Financial Disclosures
The Block is dedicated to transparent journalism and impartial analysis of digital assets, cryptocurrencies, and blockchain technology as well as the people and companies who participate in the crypto ecosystem. An important part of our foundational mission is investigative journalism and analysis that critically and fairly assess all of these ecosystem stakeholders and projects.
As a result, it is critical that The Block is fully transparent about our own crypto-related financial holdings so as to avoid any appearance of bias or impropriety. The most valuable asset that we hold and strive to earn again every day is our readers’ trust. Below, you’ll find a list of all of our full-time editorial and research staff and contractors, along with any material positions they hold in digital assets or crypto-related projects. We update this page on a bi-monthly basis.
Our threshold for disclosures is any investments of the USD equivalent of $5,000 and above. We view any figure below that amount to be non-material as an investment, yet critical for our team to utilize and participate in the cryptocurrency ecosystem that we report on, research and analyze.
To limit the potential for researchers and journalists to impact the price of micro-cap digital assets based on changes in holdings, disclosures of sub <$50M fully diluted market cap cryptocurrencies and NFTs are not required to be disclosed (value amount subject to change).
Please note that nothing on this page constitutes, or is meant to constitute, financial advice of any kind and The Block is not responsible for any loss that you suffer as a result of any financial transaction, regardless of whether or not you enter such transaction based in any way upon anything you learn from this page. If you require advice in relation to any financial matter, you should consult an appropriate professional.
As of Friday, September 15th, 2023:
Editorial:
| Name | Owns Crypto? | BTC | ETH | Do you own NFTs over $2K? | Other |
| Adam James | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | ACS |
| Colin Wilhelm | No | No | No | No | |
| Davis Quinton | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ACS, ATOM |
| Frank Chaparro | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ACS |
| James Hunt | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ACS |
| MK Manoylov | No | No | No | No | |
| Nathan Crooks | Yes | Yes | No | No | ACS |
| RT Watson | Yes | No | No | No | ACS |
| Ryan Weeks | No | No | No | No | |
| Sarah Wynn | No | No | No | No | |
| Tim Copeland | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ACS |
| Timmy Shen | No | No | No | No | |
| Vishal Chawla | Yes | No | Yes | No | ACS |
| Yogita Khatri | Yes | No | No | No | ACS |
Research:
| Name | Owns Crypto? | BTC | ETH | Own NFTs? | Other |
| Abraham Eid | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | LINK |
| Afif Bandak | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | SNX, LINK, LYRA, ACS |
| Arnold Toh | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ACS, OP |
| Atharv Deshpande | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ACS, ARB, SOL |
| Brad Kay | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | LDO, MKR, SOL |
| Brandon Kae | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Carlos Guzman | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ACS |
| Dipankar Dutta | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | MATIC, RUNE, ARB, ACS |
| Eden Au | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | ACS, ATOM, LOOKS, PRIME |
| Edvin Memet | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ACS, LDO, SAND, SOL, FTM, OP, AR |
| Edvinas Rupkus | Yes | No | Yes | No | ACS |
| Florence Kuria | Yes | No | No | No | ACS |
| George Calle | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ACS, ARB |
| Gregory Lim | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | OP, ACS |
| Jae Oh Song | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ACS, ASTR, SOL |
| Jaiden Percheson | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
| John Dantoni | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ACS, AVAX, SOL |
| Kevin Peng | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ACS, BANANA, RLB, SOL, UNIBOT |
| Lars Hoffmann | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ACS, XRP, TRX |
| Marcel Bluhm | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ACS, ARB, CRV, DYDX, IMX, RPL, SOL |
| Mohamed Ayadi | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ACS |
| Rebecca Stevens | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ACS |
| Shamel Tejani | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Simon Cousaert | Yes | No | Yes | No | ACS |
| Steven Zheng | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ACS, SOL, LDO, RLB |
| Wendy Hirata | Yes | No | No | No | ACS |