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135 in totalThe writers and journalists behind the stories we curate. SolanaWire aggregates reporting from across the Solana ecosystem — here are the people producing it.
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Akash Girimath brings seven years of experience in reporting crypto markets as a journalist and analyst. He previously managed the crypto coverage at FXStreet and CoinGape. Disclosure: Akash holds USDT.
Alec Beckman is the VP of Growth for Psalion, an Asset Manager in the Digital Asset Space where he focuses on capital raising and growth efforts. He is also Co-Founder and the President of Advantage Blockchain, a Digital Asset investment fund and research company. In addition to the growth of the business, he has done a lot of work in the RWA, DeFi, and Stablecoin spaces and has onboarded hundreds of people to Web3. Alec holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Penn State University.
Aleks is a New York based reporter covering DeFi. He began working as a reporter at newspapers in the Deep South -- first at the Index-Journal in Greenwood, South Carolina, later at the Marietta Daily Journal in Cobb County, Georgia, where his coverage won awards in investigative and enterprise reporting. Most recently, he covered decentralised finance at The Defiant. He is a graduate of the State University of New York at Stony Brook. Disclosure: Aleks holds over $1,000 worth of Ether. He also holds an insignificant amount in NFTs.
Alex is General Partner at Verda Ventures, focused on web3 and financial infrastructure, and was previously CFO at the Celo Foundation. Prior to joining Celo, Alex co-founded the SWFT Blockchain payment platform (exited) and served as its CFO. He started his career in asset management at Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan. He holds a master’s degree from the London School of Economics (LSE) and Tsinghua University’s School of Economics and Management as well as being a CFA Charterholder.
Alexander S. Blume is the Founder and CEO of Two Prime, an SEC-Registered Investment Advisor specializing in digital asset derivatives trading. Prior to Two Prime, Alexander led investment bank Atomic Capital and consulted on digital assets for Fortune 500 companies and start-ups. He previously worked at hedge fund Prana Capital and VC firm Tomorrow Ventures. When not working, Alexander enjoys spending time with his wife and working on his chestnut farm.
Andrew is Decrypt's Managing Editor. He began writing for Decrypt in 2019 as part of a 15-year freelance career, which included bylines at Rolling Stone, Vice, Playboy, Polygon, and more. Andrew has also worked on a film and several books. Disclosure: No significant crypto holdings, but he owns some NFTs. Find him at @ahaywa on both Twitter and Telegram.
André Beganski became a Staff Reporter at Decrypt after serving as the publication's first intern in 2022. He graduated from the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY, where he studied Business and Economics Reporting while specializing in Data Journalism. He is based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and has previously written for The New York Times and the New York Daily News. Disclosure: He owns more than $1,000 worth of BTC and ETH.
Andy Baehr, CFA is Managing Director of Asset Management at GSR, where he is responsible for the strategic direction and growth of the firm’s asset management platform serving institutional investors globally. He brings more than twenty-five years of global markets experience, including the past four years focused on digital assets. Previously, Andy led digital asset index development at CoinDesk and was a partner at Risk Premium Investments. He held leadership roles on derivatives desks at Credit Suisse, BNP Paribas, Morgan Stanley, and Deutsche Bank. Andy holds BA and MBA degrees from Columbia University and is a CFA charterholder.
Annabelle Huang is the co-founder and chief executive officer of Altius Labs, a blockchain infrastructure company (backed by Founders Fund and Pantera) that focuses on solving execution performance bottlenecks.
Aoyon Ashraf is CoinDesk's Global Head of News and is responsible for all of the editorial content and strategies. He spent almost a decade at Bloomberg covering equities, commodities and tech. Prior to that, he spent several years on the sellside, financing small-cap companies. Aoyon graduated from the University of Toronto with a degree in mining engineering. He holds ETH, BTC, and SOL that are above CoinDesk's disclosure threshold of $1,000. He also holds LINK, ATOM and some other altcoins that are below CoinDesk's disclosure threshold of $1,000.
