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Leo Schwartz is a former senior writer at Fortune, where he covered fintech, crypto, venture capital, and financial regulation; contributed to Term Sheet; and co-hosted the Fortune Crypto Playbook vodcast with Fortune Finance and Crypto Editor Jeff John Roberts. Leo previously worked at Rest of World, covering tech from Mexico City. His work has also appeared in the Washington Post, PBS NewsHour, and The Nation. He graduated with a dual master's in journalism and Latin American studies from New York University and a bachelor's from Columbia University.

Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire
Companies
Coinbase takes equity stake in Circle as USDC-focused Centre Consortium shutters
By Leo SchwartzAugust 21, 2023
North Korean cybercriminals have already stolen $200 million in crypto hacks in 2023
Companies
North Korean cybercriminals have already stolen $200 million in crypto hacks in 2023
By Leo SchwartzAugust 18, 2023
FTX and Genesis avoid ‘costly and uncertain litigation’ by reaching $175 million settlement
Companies
FTX and Genesis avoid ‘costly and uncertain litigation’ by reaching $175 million settlement
By Leo SchwartzAugust 17, 2023
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Newsletters
The new Coinbase blockchain is rife with scam tokens. Who should be responsible?
By Leo SchwartzAugust 16, 2023
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried.
Companies
Caroline Ellison kept a memo called ‘Things Sam Is Freaking Out About,’ and prosecutors plan to use it against the FTX founder
By Leo SchwartzAugust 15, 2023
Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn.
Companies
Mopping floors and $3.65 PB&Js: Inside Sam Bankman-Fried’s day-to-day at an ‘inhumane’ NYC detention center
By Leo SchwartzAugust 14, 2023
SEC Chair Gary Gensler.
Regulators
SEC will seek to appeal the landmark Ripple decision on whether XRP is a security
By Leo SchwartzAugust 9, 2023
The surprising reason behind the recent influx of Ether futures ETF applications
Newsletters
The surprising reason behind the recent influx of Ether futures ETF applications
By Leo SchwartzAugust 9, 2023
Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele.
Companies
Binance becomes fully licensed in El Salvador, where ‘Philosopher King’ Bukele pushed to make Bitcoin legal tender in 2021
By Leo SchwartzAugust 8, 2023
Crypto heavyweights back new cybersecurity standards after nearly $4 billion was lost to hacks in 2022
Companies
Crypto heavyweights back new cybersecurity standards after nearly $4 billion was lost to hacks in 2022
By Leo SchwartzAugust 8, 2023
Crypto.com was among dozens of potential suitors for FTX Europe. But the bankruptcy estate isn’t selling it
Companies
Crypto.com was among dozens of potential suitors for FTX Europe. But the bankruptcy estate isn’t selling it
By Leo SchwartzAugust 4, 2023
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Newsletters
The failure of the stablecoin bill reveals the new political divide in crypto
By Leo SchwartzAugust 2, 2023
Photo illustration of portrait of Katie Haun on top of abstract technological box background.
Features
Katie Haun launched a $1.5 billion crypto fund—and then the industry blew up. How has she navigated crypto’s year from hell?
By Leo Schwartz and Anne SradersAugust 2, 2023
Sam Altman, founder of OpenAI and Worldcoin.
Companies
Sam Altman’s A.I.-busting crypto token Worldcoin is live. All you have to do is scan your eyeball
By Leo SchwartzJuly 24, 2023
Sam Bankman-Fried
Companies
Sam Bankman-Fried’s brother included on FTX Foundation memo about buying an island to build an apocalypse bunker, lawsuit says
By Leo SchwartzJuly 21, 2023
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