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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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FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried looks down as he exits the courthouse as media throng around him.
CompaniesGalois Capital—which shorted crypto fraud Terra—can’t avoid contagion of FTX
By Ben WeissFebruary 21, 2023
Portrait of Azra Games founder Mark Otero.
CompaniesAzra Games, founded by veteran EA game developer, raises $10M for NFT-themed Legions & Legends
By Ben WeissFebruary 21, 2023
A headshot of Omer Goldberg, CEO and founder of Chaos Labs, superimposed over green background.
CompaniesChaos Labs gets $20M in seed round, says it could have prevented $114M Mango Markets exploit
By Ben WeissFebruary 21, 2023
Digital generated image of bitcoin sign made out of golden bars stored on each other and starting ruining on concrete surface.
The CoinsBitcoin just broke $25,000, and it could be due to ordinals. Here’s everything you need to know about them
By Ben WeissFebruary 17, 2023
Elon Musk attends the 2022 Met Gala on May 2.
The CoinsElon Musk’s dog added $500 million to Dogecoin’s market cap in 15 minutes
By Ben WeissFebruary 15, 2023
A black-and-gray cat is juxtaposed with repeated photos of Martin Shkreli.
Success‘Pharma bro’ Martin Shkreli’s quest for a shelter cat doomed by TikTok braggadocio—and a lie on his application
By Ben WeissFebruary 14, 2023
Dan Schulman listens to other speaker on stage at conference.
CompaniesPayPal just paused its plan to release a stablecoin after reports its partner is under investigation amid a larger crypto crackdown
By Ben WeissFebruary 10, 2023
Dan Schulman speaks on stage at Bloomberg New Economy Forum.
CompaniesPayPal CEO to step down amid economic turbulence and slumping shares after years of breakneck growth
By Ben WeissFebruary 9, 2023
Sam Bankman-Fried leaves court hearing in New York.
CompaniesRobinhood moves to buy back $550M of shares bought by Sam Bankman-Fried
By Ben WeissFebruary 9, 2023
Robinhood’s crypto business continues to decline during Crypto Winter as customers steer clear of trading
CompaniesRobinhood’s crypto business continues to decline during Crypto Winter as customers steer clear of trading
By Ben WeissFebruary 8, 2023
The booth of the Binance cryptocurrency exchange at the Paris NFT Day conference in Paris, France, on Tuesday, April 12, 2022.
CompaniesBinance says full audit of balance sheet to be delayed, cites ‘limitations’ of accounting industry
By Ben WeissFebruary 8, 2023
In this photo illustration, a Coinbase logo is displayed
CompaniesFormer Coinbase employee accepts plea deal, admits to insider trading
By Ben WeissFebruary 7, 2023
Genesis and parent company DCG reportedly strike deal with main creditors
CompaniesGenesis and parent company DCG reportedly strike deal with main creditors
By Ben WeissFebruary 6, 2023
A photo of Max Galka superimposed over a blue background.
CompaniesBlockchain analyst firm Elementus raises funds at $160M valuation. Clients include Celsius and BlockFi creditors
By Ben WeissFebruary 6, 2023
Sam Bankman-Fried leaves Manhattan Federal Court
CompaniesSilvergate at center of DOJ fraud investigation for hosting FTX and Alameda accounts
By Ben WeissFebruary 3, 2023
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