The future of crypto coverage
Cas Piancey of Protos writes about the future of cryptocurrency news coverage, given the recent revelation that The Block had been funded by money from FTX founder Sam Brinkman-Fried. Piancy writes, “I hope that crypto media won’t go through a life-threatening credit squeeze. I hope that through the brilliant reporting from individuals from every outlet, the importance […]
Fortune’s Quiroz-Gutierrez on covering the fintech beat
Fortune magazine staff writer Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez spoke with UNC-Chapel Hill journalism professor Andy Bechtel on covering the financial technology beat. Here is an excerpt: Q. Describe your job at Fortune. What is your typical day like? A. I am on the crypto team at Fortune, and my beat mainly focuses on NFTs and the metaverse, which has been really […]
Locke departs Fortune for new opportunity
Fortune magazine reporter Taylor Locke has left the news organization for new opportunity. She had been covering cryptocurrencies. Lock previously was a money reporter at CNBC Make It covering crypto, wealth and everything related. Previously, she was an entrepreneurs reporter. Prior to joining CNBC, Locke was a segment producer and writer at Yahoo Finance. She was also a […]
Crypto site The Block has been FTX’s funded by Bankman-Fried
The Block, which covers crypto news, has been secretly funded for over a year with money funneled to The Block’s CEO from the disgraced Sam Bankman-Fried’s cryptocurrency trading firm, reports Sara Fischer of Axios. Fischer reports, “The payments, which employees of The Block were previously unaware of, could undermine the news company’s credibility and cast doubt […]
Ramaswamy hired by Reuters Breakingviews to cover crypto
Lauren Silva Laughlin, U.S. editor for Reuters Breakingviews, sent out the following: Also joining Breakingviews is Anita Ramaswamy, who will be covering the cryptocurrency market and tech business. Anita comes from TechCrunch, where she has covered the digital currency and digital banking businesses from top to bottom, had a podcast, and spent a week last […]
Edwards hired as editorial director for DLNews
Jim Edwards, who was the founding editor of Business Insider UK, has been hired as editorial director for DLNews, a new cryptocurrency news service. He most recently has been editor in chief of news at Insider before leaving earlier this year. He had been at the company for more than 10 years. Edwards joined Business Insider in […]
DLNews hires Kelley as editor in chief
DLNews has appointed Bloomberg and Insider Inc. veteran Trista Kelley as its founding editor-in-chief. She will oversee the recruitment of DLNews’ inaugural newsroom, the launch of the news service, and ensure DLNews’ editorial independence. Kelley was previously deputy editor-in-chief at Dow Jones-owned Financial News. She was also the markets and finance editor at Business Insider […]
Robinson moves to crypto beat at Bloomberg
Bloomberg News reporter Matt Robinson is now covering the cryptocurrency beat. He previously was a financial crime reporter covering Wall Street white collar crime. He also covered the ratings agencies and derivatives for Bloomberg. He has been at Bloomberg since January 2011. Robinson holds a bachelor’s degree from Sacred Heart University and a master’s degree from the […]
Wilde to write crypto newsletter for Morning Brew
Jamie Wilde is becoming a writer for Incrypto, the Morning Brew newsletter covering cryptocurrency launching next month. Wilde has been writing the main Morning Brew newsletter. She has been with Morning Brew since October 2019. She previously worked at Ypulse, working on newsletters. Wilde interned at The Hollywood Reporter. Wilde is a University of Southern […]
The Block hires Preiss as Europe policy reporter
Cryptocurrency news site The Block has hired Inbar Preiss to cover policy in Europe. She had been a reporter for The Parliament Magazine in Brussels reporting on European Union affairs. She was also deputy editor of Are We Europe Foundation. Preiss previously worked as an editor and community manager for Crypto Insider. She holds a bachelor’s […]
