Jeffrey David Berwick (born November 24, 1970) is a Canadian-Dominican

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, libertarian and

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activist. Berwick founded Stockhouse.com in 1994. In the late ‘90s, the company expanded into eight different countries and had 250 employees and a market cap of $240 million, before the “tech bubble". He later sold the company in 2002 for an 'undisclosed' amount. Berwick later was an investor in bitcoin, appearing publicly on Fox News and other mainstream press outlets to discuss the digital currency. He also appeared on

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to discuss Bitcoin. In 2013, Berwick launched the world's first Bitcoin ATM machine in Cyprus. In 2016, Berwick acquired

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citizenship.

Career

In 2009, he founded The Dollar Vigilante, an anarcho-capitalist

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focusing on gold, silver, mining stocks, Bitcoin and offshore banking. Berwick was host of ''Anarchast'', an interview-style anarcho-capitalist podcast founded in 2012. In 2013, Berwick announced his plans to co-found the world's first bitcoin ATM in

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. ''

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'' called the plans "bogus" and "almost certainly nonsense." In 2013, Berwick promoted Galt's Gulch Chile project, a libertarian enclave in the

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region of

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that did not come to fruition as envisioned. He was also part of an attempt to start a free-trade zone in Honduras. In 2015, Berwick started Anarchapulco, an annual anarcho-capitalist conference held in Acapulco,

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Media Coverage

In 2022 HBO released an original six-part

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series entitled ''The Anarchists''. The series is based on six years of video collected by

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, and focuses on Berwick, his beliefs, and several of his adherents, including Nathan and Lisa Freeman and a couple known as John Galton and Lily Forester.

Personal life

In July 2005, Berwick's catamaran, caught in a 50 knot squall, was driven into the rocks and sank. Berwick and his partner survived by holding onto a broken surfboard.

References

External links

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''Anarchast''
– Berwick's video

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with discussions on anarchist-related issues. {{DEFAULTSORT:Berwick, Jeff 1970 births Living people Anarcho-capitalists Businesspeople from Edmonton Canadian businesspeople Canadian economics writers Canadian finance and investment writers Canadian libertarians Canadian emigrants to Mexico Naturalized citizens of the Dominican Republic Writers from Edmonton