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Jon Matonis and Roger Ver on the solutions Bitcoin offers to the gaming industry, Bitreserve’s Halsey Minor announces new customer, and ‘decentralized gaming’ with Credits. On February 3, the ICE Totally Gaming Conference 2015, dubbed “the largest and most comprehensive trade event in gaming,” dedicated a whole day of seminars on “Bitcoin and Cryptocurrencies” - a noteworthy move in itself considering that there was just one panel at last year’s event. The venue was full despite being tucked away in a separate 100-seat seminar room. Among those in attendance were the former Executive Director of the Bitcoin Foundation, Jon Matonis, …

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