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Bailey Reutzel is a long-time crypto and tech journalist, having started writing about Bitcoin in 2012. Since then her work has appeared in CNBC, The Atlantic, CoinDesk and many more. She has worked with some of the biggest tech companies on content strategy and creation, and helped them program and produce their events. In her free time, she writes poetry and mints NFTs.
Ben Schiller is a senior adviser at Miden, a privacy-focused blockchain. He was a CoinDesk managing editor from 2019 to 2025, and, before that, a staff writer at Fast Company.
Brian Danga is a reporter based in Nairobi, Kenya. Before joining The Block, Brian reported on digital assets at outlets including crypto.news and DailyCoin, and also worked on the venture side at Elevate Ventures. You can get in touch with Brian on Telegram (@brayandanga) or 𝕏 (@DangaWrites) or email him at [email protected] .
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Callan Quinn is a Hong Kong-based journalist who has been covering the crypto industry since 2022. She has previously worked at The Block and DL News. More recently, she was a reporter at CoinDesk but quit following a controversy over an article that was deleted following pressure from Tron. She is also the founder of Scamurai, a newsletter and research company focused on scams and fraud. Disclosure: No significant crypto holdings.
Congressman Lance Gooden represents Texas’s 5th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives.
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Daniel Kuhn is a Senior Journalist and Editor at The Block, where he covers the crypto industry with a particular focus on tech. He previously served as deputy managing editor of opinion/features at CoinDesk. He first appeared in print in Financial Planning, a trade publication magazine. Before journalism, he studied philosophy as an undergrad, English literature in graduate school and business and economic reporting at an NYU professional program. You can connect with him on Twitter and Telegram @danielgkuhn or find him on Urbit as ~dorrys-lonreb.
Danny Park is an East Asia reporter at The Block writing on topics including Web3 developments and crypto regulations in the region. He was formerly a reporter at Forkast.News, where he actively covered the downfall of Terra-Luna and FTX. Based in Seoul, Danny has previously produced written and video content for media companies in Korea, Hong Kong and China. He holds a Bachelor of Journalism and Business Marketing from the University of Hong Kong.
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Dovile Silenskyte is a director of digital assets research at WisdomTree. Prior to joining WisdomTree in May 2024, Dovile worked as an index equity product strategist at BlackRock. In her current role she is responsible for conducting analysis for in-house digital assets publications and assisting the sales team with client queries around products and markets. Dovile holds a MSc in Finance from Texas A&M University – Commerce. She is also a chartered financial analyst (CFA).
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Eric Johansson is DL News’ Managing Editor. He has spent over a decade working as a reporter, covering everything from entertainment to startups. Over the past eight years, he has covered the constantly evolving technology industry across a string of publications. He came to DL News from Verdict, where he was the fintech editor. He was previously the editor of RegTech Analyst and web editor at Elite Business. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Journalism, and History of Ideas from Södertörn University, Sweden, as well as a master’s degree in Magazine Journalism from Kingston University, UK. Disclosure: Eric has no significant crypto holdings.
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Francisco is a reporter for CoinDesk with a passion for cryptocurrencies and personal finance. Before joining CoinDesk he worked at major financial and crypto publications. He owns bitcoin, ether, solana, and PAXG above CoinDesk's $1,000 disclosure threshold.
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Galen Kast is a partner at Steptoe and counsels companies and individuals in high-stakes government enforcement matters, internal investigations, civil litigation, and compliance.
Born in Italy, Gianluca is a finance and data specialist, coming from an academic education at Sorbonne University in Paris and a career as Senior Advisor at Ernst & Young in the Banking and Blockchain sector. Gianluca is a freelancer advisor helping clients understanding what buzzwords such as “Machine Learning”, “Cryptocurrency” and “NFT” are. He is a trader and, when he does not write about the market, he either reads, plays videogames or travels. Once he finds a way to make a blockchain to share cat pictures online, he claims he will probably do it.
Glenn is a long-time crypto enthusiast and active day trader. He quickly acknowledged the potential of blockchain technology and the benefits of decentralization. Glenn believes in a future where blockchain technology and decentralization will govern and provide financial freedom.
