Toronto Stock Exchange Executive Anthony Di Iorio Wants to Turn Canada Into a Blockchain Powerhouse

Jaxx users will rejoice at the news, as it goes to show Di Iorio and his team will bring new features to the application. There are a few correlations between traditional finance and the blockchain industry. Toronto Stock Exchange’s chief digital officer has left the organization to explore a blockchain venture. It is not the first time such a shift takes place, as financial experts see the benefit of distributed ledgers. A big step forward for Anthony Di Iorio, who is also a co-founder of Ethereum and co-creator of the Jaxx wallet. The name Anthony Di Iorio will ring a bell among....

The Bitcoin Alliance of Canada has announced the resignation of Executive Director Anthony Di Iorio. Di Iorio served as Executive Director of the Bitcoin Alliance of Canada since it was formed in 2012, during which he helped spread awareness of Bitcoin across Canada. Di Iorio has stepped down from his position as Executive Director and as a member of the Board. In his time as Executive Director, Di Iorio was responsible for successfully organizing Canada’s first Bitcoin conference, and also represented the Alliance at numerous international conferences over the past two years. He was a....

The Toronto Stock Exchange is looking into the capabilities of blockchain technology. The parent company of Toronto Stock Exchange has appointed Anthony Di Iorio as the Chief Digital Officer. The use of bitcoin’s underlying technology is growing among fintech players. The capability of creating self-executing smart contracts using blockchain technology has proven to be a deal-maker in the case of stock exchanges and trading houses. While the banking sector explores its potential to facilitate fast and inexpensive fund transfers between branches across geographical boundaries, stock....

Anthony Di Iorio is a busy guy. He is a co-founder of the Ethereum Project, partner and founder of KryptoKit and Cointalk.ca, a founding member of the Bitcoin Alliance of Canada (where he is also Executive Director and a board member), founder of Toronto Bitcoin Meetup, and founder of coworking space and soon-to-launch accelerator Decentral. We had a chance to speak with him Monday about all of his projects. CoinTelegraph: First, I would love to know the Ethereum team’s thoughts on the crowdsale. Has it gone according to plan? Exceeded expectations? Anthony Di Iorio: I think everything has....

TMX Group, the operator of the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX), has taken its first step toward investigating blockchain technology by appointing Ethereum founder Anthony Di Iorio as its first chief digital officer. The founder of blockchain industry consultancy Decentral, Di Iorio’s appointment in January follows what he called month” of collaboration with TSX that culminated in the creation of the new role. Di Iorio said that he will now help TSX navigate a number of areas of FinTech innovation more broadly, with the goal of ensuring the exchange is “on top” of emerging tech. The....