Bitcoin hits mainstream investing. Sort of.

The virtual currency of choice for some has it’s own Silicon Valley accelerator now. Will this bring in a new wave of speculative tech investments?

Bitcoin may be more popular — and pricey — than ever before, but its entrepreneurial ecosystem is still a work in progress. Now Plug and Play Tech Center, which has three locations in Silicon Valley and which was a seed investor in PayPal, has announced the opening of an accelerator program exclusively for Bitcoin-related startups.