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Invest in Israel Newsletter March 2010 Edition

VC Cafe

Brazilian President Luiz InĂ¡cio (Lula) da Silva gave Israeli President Shimon Peres his final approval for a free trade agreement between Israel and the Mercosur bloc (Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay). Billing software company Amdocs has acquired mobile payments and messaging firm MX Telecom for $104 million in cash.

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Out of the Crisis #26: Brian Armstrong of Coinbase on cryptocurrency, being mission-oriented, and institution building

Startup Lessons Learned

Can institutions be totally distributed or should they be rooted and loyal to a certain community or geography? And in this crypto algorithm, they said, well, since we're all making this distributed ledger, we now have provably unique digital items that I can send to you, Eric. This is Out Of the Crisis. What are institutions for?

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