Geeky and Greedy

Want To Be a VC? Just Flip a Bitcoin

The virtual currency has inspired a geeky alternative to the IPO.
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Initial public offerings are yesterday's news. Who would want to buy a share of a company that's wildly unprofitable and whose days of racy growth may be behind it?

But there's now a geekier and greedier way to bet on a start-up: The ICO.