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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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A group of people wait in a line underneath a Google Cloud sign in Lisbon, Portugal.
CompaniesGoogle Cloud adds Casper Labs to growing portfolio of Web3 partnerships
By Ben WeissFebruary 28, 2023
Robinhood received SEC subpoena shortly after FTX collapsed
CompaniesRobinhood received SEC subpoena shortly after FTX collapsed
By Ben WeissFebruary 27, 2023
Ruja Ignatova is shown as one of the FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives.
The CoinsThe ‘Cryptoqueen’ who made FBI’s most wanted after $4 billion heist was rumored killed—but evidence leaves more questions than answers
By Ben WeissFebruary 24, 2023
Jack Dorsey, cofounder and CEO of Block, speaks at the 2021 Bitcoin Convention in Miami.
CompaniesCashApp and Square push Block’s year-over-year gross profit up 40% as Bitcoin sales lag
By Ben WeissFebruary 23, 2023
Brian Armstrong, cofounder and CEO at Coinbase, speaks at the Singapore Fintech Festival.
CompaniesCrypto Twitter went wild speculating about Coinbase’s blue dot. Here’s what it meant
By Ben WeissFebruary 23, 2023
Blurry photos of people as they walk past a Google Cloud sign at a conference.
CompaniesGoogle Cloud becomes Tezos validator in latest push into Web3
By Ben WeissFebruary 22, 2023
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
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