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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 Thursday, March 16th, 2023:

Editorial:

Name	Owns Crypto?	BTC	ETH	Do you own NFTs over $2K?	Other
Mike McSweeney	Yes	No	Yes	No	ACS, SOL
Tim Copeland	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	ACS
Frank Chaparro	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	ACS
Yogita Khatri	Yes	No	No	No	ACS
Ryan Weeks	No	No	No	No
Osato Avan-Nomayo	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	ACS
Tom Matsuda	No	No	No	No
Lucy Harley-McKeown	Yes	No	No	No	ACS
Catarina Moura	No	No	No	No
Andrew Rummer	Yes	No	No	No	ACS
Vishal Chawla	Yes	No	Yes	No	ACS
Sarah Kopit	Yes	No	No	No	ACS
Mike Millard	No	No	No	No
Adam Mccarthy	Yes	No	Yes	No	ALGO, ACS
Stephanie Murray	Yes	No	No	No	ACS
Christiana Sciaudone	Yes	No	No	No	ACS
Davis Quinton	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	ACS
Inbar Preiss	Yes	Yes	No	No	ACS
James Hunt	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	ACS
Jeremy Nation	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	SOL, SHIB, DOT, ACS
Larry DiTore	Yes	No	No	No	ACS
Madhu Unnikrishnan	Yes	No	No	No	ACS
Colin Wilhelm	No	No	No	No
Adam James	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	ACS
Kari McMahon	Yes	No	No	No	ACS
Benjamin Robertson	Yes	No	No	No	ACS
Nathan Crooks	Yes	Yes	No	No	ACS
RT Watson	Yes	No	No	No	ACS
Sarah Wynn	No	No	No	No

Research:

Name	Owns Crypto?	BTC	ETH	Own NFTs?	Other
Larry Cermak	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	SOL, AVAX, LOOKS, BLUR, ACS
Steven Zheng	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	ACS
Lars Hoffmann	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	ACS
Eden Au	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	ACS, ATOM, LOOKS, PRIME
George Calle	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	ATOM, ACS
Gregory Lim	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	OP, ACS, BLUR
Kevin Peng	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	ACS, PSI, SOL
Afif Bandak	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	SNX, LINK, LYRA, ACS
Arnold Toh	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	ACS, CRO, LOOKS, PSI
Rebecca Stevens	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	ACS
Edvinas Rupkus	Yes	No	Yes	No	ACS
Jae Oh Song	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	ACS, ASTR
Carlos Guzman	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	ACS
Florence Kuria	Yes	No	No	No	ACS
Thomas Bialek	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	ACS
Abraham Eid	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	LINK
Simon Cousaert	Yes	No	Yes	No	ACS
Mohamed Ayadi	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	ACS
Marcel Bluhm	Yes	No	Yes	No	AAVE, ACS, CRV, DYDX, RPL
John Dantoni	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	ACS, AVAX, LOOK, SOL
Wendy Hirata	Yes	No	No	No	ACS
Jaiden Percheson	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Edvin Memet	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	ACS, LINK, SAND, SOL
Atharv Deshpande	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	SOL, MAGIC
Dipankar Dutta	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	MATIC, RUNE, ACS
Imran Khan	Yes	No	Yes	No	SOL
Zak Abdi	Yes	Yes	No	No
Shamel Tejani	No	No	No	No
Brandon Kae	Yes	No	Yes	Yes

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