No offices and no borders. We're a decentralized team of journalists, hackers, and analysts reporting on the world of cryptocurrency, one bit at a time.
Mitchell Moos
CEO
Mitchell is a former journalist and technology enthusiast. Before getting involved in journalism, Mitchell was a project manager at a firm that built distributed software on Hyperledger. His first startup designed algorithms for optimizing cryptocurrency mining.
Han Kao
Founder / Board Member
Han is the founder of Crypto Briefing and serial entrepreneur with international experience in tech and media. Han is an active early stage investor and mentor to founders building in the blockchain and Web3 space.
Anton Tarasov
Head of Research
Anton Tarasov has been serving in the blockchain space since 2016. A strong proponent of the power of intangible resources and personal freedom, he believes cryptocurrencies can improve people’s lives. Loves making music in his spare time.
Nathan Batchelor
Head of Trading
Chris Williams
Editor-in-Chief
Chris fell down the crypto rabbit hole midway through 2017, and he’s been hooked since then. He’s become an advocate for the open finance revolution, and he believes that the world would be a better place if banks were replaced by code. When he’s not following blockchains, he dedicates his time to music–mostly finding and listening to old records, and attending live gigs and club sets around London.
Sergey Yakovenko
Research Analyst
Sergey comes from traditional finance, working in wealth management as a portfolio analyst prior to his plunge into crypto in 2017. Fast forward to today, Sergey has become a DeFi trailblazer and an expert in yield farming. He now shares these opportunities with SIMETRI members.
Nicholas Sartini
Business Operations Manager
Nicholas began his cryptocurrency journey in 2021 and has since immersed himself. Prior to joining Crypto Briefing, he studied global business at Fordham University and has worked in finance and construction management. In his spare time he enjoys playing board games and Dungeons & Dragons.
Alex Gallagher
Marketing Operations Analyst
Alex's first involvement in the blockchain industry was in 2015 at the Bitcoin Center NY, and then at a Bitcoin exchange startup in 2016. After that he worked in banking for a few years until DeFi brought him back from the dark side. Outside of crypto, his passions include politics, open-source software, and football.
Mariia Kozyr
Designer
The crypto world opened up to Mariia thanks to Crypto Briefing in 2019. Since then, she has been hard at work connecting finance, technology, and design. Her mission is to make complex technology understandable through visual storytelling. She has a BA in design, and in her free time she enjoys art and cosmology.
Chris Williams
Editor-in-Chief
Chris fell down the crypto rabbit hole midway through 2017, and he’s been hooked since then. He’s become an advocate for the open finance revolution, and he believes that the world would be a better place if banks were replaced by code. When he’s not following blockchains, he dedicates his time to music–mostly finding and listening to old records, and attending live gigs and club sets around London.
Timothy Craig
Assistant Editor
Tim Craig has a background in psychology and is particularly interested in proof-of-work algorithms and decentralized finance. He hopes cryptocurrencies and DeFi can help recreate traditional financial systems with fair and equal access for everyone.
Jacob Oliver
U.S. Editor
Jacob is a former college English instructor who first encountered the radical potential of blockchain technology in 2017. Since then, he has worked as a consultant for multiple startups in the space while simultaneously pursuing his Ph.D. in English at the University of Washington. He is the University of Chicago’s foremost authority on Elvis.
Mike Dalton
Journalist
Mike Dalton started his career as a library research assistant before becoming a technology journalist. He is curious about everything in the tech world, and he is always amazed at the rapid growth of blockchain technology.
Stefan Stankovic
Journalist
Stefan is a part-time crypto writer and full-time podcast addict. He holds a master's degree in Commercial Law with a graduate thesis in cryptocurrency regulation. Nothing excites Stefan like a well-organized commercial code.
Tom Carreras
Journalist
Tom bought his first satoshis in early 2020 and is very much enjoying the ride. He’s published some novels, holds a degree in books from McGill, and is now on a mission to help everyday people get to grips with crypto.
Ali Martinez
Contributor
Ali came across Bitcoin’s whitepaper in 2014. He was so fascinated by the idea of a decentralized, borderless, and censorship-resistant currency that he started accumulating BTC since then. Ali has been working as a content writer for some of the leading media outlets in the cryptocurrency industry.
