David Yaffe-Bellany

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Reporter for @nytimes, covering crypto and fintech from SF // past: Bloomberg News and Businessweek // [email protected] // DM for phone/Signal.

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Articles

How the Crypto Industry's Political Spending Is Paying Off

1 week ago | nytimes.com | David Yaffe-Bellany

Federal lawmakers who benefited from crypto largess in the 2024 election are speedily advancing the industry's agenda. At the end of a three-hour hearing last month, Senator Ruben Gallego, Democrat of Arizona, sided with a group of Republicans in a hotly contested debate. He voted to advance the GENIUS Act, a bill backed by the cryptocurrency industry. "It's clear that digital assets are here to stay," Mr. Gallego said after the Senate Banking Committee hearing.
Bitcoin Is Down 10% Since Trump’s Global Tariff Announcement - The New York Times

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | David Yaffe-Bellany

The rapid drop shows that cryptocurrencies, which the president has promoted, are subject to the same market gyrations as any other risky asset.
Science Unawareness Day

2 weeks ago | yaledailynews.com | David Yaffe-Bellany

Cosmic Palace Astrophotography (Yu-Ting Chang and Saumya Singhal) It’s hard to study the history of science without feeling a little big smug. Just look at the things our ancestors believed! The Ancient Greeks usd bloodletting to correct for personality imbalances. The Ancient Egyptians thought that the sun burnt itself out every evening, only to be rekindled the next day.
Trump family pushes further into crypto, starting another venture

3 weeks ago | nzherald.co.nz | David Yaffe-Bellany

Eric Trump is listed as the chief strategy officer of the new Bitcoin-mining company. Photo / Tamir Kalifa, The New York TimesEric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. are investing in a bitcoin-mining company called American Bitcoin, created by the merger of two firms. Two of President Donald Trump’s sons announced Monday that they were investing in a new bitcoin mining venture, an expansion of the family’s business interests in the crypto industry.
Trump Family Starts Bitcoin Mining Venture in Further Push Into Crypto

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | David Yaffe-Bellany

The mining project is the third major crypto venture that the Trump family has started over the past year. During the campaign, Donald Trump and his sons launched a crypto company, World Liberty Financial, that offers two types of digital currencies, including a so-called stablecoin unveiled last week. Then, on the eve of Mr. Trump's inauguration, he and his wife, Melania Trump, each launched a memecoin, a type of cryptocurrency based on an online joke or mascot.
Trump Family Pushes Further Into Crypto, Starting Another Venture

3 weeks ago | flipboard.com | David Yaffe-Bellany

1 day agoTips for Travelers Entering the U.S. Now: Check Your Visa, Turn Off Your PhoneWith increasing news reports of travelers being denied entry, understanding what might prompt extra scrutiny is key. Here’s what to know.
Así fue el mayor robo de criptomonedas de la historia

1 month ago | clarin.com | David Yaffe-Bellany

La noche del 21 de febrero, Ben Zhou, director ejecutivo de la plataforma de criptomonedas Bybit, inició sesión en su computadora para aprobar lo que parecía una transacción de rutina. Su empresa estaba pasando una gran cantidad de ether, una popular moneda digital, de una cuenta a otra. Treinta minutos después, Zhou recibió una llamada del director financiero de Bybit. Con voz temblorosa, el ejecutivo le dijo a Zhou que su sistema había sido hackeado. “Todo el ethereum se fue”, dijo.
Así fue el mayor robo de criptomonedas de la historia

1 month ago | milenio.com | David Yaffe-Bellany

La noche del 21 de febrero, Ben Zhou, director ejecutivo de la plataforma de criptomonedas Bybit, inició ssión en su computadora para aprobar lo que parecía una transacción de rutina. Su empresa estaba pasando una gran cantidad de ether, una popular moneda digital, de una cuenta a otra. Treinta minutos después, Zhou recibió una llamada del director financiero de Bybit. Con voz temblorosa, el ejecutivo le dijo a Zhou que su sistema había sido hackeado. “Todo el ethereum se fue”, dijo.
Así fue el mayor robo de criptomonedas de la historia

1 month ago | elespectador.com | David Yaffe-Bellany

Audio generado con IA de GoogleTreinta minutos después, Zhou recibió una llamada del director financiero de Bybit. Con voz temblorosa, el ejecutivo le dijo a Zhou que su sistema había sido hackeado. “Todo el ethereum se fue”, dijo. Cuando Zhou aprobó la transacción, sin querer cedió el control de una cuenta a hackers respaldados por el gobierno norcoreano, de acuerdo con el FBI. Robaron 1500 millones de dólares en criptomonedas, el mayor robo en la historia de esta industria.
All this for clean underwear?

1 month ago | yaledailynews.com | David Yaffe-Bellany

Xander de Vries It was 12 a.m., and if my mom had any say in this, I would have been asleep. Instead, I was in the laundry line in the Saybrook College basement. There wasn’t actually a line, it was more of an amoeboid blob of people loitering about, and I had no idea where I was in the queue. Not that it mattered, because it didn’t seem like the blob would ever go anywhere, at least until someone removed their clothes from a washing machine.