Daniel Roberts — Editor in Chief at Decrypt | FTX, Binance, and the Future of Crypto
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About The Guest
Daniel Roberts 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.
Talking Points
00:00 — Intro
01:52 — Daniel’s origin story
04:40 — How does Daniel make his work stand out in his field?
08:55 — Jumping ship (at Yahoo) to cover crypto and blockchain at Decrypt
11:08 — Building a business in crypto and blockchain in 2022
14:18 — Bitcoin price drop’s effect on Dan’s website traffic (and crypto sentiment in general)
26:13 — What happened between FTX, SBF, Binance, and CZ?
42:15 — Advice for entrepreneurs trying to get into crypto
48:45 — What gets Daniel excited personally about Web3?
51:04 — How much BTC does Daniel have?
53:28 — Where can people connect with Daniel Roberts?
54:15 — What does success mean to Dan Roberts?
55:45 — Advice for up-and-coming writers
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