO and Founder, provided great insight into Fold’s history, roadmap and focus on user experience on the April’s Ten31 Tribe event. Lookout for the Fold bitcoin backed credit card in 22’.

Hoseki is providing a bridge for Bitcoiners by enabling them to show Proof-of-Reserves in order to access traditional fiat lenders. With Hoseki those who wish to store their wealth in bitcoin will not need to make a transfer to an exchange for their assets to be verified. Hoseki utilizes the native bitcoin protocol for verification of the UTXO ownership. For an in-depth discussion with Sam Abbassi, CEO and Founder, watch April’s Ten31 Tribe event.

Selected Portfolio News

Giga Energy: Matt Lohstroh, Co-founder, is highlighted on Barron’s for turning wasted natural gas into bitcoin.

Giga Energy @GigaEnergy_

Check out our newest video on Barrons and Yahoo News! news.yahoo.com/texas-business…

Bitnob adds to their bitcoin only exchange by introducing bitcoin infrastructure for Africa. Now, businesses will be able to easily access their APIs to help them scale.