When one door closes, another opens: Goodbye Sweet CalvinAyre.com – CalvinAyre.com

“Everything has a beginning, middle and end, including companies,” Samuel H. Liggero.

Driving back to our hotel after finishing the CalvinAyre.com EiG report in October 2013, I looked at my producer (Rob) and cameraman (Mani) and said, “I think my calling is Bitcoin.”

As a team, we had already covered several Bitcoin events that year, including Bitcoin London and Le Web, which were attended by Bitcoin enthusiasts keen to educate the world about this revolutionary technology. EiG 2013 also attracted several Bitcoin professionals, who at the time were focusing on introducing Bitcoin as a payment system for iGaming operators.

Calvin took notice of Bitcoin in the early days, immediately recognizing its enormous potential for his “first love,” the iGaming industry. Little did I know how significant Bitcoin would become for CalvinAyre.com, Calvin Ayre as a person, and me as a professional. Fast forward to February 2021, and it’s time for CalvinAyre.com to hang up the phone. Bitcoin has actually become my calling.

The Bitcoin ecosystem, now in the form of BitcoinSV, has reached a level where many pain points in the gaming industry can be solved using Bitcoin technology. For this reason, starting today, I am moving to CoinGeek.com on a full-time basis, with a particular focus on raising awareness of BitcoinSV in the gaming industry and highlighting the innovative minds and related BitcoinSV-based solutions currently existing in the market.

Looking back on my 11+ years at CalvinAyre.com, I’ve made lifelong friendships, attended countless industry events, interviewed hundreds of leaders, made thousands of contacts, built deep relationships with organizers, even had the honor of presenting a DAF award or two in my time (who remembers???!!), but most importantly, I’ve had the pleasure of working with some of the most incredible colleagues, many of whom I now call dear friends.

When I joined CalvinAyre.com in August 2009, there was a huge gap in the industry for an honest, transparent news site with regular, fresh video content. Over time, we have grown from a tiny team of a few to dozens of people, providing the industry with the most up-to-date news and cutting-edge video reporting.

Today we’re passing the baton to our event and media production friends who have just recently built outstanding news and video coverage teams in the gaming space that I hope to see at CoinGeek conferences in the future.

Reflecting on my fateful words at EiG in 2013, I realize that it was the entrepreneurial energy, innovation and excitement around Bitcoin that initially drew me to it. At the time, the Bitcoin obsession wasn’t about price, it was about disruptive technology, and that’s what meant something to me. While a lot has changed in Bitcoin between 2013 and now, the energy, innovation and excitement are still there and I look forward to the next chapter of my career with Calvin Ayre and the team at Ayre Media.

For those who want to get in touch, my contact information remains the same and my door is always open. I invite you to come with me on this journey and sincerely hope to see you at the next CoinGeek conference, the ideal meeting place for those who are as passionate about BitcoinSV technology as I am.