SecurityWeek:
Accenture to Acquire Majority Stake in Dragos, All of runZero, NetRise in $4.1 Billion OT Cybersecurity Push
Accenture to Acquire Majority Stake in Dragos, All of runZero, NetRise in $4.1 Billion OT Cybersecurity Push
SecurityWeek
Accenture to Acquire Majority Stake in Dragos, All of runZero, NetRise in $4.1 Billion OT Cybersecurity Push
The deal values industrial cybersecurity giant Dragos at $3.25 billion, and runZero and NetRise will operate under Dragos.
Today in Bitcoin History / @daily_btc_lore:
R to @daily_btc_lore: 2/9 - To understand why this mattered, you need the backdrop. By mid-2014, bitcoin had cratered from a $1,200 peak in late 2013 to around $550. Mt. Gox, the world’s largest exchange, had just collapsed that February, losing roughly 850,000 BTC. The brand was in the gutter.
R to @daily_btc_lore: 2/9 - To understand why this mattered, you need the backdrop. By mid-2014, bitcoin had cratered from a $1,200 peak in late 2013 to around $550. Mt. Gox, the world’s largest exchange, had just collapsed that February, losing roughly 850,000 BTC. The brand was in the gutter.
Today in Bitcoin History / @daily_btc_lore:
R to @daily_btc_lore: 3/9 - BitPay was the opposite of struggling. The payment processor had just raised $30 million from backers including Richard Branson and Yahoo’s Jerry Yang, and was processing payments for over 33,000 merchants. They had money and a mission: drag bitcoin into the mainstream.
R to @daily_btc_lore: 3/9 - BitPay was the opposite of struggling. The payment processor had just raised $30 million from backers including Richard Branson and Yahoo’s Jerry Yang, and was processing payments for over 33,000 merchants. They had money and a mission: drag bitcoin into the mainstream.
Today in Bitcoin History / @daily_btc_lore:
R to @daily_btc_lore: 4/9 - So ESPN Events announced that the St. Petersburg Bowl, previously sponsored by Beef ‘O’ Brady’s, would become the Bitcoin St. Petersburg Bowl. Three-year deal. The game would air on ESPN, reaching college football fans who’d mostly never heard the word ‘bitcoin.’
R to @daily_btc_lore: 4/9 - So ESPN Events announced that the St. Petersburg Bowl, previously sponsored by Beef ‘O’ Brady’s, would become the Bitcoin St. Petersburg Bowl. Three-year deal. The game would air on ESPN, reaching college football fans who’d mostly never heard the word ‘bitcoin.’
Today in Bitcoin History / @daily_btc_lore:
R to @daily_btc_lore: 5/9 - BitPay paid for the sponsorship itself in bitcoin, reportedly about $500,000 a year, roughly 900 BTC at the time. Fans could also buy tickets and merchandise with bitcoin through Ticketmaster. The whole event was bitcoin-denominated, not just bitcoin-branded.
R to @daily_btc_lore: 5/9 - BitPay paid for the sponsorship itself in bitcoin, reportedly about $500,000 a year, roughly 900 BTC at the time. Fans could also buy tickets and merchandise with bitcoin through Ticketmaster. The whole event was bitcoin-denominated, not just bitcoin-branded.
Today in Bitcoin History / @daily_btc_lore:
R to @daily_btc_lore: 6/9 - Executive chairman Tony Gallippi was blunt about the play: ‘College football fans and the bitcoin community represent a similar target demographic, tech-savvy men between the ages of 18 and 40.’ This was a calculated brand bet, not a charity sponsorship.
R to @daily_btc_lore: 6/9 - Executive chairman Tony Gallippi was blunt about the play: ‘College football fans and the bitcoin community represent a similar target demographic, tech-savvy men between the ages of 18 and 40.’ This was a calculated brand bet, not a charity sponsorship.
Today in Bitcoin History / @daily_btc_lore:
R to @daily_btc_lore: 7/9 - St. Petersburg leaned in too. Local restaurants, bars, even a vintage furniture store and the city’s history museum agreed to start accepting bitcoin. The Chamber of Commerce president admitted he’d never heard of bitcoin before BitPay showed up in town.
R to @daily_btc_lore: 7/9 - St. Petersburg leaned in too. Local restaurants, bars, even a vintage furniture store and the city’s history museum agreed to start accepting bitcoin. The Chamber of Commerce president admitted he’d never heard of bitcoin before BitPay showed up in town.
Today in Bitcoin History / @daily_btc_lore:
R to @daily_btc_lore: 8/9 - On December 26, 2014, NC State beat UCF 34-27 at Tropicana Field. Bitcoin’s name was on a nationally televised football game for the first time. It was strange, a little awkward, and exactly what an unproven currency needed: a shot at looking normal.
R to @daily_btc_lore: 8/9 - On December 26, 2014, NC State beat UCF 34-27 at Tropicana Field. Bitcoin’s name was on a nationally televised football game for the first time. It was strange, a little awkward, and exactly what an unproven currency needed: a shot at looking normal.
Today in Bitcoin History / @daily_btc_lore:
R to @daily_btc_lore: 9/9 - It didn’t stick. BitPay skipped renewal after one season; the bowl reverted to its old name in 2015. Still, it marked bitcoin’s first real shot at buying mainstream legitimacy.
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R to @daily_btc_lore: 9/9 - It didn’t stick. BitPay skipped renewal after one season; the bowl reverted to its old name in 2015. Still, it marked bitcoin’s first real shot at buying mainstream legitimacy.
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Today in Bitcoin History / @daily_btc_lore:
R to @daily_btc_lore: 2/10 - The backdrop: the FBI had seized roughly 30,000 BTC from Silk Road’s servers when it shut down the dark web marketplace in October 2013. The US Marshals Service was now auctioning it off in blocks, worth about $17 to 18 million at the time. A $200,000 deposit got you in.
R to @daily_btc_lore: 2/10 - The backdrop: the FBI had seized roughly 30,000 BTC from Silk Road’s servers when it shut down the dark web marketplace in October 2013. The US Marshals Service was now auctioning it off in blocks, worth about $17 to 18 million at the time. A $200,000 deposit got you in.