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Despite the dramatic and prolonged demise of Mt Gox, digital currencies are still relatively unknown in the bitcoin exchange's birthplace, Japan.
This week, one of the country's pioneering VC firms aims to change that, with a Tokyo event gathering the sector's brightest minds to discuss how businesses can harness the emerging technology.
Over 400 attendees arrived in the Toranomon Hills skyscraper yesterday for a day of demos, briefings and Q&A sessions led by Digital Garage co-founder and MIT Media Lab director Joichi Ito.
This week, one of the country's pioneering VC firms aims to change that, with a Tokyo event gathering the sector's brightest minds to discuss how businesses can harness the emerging technology.
Over 400 attendees arrived in the Toranomon Hills skyscraper yesterday for a day of demos, briefings and Q&A sessions led by Digital Garage co-founder and MIT Media Lab director Joichi Ito.
Full story: http://www.coindesk.com/event-challenges-lack-of-bitcoin-awareness-in-post-gox-japan/