Hey Noozzle community, we’re here with another short article about one of the more intriguing figures in cryptocurrency: Brock Pierce 🤟
Brock Pierce has been involved in cryptocurrencies even before bitcoin existed, although he was first brought into the public spotlight as a child actor who appeared in a number of films; most notably in Mighty Ducks. Since then Brock has been one of the most successful venture capitalists in the industry by founding and investing in some of the biggest ICOs around, raising billions of dollars in the last few years alone. This list includes projects such as: co-founding EOS, block.one, blockchain capital, Tether, and Mastercoin (his first ICO).
Brock’s company block.one was created in 2017 and was responsible for selling tokens for the EOS ICO, of which they have sold north of $5 billion in tokens, making it the most successful fund raising in history to date. His main company Blockchain Capital was founded in 2013 and is focused on investment in specifically crypto-based ventures and created the first security token. Blockchain capital has since invested in over 100 separate investments in its four funds and have been named the most active FinTech venture fund by Pitchbook.
Pierce first made early investments in bitcoin and then was one of the largest investors in the Ethereum crowdsale and also started the IMI Exchange (the world’s leading digital currency marketplace for games, with sales north of 1 billion). In 2016 IMI was sold for over 100 million USD. Since 2006 Pierce has also been involved in a number of other successful ventures which went public including BitGo, Bancor, and Shyft. Aside from his business ventures, what excited us about Pierce is his general philosophy and public advocacy initiatives.
Personal experience has led Pierce to become an advocate for due process and rule of law, with a focus on an efficient, fair, and coherent judicial system as the cornerstone to liberal democracy. His philanthropy in this area focuses on the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, the Center for Individual Rights, and the Brennan Center for Human Rights. Pierce is a frequent lecturer at Singularity University and has spoken at the Milken Global Conference, Mobile World Congress, Wired, INK, Stanford University, USC, and UCLA.
☯Considering his level of success Brock is surprisingly humble. He talks frequently about living in the moment and rarely needing more than enough to get by. When asked about being a billionaire in a recent interview Brock didn’t talk about wealth or investments, he talked about affecting a billion peoples lives in a positive way. He is clearly focused on changing the world for the better, and what better way to do that than returning the control of one’s finances back to the people? We need more people like Brock in the industry; creating new products and spreading the gospel of decentralized money 🤝
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