Jeff John Roberts
Fortune
New York, NY, United States
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Exclusive: Coinbase Buys Xapo Custody for $55 Million, Eyes Lending Business
Xapo CEO Wences Casares confirmed the deal, which will see Coinbase buy Xapo's custody business and take possession of up to 800,000 Bitcoins. → Read More
Want to Own Kawhi’s Jump Shot? NBA and CryptoKitties Maker Launch Digital Collectibles
The NBA is launching blockchain-based collectibles that will let fans own highlights like Kawhi Leonard's game-winning, Game 7 jumper against the Sixers. → Read More
Blockchain Launches ‘Fastest’ Crypto Exchange in the World
Blockchain launches a new exchange called The Pit as it seeks to expand its business in the crowded Bitcoin and cryptocurrency markets. → Read More
Look Out Crypto Land, Here Comes the IRS—The Ledger
Where finance and technology intersect. → Read More
National Parks in the Age of Instagram
Increased foot traffic—if the parks can withstand it—means a broader awareness of their splendor. → Read More
Mystery Surrounds Cancelation of $4.5 Million Warren Buffett Lunch With Chinese Crypto Founder
Tron founder Justin Sun, winner of the $4.5 million charity auctioned lunch with Warren Buffett, mysteriously postponed the date, and may be "under Chinese government control." → Read More
Financial Data Privacy? Consumers 'Could Care Less'—The Ledger
Where finance and technology intersect. → Read More
7 CEOs on the Future of Bitcoin
Seven Chief Executives answer the question, "What is the future of Bitcoin?" → Read More
Here's How Facebook's $5 Billion Fine Will Be Spent—And Where It Should Go Instead
$5 billion could do a lot to educate Americans about online privacy perils or else allow the FTC to put hundreds of more privacy cops on the beat → Read More
Robinhood Plans Relaunch of High Yield Cash Account
Just don't call it a bank account. → Read More
The Trouble With Regulating Big Tech
At Fortune's Brainstorm Tech conference, tech regulation was the talk of the town hall, featuring members of the Heritage Foundation and the Electronic Frontier Foundation. → Read More
Anti-Defamation League Head Blasts Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Over Online Extremism
Greenblatt also blasted Facebook, along with Google and Twitter, for failing to confront a rising tide of white supremacy, which he described as a "scourge" sustained by social media. → Read More
AOC Sued For Blocking Twitter Critics: How Her Lawsuit Is No Different Than Trump’s
Hours after a lawsuit condemned the president for violating the First Amendment, Octasio-Cortez was sued for the same thing. → Read More
Can Blockchain Build a Better Bank? Experts Weigh In
Here's what a selection of entrepreneurs and executives had to say about cryptocurrency technology and regulation on a roundtable at Fortune's inaugural Brainstorm Finance conference in Montauk, N.Y. → Read More
What Does Crypto Maven Laura Shin Think of the Media?
We decided to turn the tables on journalist Laura Shin and ask her some questions about crypto and how the media covers it. → Read More
Fintech Trends 2020: Project Libra, Amazon Banking, Millennials
The top fintech and cryptocurrency trends for 2020—from Facebook's Project Libra to rising millennial net worths—as predicted by executives from Amazon, Bank of America, Citi and others at Fortune Brainstorm Finance. → Read More
Disrupting the Dollar, Gold vs Bitcoin, Marvelous Montauk—The Ledger
At Fortune's Brainstorm Finance summit executives asked whether new tech, notably cryptocurrency, will end the dominance of the U.S. dollar. → Read More
Security Tokens Will Be the 'Killer App' of Cryptocurrency, Overstock CEO Says
Patrick Byrne hinted he would soon be making a major announcement related to security tokens. → Read More
How Facebook's Libra Will Turbo-Charge Its Ad Empire
It will be like opening a cash register at the end of the day and knowing the source of every dollar. → Read More
Facebook Announces Project Libra, Its Wildly Ambitious Plan to Bring Cryptocurrency to the Masses
The new digital currency will roll out first on Messenger and WhatsApp. → Read More