I write Citation Needed, an independent publication that critically covers the cryptocurrency industry and the broader technology world. I founded and maintain the websites Web3 is Going Just Great , which highlights examples of how cryptocurrency and web3 projects are failing to live up to their promises, and Follow the Crypto, which tracks cryptocurrency industry spending in United States elections. My expertise has been featured in publications including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, the Financial Times, and NPR, and I have bylines in The New York Times, Bloomberg Businessweek, Rolling Stone, and The Guardian. I have spoken at conferences including South by Southwest and Web Summit. I have also advised lawmakers, regulators, and other governmental officials within and outside of the United States.

Selected work:

• "Crypto Got What It Wanted in November’s Election. Now What?", published in Bloomberg Businessweek, December 2024.
• "The State of Crypto Is Anything But Strong", published in Bloomberg Businessweek, May 2024.
• "Sam Bankman-Fried and the Achilles' Heel of Crypto", published in The New York Times, November 2023
• "Popping the Web3 Bubble" conversation at South by Southwest, March 2023.
• Testimony on "Web 3.0 and the Metaverse" to the German Bundestag (written statement), December 2022
• "Why did one of the world's biggest cryptocurrency exchanges just collapse?", published in The Guardian, November 2022
• "Is web3 bullshit?" talk at Web Summit, November 2022
• "Blockchain solutionism" guest lecture at the University of Texas at Austin, September 2022
• Statement to the Financial Stability Oversight Council on regulating digital assets, July 2022
• "Abuse on the blockchain" guest lecture at Stanford University, March 2022

See my other speaking, writing, freelance writing, and press coverage.

Year-long fellowship to continue my research and work surrounding the cryptocurrency and blockchain industries, as well as topics including online governance, digital identity, and the future of the web. Some of my work with the LIL included:

• "Blockchain Solutions to Socio-Political Problems: An Exploration of Current Issues in Web3" seminar series, March–April 2023
• "Challenges, opportunities, skepticism on Web3" conversation with Dr. Shlomit Wagman and Molly White at the "Web3: What don't we know about it yet?" workshop at Harvard University, February 2023
• " Web3 Is Going Just Where?" fireside chat with Molly White and Jonathan Zittrain, January 2023