Jon Matonis: It's Becoming Obvious to Major Businesses That Adopting Bitcoin is a No-Brainer
Jon Matonis is the Executive Director of the Bitcoin Foundation, a prominent cryptocurrency researcher and advocate, and columnist for Forbes and CoinDesk. We reached out to Matonis recently to get his thoughts on the foundation, BitLicenses and news about big companies such as Dell accepting Bitcoin payments. CoinTelegraph: The Bitcoin Foundation has been criticized recently for being insufficiently transparent. What do you say to that criticism? Jon Matonis: [Editor’s note: The foundation’s head of marketing and communications first replied that Matonis and Gavin Andresen had both....
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CoinTelegraph spoke to Jon Matonis on increasing the 21 million bitcoin cap, the importance of fungibility and privacy for Bitcoin’s success and introducing a reference interest rate similar to LIBOR for the Bitcoin ecosystem. Jon Matonis has been a mover and shaker throughout the Bitcoin space and beyond, especially since 2013. He has worked as a Founding Board Director for The Bitcoin Foundation and is currently an Editorial Board Member for CoinDesk. Matonis is also an advisor for major Bitcoin entities like Epiphyte, BitPay, and GoCoin. In addition, he’s also working on the pending....
Jon Matonis has announced he will resign from his position as executive director of the Bitcoin Foundation, and that he intends to step down from the group's board of directors at the end of his term on 31st December. Bitcoin Foundation general counsel Patrick Murck will take over immediately as its newly appointed executive director, while Matonis' board seat will be filled in a January 2015 election that will also appoint new members to positions vacated by Peter Vessenes and Gavin Andresen. Matonis has served as the head of the bitcoin industry's oldest trade organisation since July....
It was recently a headline that Political Action Committees had been raising funds before any candidates had announced their candidacy. It seems obvious that these groups have agendas that they're going to push, without regard for who is running for office. Whichever candidate they can bend the most to their will, that is the candidate they're going to support the most. That much should be obvious whenever examining the contributions to any political campaign. Even the very populist candidates like Bernie Sanders, rest assured, they have large interests such as unions behind them. In an....
Jon Matonis, executive director of the Bitcoin Foundation, has become a contributing editor at CoinDesk. Matonis has several years of experience at the nexus of finance, communications and encryption. He served as CEO of Hushmail and Chief forex trader at VISA, and was the managing director of a digital payments consultancy. He was also the director of financial services at Verisign, which focuses on network infrastructure and security. He has written for titles including American Banker, Forbes, PaymentsSource and Bitcoin Magazine, where he is also a member of the editorial board. Matonis....
Jon Matonis has been named as the new executive director of the Bitcoin Foundation, taking over from Peter Vessenes. In an announcement on the foundation's blog, Vessenes said he believes Matonis' "work experience and passion for Bitcoin will combine into something awesome" at the Bitcoin Foundation. "I will be able to rely on Jon managing and growing the organization; this will allow me to do more of what I think I should be doing - strategizing, building relationships, fundraising and speaking," he added. Matonis said in a post explaining his decision to take on the role that he is proud....