CoinDesk seeks a regulatory reporter in Europe
CoinDesk is looking for reporters to work within its new regulatory team. Applicants should be ambitious and ready to immerse themselves in the leading publication covering how governments and regulators are approaching the cryptocurrency and blockchain sector. Reporters will be tasked with keeping CoinDesk readers up to speed on important advances in cryptocurrency/blockchain/financial technology policy […]
Coindesk hires Bloomberg’s Ashraf to cover mining
Coindesk has hired Bloomberg News reporter Aoyon Ashraf to cover cryptocurrency mining. He started on Monday. Ashraf has been at Bloomberg since February 2012 in Toronto covering metals, mining and energy. He previously was in investing banking for Mackie Research Capital. Ashraf holds a bachelor’s degree in mining and mineral engineering from the University of Toronto.
Forthcoming D.C. news startup announces new hires
An upcoming D.C. publication from Laura McGann, former politics editor of Vox.com and Politico, and Mark Bauman, previously with ABC News, has announced a number of new hires. Justin Rood has joined as investigations editor. He comes from Insider, where he was an investigative correspondent. He has also worked at ABC News, TPM Media LLC […]
Fineman joins CoinDesk as senior Wall Street reporter
Josh Fineman is now a senior Wall Street reporter at CoinDesk. Previously, he was a senior news editor for mergers and acquisitions, and special situations at Seeking Alpha. In his new role, Fineman will be covering the intersection of Wall Street and cryptocurrency focused on banks, hedge funds and research. Fineman had been with Bloomberg […]
CoinDesk reporter Powers departs
Benjamin Powers, a privacy reporter covering issues around data and financial privacy, information security and digital identity driving innovation inside and outside the blockchain industry for CoinDesk, has left. He has also freelanced for PublicSecurity.Today and other outlets, including the Wall Street Journal, Rolling Stone, New Republic, Pacific Standard, CityLab, Smithsonian, Playboy, and Paste Magazine, […]
CoinDesk hires Thurman as tech reporter
Andrew Thurman has joined CoinDesk as a tech reporter. He comes from Cointelegraph, where he was a weekend editor. Thurman has also served as senior partnership manager at Chainlink Labs. He was also vice president of business development at CLC Group, a blockchain lab focused on developing real-world connected smart contract solutions. Additionally, he has […]
Coindesk’s De named crypto reporter of the year
Coindesk reporter Nikhilesh De has been named reporter of the year by the Association of Cryptocurrency Journalists and Researchers. He has been at Coindesk since September 2017. “Nik is thorough and precise on a very important beat that can be tricky to get right. Regulation is becoming one of the biggest stories in the industry,” […]
CoinDesk names Wang U.S. news editor
CoinDesk has appointed Nelson Wang as its U.S. news editor, East Coast. Previously, he worked as a consumer stocks editor and then as a tech stocks editor at TheStreet.com. Previously, he was a business and personal finance editor at Yahoo Finance, and a senior editor at CBS MoneyWatch. He was also a senior editor, Portfolio.com […]
CoinDesk seeks a managing editor
CoinDesk seeks a managing editor to lead its coverage of the burgeoning entrepreneurial activity in the cryptocurrency and blockchain industry. It’s a beat that captures the “Wall Street moment,” covering the many non-crypto companies, both financial and non-financial, increasingly investing in digital assets and related services. Just as important, it covers the scrappy crypto startups […]
Acheson set to depart CoinDesk
Noelle Acheson, managing director of research, CoinDesk, is leaving to join Genesis working on the evolution of the crypto market from the other side of the desk. Her last working day is May 31. Acheson has been with CoinDesk for close to five years and was covering crypto asset markets. She has also served as […]
