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International Business Times
International Business Times
Business
William Jones

Why Chase Ergen Is Betting on Blockchain, Policy - And Now, Humanoid Robotics

In a time where physical and digital infrastructure are converging, Chase Ergen is quietly positioning himself at the centre of it all. From satellite systems to bitcoin mining and now humanoid robotics, his career has always been a step ahead of the curve. Born into a family that helped reshape the global telecommunications landscape, his father, Charlie Ergen, founded Dish Network and EchoStar, and Chase was exposed to the backbones of modern connectivity at an early age. That exposure didn't just shape his understanding of systems; it planted the seeds of a career focused on scalable innovation at the intersection of infrastructure, policy, and digital transformation.

It's fitting that Elon Musk's SpaceX acquired key satellite technologies from EchoStar. It marks a generational handoff, from one era of space-based infrastructure to the next. And now, Chase Ergen is building his own.

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