Summary
Ashton Addison is a blockchain entrepreneur and media founder with over a decade of experience documenting and shaping the industry since 2014. As CEO and host of the Crypto Coin Show, he has interviewed leading investors, founders, and researchers, translating complex crypto topics into accessible insights for builders and communities. He founded EventChain to solve ticketing fraud with blockchain and has advised multiple crypto projects including Syscoin, CoinPayments, Pundi X and Minterest, blending product, media and go-to-market experience. Trained in accounting and finance (BBA) and holding an M.Sc. in Digital Currency, he pairs financial rigor with deep domain knowledge of decentralized systems. Based in Austin, he’s known for making technical ideas approachable—his GitHub persona “TheVoice” reflects a focus on rapid education and community-driven learning. Unusually for a media-first founder, he also brings hands-on product and strategic advisory experience across payments, smart tickets, and mesh networking.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) Accounting and Finance Honors, Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) Accounting and Finance Honors at University of the Fraser Valley
Masters of Science (M.Sc) Digital Currency Bitcoin and Blockchain Technology, Masters of Science (M.Sc) Digital Currency Bitcoin and Blockchain Technology at University of Nicosia
English