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Bitcoin (virtual currency) coins are seen in an illustration picture taken at La Maison du Bitcoin in Paris July 11, 2014. Image: REUTERS/Benoit Tessier

Alex Tapscott

Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Northwest Passage Ventures

Don Tapscott C.M.

Executive Chairman, Blockchain Research Institute

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