THELOGICALINDIAN - The islands of Antigua and Barbuda ability become far added affable appear cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology in the abreast approaching This anniversary the government of the absolute Caribbean island states has appointed the billionaire and bitcoin backer Calvin Ayre as the regions Economic Envoy for Technology Development
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Internet Gaming Tycoon and Bitcoin Proponent Calvin Ayre Becomes an Economic Envoy for the Twin Islands of Antigua and Barbuda
Antigua and Barbuda are regions amid in the Americas and abide of two majorly inhabited islands. A all-inclusive majority of the citizenry resides in the basic and the area’s better anchorage burghal St. Johns. On August 8, the government of Antigua and Barbuda has appear the billionaire Calvin Ayre will serve as the region’s Economic Envoy, and will admonish the absolute island states on “where blockchain technology is actuality utilised.”
Calvin Ayre is a acclaimed administrator and broker who created the Bodog Entertainment brand. Ayre has been a adept bitcoin and blockchain backer and aims to body Bodog into a “mainstream 21st-century agenda ball conglomerate.” Further, according to a address in June 2016, the announcer Andrew O’Hagan revealed that Ayre had been associated with Craig Wright.
“Mr. Ayre will admonish the Government on the able accomplishing of new abstruse developments in cryptocurrency and Bitcoin which accept been adopted by arch companies in the United States, Australia, Denmark, the Netherlands, Sweden, Canada, China, and the United Kingdom,” explains the government of Antigua and Barbuda’s Director-General of Communications.
Ayre Previously Helped Leaders Draft Laws to Implement Bitcoin Into the Sovereign Island’s Economy
The government additionally states that Antigua and Barbuda ahead acceptable an aboriginal baton in bitcoin and blockchain technology, much like it did with adopted cyberbanking and internet gaming aback in the aboriginal nineties. In accession to Ayre’s bitcoin knowledge, the government says they will advantage Ayre’s compassionate of internet gaming as well. The online gaming industry is account over US$37.9 Billion annually, and they apprehend Ayre’s ability to “re-invigorate” their gaming industry.
“As it continues to alter the abridgement and actualize new and aerial advantageous jobs for its people, the Government of Antigua and Barbuda looks advanced to the addition of Mr. Ayre’s abstruse companies,” the Director-General of Communications adds.
As news.Bitcoin.com reported this accomplished April, Ayre was active in allowance Antigua and Barbuda abstract laws to apparatus bitcoin into the Commonwealth nations’ laws. The arena has consistently been accepted as a tax-haven and the twin-island’s Minister of Trade and Consumer Affairs, EP Chet Greene, said bitcoin would acquiesce for bigger “traceability.”
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