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.
NewslettersThe House version of the Warren-Marshall anti–money laundering crypto bill has hit a McHenry-sized obstacle
By Leo SchwartzDecember 13, 2023
RegulatorsEl Salvador became the first country to accept Bitcoin as legal tender. Now it’s offering citizenship for a $1 million ‘investment’
By Leo SchwartzDecember 8, 2023
CompaniesSwan deployed more than $200 million in 2023 building out institutional offerings such as Bitcoin-backed lending
By Leo SchwartzDecember 7, 2023
CompaniesThe Sam Altman–backed crypto project Worldcoin announces plans for decentralization as it expands its eye-scanning ambitions
By Leo SchwartzDecember 6, 2023
CompaniesCrypto firms could spend more on lobbying than in 2022—when FTX and Sam Bankman-Fried were still writing checks
By Leo SchwartzDecember 5, 2023
By Leo SchwartzDecember 4, 2023
By Leo Schwartz and Jeff John RobertsDecember 1, 2023
RegulatorsPro-crypto Majority Whip Tom Emmer denounces CBDCs as a ‘surveillance tool’ and calls for stablecoin oversight
By Leo SchwartzNovember 30, 2023
RegulatorsTreasury’s Wally Adeyemo wants to crack down on illicit finance enabled by crypto: ‘A clear and present danger for national security’
By Leo SchwartzNovember 29, 2023
MagazineGary Gensler has remade the SEC into a crypto nemesis and climate warrior. Now a backlash is brewing
By Leo Schwartz and Jeff John RobertsNovember 28, 2023
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