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Leo Schwartz

@leomschwartz
111 posts
2026-02-24
The WSJ and NYT both published articles today with more details on the story that @bdanweiss and I broke earlier this month: https://www.wsj.com/... https://www.nytimes.com/...
2026-02-24 View on X
Wall Street Journal

How Binance staffers found $1B was sent to sanctioned Iranian entities via the exchange, which dismantled their probe and suspended them after Trump pardoned CZ

Weeks after Trump pardoned Binance's founder, the company dismantled probe and suspended the investigators; Binance denied inquiry ended or staff fired for the concerns

2026-02-20
I know this is said a lot but this is actually a Silicon Valley plotline
2026-02-20 View on X
Financial Times

Sources: Amazon's AI tools have caused at least two AWS outages, including a 13-hour disruption in December; Amazon says it was “user error, not AI error”

Tech giant blames ‘user error, not AI error’ for incident in December involving its Kiro tool  —  Amazon's cloud unit has suffered …

2025-04-20
.@jessicakmathews and I have a new profile of Bo Hines, the 29-year-old heading Trump's sweeping crypto agenda. We had a chance to interview Hines and review his calendar through FOIA. We also have new details about his deep financial ties to Trump world: [image]
2025-04-20 View on X
Fortune

A profile of Bo Hines, a 29-year-old official in the Trump administration who has become the main liaison between the White House and the crypto industry

Trump's senior crypto advisor donated $1M in advertisements to a top Trump Super PAC 1 week before the election. The donation was via the growth equity firm he confounded with his ...

2025-04-19
.@jessicakmathews and I have a new profile of Bo Hines, the 29-year-old heading Trump's sweeping crypto agenda. We had a chance to interview Hines and review his calendar through FOIA. We also have new details about his deep financial ties to Trump world: [image]
2025-04-19 View on X
Fortune

A profile of Bo Hines, a 29-year-old official in the Trump administration who has become the main liaison between the White House and the crypto industry

Since his appointment, Bo Hines has become a mini-celebrity in the crypto world—with CEOs, billionaire investors, and lobbyists vying for face time.

2024-09-26
Nader “Diamondhands” Al-Naji was a founder out of central casting, convincing top VCs to fork over hundreds of millions. Then, in a crypto story as old as time (or 2009), everything went south. @jeffjohnroberts has the full tale: https://fortune.com/...
2024-09-26 View on X
Fortune

a16z is a prosecution witness in the DOJ's case against BitClout founder Nader Al-Naji, who raised hundreds of millions dollars for his failed crypto startups

in words of one lawyer—VCs “don't like to rat” Juicy details here: https://fortune.com/... LinkedIn: Jeff John Roberts : Talented scammers trick even the smartest people.  Case in ...

2024-09-15
Sam Bankman-Fried just filed his appeal. “Fair trial principles were swept away in a ‘Sentence first-verdict afterwards’ tsunami, as everyone rushed to judgment following FTX's collapse. Sam Bankman-Fried was never presumed innocent.” [image]
2024-09-15 View on X
Bloomberg

Sam Bankman-Fried asks for a new trial in an appeal to the 2nd Circuit US Court of Appeals and directly attacks US District Judge Lewis Kaplan for alleged bias

and never changed his mind— was Michael Lewis. Jacob Shamsian / @jayshams : truly I don't really understand why advice-of-counsel was excluded. because the lawyers were fooled by S...

2024-09-14
Sam Bankman-Fried just filed his appeal. “Fair trial principles were swept away in a ‘Sentence first-verdict afterwards’ tsunami, as everyone rushed to judgment following FTX's collapse. Sam Bankman-Fried was never presumed innocent.” [image]
2024-09-14 View on X
Bloomberg

Sam Bankman-Fried asks for a new trial in an appeal to the 2nd Circuit US Court of Appeals and directly attacks US District Judge Lewis Kaplan for alleged bias

Jailed FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried is asking for a new trial, blaming a federal judge for preventing him from mounting a proper defense.

2024-09-13
This seems to be the clearest signal yet of the SEC's stance on Ethereum. The crypto platform eToro reached a settlement with the SEC to stop trading activity for nearly all digital assets — except Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, and Ether: https://www.sec.gov/...
2024-09-13 View on X
Bloomberg

eToro USA agrees to pay $1.5M and limit US user trading to Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, and Ether to settle SEC allegations that it operated as an unregistered broker

except Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, and Ether: https://www.sec.gov/... Adam Cochran / @adamscochran : 1/9 The SEC settlement with eToro seems super weird at first, and a bit alarming. Bu...

2024-08-30
Bridge wants stablecoins to be the new global payments rail — and the startup founded by two Square and Coinbase vets has $58 million in funding from big hitters including Sequoia, Ribbit, and Haun Ventures: https://fortune.com/...
2024-08-30 View on X
Fortune

Bridge, which aims to build a global payment network around stablecoins, raised $40M led by Sequoia and Ribbit, taking its total funding to $58M

The crypto industry has long sought a “killer app” to bring digital assets into the mainstream.  Recently, though, some are pointing …

2024-08-29
On the day that OpenSea (coincidentally?) announces its Wells notice, @bdanweiss publishes the definitive story on the $13 billion NFT platform's rise and fall, pieced together from internal documents and current and former employees. Don't miss it: https://www.theverge.com/...
2024-08-29 View on X
The Verge

Documents and sources detail OpenSea's chaotic work environment, ever-shifting priorities, and regulatory issues, as the SEC and FTC make inquiries

The rise and fall of NFTs made and unmade OpenSea — the largest marketplace for the crypto asset.  But insider accounts of the company reveal …

2024-07-20
Update on Ryan Selkis stepping down from Messari — I spoke with a board member and investor, who said the decision was reached after Selkis “went too far” with some of his posts. Selkis will likely continue to be involved with Mainnet, but might not be emcee as in years past: [image]
2024-07-20 View on X
Axios

Messari CEO Ryan Selkis says he's stepping down after a series of controversial political X posts, and Chief Revenue Officer Eric Turner will become interim CEO

publicly, on here — that he wished he could deport him. Jimmy Skuros / @jskuros : Two years back @twobitidiot recruited me to join @MessariCrypto team. First thing I noticed when j...

