Gambling on cryptocurrency: Boston area startups poised to cash in

Boston-area startups are poised to cash in on ‘initial coin sales’ — and many tech founders and investors are convinced that cryptocurrencies and the software that underpins them, known as blockchain, could be as big as the internet itself.

Local entrepreneurs are planning coin sales for coming months, and many in the city’s tech community are convinced that cryptocurrencies and the software technology that underpins them could eventually have as big an impact on the world as the internet itself.