Journalist and editor with five years of experience turning fast-moving technical
and financial developments into clear, high-performing coverage. I've published 850+
stories that have reached millions of pageviews, built original short-form AI video
accounts to tens of millions of views, and written and edited breaking news, newsletters,
web show scripts, and social content.
Test purchases of memecoins made with Visa and Mastercard credit cards were coded as “digital goods media” — the category that covers audiobooks and digital movies — and earned ordinary card rewards.
Purchases routed through Crossmint’s token checkout cleared via Apple Pay and Google Pay with no separate ID check.
The Block’s test transactions were classified as “digital goods media” and earned points or cash back.
Chase said the transaction should not have earned rewards and opened a case with Visa.
The New York State Attorney General’s office said it is reviewing the payment structure.
Co-reported feature on Do Kwon and the week the Terra ecosystem lost $45 billion, built on a two-day interview conducted while the fallout was still spreading across crypto markets.
Data journalism
Reporting built on scrapers, spreadsheets and charts.
Custom nodes and workflow tooling for open-source video models.
Experience
Weekend Editor, The Block
Sep 2023 – Present
File 6 to 8 news stories per weekend on market updates, regulatory developments, hacks and exploits, and protocol announcements for an industry-leading trade publication.
Published 850+ stories reaching millions of pageviews across breaking news, market analysis, exploit postmortems, and investigative features.
Edit The Funding, a VC-focused newsletter, providing thorough feedback on structure, clarity, and accuracy.
Incorporate primary sources, technical postmortems, regulatory filings, and more into clear, concise, and illuminating coverage for crypto investors, traders, and policy audiences.
Head Writer, Coinage (Trustless Media)
Jul 2022 – Sep 2023
Wrote scripts and a newsletter for a weekly web show, distilling technical news and shaping timely narratives for a broad audience.
Identified and interviewed the 19-year-old hacker who stole and returned $200 million, earning a SABEW honorable mention for investigative work on a sensitive, fast-moving story.
Co-reported a feature on Do Kwon and the Terra collapse that won a SABEW Best in Business award (2022).
Earlier Roles
2017 – 2022
Data Editor, The Business of Business (2022); Data Reporter, Stacker (2021–22, intern 2018–19); Publisher & Managing Editor, Bwog at Columbia (2017–21).
Reported on technology and business with end-to-end ownership from ideation through analysis and data visualization; helped lead an independent student publication to 70,000+ monthly pageviews and independent profitability.
Independent work
AI Video Practice, @allhailthealgo
2023 – Present
Built a short-form video presence to tens of millions of views leveraging developments in open-source AI tooling.
Design production workflows with open-source AI tools and consult for various firms on AI pipelines; presented on creative AI work at Akash Accelerate and the ComfyUI NYC meetup.