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Helene is a New York-based markets reporter at CoinDesk, covering the latest news from Wall Street, the rise of the spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds and updates on crypto markets. She is a graduate of New York University's business and economic reporting program and has appeared on CBS News, YahooFinance and Nasdaq TradeTalks. She holds BTC and ETH.
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Ian Allison is a senior reporter at CoinDesk, focused on institutional and enterprise adoption of cryptocurrency and blockchain technology. Prior to that, he covered fintech for the International Business Times in London and Newsweek online. He won the State Street Data and Innovation journalist of the year award in 2017, and was runner up the following year. He also earned CoinDesk an honourable mention in the 2020 SABEW Best in Business awards. His November 2022 FTX scoop, which brought down the exchange and its boss Sam Bankman-Fried, won a Polk award, Loeb award and New York Press Club award. Ian graduated from the University of Edinburgh. He holds ETH.
Born and raised in Romania, currently living in Spain. Iulian discovered a knack for writing from a tender age, won some minor awards for fiction that didn't pay much. Iulian became a content writer in 2011 and still doing it to some degree of success today. He is currently specialized in cryptocurrencies, technology, online marketing, and social media. In his free time, Iulian likes reading, traveling, and watching sports. His dream is to see Bitcoin reach $100,000 just so he can tell his friends “I told you so!”
Ivan Castano is a seasoned financial journalist and editor who has written for top financial publications such as Bloomberg, Forbes and Nasdaq. He has worked and lived in New York, London, Madrid and Mexico City.
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James Hunt is Deputy Managing Editor at The Block and writer of The Daily newsletter, keeping you up to speed on the latest crypto news every weekday. Before joining The Block in 2022, James spent four years as a freelance writer in the industry, contributing to both publications and crypto project content after a decade in advertising.
James Van Straten is a Senior Analyst at CoinDesk, specializing in Bitcoin and its interplay with the macroeconomic environment. Previously, James worked as a Research Analyst at Saidler & Co., a Swiss hedge fund, where he developed expertise in on-chain analytics. His work focuses on monitoring flows to analyze Bitcoin's role within the broader financial system. In addition to his professional endeavors, James serves as an advisor to Coinsilium, a UK publicly traded company, where he provides guidance on their Bitcoin treasury strategy. He also holds investments in Bitcoin and Strategy (MSTR).
Jamie has been part of CoinDesk's news team since February 2021, focusing on breaking news, Bitcoin tech and protocols and crypto VC. He holds BTC, ETH and DOGE.
Jared Lindzon is a freelance journalist and public speaker based in Toronto. Lindzon's reporting spans a range of subject areas but often focuses on the future of work, entrepreneurship and innovation. Beyond his regular columns in Fast Company's WorkLife section and The Globe & Mail's Careers section, Lindzon has also been featured in The New York Times, The Guardian, The BBC, TIME Magazine, Rolling Stone, Fortune Magazine and many more. Lindzon often shares the insights he's gathered through his reporting on stage at conferences and events all over the world. Lindzon received an MA in Journalism and an Honours BA in Media Studies from Western University.
Jason is U.S. Deputing Managing Editor at The Block. He previously worked as a staff writer and later served as managing editor at Benzinga, leading daily markets coverage as well as the expansion of the outlet's cannabis, cryptocurrency and sports betting verticals. He earned a bachelor's degree in journalism from Central Michigan University and lives in suburban Detroit, Michigan.
Jeffrey Albus is a longtime Web3 communications strategist and AI-enabled creative technologist with 15 years of experience across blockchain media, product, and ecosystem storytelling. He most recently served at Blockworks, where he edited daily Web3 news coverage, helped build the Solana-focused Lightspeed newsletter into a core editorial product, and designed an AI-assisted breaking news workflow with human editorial review. Before Blockworks, he was U.S. News Editor at Cointelegraph, editing and coordinating coverage across DeFi, NFTs, DAOs, L1/L2 ecosystems, regulation, and major market events. His earlier career spans multi-currency wallets, token launches, crypto ATMs, decentralized exchange infrastructure, and early Bitcoin media and content production.
