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Cryptocurrency’s second act: the rise of Ethereum and what’s in store for 2017

Version One Ventures

The prevailing thinking then was that the cryptocurrency market was going to be a winner-takes-all race due to the strong network effects around mining. What makes tokens particularly interesting is that they enable built-in monetization of software projects. Back in 2009, Bitcoin became the first decentralized cryptocurrency.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter March 2010 Edition

VC Cafe

The acquisition of PBM adds another growth engine for Perrigo, which already has a 75% share of the store brand over the counter (OTC) drug market in the US. Billing software company Amdocs has acquired mobile payments and messaging firm MX Telecom for $104 million in cash. Tags: Invest in Israel OSS OTC CRM.

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