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Jeff Roberts
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Jeff Roberts
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Fortune magazine Finance & Crypto Editor. Lawyer, author, policy geek, IP aficionado. DMs open.
- I connected some dots between SBF, Gensler and the Democrats. Hard to believe GG blew it again—and now wants more $$$ and power! fortune.com/crypto/2022/11…
- Coinbase's decentralized wallet now lets you send USDC for free using iMessage, WhatsApp, etc This is a potentially big development as it removes complexity for cross-border payments
- 🚨 SEC faces sanctions in crypto case — lawyers may have lied to a judge to get a temporary restraining order fortune.com/crypto/2023/12…
- 🚨 We've uncovered the US government's strategy to tame crypto. The banking agencies—OCC, FDIC and the Fed—are colluding to give the stablecoin industry to the banks Full exposé here: decrypt.co/91301/federal-…
- This is a dumb hill for Biden to die on Veto will earn exactly 0 votes— but will likely cost him 500 votes in WI, MI, PA, AZ and NVBREAKING: 🇺🇸 President Biden vetoes bill that would allow highly regulated financial firms to custody #Bitcoin and crypto.
- SEC is having trouble hiring crypto experts — because of a rule they must sell all their crypto Would make more sense to allow staff to hold a modest amount. This would also make them better at their job sec.gov/files/inspecto…
- Crypto breakthrough: Whole Foods, Starbucks et al now take Bitcoin via in-store scanners with @Gemini doing the back-end. The retailers are being low key but I tried it out this weekend, and it works. Details + context from @tylerwinklevoss here: fortune.com/2019/05/13/bit…
- This would be the same Coinbase the SEC says is an illegal brokerage🚨 US GOVT JUST SENT 4,000 BITCOIN TO COINBASE
- Agency turnover is normal but not to this degree. Ex-staffers have told me Gensler (Hillary Clinton's former bagman) treats the SEC entirely as a vehicle for his personal ambitions and drives out anyone who disagrees
- It felt odd to write about SBF going to prison only months after I wrote a Fortune cover story on him. But here we are. tl;dr: he looks in serious jeopardy of violating Section 1343 (Wire Fraud), which can come w/a 20 year term fortune.com/crypto/2022/11…
- Let's talk about cash transfers. Our take on Yang, Bitcoin and much more in @FortuneLedger's latest newsletter by me and @davidzmorris fortune.com/2020/03/18/and…
- Coinbase's CPO walks early after pocketing $105M in stock sales—not bad for a guy who blew the company's NFT launch dlnews.com/articles/coinb…