Jennifer Rosenthal serves as the Chief Communications Officer at DeFi Education Fund (DEF), a nonpartisan nonprofit organization advocating for sound DeFi policy, where she leads communications and marketing efforts. Prior to joining DEF, Jennifer was the head of Corporate Communications at Grayscale Investments, where she led external media relations and corporate affairs, notably as the firm navigated a high-profile, victorious legal battle against the SEC to obtain approval for spot Bitcoin ETFs to begin trading in the United States. Jennifer also worked with Fortune 500 companies and executives as a Communications Consultant at FGS Global, and previously held a variety of roles across the Global Corporate Affairs & Marketing function at Pearson. Jennifer began her career in education and holds a B.A. in English Education from the University of Delaware and an M.S. in Strategic Communications from Columbia University.
Jesse Hamilton is CoinDesk's deputy managing editor on the Global Policy and Regulation team, based in Washington, D.C. Before joining CoinDesk in 2022, he worked for more than a decade covering Wall Street regulation at Bloomberg News and Businessweek, writing about the early whisperings among federal agencies trying to decide what to do about crypto. He’s won several national honors in his reporting career, including from his time as a war correspondent in Iraq and as a police reporter for newspapers. Jesse is a graduate of Western Washington University, where he studied journalism and history. He has no crypto holdings.
Jordan Brewer is an Investment Analyst at Runa Digital Assets with experience across venture capital, tokenomics research, and audit. He began his career at Deloitte as an Audit & Assurance Associate in Financial Services after earning his Master of Accounting from the University of Oregon. He is a licensed CPA in New York. Jordan has previous experience as an Investment Associate Intern at Bloccelerate VC evaluating Seed and Series A crypto investment opportunities. Prior to that, he was a Tokenomics & Research Analyst Intern at Artemis.
In July 2025, Joseph Chalom joined Sharplink as Co-Chief Executive Officer, bringing with him over 20 years of institutional leadership at the intersection of traditional finance and digital assets. In November, he transitioned into the role of sole Chief Executive Officer, was elected to the Board and appointed to serve as a member of the Investment and Technology Committee. As former Managing Director and Head of Strategic Ecosystem Partnerships at BlackRock, Joseph was instrumental in driving the firm’s global strategy across digital assets, fintech innovation, and blockchain infrastructure. Under his leadership, BlackRock launched some of the most successful digital asset products in history, including the iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT), which became the largest Bitcoin ETF globally, and the iShares Ethereum Trust (ETHA), the leading spot Ethereum ETF in the U.S. He also played a key role in advancing tokenization through the launch of BUIDL — the first tokenized U.S. Treasury fund built on Ethereum — and oversaw strategic partnerships with Coinbase, Securitize, and other major players shaping the digital asset ecosystem. Joseph’s work bridged the worlds of Wall Street and digital assets, bringing compliant, institutional-grade access to crypto and helping scale blockchain-based financial infrastructure. A graduate of Johns Hopkins University (BA, International Affairs) and Columbia Law School (JD), Joseph began his career as a corporate and regulatory attorney before transitioning into financial technology leadership. He also served on the boards of Securitize and Clarity AI, furthering his commitment to next-generation capital markets and sustainability-focused innovation. At SharpLink, Joseph is focused on building the most trusted Ethereum treasury and advancing the company’s mission to bring ETH to the center of global finance.
Mr. Olszewicz brings over a decade of experience trading and analyzing digital asset markets. Prior to joining Canary, he served as the Head of Research and a portfolio manager at Valkyrie Investments. Mr. Olszewicz also led the crypto research team at BraveNewCoin and was a portfolio manager for Techemy Capital.
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Kristin Smith is president of Solana Policy Institute, a non-partisan, non-profit focused on educating policymakers on how decentralized networks like Solana are the future of the digital economy—and why the people building on and using them need legal certainty to flourish.
Kyle is a reporter and editor at The Block, where he covers markets, exchange-traded funds, and crypto-related equities. He previously worked at DL News, BeInCrypto, and Bitcoinist, reporting on digital assets through multiple bear and bull cycles. Kyle first began learning about and investing in crypto in 2017 while living in Vietnam, where he spent a decade before returning to the US. He holds a degree in Sports Medicine from East Stroudsburg University in Pennsylvania.
