Jeff John Roberts

Articles by Jeff John Roberts

Stablecoins are crypto’s killer appβ€”but no one can agree on who will use them

Crypto September 1, 2026

Even in the depths of the recent crypto winter, stablecoins stood out as a beacon of optimism. Investors and startups hail them as a long-awaited killer application, and even crypto haters concede stοΏ½...

Robinhood CFO details surging prediction market business as firm posts record revenue in Q2

Crypto July 30, 2026

Robinhood beat analyst expectations on several fronts for the second quarter. That included record revenue of $1.31 billion, which beat estimates of $1.25-$1.28 billion, and earnings per share, whichοΏ½...

What the latest search for Satoshi means for the crypto industry

Crypto April 14, 2026

My heart sank last week when I woke up to discover that TheNew York Times had identified Satoshi Nakamoto. I was less worried about the impact on the market than I was about the flood of well-meaningοΏ½...

The New York Times says it found Satoshi Nakamoto, the inventor of Bitcoin. Not so fast.

Crypto April 9, 2026

The quest to unmask Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonymous inventor of Bitcoin, has been going on for more than a decade now, and resulted in some embarrassing misfires. The most notorious came in 2014 wοΏ½...

Robinhood launches test version of its own blockchain

Crypto February 12, 2026

Robinhood announced on Tuesday evening that a developers version of its custom built blockchain, known as Robinhood Chain, is now live. The move, announced at the Consensus event in Hong Kong, comes οΏ½...

Crypto is facing an identity crisisβ€”but it’s hardly the first time

Crypto February 10, 2026

Last nights snoozer of a Super Bowl featured an embarrassing performance, and Im not talking about the Patriots no-show offense. It came during the fourth quarter when a wide-receiver for the Pats toοΏ½...

What caused the massive Bitcoin crash? Clues point to a blow-up at Hong Kong hedge funds

Crypto February 8, 2026

Crypto prices got absolutely rocked this week with Bitcoin falling nearly $15,000 in 24 hoursa bloodbath not seen since the collapse of crypto conman Sam Bankman-Frieds empire back in 2022. On FridayοΏ½...

What caused the massive Bitcoin crash? Clues point to a blow-up at Hong Kong hedge funds - Fortune

Business February 8, 2026

Crypto prices got absolutely rocked this week with Bitcoin falling nearly $15,000 in 24 hoursa bloodbath not seen since the collapse of crypto conman Sam Bankman-Frieds empire back in 2022. On FridayοΏ½...

Tether has a radical vision for decentralizationβ€”and it goes far beyond crypto

Crypto February 3, 2026

Is it too soon to say crypto winter? Perhaps. But it certainly is getting ugly out there: Asset prices are in freefall, key legislation hangs by a thread, and members of Crypto Twitter fret its theirοΏ½...

Fidelity enters crowded stablecoin field with new FIDD token

Crypto January 29, 2026

Fidelity Investments, one of the largest asset managers on the planet, announced on Wednesday it will launch its own stablecoin. Like other stablecoins, Fidelitys tokenknown as the Fidelity Digital DοΏ½...