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.
By Leo SchwartzMarch 16, 2026
CryptoKraken co-CEO Arjun Sethi on why the crypto exchange’s new Fed master account access and NASDAQ partnership isn’t designed to ‘disrupt the banking system’
By Leo SchwartzMarch 13, 2026
CryptoInside the Binance accounts internal investigators say helped transfer more than $1 billion to Iran-linked entities: A 79-year-old VIP Chinese trader and a suspected Iranian gold smuggler
By Leo Schwartz and Ben WeissMarch 12, 2026
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By Leo SchwartzMarch 9, 2026
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By Ben Weiss and Leo SchwartzMarch 4, 2026
By Leo SchwartzMarch 2, 2026
Startups & VentureExclusive: AI financial platform Rowspace raises $50 million led by Sequoia to help investment firms take on messy data
By Leo SchwartzFebruary 25, 2026
CryptoSam Bankman-Fried is waging a social media campaign for a pardon—but President Trump will not give him one, says the White House
By Leo SchwartzFebruary 24, 2026
NewslettersThe 29-year old investor who went from selling fake IDs to backing Poppi raises a $75 million fund to invest in brands with a ‘cultural edge’
By Leo SchwartzFebruary 23, 2026
CryptoWhy influential Wintermute founder Evgeny Gaevoy thinks crypto has strayed from its cypherpunk roots
By Leo SchwartzFebruary 20, 2026
By Leo SchwartzFebruary 18, 2026
NewslettersInside Dragonfly Capital’s $650 million fourth fund and its early bets on Polymarket and Rain
By Leo SchwartzFebruary 18, 2026
CryptoExclusive: Crypto venture firm Dragonfly closes $650 million fourth fund—even as blockchain VCs face ‘mass extinction’
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