Kyle is a reporter and editor at The Block, where he covers markets, exchange-traded funds, and crypto-related equities. He previously worked at DL News, BeInCrypto, and Bitcoinist, reporting on digital assets through multiple bear and bull cycles. Kyle first began learning about and investing in crypto in 2017 while living in Vietnam, where he spent a decade before returning to the US. He holds a degree in Sports Medicine from East Stroudsburg University in Pennsylvania.
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Lamine Brahimi is Co-founder and Managing Partner at Taurus , a Swiss digital asset infrastructure firm providing custody, tokenization, and compliance solutions to banks across Europe.
Lance Datskoluo is a Markets Correspondent at DL News, focusing on the intersection of traditional finance (TradFi) and digital assets. Prior to joining DL News, he worked at the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), where he spearheaded the transformation of clearing and settlement products across both fixed-income and equities markets. Lance has also worked in investment banking and sales & trading. As a director at BCP Securities, he helped launch the European office, streamlining high-yield and investment-grade emerging markets opportunities for U.S. institutional investors. A formerly registered general securities representative with FINRA Series 7 and NASAA Series 63 licenses, Lance currently serves as an active arbitrator with the U.S. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority. Disclosure: Lance has no significant crypto holdings.
Logan Hitchcock is the editor of Lucky Trader, where he has been writing stories and producing content on web3 and cryptocurrency since 2021. Based in central Pennsylvania, he has a keen interest in exploring new products and protocols utilizing blockchain technology. Disclosure: Logan holds BTC, ETH, HYPE, HOOD, and owns a Meebit NFT.
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Margaux is a DeFi reporter at CoinDesk, focusing on the rapidly evolving decentralized finance landscape with a particular emphasis on the Ethereum and Solana ecosystems. Prior to that, Margaux was on CoinDesk’s Tech & Protocols team covering the Ethereum protocol and L2s. A graduate of Johns Hopkins and Emory universities, she holds a master’s degree in International Affairs and Economics. She holds BTC and ETH above CoinDesk's disclosure threshold of $1,000.
Bogdan is a genuine outside-the-box thinker. His philosophy is never to settle and always evolve. Since the very first moment, he heard of Bitcoin, he knew it would revolutionize the world. Bogdan is a born salesman, thriving to make proper knowledge available for everybody all over the world. He believes that by offering people the proper tools required to acknowledge correct information, anybody can decide what's best for them.
Maxime is Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of STS Digital, a leading digital asset solutions and trading firm focused on market making, OTC trading, and structured products. With over 14 years of experience across both the buy- and sell-side, Maxime has spent his career at the intersection of markets, risk, and innovation. He began his career at Credit Suisse before moving to the buy side, to one of the largest volatility hedge funds at that time, where he specialized in volatility trading across equities, FX, and commodities. After nearly a decade in traditional finance, Maxime saw a clear gap in the digital asset market: institutional participants lacked the robust, disciplined infrastructure required to trade options and structured products at scale. In 2019, he entered the digital asset space with a singular vision — to bring institutional-grade standards, risk management, and product sophistication to digital markets. That vision became STS Digital. Today, the firm serves institutional clients globally, delivering advanced trading solutions across the digital asset ecosystem. Bermuda-regulated and built by a diverse, international team, STS Digital operates from offices in Bermuda, Zurich, Singapore, and London, reflecting its global outlook and commitment to world-class execution. Beyond his professional endeavors, Maxime supports philanthropic initiatives focused on advancing children’s education and is an enthusiastic participant in outdoor winter sports and music.
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Naga covers crypto markets, institutional finance, and breaking news for The Block. Lagos-based, globally-sourced. Five-plus years in the industry — from the NFT boom, the FTX collapse, through to the bitcoin ETF era and beyond — writing across the full stack: macro, fund flows, DeFi infrastructure, and the capital market shifts that move money. Tips and scoops: @shogunaga on Telegram.
