Former Bitcoin Foundation Director Jon Matonis Joins Board of First Global Credit

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....

First Global Credit, the world’s first Finance Company 100% focused on digital currency products, has appointed Jon Matonis as a Non-Executive Director. Announcing the appointment, Gavin Smith, Chief Executive and Founding Director of First Global Credit said that he is delighted to welcome Jon to the Board. Gavin Smith said, “We have found we share a mutual vision for both the future of Bitcoin and how First Global Credit will fit into that ecosystem. Jon’s comprehensive knowledge and connections within the Bitcoin community will be extremely beneficial to the growth and development of....

Bitcoin Magazine would like to congratulate Jon Matonis on his new role of Executive Director of the Bitcoin Foundation. Jon Matonis has served as an advocate for the Bitcoin currency and a source of insight for cryptocurrencies and general matters of finance and politics. Prior to assuming his position as Executive Director, Jon Matonis served on the Board of Directors for the Bitcoin Foundation. He currently is a regular contributor to Forbes and is the editor of The Monetary Future economics blog and has not only a passion for but understanding of the ins and outs of the Bitcoin....

After over two years of building the Bitcoin Foundation as part of the founding leadership and then as executive director, Jon Matonis decided to step down and submitted his resignation as executive director of the Bitcoin Foundation, effective October 31, 2014 and as a board member effective December 31, 2014. His board seat will now be included in the January 2015 election along with board seats currently occupied by Peter Vessenes and Gavin Andresen. Matonis said:

First Global Credit has recently announced the expansion of its services. Now it offers trades of traditional shares on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) and will allow trading in standard commodity futures contracts in the USA soon. CoinTelegraph asked Jon Matonis, a Former Executive Director at Bitcoin Foundation and Independent board director for First Global Credit to comment on the latest offering from the company: First Global Credit is a cryptocurrency financial services company, launched in October 2014, that allows the use of Bitcoin as a collateral margin to trade stocks and ETFs....