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.
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By Leo SchwartzNovember 14, 2022
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By Leo Schwartz and Anne SradersNovember 10, 2022
RegulatorsSam Bankman-Fried was the face of crypto in D.C. What would FTX’s acquisition mean for regulation?
By Leo SchwartzNovember 8, 2022
By Leo SchwartzNovember 8, 2022
The CoinsHow a dodgy crypto influencer got rich on YouTube and Twitter—while the platforms and the SEC failed to act
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By Leo SchwartzNovember 3, 2022
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By Leo Schwartz and Marco Quiroz-GutierrezNovember 3, 2022
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