Friday, July 20, 2018

Techstars Powers New Blockchain Accelerator In NYC

Boulder-based startup accelerator operator Techstars announced on Friday morning that it is launching a new, startup accelerator, focused on blockchain--the underlying protocol behind Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. According to Techstars, it has launched the Alchemist Blockchain Techstars Accelerator, in conjunction with blockchain advisory group Alchemist, which will focus on blockchain infrastructure and protocol development, cryptocurrencies, security, and distributed applications in finance, IoT, education, real estate, retail, insurance, energy, health and wellness, and more. Techstars said it will run its first program in February of 2019 there, and it will start accepting applications on Monday, July 23rd.