Ethereum Co-Founder Sees Bright Future for Polkadot and Cardano
Ethereum co-founder Anthony Di Iorio is investing in Cardano and Polkadot, and sees bright future for the two coins founded by former Ethereum co-founding team members.
Di Iorio joined the Ethereum development team soon after meeting Ethereum Founder Vitalik Buterin at an organized Bitcoin conference back in 2012. Following his time at Ethereum, De Iorio left to start Decentral, a Toronto-based blockchain company.
In a recent interview with Anthony Pompliano, when asked about his current crypto portfolio construction, Di Iorio breaks down his investments and explains why he sees great potential in Polkadot and Cardano.
“Now I’ve kind of fallen back to just simplicity. I’m in a number of different projects, but the majority of my stuff is in the top projects. I’m a big fan of Polkadot, I’m a big fan of Cardano. Big fan of Charles, let’s say that. You know, taking some different approaches in the way that they’re doing things, much more on the academic side of what he’s done and bringing stuff forward. Real big fan of Gavin Wood.”
De Iorio is not a stranger to Charles Hoskinson, the founder of Cardano and Polkadot CEO Gavin Wood. The trio co-founded Ethereum in December 2013 with Vitalik Buterin.
“Knowing those guys from the days back at Ethereum – and knowing their drive and knowing their competitiveness and their smarts – I was able to see those projects for the last few years and know that they were gonna get to where they’ve gotten up to.”
As for other crypto holdings, Di Iorio wants to keep things simple and invest in larger projects he believes in.
“Most of my stuff is in the top few things, Ether, Bitcoin, Cardano, Polkadot. I like Cosmos as well. And there’s a few others, but I’m not getting lost in all the DeFi (decentralized finance) stuff. I just think there’s not enough time, not enough energy. It’s a full-time gig to be running a lot of that stuff and keeping on top of stuff, so I’ve simplified my life quite a bit over the past few years.”