Andre Cronje
Code Reviewer
Andre is a software architect with 20 years of development experience. He moved into telecoms developing big data, high-transactional infrastructure before delving into mobile security and cryptography. His last five years have been spent building FinTech solutions and leveraging blockchain technology to provide cost-reducing financial products to the unbanked in Africa.
Liam Kelly
Contributor
Liam is passionate about emerging technologies, digital weirdness, and the decentralized web. Based out of Berlin, Germany, he enjoys playing soccer or visiting his local Kneipe.
Priyeshu Garg
Contributor
Priyeshu is a software engineer who is passionate about machine learning and blockchain technology. He built his first digital marketing startup as a teenager and worked with multiple Fortune 500 companies. He's an alumni from mass-transit app Ola and holds a degree in computer science engineering.
Andrey Shevchenko
Contributor
Based in Italy with Russian roots, Andrey Shevchenko still wonders how he came to write English-language articles about crypto. He's passionate about technology in all its forms, and sees blockchain as a fundamental component of future societal change.
Nathan van der Heyden
Contributor
Nathan is a writer interested in decentralizing the internet. He holds a Master's in international relations and political philosophy and has always been interested in protecting people and their privacy from the digital economy. He later discovered what we being created in crypto and hasn't looked back since.
Ishan Garg
Contributor
Ishan is a cryptocurrency journalist. Prior to working for Crypto Briefing, he co-founded Blockmanity, a cryptocurrency blog. He is passionate about decentralization.
Zoran Spirkovski
Contributor
Zoran Spirkovski is a freelance journalist, brand strategist, and author published by CryptoBriefing, BeInCrypto, CryptoNewsNet, and NewsBlockchain. He writes about blockchain technology, cryptocurrency, branding, marketing, and productivity and other stories that brew up in his mind.
He writes a daily blog about the same topics at zoransp.medium.com and he regularly contributes to freelance discussion groups.
Darren Kleine
Contributor
Darren Kleine is fascinated with distributed ledger technology and the widespread implications it has for societal change. He loves researching new blockchain projects. Darren has been a mathematics teacher for years, and considers writing about cryptocurrency to be his creative passion.
Eric Thomas
Contributor
For the past decade Eric Thomas taught English at a university in South Korea. He has recently taken a break from teaching to pursue his interest in blockchain technology.
Sarah Rothrie
Contributor
Sarah ran away from a corporate job so she could travel the world. She has written more than 500 pieces covering blockchain, cryptocurrencies and other emerging technologies. In addition to writing and researching, she also runs her own websites—find out more at sarahrothrie.com. You can usually find her around food.
Andrew Ancheta
Contributor
After many adventures in China, Vietnam, Persia, Cuba, and Europe, Andrew spent several years in Beijing, where he produced articles for the state media. Besides cryptocurrency, Andrew's also interested in travel writing and photography. His articles have appeared in VICE, Time Out, City Weekend, and several other magazines and websites around the world.
Dylan Grabowski
Contributor
Dylan is an urban planner turned freelance writer who covers blockchain, cryptocurrency, and markets. When he is not behind a computer screen, he can be found rock climbing, jogging around Denver, catching a hip hop show, or riding his bicycle to a new microbrewery.
Gerelyn Terzo
Contributor
Gerelyn Terzo is a Wall Street veteran turned crypto journalist who, since first reporting on the blockchain space, has never looked back. Gerelyn believes in the power of the blockchain to make the world a better place and wants a front-row seat in the revolution.
Jalen Fargharson
Contributor
Jalen Fargharson is a former writer at Crypto Briefing. He is a Brooklyn native now living in Florida, where he is a licensed life insurance, variable annuities, and securities agent. Despite this background in traditional finance, it's cryptocurrency that truly stirs his passion.
Marc Weinstein
Guest Contributer
Marc Weinstein is currently a Principal at Wave Financial’s early-stage venture fund, Wavemaker Genesis. He has evaluated hundreds of companies in the crypto industry and currently sits on the advisory board of Hypernet and Battlestar Capital.
Alan VanToai
Guest Contributor
Alan VanToai is the co-founder of Telefuel.com, the Telegram client for crypto professionals, powers, and teams, trusted by teams at Ethereum Foundation, ConsenSys, Bitcoin.com, NEM Foundation, and others
Yossi Goldlust
Guest Contributor
Yossi Goldlust is a digital nomad working for an ad tech startup. He's been interested in alternatives to fiat money since 2011.