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Matt Spoke

By Matt Spoke

Matthew Spoke is a Canadian tech entrepreneur and Founder of Moves, a fintech company for the gig economy.

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An advertisement for Bitcoin cryptocurrency is displayed on a street in Hong Kong, Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022. Bitcoin prices have surged in recent days, Wednesday, March 2,  as investors once again appear to view the volatile cryptocurrency as safe haven for their money in the midst of rising geopolitical tensions. Kin Cheung/AP Photo.
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The crisis in Ukraine is proving Bitcoin's worth

As the crisis in Ukraine is proving, Bitcoin’s ability to safeguard assets outside of an unstable economy is incredibly powerful.

By Matt Spoke - Posted on March 16, 2022
Young Indian entrepreneurs and freelancers work inside Innov8, a lax co-working space in New Delhi, India. Altaf Qadri/AP Photo.
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Canada needs an infectious new variant of entrepreneurship

Imagine a world where we build a pandemic of our own design, but instead of spreading a serious illness, we spread a mentality, a mindset, and a perspective. We should be spreading entrepreneurship as a contagion.

By Matt Spoke - Posted on February 28, 2022
Shopify's Harry Brundage (left) and Anna Lambert are shown at Shopify's offices, Friday, March 18, 2016 in Ottawa. Justin Tang/The Canadian Press.
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Canada needs less 'innovation theatre' and more productive growth

Building startups is just the start. The goal should be building bigger, more aspirational companies that become more than just another small business.

By Matt Spoke - Posted on December 8, 2021
Technicians work on miners at the Bitfarms bitcoin mine in Magog, Que. on Wednesday, May 8, 2019. Paul Chiasson/The Canadian Press.
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Our short-sighted politicians have yet to glimpse Bitcoin's big potential

Cryptocurrencies represent a revolutionary hedge against government fiscal policy.

By Matt Spoke - Posted on October 28, 2021
A medical worker shows a vial of the Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by Indonesian state-owned pharmaceutical company Biofarma. Tatan Syuflana/AP Photo.
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Now is the time to make Canada a leader in bio-manufacturing

Matt Spoke’s mandate letter for the department of innovation, science and economic development, which argues that we should reestablish Canada as a global leader in bio-manufacturing, particularly as it relates to our continued fight with COVID-19.

By Matt Spoke - Posted on October 1, 2021
El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele delivers his annual address to the nation on June 1, 2021. Salvador Melendez/AP Photo.
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Matt Spoke: While Canada dithers, El Salvador wagers on Bitcoin

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele announced that the country’s congress had just approved a law classifying Bitcoin as legal tender. Of course, the cynics rolled their eyes, and they’ll continue to do so.

By Matt Spoke - Posted on June 25, 2021
A sign advertises a Bitcoin ATM at a shop in Halifax on February 4, 2020. Andrew Vaughan/The Canadian Press.
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Matt Spoke: Canada should make a huge bet on Bitcoin as the next dominant currency

The first country to acquire one percent of the total supply of Bitcoin will likely be the only country ever able to do so. As with discovering the world’s rarest mineral deposit in your soil, Bitcoin has the power to make poor countries rich and rich countries irrelevant.

By Matt Spoke - Posted on June 3, 2021
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