Jeff Roberts
@jeffjohnroberts
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Fortune magazine Finance & Crypto Editor. Lawyer, author, policy geek, IP aficionado. DMs open.
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Joined December 2008
Coinbase is making headlines again. If you want to get the inside scoop on the company's culture, the hard cover of Kings of Crypto drops in December! You can order now: https://t.co/53U4uJJNLY
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Incoming CFO says @RobinhoodApp is "still thinking about" adding Bitcoin to balance sheet "We have this debate constantly" -- but no firm answer if/when they will add BTC
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.@RobinhoodApp is mixing it up by doing Q3 earnings call live from the Chase Center. To their credit, they're talking questions from journalists and not just the "hey, great quarter guys!" analysts
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You guys, we have got to focus more on teaching civics in this country. 😆
We’re getting calls about polls being closed. They are closed because we do not have elections today. Kentucky votes next year. You cannot vote today in Kentucky for the mayor of New York City or the Governor of Virginia. Sorry.
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Appeal proceedings aren't cheap. Where is SBF getting the funds to pay for this? Is it coming from the $10M he paid his dad from FTX customer money?
Everybody was out to get Sam Bankman-Fried after the collapse of his cryptocurrency exchange in 2022. At least that’s what his lawyers told an appeals court Tuesday as the FTX co-founder seeks to reverse his fraud conviction and 25-year prison sentence.
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A good primer on "Third Worldism" for folks who've never read about it!
Mamdani is the manifestation of a new ideology that is spreading in the United States: Third-Worldism. I explain how it operates, how it frames Israel and the U.S. as the bourgeois oppressors, and why the ideology is appealing. https://t.co/pALKJY70GL
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Black woman who was kicked out of a Gold’s Gym in Los Angeles because she complained about a man using the women’s locker room. Good for this woman and shame on Gold’s Gym. She should sue both the man and the gym.
BREAKING - A Gold’s Gym in the Bronx is under fire after staff revoked a woman’s membership and escorted her out with police after she bravely confronted a man pretending to be a woman in the women’s locker room. You know what to do.
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Founders of crypto startups like Farcaster and Mesh are cashing in secondary shares to the tune of $15M or $20M during Series A and B rounds (seen next tweet) Meanwhile, this is reality for millions of Americans:
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Arab militias are systemically killing the black population of Sudan. But no Gaza-style protests on the streets—why could that be?
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Tron founder Justin Sun bought the banana. Will he buy the gold toilet too?
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J.K. Rowling calls out British women’s magazine Glamour for awarding 9 trans MEN the ‘Women of the Year’ award. “I grew up in an era when mainstream women’s magazines told girls they needed to be thinner and prettier. Now mainstream women’s magazines tell girls that men are
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When should a founder cash in? Once, the big payday came post acquisition or IPO Now, founders are collecting $15M+ at Series A or B— before they've shown the startup is built to last Here's a look at secondary sales, a topic VC's don't like to discuss! https://t.co/2jzD0EX3Ib
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Early-stage founders are collecting $10 million or so in secondary sale transactions—well before their firms have proven themselves.
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Mastercard whiffed on stablecoin startup BVNK but is now poised to scoop up Zerohash for almost $2B(!) Latest scoop from Fortune Crypto: https://t.co/kfqQTgEbuC
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The move to acquire the crypto company comes after Mastercard was in talks to acquire another stablecoin startup BVNK for around $2 billion.
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It was less than 6 months ago that @JasonYanowitz told me news and audience trust were foundational to Blockworks’ business strategy. Yano, any comment?
No statement from @Blockworks_ about closing its newsroom?
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Circle is paying Wyclef Jean to be a "Global Cultural Advisor" Smart move to promote stablecoins? Or risky marketing splurge as interest rates (and Circle revenue) declines?
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Wall Street today is all-in on crypto—but there was a time when it was cool and edgy. Check out this great time capsule showing Goldman Sachs' "manbun division" c 2018. (One of many HOF crypto tweets by @NeerajKA)
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