The Block taps Copeland to be editor in chief

Tim Copeland

Cryptocurrency news site The Block has named Tim Copeland to be its editor in chief.

He previously has been news editor and managing editor of the publication.

Prior to joining The Block in 2021, he was instrumental in building one of the leading crypto media brands in the space, Decrypt, a ConsenSys subsidiary.

The Block, which was founded in April 2018, counts financial institutions, sovereign wealth funds, billion-dollar asset managers and technology investors among its readers.

Copeland holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of York.

Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.