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Ben Weiss reports on crypto for Fortune in New York. Previously, he wrote for DL News from Dubai. He's also fact-checked for Harper's Magazine and contributed to WIRED, The Verge, the Guardian, Slate, Gizmodo, Business Insider, and PBS NewsHour. He has a joint master's degree from New York University in journalism and international relations.

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Ivan Soto-Wright speaks at Bitcoin Miami 2022.
CompaniesMoonPay executives cashed out $150 million in equity just months before crypto crash
By Ben WeissMay 31, 2023
Alex Mashinksy, founder and former CEO of Celsius, speaks at the Blockchain Week Summit in Paris in 2022.
CompaniesCelsius turns to Fahrenheit to oversee bankruptcy exit
By Ben WeissMay 25, 2023
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The CoinsWhat is looping, the high-risk strategy producing 60% yields for crypto traders?
By Ben WeissMay 25, 2023
A sticker advertising Dogecoin on a cryptocurrency ATM.
The CoinsElon Musk warns investors not to ‘bet the farm on Dogecoin’
By Ben WeissMay 23, 2023
Biden speaks during a news conference following the final day of the G7 summit.
RegulatorsBiden takes swipe at ‘wealthy tax cheats and crypto traders’ on final day of G7 summit
By Ben WeissMay 22, 2023
Harriett Baldwin chairs the Treasury Committee in the U.K.'s House of Commons.
RegulatorsIs crypto trading the same as gambling? This U.K. parliament committee thinks so, and most crypto advocates—unsurprisingly—disagree
By Ben WeissMay 18, 2023
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CompaniesCoinbase Cloud joins Chainlink as node operator in bid to improve crypto infrastructure
By Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez and Ben WeissMay 18, 2023
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CompaniesRipple acquires crypto custodian Metaco for $250 million
By Ben WeissMay 17, 2023
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks during a keynote address at Microsoft's headquarters.
CompaniesOpenAI’s Sam Altman approaches $100 million in funding for Worldcoin, the crypto project that scans your irises to prove you’re not a robot
By Ben WeissMay 15, 2023
Paul Grewal, chief legal officer of Coinbase, speaks during the CoinDesk 2023 Consensus Festival.
The CoinsCoinbase’s chief legal officer humbles himself before Pepe coin horde after newsletter provides incomplete history of meme
By Ben WeissMay 11, 2023
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CompaniesAWS and Microsoft Azure dominate cloud computing. But could Google Cloud beat them in Web3?
By Ben WeissMay 11, 2023
Vlad Tenev, CEO and cofounder of Robinhood, looks at a Robinhood-branded laptop.
CompaniesRobinhood’s crypto revenue nearly matches last quarter’s, with plan to buy back $500 million in stock from Sam Bankman-Fried ‘ongoing’
By Ben WeissMay 10, 2023
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CompaniesDeloitte, Goldman Sachs, Microsoft among institutional players partnering on new blockchain network
By Ben WeissMay 9, 2023
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The CoinsHow the Pepe coin, ‘fueled by pure memetic power,’ soared past a $1.6 billion market cap in 3 weeks—and then tumbled
By Ben WeissMay 9, 2023
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NFTs and CultureThe Solana Saga is here. Should you spend $1,000 on the newest crypto smartphone?
By Ben Weiss and Marco Quiroz-GutierrezMay 8, 2023
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