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7. Crypto Pioneers: Exploring Entrepreneurial Opportunities

Klaas Jung1  
(1)
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
 

For the entrepreneurial types among us, it is always fun to brainstorm about business startup ideas, and within the crypto space, it is not hard to think of potential solutions. Like I explained in the Preface, I started my own Bitcoin-based startup in 2014. It was more of a hobby project, but pretty soon it became bigger, and I wasn’t able to run it anymore next to my “daytime job.”

In 2017, as Venezuela was facing a severe economic crisis and hyperinflation, many people found ...

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