Jon Matonis

Mr.
FirstName: 
Jon
LastName: 
Matonis
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Time Zone: 
PST (Pacific Standard Time - UTC-8)
Home Country: 
United States of America
JobTitle: 
Board Director
OrgCorpName: 
Bitcoin Foundation
Languages: 
English
Offering Services: 
Quotes, Written Interview, Spoken Interview, Video Interview, Live Interview, Public Speaking
BitcoinRole: 
Writer
Expertise: 
Cryptography, Economics
OneLineBio: 
e-Money researcher and crypto economist
Citations: 
American Banker, The Monetary Future
http://goo.gl/uoSvg
The Journal of the London School of Economics
http://www.ama-gi.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/issue1.htm
Forbes, The Monetary Future
http://www.forbes.com/sites/jonmatonis/
GWU, The Political Appropriation of the Monetary Unit
http://themonetaryfuture.blogspot.com/2009/05/political-appropriation-of-monetary.html
ShortBio: 

I am an e-Money researcher and crypto economist focused on expanding the circulation of nonpolitical digital currencies. My career has included senior influential posts at Sumitomo Bank, VISA, VeriSign, and Hushmail. Currently, I serve on the Board of Directors for the Bitcoin Foundation.

 

LongBio: 

e-Money researcher and payments executive focused on expanding the circulation of nonpolitical digital currencies. My career has included senior influential posts at Sumitomo Bank, VISA, VeriSign, and Hushmail. Currently, I serve on the Board of Directors for the Bitcoin Foundation.

Tech Contributor to Forbes Magazine and Op-Ed Contributor to American Banker. Editor of The Monetary Future, a leading economics blog at the intersection of free banking, cryptography, and digital currency. Board advisor to startups in bitcoin, gaming, mobile, and prepaid. My work on digital cash systems has been published by Dow Jones and the London School of Economics.