Jeff Berwick

Jeff Berwick
Berwick in 2012
Born	Jeffrey David Berwick November 24, 1970 Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Residence	Acapulco, Mexico
Nationality	Canadian

Jeff Berwick (born Jeffrey David Berwick, November 24, 1970) is a Canadian entrepreneur, libertarian and anarcho-capitalist activist.

Berwick became wealthy after he founded Stockhouse, a financial news site.^[1] He later was an investor in bitcoin.^[1]

In 2013, Berwick was a promoter of Galt's Gulch Chile project,^[2] a libertarian enclave in the Curacaví region of Chile that did not come to fruition as envisioned.^[3] He was also part of an attempt to start a free-trade zone in Honduras.^[1]

In 2013, Berwick announced his plans to co-found the world's first bitcoin automated teller machine (ATM) in Cyprus.^[4][5][6] Business Insider called the plans "bogus" and "almost certainly nonsense."^[7] Berwick responded that the plans were legitimate.^[8]

References

1. "The Fierce Battle for the Soul of Bitcoin". WIRED. Retrieved 2015-10-30.
2. Steven Bodzin (March–April 2014). "Libertarians Plan to Sit Out the Coming Collapse of America…in Chile". MotherJones.
3. "Atlas Mugged: How a Libertarian Paradise in Chile Fell Apart | VICE | United States". VICE. Retrieved 2015-10-30.
4. "This Story About A Bitcoin ATM Coming To Cyprus Is Almost Certainly Nonsense". Business Insider. Retrieved 2015-10-30.
5. "The World's First Bitcoin ATM May End Up in Cash-Strapped Cyprus". Motherboard. Retrieved 2015-10-30.
6. Farrell, Maureen. "Bitcoin ATMs coming soon". CNNMoney. Retrieved 2015-10-30.
7. "This Story About A Bitcoin ATM Coming To Cyprus Is Almost Certainly Nonsense". Business Insider. Retrieved 2015-10-30.
8. "Bitcoin ATM Founder: We Already Have Orders From 30+ Countries". Business Insider. Retrieved 2015-10-30.

External links

• Anarchast - Berwick's video podcast with discussions on anarchist-related issues.