The Team

Dorian Batycka

Dubai

Dorian is a freelance art critic and curator based between Europe, Canada, and Dubai. In addition to Decrypt, his writing can be found in Hyperallergic, Artnet, Artforum, and The Art Newspaper, where he covers the trials and tribulations of the art market, cultural politics, and issues ranging from censorship to restoration, heritage and technology. Disclosure: He owns less than 5 BTC, less than 5 ETH, and a significant amount of APE.

Jeff Benson

Reno

Jeff is a senior editor at Decrypt. He has had bylines in Digital Privacy News, Sunset, and Via magazine. Disclosure: He owns less than 1 BTC and less than 5 ETH.

Tim Hakki

Cyprus

Tim is a freelance journalist and music industry copywriter from London whose work has appeared in Vice, among other places. He is currently finishing his first novel. Disclosure: No significant crypto holdings.

Adriana Hamacher

Senior Correspondent

UK

Adriana is a BBC-trained journalist, presenter and producer as well as an award-winning writer and editor who specializes in blockchain, robotics, IoT and other emerging technologies. Disclosure: She owns less than 1 BTC and less than 5 ETH.

Alys Key

Alys Key is a freelance journalist and writer based in Belgium. She previously worked as a financial journalist in London, most recently as deputy money and business editor at national newspaper The i. Disclosure: No significant crypto holdings.

Nicholas Morgan

Nik has reported on international affairs and economics news for three years with bylines in International Business Times, New Europe magazine, The Washington Diplomat, and Ahval News. He is based in Jersey City, but will always be a lifelong New Yorker. Disclosure: no cryptocurrency holdings.

Ben Munster

Rome

Ben is a freelancer who was formerly a staff writer at Decrypt and launched its popular daily email newsletter. If you haven't yet subscribed, you really should: https://decrypt.co/modal/emails. Disclosure: No significant crypto holdings.

Daniel Roberts

Connecticut

Dan is the Editor-in-Chief of Decrypt. He first wrote about Bitcoin in 2011. He spent five years at Fortune and five years at Yahoo Finance, and has written for a wide range of other publications including Sports Illustrated, TIME, Vice, The Wall Street Journal, Air Mail, The Guardian, The Paris Review, and Deadspin. He is the co-author of the 2013 book “Zoom: How to Supercharge Your Career.” Disclosure: He owns less than 1 BTC, less than 5 ETH, and a few NFTs.

Nivesh Rustgi

Nivesh is an electrical engineering graduate who caught the crypto bug straight out of college. He started with small mining gigs in 2017 and has worked as an analyst for various crypto outlets. Disclosure: He owns less than 1 BTC and less than 5 ETH.

Pedro Solimano

Specializing in cryptocurrency and economics, Pedro is the author of La Cadena, a popular finance newsletter in Latin America. Chilean, but having grown up in the U.S., he is also a translator, with over 10 years experience working with publishing houses such as Oxford and Cambridge University Press. Disclosure: No significant crypto holdings.

Andrew Throuvalas

Andrew is a crypto journalist with a passion for Bitcoin. He became familiar with Bitcoin back in 2013 but began studying its underlying technology and economic implications in 2017. He owns less than 5 BTC and less than 1 ETH.