Bitcoin Stands Strong at CES Despite Recent Scandal

The #bitcoin booth is busy! #CES2015 @blockchain @circlebits @Bitstamp @krakenfx pic.twitter.com/ENktZSXZg3
— BitPay (@BitPay) January 6, 2015

Bitcoin made its presence known at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas this week in the face of heightened speculation about recent controversies in the industry.
In the days leading up to one of the most high-profile conventions in the tech industry, bitcoin’s price fell below $300 and one of the digital currency’s biggest exchanges, Bitstamp, suffered asecurity breach that resulted in the theft of some 19,000 BTC.
Nonetheless, companies in the industry came together at CES with a resilience like that of the technology they work with, and bitcoin commanded attention from attendees consistently over the four-day span of the event.
The ‘World of Bitcoin’
Bitcoin was only one of a vast number of technologies that were represented at CES, but thanks to an initiative organized by BitPay, several companies in the industry came together – literally – to ensure that the digital currency couldn’t be missed.
The ‘World of Bitcoin’ exhibit was built as a central location for a number of bitcoin startups to showcase their products and services, and from the looks of it, bitcoin’s home base at CES attracted considerable attention:

This post was published at Coin Desk on January 10, 2015.