Leo Schwartz

Leo Schwartz

Leo Schwartz is a senior writer at Fortune covering fintech, crypto, venture capital, and financial regulation. He also writes the Monday edition of Fortune's weekday deals newsletter, Term Sheet, with a focus on New York venture capital, and co-hosts the Fortune Crypto Playbook vodcast with Fortune Finance and Crypto Editor Jeff John Roberts. He 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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  • A visitor observes a computer bay at the PA10 data center, operated by Equinix Inc., in Paris, France, on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025. France’s president Emmanuel Macron brings together government officials, business leaders, and the heads of international groups at the AI Action Summit next week. Photographer: Nathan Laine/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesCompanies

    Exclusive: Crypto VC giant Paradigm makes $50 million bet on decentralized AI startup Nous Research at $1 billion token valuation

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  • WASHINGTON, DC – APRIL 09: U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent looks on as U.S. President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House on April 09, 2025 in Washington, DC. President Trump signed several executive orders including directing the “repeal of unlawful regulations” and reducing “anti-competitive regulatory barriers.” Earlier today, Trump announced a 90-day pause on the full effect of his new tariffs for dozens of countries with the exception of China. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)Finance

    Stock market rallies after Treasury Secretary Bessent tells a closed-door investor summit that the tariff standoff with China is unsustainable

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  • Alex Wiltschko poses for a portrait in his labNewsletters

    Term Sheet Next: How Alex Wiltschko went from Google Brain to giving computers the sense of smell

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  • WASHINGTON, DC – FEBRUARY 12: Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell testifies before the House Committee on Financial Services in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill on February 12, 2025 in Washington, DC. Powell reported to lawmakers about the Fed’s continuing efforts to tame inflation and how and when to ease borrowing costs in the face of new tariffs, possible tax cuts and other institutional moves by President Donald Trump’s second administration. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)Politics

    Trump’s knives are out for Jerome Powell, setting up a Supreme Court showdown over the Fed’s independence

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  • WASHINGTON, DC – MARCH 9: White House Senior Advisor Elon Musk walks to the White House after landing in Marine One on the South Lawn with U.S. President Donald Trump (not pictured) on March 9, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump was returning to the White House after spending the weekend at Mar-a-Lago, his private club in Florida. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images)Politics

    Court filings describe DOGE-led, scream-filled, 36-hour mass layoff scramble at consumer protection agency

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  • WASHINGTON, DC – FEBRUARY 6: Rep. French Hill (R-AR), Chairman of the full committee, speaks during a House Committee on Financial Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations during a hearing on February 6, 2025 at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC. The hearing was titled, “Operation Choke Point 2.0: The Biden Administration’s Efforts to Put Crypto in the Crosshairs”. (Photo by Anna Rose Layden/Getty Images)Finance

    Trump’s tariffs can be beneficial in the long term, but Congress needs a more active role, says top GOP lawmaker

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  • Bo Hines, executive director of the Presidential Council of Advisers for Digital Assets, during the DC Blockchain Summit in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, March 26, 2025. The summit brings together policymakers and top influencers to discuss the most important issues facing the crypto industry. Photographer: Kent Nishimura/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesPolitics

    Trump’s senior crypto advisor donated $1M in campaign advertisements to top Trump Super PAC one week before election

    By Jessica Mathews and Leo Schwartz
  • portrait of Bo Hines.Tech

    Donald Trump’s 29-year-old crypto guru lays out the president’s plans for regulating crypto and rolling back a Biden-era crackdown

    By Jessica Mathews and Leo Schwartz
  • Bo HinesNewsletters

    Inside the crypto industry’s Faustian bargain with President Trump

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  • Elon Musk, chief executive officer of Tesla Inc., departs court in San Francisco, California, US, on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023. Investors suing Tesla and Musk argue that his August 2018 tweets about taking Tesla private with funding secured were indisputably false and cost them billions of dollars by spurring wild swings in Tesla’s stock price. Photographer: Marlena Sloss/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesTech

    SEC lawyer heading case on Elon Musk’s Twitter acquisition resigns, cites ‘heartbreaking’ decision

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  • Jamie Dimon, chief executive officer of JPMorgan Chase & Co., during the 2025 National Retirement Summit in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, March 12, 2025. The event brings together industry leaders, policymakers, and executives to prioritize policy supporting personal savings. Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesFinance

    Jamie Dimon warns of ‘considerable turbulence’ and calls for quick resolution to tariffs in his annual JP Morgan shareholder letter

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  • President Donald Trump holds up a copy of a 2025 National Trade Estimate ReportNewsletters

    As tariffs pummel stock prices, venture investors anxiously wait for the impact on consumer spending

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  • Kyle Samani speaks on stage in 2022 at a conference.Companies

    Crypto venture firms like Paradigm enjoy banner years, Multicoin posts 56% annual growth

    By Ben Weiss and Leo Schwartz
  • The BNY headquarters in New York, US, on Wednesday, July 10, 2024. Bank of New York Mellon Corp. is scheduled to release earnings figures on July 12. Photographer: Jeenah Moon/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesCompanies

    BNY launches new blockchain accounting tool with BlackRock as first client

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  • Zach Perret, chief executive officer and co-founder of Plaid Technologies Inc., speaks during the Silicon Slopes Tech Summit in Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S., on Friday, Jan. 31, 2020. The summit brings together the leading minds in the tech industry for two-days of keynote speakers, breakout sessions, and networking opportunities. Photographer: George Frey/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesTech

    Plaid notches $575 million funding round as fintech sector rides upswing

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