Technology giants across the United States gathered at the "Trump Technology Summit". Let's see how they view Bitcoin?

Last week, Donald Trump met with several tech executives. During the meeting, Peter Thiel sat to the left of President-elect Trump. He is not only a billionaire tech mogul and Bitcoin investment boss, but also a member of the presidential transition team. Sitting to the right of President Trump is future Vice President Mike Pence. During the meeting, Thiel, as an investor in the BitPay startup, was once warmly shaken by President Trump and was highly praised by the President.

Those who can attend this meeting are all the bosses of the most valuable companies in the United States, so the meeting is also called the "Trump Technology Summit". Participants include Apple CEO Tim Cook, Alphabet/Google's Larry Page. And Palantir CEO Alex Karp, as the only private company representative at the meeting, why did he also attend this meeting? And Thiel was the founder of Palantir (isn't this a big conflict of interest?).

Thiel Founders Fund provided a $2 million investment in BitPay in 2013. So how have other tech giants been associated with Bitcoin in the past?

Let’s take a look at the following breakdown. . . . . .

Alphabet CEO Larry Page

Mr Page has not commented publicly on Bitcoin, but Forbes reporter Andy Greenberg reported that Google is said to be working on blockchain technology.

It is reported that Jarar Malik, a Bitcoin player in Pakistan, wrote to some technology company CEOs, asking them if they have plans to adopt Bitcoin. There was no response until Vic Gundotra, senior vice president of Google, responded.

In an email exchange with Malik, Sridhar Ramaswamy, senior vice president of Google's business and advertising department, replied: "We are working hard on the payment system and exploring how to integrate Bitcoin into our plans." He also promised to get in touch "if there is more certain progress."

Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX

In a YouTube interview, Mr Musk, who has been appointed as an adviser to the Trump team, described his views on Bitcoin.

I think Bitcoin is very likely to be a good thing, even though I think it's become primarily a way to do illegal transactions.  But it's not all bad. You know, there are probably some transactions that shouldn't be illegal.

Musk, who said at the time that he did not own any Bitcoin, said:

“Bitcoin is good for both legal and illegal transactions. Otherwise, the illegal use case would be of little value. Because there needs to be a path from legal to illegal.”

Ginni Rometty, CEO of IBM

IBM has already strongly deployed a series of blockchain-based products.

I won’t talk about Bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies. I’m going to talk about their underlying technology, which allows us to achieve trust and efficiency in all kinds of transactions. This will have a profound impact on the operation of the world. Blockchain is to transactions what the Internet is to information.

IBM has been vigorously developing its blockchain product line and has high expectations for the future of the blockchain industry. The multinational technology company has issued a statement speculating that 65% of banks will use blockchain technology in the future.

Others at the conference may not have much to say about Bitcoin and its underlying technology, but their companies have conducted research on it.

For example, although Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella did not directly comment on this topic, Microsoft not only accepts Bitcoin payments, but also launched its own blockchain service platform.

Apple CEO Tim Cook has remained silent on the topic, but Apple has been heavily involved in researching, developing, and producing payment products. Other attendees who did not publicly share their views on Bitcoin or blockchain included Intel CEO Brian Krzanich, Oracle CEO Safra Catz, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins, and Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg.

Except for Musk's Tesla, all the companies attending the meeting were once worth more than $150 billion.

Speaking of Bitcoin venture capitalists, Trump said:

"I want to thank Thiel first because he noticed it very early and was very foresighted, probably before us, but of course he became famous in another way."

Of Thiel, he said, “He’s special.” Body language experts say Trump really likes Thiel.

"[Trump] not only shook [Thill's] hand, but he patted it and caressed it, which shows that he really likes this guy," said Lillian Glass, a speech communication expert in Beverly Hills, California.

The conference, organized by Thiel, has also faced criticism for its lack of diversity.