Jon Matonis

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Jon Matonis is an e-money researcher and crypto economist focused on expanding the circulation of non-political digital currencies. His career has included senior influential posts at Sumitomo Bank, Visa, VeriSign, and Hushmail. He is a former Executive Director and board member of the Bitcoin Foundation.

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A Taxonomy of Bitcoin Mixing Services for Policymakers
As policymakers come to terms with bitcoin, privacy-enhancing protocols seek to maintain fungibility and user-defined privacy.
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How Bitcoin Smashes Mobile Payments Barriers
In an open letter to the industry, Jon Matonis explains why bitcoin is the future of mobile payments.
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Market-Based Reactions to New Bitcoin Regulation
Ultimately, if privacy becomes disrespected, the market can and will provide cryptographic solutions to restore balance.
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The Evolution of the Bitcoin Clearing House
These may be the final months for large international bitcoin exchanges for retail purposes. What will take their place?
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Legal Online Gambling is Next Major Bitcoin Market
The second-generation bitcoin gambling sites demonstrate market-based legitimacy and look set to bring the currency into the mainstream.
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The Implications of Bitcoin: Money Without Government
Investing in bitcoin companies is fraught with contradictions, so it's imperative to remain astute about the political landscape.
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Bitcoin Exchanges Go Local to Drive Adoption
A trend is unfolding: global bitcoin exchanges are becoming wholesalers, whereas their domestic counterparts are catering to local needs.
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Price Discovery in the Absence of Bitcoin Exchanges
If bitcoin exchanges become threatened out of existence, price discovery will still find a way.
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Bitcoin Analysts Contribute to a Post-Legal Tender Era
As Bitcoin increases its influence in national economies, fiscal and monetary policy implications will begin to take center stage.
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Bitcoin Ideology and the Tale of Casascius Coins
Mailing bitcoin private keys on a coin-shaped metal disc could be considered money transmission in the US.
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