Bitcoin in Canada, Part 2: Interview with Anthony Di Iorio
In the first part of this series, we discussed the Bitcoin Alliance of Canada, a Bitcoin association focused on the needs of Canadian users that has seen rapid growth since it was originally founded in April this year. The Bitcoin Alliance of Canada's main distinguishing feature is its highly democratic organizational structure; unlike most other....
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Anthony Di Iorio was one of the original founders of the Ethereum project, which received ample attention in 2016 as it passed a billion dollar market cap for the first time. Technology firms both inside and outside the Bitcoin industry are exploring the ways in which non-financial applications and Ethereum-based projects could change our world. Di Iorio, for the most part, has been at the heart of this in Canada. The nation’s most-headlined FinTech project has been the Royal Canadian Mint’s MintChip project, which recently sold to nanoPay. But Di Iorio has commanded a large part of the....
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....
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....
Today brought with it the news that Anthony Di Iorio had resigned from his position as executive director of the Bitcoin Alliance of Canada. Having long been an avid supporter and a driving force behind the infrastructure currently being put in place to support bitcoin as a viable mass adopted payment method in the future, his resignation may come as something of a surprise to many people. However, it should not be taken as a sign that he has reversed his opinion on the digital currency. While he founded the bitcoin Alliance in April last year, he is also highly active in many other areas....
Despite co-founding the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency, Anthony Di Iorio believes society is in little need of digital assets. Ethereum co-founder, Anthony Di Iorio, has announced his intention to exit the crypto industry, expressing concerns over his personal safety.According to a July 17 report from Bloomberg, Di Iorio is looking to sell his digital asset firm Decentral and sever ties with all other crypto projects he is currently involved with, stating that he no longer feels safe as a result of his elevated profile within the crypto sector: “It’s got a risk profile that I am not....