2024-07-14
For @FortuneMagazine, I have the full saga of the rise and fall of Kanav Kariya and Jump Crypto. As a former employee told me, “The history of finance was written in the blood of investors.” https://fortune.com/...
2024-07-14 View on X
Fortune

A look at the rise and fall of Jump Crypto and former President Kanav Kariya, and Jump's involvement in some of crypto's biggest scandals, like FTX's collapse

or did he get played by the big boys at Jump? Don't miss our latest feature: https://fortune.com/...

NEW: In June, Kanav Kariya stepped down as president of Jump Crypto, the blockchain arm of the famed Chicago trading firm. The move marked a staggering few years for the 28-year-old wunderkind, from overseeing billions to becoming enmeshed in one of crypto's worst scandals [image]
2024-07-14 View on X
Fortune

A look at the rise and fall of Jump Crypto and former President Kanav Kariya, and Jump's involvement in some of crypto's biggest scandals, like FTX's collapse

or did he get played by the big boys at Jump? Don't miss our latest feature: https://fortune.com/...

Despite its central role in crypto, Jump would become intertwined with some of the industry's biggest scandals, from the collapse of FTX to the $325 million hack of its in-house project Wormhole. Everything came to a head when a former Jump employee went as a whistleblower to
2024-07-14 View on X
Fortune

A look at the rise and fall of Jump Crypto and former President Kanav Kariya, and Jump's involvement in some of crypto's biggest scandals, like FTX's collapse

or did he get played by the big boys at Jump? Don't miss our latest feature: https://fortune.com/...

2024-07-13
NEW: In June, Kanav Kariya stepped down as president of Jump Crypto, the blockchain arm of the famed Chicago trading firm. The move marked a staggering few years for the 28-year-old wunderkind, from overseeing billions to becoming enmeshed in one of crypto's worst scandals [image]
2024-07-13 View on X
Fortune

A look at the rise and fall of Jump Crypto and former President Kanav Kariya, and Jump's involvement in some of crypto's biggest scandals, like FTX's collapse

The Zoom meeting at Jump Crypto was always running.  And in May 2021, a scrum of employees was on the screen, discussing a mounting crisis.

Despite its central role in crypto, Jump would become intertwined with some of the industry's biggest scandals, from the collapse of FTX to the $325 million hack of its in-house project Wormhole. Everything came to a head when a former Jump employee went as a whistleblower to
2024-07-13 View on X
Fortune

A look at the rise and fall of Jump Crypto and former President Kanav Kariya, and Jump's involvement in some of crypto's biggest scandals, like FTX's collapse

The Zoom meeting at Jump Crypto was always running.  And in May 2021, a scrum of employees was on the screen, discussing a mounting crisis.

For @FortuneMagazine, I have the full saga of the rise and fall of Kanav Kariya and Jump Crypto. As a former employee told me, “The history of finance was written in the blood of investors.” https://fortune.com/...
2024-07-13 View on X
Fortune

A look at the rise and fall of Jump Crypto and former President Kanav Kariya, and Jump's involvement in some of crypto's biggest scandals, like FTX's collapse

The Zoom meeting at Jump Crypto was always running.  And in May 2021, a scrum of employees was on the screen, discussing a mounting crisis.

2024-06-21
Scoop: The CFTC is probing Jump's crypto business. The Chicago-based trading firm was previously a giant in the crypto market-making and investing space before being implicated in a series of high-profile collapses and hacks, though it is still active: https://fortune.com/...
2024-06-21 View on X
Fortune

Source: The CFTC is investigating the Chicago-based trading firm Jump's involvement in crypto, including inquiries into its trading and investing activity

2024-04-23
Two of the SEC attorneys on the infamous Debt Box crypto case, where a judge sanctioned the agency for misleading arguments, stepped down after being told they would be terminated https://www.bloomberg.com/...
2024-04-23 View on X
Bloomberg

Sources: two SEC lawyers resigned after a US federal judge sanctioned and sharply rebuked the SEC for “gross abuse” of power in crypto platform DEBT Box's case

- Judge sanctioned regulator for ‘gross abuse of power’ in March  — Utah crypto firm was put into receivership on staff's advice

2024-04-20
Telegram is quietly rolling out what Facebook tried to do with Libra/Diem, except more centralized https://www.bloomberg.com/...
2024-04-20 View on X
CNBC

Telegram partners with Tether to let the messaging app's ~900M users send USDT to each other through The Open Network blockchain

Pavel Durov, CEO of TelegramPaolo Ardoino, CEO of Tether Tether : Tether Tokens (USD₮ and XAU₮) Launch on The Open Network (TON) Krisztian Sandor / CoinDesk : Tether Seeks to Boost...