Jeff Roberts
@jeffjohnroberts
Fortune magazine Finance & Crypto Editor. Lawyer, author, policy geek, IP aficionado. DMs open.
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: amazon.com/Kings-Crypto-S…

Word is they will be securing the private keys by wrapping them in the Epstein client list so no one can find them.
JUST IN: Trump Media buys $2 billion worth of Bitcoin for its treasury.
🚨FBI drops investigation into Kraken founder @jespow Agents raided his home & seized his devices. News of raid leaked to NYT Hugely damaging to Powell and his company—all based on nothing Hard not to see this as retaliation for his political views fortune.com/crypto/2025/07…
Big news in prediction markets: @Polymarket just paid $112M for a CFTC licensed exchange and clearing house This should solve the consent decree problem that bars them from serving Americans. Game on with Kalshi in the US. Also, wen token? prnewswire.com/news-releases/…
Jack Mallers tells the wild story of testing @Strike in El Salvador—and how a one-way flight turned into a meeting with the country’s inner circle. Watch on The Crypto Playbook: trib.al/jsmBR4U @jackmallers @jeffjohnroberts @leomschwartz
My alma mater (current tuition $81.5K/year) no longer even pretending there's a difference between journalism and advocacy
🎬 Now Playing in NYC: Heightened Scrutiny. This powerful new documentary features Dean Jelani Cobb, Lydia Polgreen ’00 M.S., and Gina Chua ’88 M.S., and offers sharp insight into how media coverage shapes public perception of trans rights.
The Pump.fun token sale was clearly an ICO Does it matter? 90% of 2016 era ICOs were total dogsh*t and investors got burned otoh: It's a free country, people should know better & there are tons of other legal ways to set your $$ on fire fortune.com/crypto/2025/07…
this is how you should go to concerts if you’ve called in sick or you’re cheating on your partners btw
Wonder if he encourages folks to put TRUMP in their retirement accounts now that he's made it legal to do so...
ICYMI: $900M in TRUMP Memecoins Set for Crypto Week Unlock unchainedcrypto.com/900m-in-trump-…
In a highly partisan DC, this is a HUGE number for a bipartisan bill Not “this bill is bipartisan” and just have 1-3 of the opposite party Like over 2/3 of Congress bipartisan These vote margins are rare for big bills and the opposition needs to read the room they lost here
Official Democratic crypto vote totals: CLARITY -- 78 Ds GENIUS -- 102 Ds
The Base super app is the biggest innovation @coinbase has rolled out in a while First Web 3 app that feels like any other good app and can appeal to normies. Could also turbocharge USDC My overview inclu comments from @jessepollak & @brian_armstrong: fortune.com/crypto/2025/07…
C'mon, Idris. We all know Stringer Bell would have chosen gold over Bitcoin ;)

.@coinbase using @base to push into online identity and, with Shopify, into payments with 1% USDC rewards If they can pull this off—and solve UX issues—Base could be a serious challenge to Amazon et al

Wall Street strikes back: JPM data fees could 'cripple' crypto and fintech It was a matter of time. Jamie Dimon was never going to let startups eat his lunch. Crypto is going to need to tap all its new political capital in DC to fight this off! fortune.com/2025/07/16/jpm…
DOJ drops @Polymarket case. Not surprising given Trump era And/but Polymarket still under consent decree barring US users. But, per Bloomberg, company may do an acquisition to get a license (smart!) bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Founder of SoFi & Figure argues Robinhood's tokenized stocks plan will flop. Cagney says current regulatory regime means blockchain-style stocks can't serve as collateral, etc. Is this a fair assessment? Would love to hear others' take—including that of RH CEO @vladtenev
There is a lot of discussion around tokenizing equities. Most everything I’ve seen on this subject has been wrong. The primary reason to put equities on blockchain is to use equities as collateral (in defi and CEXs) with secondary benefits of cross settlement (equities to BTC,…
Wheeeee. Like one of those rip-roaring Bitcoin rallies of old fortune.com/crypto/2025/07…
The first registered America Party voter is @prestonjbyrne. 🇺🇸
There's a free speech, Mars colonization and e/acc political party. This is an easy choice