Erik Voorhees

Erik Voorhees is a well-known entrepreneur and crypto enthusiast. He is the founder of Shapeshift, a platform enabling trading of different cryptocurrencies, and the current CEO of the cryptocurrency exchange, Crypto.com. Voorhees has also been a vocal advocate for cryptocurrency and the decentralized economy. Voorhees graduated from the University of Puget Sound in 2007, where he studied Physics, Political Science, and Economics. While in college, he co-founded the DailyPaul.com, which became the largest online community for supporters of Ron Paul's 2008 presidential campaign. After college, Voorhees worked as a financial trader before discovering Bitcoin in 2011. He became fascinated by the technology and the potential it held for revolutionizing the financial industry. In 2012, he founded Satoshi Dice, a popular and pioneering Bitcoin gambling site. Voorhees has also been a vocal critic of government regulation of cryptocurrency. He has argued that government intervention stifles innovation and leads to centralization, which undermines the fundamental principles of cryptocurrencies. Voorhees' contributions to the cryptocurrency industry have been recognized by Forbes, who named him one of the top 20 most influential people in the crypto world in 2014. He continues to be a vocal advocate for a decentralized economy and the democratization of finance through blockchain technology.