Jeff Roberts
@jeffjohnroberts
Fortune magazine Finance & Crypto Editor. Lawyer, author, policy geek, IP aficionado. DMs open.
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Interesting tidbit in FBI affidavit about latest Hamas cryto seizures:
Terrorists say avoid Binance and use "trust wallet, RedotPay, OKX, Kast, BYBIT" instead
Also, @chainalysis says Hamas is using one-off burner accounts to donate—but got tripped up by using same wallets for gas
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No kidding! Robinhood just ate the L2 market in two months
CLARITY Act looks cooked for 2026.
Clock is running out and D's midterm messaging on Trump corruption make it hard for party to vote in favor.
There's still an outside chance but, more likely, banks win again. w/insight from DC whisperer @RonwHammond
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So about Airbnb's CEO posting AI slop...
Turns out Chesky was hacked! Fortune's @RachelVentresca with the scoop below
(Weird thing: Hacker didn't pump any single crypto project but RWAs in general. A true believer I guess)
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I spent an hour in the Oval Office last week interviewing President Trump for @FortuneMagazine ahead of his trip to China. He spoke openly on a lot!
Another banger. No idea if Pratt is qualified to be mayor, but worth a shot. If SF can be fixed, so can LA!
Heck yeah! Hacky Sack is back. Way more fun than social media.
Yet another reason why cities shouldn't tolerate permanent homeless encampments:
Token theft is so bad that some AI startups have to cut off free trials!
I chatted with Stripe's Head of AI and Data @emilygsands who broke down this new scam.
.@semafor must be making a nice profit from all those events.
It just returned the $10M investment it received from Sam Bankman-Frank in 2022!
If the EU built Claude
Maybe the best political ad of the year.
Latest sign of how competition between banks and crypto natives is heating up
Wall Street players like Morgan Stanley will never compete on product and innovation — but their deep pockets mean they can win on price
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Morgan Stanley rolls out a crypto trading pilot on E*Trade, charging clients lower prices than Coinbase and Robinhood, ahead of a wider launch later in 2026 (@hannahlevitt / Bloomberg)
(Visit Techmeme dot com for the link and full context!)
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“Stablecoins are intrinsically subversive. Most people in the world live under capital controls. Most people don’t have the freedom to own whatever financial assets they want” - @hosseeb
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Stablecoins are exploding and >98% are USD-based.
This will accelerate dollarization of the global economy. Good for USA says @BarrySilbert
But he worries about giving US Treasury unlimited ability to dollars.
"Over time, governments destroy their currency again and again"
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Interesting breakdown on political tribes and technology
Streaming and wind energy are the most popular. Crypto is the least 😬 via @JBSDC
No more managers, only player-coaches in the AI era at Coinbase, and only 5 layers below the CEO. The reimagining of org charts top to bottom is going to be a major story for all businesses ahead