Nikhilesh De is CoinDesk's managing editor for global policy and regulation, covering regulators, lawmakers and institutions. He owns < $50 in BTC and < $20 in ETH. He won a Gerald Loeb award in the beat reporting category as part of CoinDesk's blockbuster FTX coverage in 2023, and was named the Association of Cryptocurrency Journalists and Researchers' Journalist of the Year in 2020.
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Oliver Knight is the co-leader of CoinDesk data tokens and data team. Before joining CoinDesk in 2022 Oliver spent three years as the chief reporter at Coin Rivet. He first started investing in bitcoin in 2013 and spent a period of his career working at a market making firm in the UK. He does not currently have any crypto holdings.
A breaking news reporter and generalist at Coindesk, Olivier has been a journalist since 1984. He worked for UPI, AP, the Guardian, ITV News and several other major news organizations, covering everything from sports, finance, business to global affairs, politics, elections, economy and organized crime. He dove into crypto and Web3 in 2018 and has been intensely involved in the space since. He holds a MA in Broadcast Journalism from U.K.’s Birmingham City University and a postgraduate marketing diploma from King’s College London. He holds XION and AP3X.
Omkar Godbole is a Co-Managing Editor and analyst on CoinDesk's Markets team. He has been covering crypto options and futures, as well as macro and cross-asset activity, since 2019, leveraging his prior experience in directional and non-directional derivative strategies at brokerage firms. His extensive background also encompasses the FX markets, having served as a fundamental analyst at currency and commodities desks for Mumbai-based brokerages and FXStreet. Omkar holds small amounts of bitcoin, ether, BitTorrent, tron and dot. Omkar holds a Master's degree in Finance and a Chartered Market Technician (CMT) designation.
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Paul Brody is the Founder and CEO of Nightfall Networks, a blockchain technology company focused on building robust privacy systems for enterprise users.
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Sarah is a senior reporter at The Block covering policy, regulation and legal happenings. Before, Sarah was a reporter with CQ Legal writing about securities regulation, which is where she first started reporting on crypto. Sarah has also written for The Bond Buyer and American Banker, among other finance-related publications. She graduated from the University of Missouri and earned a degree in print and digital journalism. After spending years in Washington D.C., Sarah is now based in the NYC area. You can follow her on Twitter @ForTheWynn.
Born globetrotter with international work experience, Radu is passionate about economics, international relationships, risk management, and technology. However, since discovering the crypto-verse, he started seeing things from a different perspective. Radu started becoming more familiarized with the cryptosphere in 2016. He specializes in sales, proofreading, online marketing, social media, and supply chain management. Radu enjoys relaxing, playing with his dog, traveling, and discovering new cities when he has some spare time.
Ruben Hallali is a meteorologist and the CEO of Sereno, a French parametric weather insurance company. He holds a PhD in atmospheric sciences from Paris Saclay University.
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Sam Boboev is a fintech product leader specializing in payments, digital wallets, and embedded finance. He has led initiatives across wallets, cards, and core banking systems, and frequently writes about how crypto and stablecoin rails intersect with mainstream financial services. Sam is the founder of Fintech Wrap Up and a LinkedIn Top Voice in Fintech, followed by more than 100,000 industry professionals worldwide.
Sam Reynolds is a senior reporter based in Asia. Sam was part of the CoinDesk team that won the 2023 Gerald Loeb award in the breaking news category for coverage of FTX's collapse. Prior to CoinDesk, he was a reporter with Blockworks and a semiconductor analyst with IDC.
Sarah Cummings is on the MSIM ETF Team where she serves as an ETF Specialist. In her role, she partners with dedicated Sales Specialists to drive ETF sales and service MSIM clients throughout the regions. Sarah helps to provide education both internally and externally to stakeholders with varying degrees of ETF knowledge on investment strategies, product positioning and portfolio implementation strategies across the MSIM ETF range. Prior to joining MSIM in September of 2022, Sarah was on the ETF Team at BlackRock where she served a variety of roles including Head of Fixed Income ETF Product Development. She spent her early years at BlackRock focusing on building out the sell-side ETF Ecosystem. Sarah started her career on the Rates Sales desk at Goldman Sachs in 2011. She graduated magna cum laude from Princeton with an A.B. in Economics.
