Crypto and Blockchain
Coach implemented bitcoin as legal tender for the only country to have done it – and in a matter of
six weeks. His crypto and blockchain experience covers business, government, education, and law.
Legal, Academic, and Business Cryptocurrency Experience
For a table of highlights of Coach’s crypto and blockchain experience, see the table below.
Year |
Item |
Gov’t |
Bus |
Edu |
2015 |
Started crypto media news service / BlockTribune(transitioning to legal journal) |
|
x |
|
2015-22 |
Founded AthenaBitcoin as a bitcoin ATM operator out of Chicago, raised capital (ABIT) |
|
x |
|
2017 |
UCLA published first Coach crypto video content with “Intro Social Entrepreneurship” |
|
x |
|
2018 |
UCLA published six-part crypto series on CoachForged.com |
|
|
x |
2018 |
Earned MSc. Digital Currency cum laude (4th Degree) |
|
|
x |
2019 |
Taught U. of Chicago Booth’s first cryptocurrency/blockchain course (used a public lecture “Seven Shortcuts to Understanding Crypto” as an intro), 5 class lectures available |
|
|
x |
2019 |
Advised US House Financial Services Committee Majority Staff on Libra |
x |
|
|
2019 |
Draft working paper on Smart Contracts and the Public Ordering, earned 5th degree (LLM Wash U Law) |
|
|
x |
2021 |
Named to Ad Hoc Security Audit Committee of ABIT after multimillion-dollar loss from breach |
|
x |
|
2021 |
Implemented bitcoin as legal tender in El Salvador as President of ABIT. Advised government’s on usage. |
x |
x |
|
2021 |
Began crypto-based legal practice arm of law practice including expert services |
|
x |
|
2022- |
Selected successor as CEO of ABIT (Matias Goldenhorn whom Coach hired in 2017). Stepped down as President to work on doctoral research. Coach serves as Special Advisor to the CEO and the Board. |
|
x |
x |
2022 |
General FedSoc participation asking ‘probing questions’ of the dollar-centric banking world (2019/2022) |
x |
|
|
2022/3 |
UCLA published Five Part Money Series as part of Coach “Social Entrepreneurship” curriculum |
|
|
x |
2023 |
Lecture tying together “consensus mechanisms” as a form of unstructured social entrepreneurship in UCLA’s Social Entrepreneurship Curriculum |
|
|
x |
2024 |
ABD – Doctorate in Monetary Sovereignty from WashU School of Law (6th degree) |
|
|
x |