The Block’s Chaparro moving to business side
The Block senior correspondent Frank Chaparro is moving to the business side of the cryptocurrency news organization. He will continue to host the flagship podcast “The Scoop” but is becoming director of special projects and will be collaborating with operations, management, and sales teams. Chaparro joined The Block from Business Insider in September 2018. He previously covered […]
Crypto news site The Block sells 80% stake
Crypto media company The Block sold a majority stake to Singaporean venture capital firm Foresight Ventures in a deal valuing the crypto outlet at $70 million, report Lucinda Shen and Sara Fischer of Axios. Shen and Fischer report, “Former CEO Mike McCaffrey — who held a majority stake in The Block — was ousted last year after it […]
The Block hires Baydakova as senior policy reporter
Cryptocurrency news site The Block has hired Anna Baydakova as senior policy reporter and assistant editor. She previously was at CoinDesk, writing about blockchain projects and regulation with a special focus on Eastern Europe and Russia. She is especially excited about stories on privacy, cybercrime, sanctions policies and censorship resistance of decentralized technologies. She joined […]
The Block taps Copeland to be editor in chief
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 […]
Digital Frontier appoints Rummer EIC
Digital Frontier has named Andrew Rummer editor-in-chief. Digital Frontier is a London-based media and events company that produces deeply reported stories on the future of business, finance and culture. Rummer joins from The Block, where he recently served as executive editor. Before that, he held the post of managing editor. He worked at Bloomberg for […]
McCarthy joins DL News as markets correspondent
DL News in London has tapped Adam Morgan McCarthy to serve as a markets correspondent. In his new role, he will cover the intersection of traditional finance and cryptocurrency. Recently, he covered general cryptocurrency news and markets for The Block. From January 2022 to April 2022, McCarthy was a crypto markets fellow at Insider. He […]
Crypto news site The Block lays off staff
The Block, a crypto media company that got caught up in a funding scandal related to disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, has laid off roughly one-third of its staff, reports Sara Fischer of Axios. Fischer reports, “The company announced Friday in a note to staff that it has appointed its longtime head of research, Larry Cermak, to the […]
The Block hires Crooks to be East Coast managing editor
Cryptocurrency news site The Block has hired Nathan Crooks to be its East Coast managing editor. Crooks previously was with Bloomberg News as a breaking news editor based out of Miami. He also spent five years as its Caracas bureau chief and two years as an energy reporter in Venezuela. Before Bloomberg, he was energy editor for […]
The Block hires Robertson to helm crypto newsletter
Benjamin Robertson has joined The Block as a senior newsletter writer for crypto policy and regulation. Recently, Robertson was a European asset management and private equity reporter at Bloomberg. Robertson joined Bloomberg in 2016 as a first world equities editor, and later served as a China finance reporter, where he reported on the Hong Kong […]
The Block hires Investopedia’s Siew to be executive editor
Walden Siew, the editorial director at Investopedia, has been hired by crypto news site The Block as executive editor. He will be leading editorial strategy and managing news content and will be based in New York. Before Investopedia, Siew previously was editor in chief of Arizent’s Employee Benefits Group, overseeing the Employee Benefit News and Employee […]