Sarah is a senior reporter at The Block covering policy, regulation and legal happenings. Before, Sarah was a reporter with CQ Legal writing about securities regulation, which is where she first started reporting on crypto. Sarah has also written for The Bond Buyer and American Banker, among other finance-related publications. She graduated from the University of Missouri and earned a degree in print and digital journalism. After spending years in Washington D.C., Sarah is now based in the NYC area. You can follow her on Twitter @ForTheWynn.
Sebastián Serrano is the founder and CEO of Ripio, an Argentinian crypto exchange with over 12 years of proven experience, operations in eight countries, and a reach of more than 24 million users along with over 1,500 companies and institutions.
Shaurya is the Co-Leader of the CoinDesk tokens and data team in Asia with a focus on crypto derivatives, DeFi, market microstructure, and protocol analysis. Shaurya holds over $1,000 in BTC, ETH, SOL, AVAX, SUSHI, CRV, NEAR, YFI, YFII, SHIB, DOGE, USDT, USDC, BNB, MANA, MLN, LINK, XMR, ALGO, VET, CAKE, AAVE, COMP, ROOK, TRX, SNX, RUNE, FTM, ZIL, KSM, ENJ, CKB, JOE, GHST, PERP, BTRFLY, OHM, BANANA, ROME, BURGER, SPIRIT, and ORCA. He provides over $1,000 to liquidity pools on Compound, Curve, SushiSwap, PancakeSwap, BurgerSwap, Orca, AnySwap, SpiritSwap, Rook Protocol, Yearn Finance, Synthetix, Harvest, Redacted Cartel, OlympusDAO, Rome, Trader Joe, and SUN.
Sheldon Reback is CoinDesk editorial's Regional Head of Europe. Before joining the company, he spent 26 years as an editor at Bloomberg News, where he worked on beats as diverse as stock markets and the retail industry as well as covering the dot-com bubble and collapse. He managed the Bloomberg Terminal's main news page and worked on a global project to produce short, chart-based stories across the newsroom. Before that, he worked for a number of technology magazines in Hong Kong. Sheldon has a degree in industrial chemistry and an MBA. He owns ether and bitcoin below CoinDesk's notifiable limit.
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Stephen is CoinDesk's managing editor for Markets. He previously served as managing editor at Seeking Alpha. A native of suburban Washington, D.C., Stephen went to the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, majoring in finance. He holds BTC above CoinDesk’s disclosure threshold of $1,000.
Stephen oversees sponsored content, Learn, and other special editorial and commercial projects at Decrypt. Previously he has contributed to titles including Stylus, Stuff, and LS:N Global. Disclosure: He holds BTC and SCRT, and has recused himself from writing or editing stories about SCRT.
Summer Mersinger is the CEO of the Blockchain Association. She previously was a Commissioner at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), where she played a key role in shaping federal regulatory policy in the financial markets, including policies impacting digital assets. Prior to her appointment at the CFTC, Mersinger held senior staff roles in both chambers of Congress and as a longtime advisor to Senate Majority Leader John Thune.
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Thien Ho is the District Attorney of Sacramento County and the Democratic candidate for California's 6th Congressional District. He led the prosecution team that brought the Golden State Killer to justice using Investigative Genetic Genealogy, and over a 25-year career, he has prosecuted violent crime, financial fraud, hate crimes, and public corruption. He heads the second-largest District Attorney's Office in Northern California, overseeing nearly 500 employees and nearly 30,000 cases annually
Tim Alper is a News Correspondent at DL News. He began working as an IT journalist in 2004 and has since written for a wide range of media outlets, including the BBC, The Guardian, and Chosun Ilbo. Before joining DL News, he worked at Cryptonews.com . He holds a bachelor’s degree in Philosophy and Film Studies from the University of Kent at Canterbury, as well as a postgraduate diploma from the London School of Journalism. Disclosure: Tim Alper has no significant crypto holdings.
