Aaron Ahmadi is a Colorado-based writer. Before joining the Blockworks team, he served as editor-in-chief for a privacy-focused crypto exchange.

He produces the daily Blockworks newsletter authored by Byron Gilliam and writes the Blockworks Investor's Guides.

Adam is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER (tm) professional, Co-Founder of an RIA, and Co-Founder of Interaxis, a company whose mission is to bridge the education gap between Traditional Finance and Digital Assets.  

Ben Strack is a Denver-based reporter covering macro and crypto-native funds, financial advisors, structured products, and the integration of digital assets and decentralized finance (DeFi) into traditional finance. Prior to joining Blockworks, he covered the asset management industry for Fund Intelligence and was a reporter and editor for various local newspapers on Long Island. He graduated from the University of Maryland with a degree in journalism.

Contact Ben via email at ben@blockworks.co

Bessie is a New York based crypto reporter who previously worked as a tech journalist for The Org. She completed her master’s degree in journalism at New York University after working as a management consultant for over two years. Bessie is originally from Melbourne, Australia. 

You can contact Bessie at bessie@blockworks.co.

Brian is a freelance writer who has been covering the cryptocurrency space since 2017. His work has appeared in publications such as MSN Money, Blockchain.News, Robinhood Learn, SoFi Learn, Dash.org, and more. Brian also contributes to the Nicoya Research investment newsletters, analyzing tech stocks, cannabis stocks, and crypto.  

Brianna Beckford is a Florida-based editor mainly focused on digital assets and the crossroads between the virtual and physical. As a University of Florida grad in Art + Technology, she’s dabbled in writing and reporting with a focus on the growth of hypermediacy in the present day. She focuses on video and podcasting for Blockworks.

Casey Wagner is a New York-based business journalist covering regulation, legislation, digital asset investment firms, market structure, central banks and governments, and CBDCs. Prior to joining Blockworks, she reported on markets at Bloomberg News. She graduated from the University of Virginia with a degree in Media Studies.

Contact Casey via email at casey@blockworks.co.

David Canellis is an editor and journalist based in Amsterdam who has covered the crypto industry full time since 2018. He's heavily focused on data-driven reporting to identify and map trends within the ecosystem, from bitcoin to DeFi, crypto stocks to NFTs and beyond. Contact David via email at david@blockworks.co.

Garrett Harper is the producer for the Empire podcast. Garrett worked in private equity and product management before jumping into crypto full-time in 2021. His favorite thing about crypto? It conflates art, gaming, finance, software, and psychology into one hyper-growth industry.

Hannah Finnerty is a Chicago-based copy editor for Blockworks. Prior to joining Blockworks, she worked for the Citizens Utility Board in Chicago and interned on the Foreign Desk at The National in Abu Dhabi, UAE. She graduated from Bowling Green State University with a degree in journalism and Middle Eastern studies. Contact Hannah at hannah@blockworks.co.

Jack Farley is a New York-based video journalist covering traditional finance markets as the host of Blockworks macro podcast, "Forward Guidance." He previously worked on Bloomberg, Dealbreaker, and Real Vision, where he hosted over 100 long-form interviews with investors, analysts, and financial professionals. He graduated from Brown University with a degree in Economics.

Jack Kubinec is an intern with the Blockworks editorial team. He is a rising senior at Cornell University where he has written for the Daily Sun and serves as Editor in Chief of Cornell Claritas. Contact Jack at jack.kubinec@blockworks.co.

Jocelyn is a New York-based reporter. Prior to joining Blockworks, she covered wealth management for Financial Times’ B2B publication Financial Advisor IQ and wrote about the crypto markets for Forkast.News. Jocelyn holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from Emerson College. Born and raised in Beijing, China, she is native in Mandarin. You can reach out to Jocelyn at jocelyn@blockworks.co.

John is the Editor of Evergreen Content at Blockworks. He manages the production of explainers, guides and all educational content for anything crypto related. Before Blockworks, he was the producer and founder of an explainer studio called Best Explained. 

Jon is the editor-in-chief at Blockworks. Previously, he served as editor-in-chief at Cointelegraph, where he also created and edited the long-format magazine publication. He is the co-founder of Crypto Briefing, which launched in 2017.

He is a staunch advocate for diversity, inclusion and equal opportunity in the blockchain industry, and a firm believer in the potential for personal empowerment offered by the democratization of financial markets.

As Chief Investment Officer of Pareto Technologies, Ghauri leads all investment and operational aspects of the firm. He is a serial entrepreneur who, prior to founding Pareto Technologies, has operated as a c-suite executive and data scientist for the private sector and applied scientist for the public sector.

Kevin Kang is the Founding Principal of BKCoin Capital. BKCoin Capital is a digital asset quantitative hedge fund, dedicated to delivering consistent, uncorrelated absolute returns through its Market Neutral - Long/Short, Arbitrage strategies. BKCoin was up 71.8% in 2020 as a market neutral strategy vs. an average public equity market neutral performance of -1.12%, according to BarclayHedge. BKCoin is $65mm in AUM.

Macauley was an editor and content creator in the professional chess world for 14 years, prior to joining Blockworks. At Bucerius Law School (Master in Law and Business, 2020) he researched stablecoins, decentralized finance and central bank digital currencies. He also holds an MA in Film Studies; film credits include Associate Producer of the 2016 Netflix feature documentary, "Magnus" about World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen. He is based in Germany.

Contact Macauley via email at macauley@blockworks.co or on Twitter @yeluacaM

Michael Bodley is a New York-based managing editor for Blockworks, where he focuses on the intersection of Wall Street and digital assets. He previously worked for the institutional investor newsletter Hedge Fund Alert. His work has been published in The Boston Globe, NBC News, The San Francisco Chronicle and The Washington Post.

Contact Michael via email at michael.bodley@blockworks.co



Ornella is a Miami-based multimedia journalist covering NFTs, the metaverse and DeFi. Prior to joining Blockworks, she reported for Cointelegraph and has also worked for TV outlets such as CNBC and Telemundo. She originally began investing in ethereum after hearing about it from her dad and hasn't looked back. She speaks English, Spanish, French and Italian. Contact Ornella at ornella@blockworks.co.

Sam Martin is a Columbus-based reporter covering the convergence of traditional financial markets and digital assets. He previously worked in the agricultural industry on a hedge desk. He graduated from the University of South Carolina with a double-major in International Business and Supply Chain Management as well as a minor in Japanese.

Sebastian Sinclair is a senior news reporter for Blockworks operating in South East Asia. He has experience covering the crypto market as well as certain developments affecting the industry including regulation, business and M&amp;As. He currently holds no cryptocurrencies.

Contact Sebastian via email at sebastian@blockworks.co

Shalini is a crypto reporter from Bangalore, India who covers developments in the market, regulation, market structure, and advice from institutional experts. Prior to Blockworks, she worked as a markets reporter at Insider and a correspondent at Reuters News. She holds some bitcoin and ether. Reach her at shalini@blockworks.co.

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