We saw our audience top 1 million. We rolled out two paywalled products. And have got into quite a number of colorful Twitter conversations.
Here's a look back at some of my favorite scoops of 2019:
A source leaked marketing materials to The Block prior to FB's big Libra launch. We were 1st to report the full list of firms involved
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The Block was first to report on a memo from Congresswoman Maxine Waters outlining concerns around Libra ahead of @davidmarcus' visit to DC theblockcrypto.com/daily/31306/wa…
Harbor's plan to tokenize a fancy dorm in South Carolina was lauded in the press as a major milestone for tokenization. Herein IW and I explore how the deal fell apart theblockcrypto.com/daily/19170/20…
Deep dive into the ouster of Jonathan Kellner, who was supposed to buildout Coinbase's institutional biz, and the lack of clarity that plagued its Wall Street ambitions theblockcrypto.com/daily/6846/the…
First @justinsun tried to deny this scoop. But I think anyone with a brain + access to Twitter can see who is running the show at Polo
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The headline on this scoop just makes me chuckle. theblockcrypto.com/daily/27194/jp…
An all-nighter was pulled for this. And we were neck and neck with @coindesk: an inside look at the instability and divisions underpinning stablecoin project Maker. theblockcrypto.com/daily/20826/in…
An honorable mention of this gem from IW. A definitive look at how exchanges fake volumes. They blamed "rogue employees"
(Miss u izzy)
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The LedgerX saga has been a fun one to watch. We we're 1st to piece together that it didn't actually have permission to launch btc futures theblockcrypto.com/post/34307/act…