Tim fell down the crypto rabbit hole in late 2020 and hasn’t looked back. He came to DL News from Crypto Briefing, where he published over 400 articles covering the explosion of “Layer 1” blockchains in 2021 through to 2022’s high-profile crypto bankruptcies. He reported extensively on the collapse of Terra’s UST stablecoin, crypto lender Celsius, and most recently on FTX. His reporting on the bankruptcy of crypto hedge fund Three Arrows Capital was cited in documents submitted to the High Court of Singapore. Disclosure: Tim holds over $1,000 worth of Ether and Lido staked Ether. He also holds an insignificant amount in NFTs.
Mathew is a News Correspondent at DL News. He has covered the fast-moving industry since 2018 for various publications, reporting on everything from Salvadoran leader Nayib Bukele’s Bitcoin bet to U.S. President Trump’s controversial crypto business ventures. Before covering the digital asset space, he worked as a freelancer, as a reporter for local newspapers, and at a news agency. He is based in Latin America. Disclosure: Mathew has no significant crypto holdings.
Timmy Shen is an Asia editor for The Block. Previously, he wrote about crypto and Web3 for Forkast.News from Taiwan after spending more than three years in Beijing covering finance, entertainment business and current affairs at Caixin Global and Chinese tech at TechNode. His China-related reporting has also appeared in The Guardian. When he's not chasing headlines, you'll find him savoring hot pot and shabu shabu in a Taipei local haunt. Timmy holds an MS degree from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. Send tips to [email protected] or get in touch on X/Telegram @timmyhmshen.
Timmy Shen is an Asia editor for The Block. Previously, he wrote about crypto and Web3 for Forkast.News from Taiwan after spending more than three years in Beijing covering finance, entertainment business and current affairs at Caixin Global and Chinese tech at TechNode. His China-related reporting has also appeared in The Guardian. When he's not chasing headlines, you'll find him savoring hot pot and shabu shabu in a Taipei local haunt. Timmy holds an MS degree from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. Send tips to [email protected] or get in touch on X/Telegram @timmyhmshen.
Tyler Warner is the author of the Morning Minute newsletter and a co-host of the daily FOMO HOUR show covering the broader crypto market and Web3. Based in Chicago, Tyler has been writing and speaking about crypto on a daily basis since August 2021, primarily focused on crypto majors but with a soft spot for NFTs and meme coins. Disclosure: Tyler holds BTC, ETH, SBET, REKT, SPX, TIBBIR, Fartcoin, a Cryptopunk and several other NFTs.
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Vince Dioquino is a journalist based in Asia. He began writing about crypto in 2017, with a focus on covering developments in crypto policy, privacy, and security. A self-taught creative with a background in philosophy, he previously worked as editor at Crypto Briefing. He has no significant crypto holdings.
Vincent Chok, founder and CEO of First Digital, issuer of the FDUSD stablecoin and builder of Finance District — a blockchain ecosystem enabling AI agents to execute automated transactions using stablecoins.
Vismaya has been a freelance crypto writer since 2021. Despite holding an engineering degree in Information Technology, she began her career as a crypto journalist. Disclosure: No significant crypto holdings.
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Yogita Khatri is a senior reporter at The Block and the author of The Funding newsletter. As our longest-serving editorial member, Yogita has been instrumental in breaking numerous stories, exclusives and scoops. With over 3,000 articles to her name, Yogita is The Block's most-published and most-read author of all time. Before joining The Block, Yogita wrote for CoinDesk and The Economic Times. You can reach her at [email protected] or follow her latest updates on X at @Yogita_Khatri5.
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Zack Abrams is a writer and editor based in Brooklyn, New York. Before coming to The Block, he was the Head Writer at Coinage, a Web3 media outlet covering the biggest stories in Web3. The story he co-reported on Do Kwon won a 2022 Best in Business Journalism award from SABEW. Other projects included a deep dive into SBF's defense based on exclusive documents and unveiling the identity of the hacker behind one of 2023's biggest crypto hacks — so far. He can be reached via X @zackdabrams or email, [email protected] .
