Emily Smith
Emily Smith covers fast-moving global stories where foreign politics, security and emerging technologies intersect, bringing crypto into her reporting when it becomes part of international news about powerful states or high-profile figures. She works as a foreign breaking news reporter at The Telegraph, filing hard news from the foreign desk after completing the paper’s editorial graduate scheme. Her recent work spans intelligence-led coverage of Russian threats to NATO and reporting on political uses of cryptocurrency such as Melania Trump’s branded token, treating digital assets as one element in wider geopolitical and reputational stories.
Foreign breaking news
Smith’s core brief is foreign breaking news, covering major international developments as they unfold in a straight news format. She reports from the foreign desk at The Telegraph, moving quickly on developing stories rather than producing opinion-led or personal columns.
When crypto enters her beat, she treats it as part of these broader foreign stories, focusing on the actions of governments, institutions and prominent individuals rather than the technical mechanics of blockchain or day-to-day market moves.
Global security and intelligence reporting
Smith reports on global security threats and intelligence assessments, including coverage of US agencies warning that Vladimir Putin could test NATO with an attack within weeks. In that work she foregrounds official intelligence warnings and the implications for NATO and its member states, translating complex briefings into clear, news-driven narratives.
She brings the same attention to political actors, security consequences and statecraft when cryptocurrency features in foreign stories, treating digital assets as part of the toolbox of modern power and influence.
Public figures and cryptocurrency
Within crypto, Smith’s coverage centres on public figures and how they deploy digital assets for profile, fundraising or personal gain. Her report on Melania Trump’s move into branded cryptocurrency frames the launch as a news story about a former First Lady entering the digital asset space, with the emphasis on cashing in on the crypto boom rather than on technical innovation. Across such pieces, she treats cryptocurrency as a narrative about image, politics and global context, rather than as a specialist markets or technology beat.
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Alex Dovbnya
Alex Dovbnya is a staff writer at U.Today who covers the pressure points where crypto markets, regulation and security risk meet, with a focus on institutional fund flows and major infrastructure failures. He writes as both a trader and journalist, producing clear, data-led stories that track how digital assets move, break and get governed. Under the byline Alex Dovbnya and the alias AlexMorris, he has authored more than a thousand pieces for U.Today, CryptoComes and other fintech outlets. His work centers on XRP ETFs and institutional capital flows, crypto legislation and U.S. policy fights, large-scale security breaches and infrastructure risk, and market sentiment in Bitcoin and Ethereum. Across these strands he relies on precise on-chain, ETF and sentiment metrics, treating regulation, hacks and macro commentary as market catalysts rather than occasions for personality-driven coverage.
Alex McMurray
Alex McMurray is a technology and fintech journalist at eFinancialCareers who focuses on the people behind change in finance. He covers crypto leadership, digital asset firms, AI teams, software development, quantitative investing, high frequency trading and technology hiring. His reporting links job titles, skills, reporting lines and compensation to wider shifts in business models and organisational strategy. He has written about JPMorgan’s crypto lab, senior moves between banks and crypto firms, HSBC’s shift from operations to technology, fintech hiring, engineering and quant careers, diversity programmes, university routes into fintech, and banking executives who build startups. He also covers Python and C++ in trading, machine learning specialists and unconventional pay structures. Writing for eFinancialCareers since 2022 and in his current role since 2024, he produces short and long-form stories for specialist audiences, driven by exclusive information, confidential tips and career-focused angles.
Andrew Hayward
Andrew Hayward links crypto markets reporting with Web3 culture and gaming, using two decades in the tech and games press to give his beat a clear business-first lens. He most recently served as managing editor at Decrypt, after earlier roles there as culture editor, hub operations lead, and senior writer, and he now pursues new editorial leadership and content management roles while remaining open to freelance work. His coverage spans news, features, educational explainers, and interviews on crypto, NFTs, AI, gaming, and broader tech trends. He focuses on how listed firms and miners manage Bitcoin treasuries, balance sheets, refinancing, and risk, and how crypto tools and tokens show up in everyday gaming and digital life. He also reviews laptops and hardware for Tom’s Guide and has written on games and technology for more than 100 publications since 2006.
André Beganski
André Beganski covers the business side of cryptocurrency, focusing on how digital asset markets connect to traditional finance, regulation, and tax policy. He is a journalist at Decrypt. His core beat is how professional investors and major financial institutions interpret and move crypto markets. He writes often about Bitcoin and other major tokens, price cycles, analyst calls, and institutional sentiment. His work ties market moves to decisions made by banks, exchanges, and lawmakers, with attention to liquidity, trading costs, and structural pressures. He reports on U.S. legislative efforts that would reshape how digital assets are taxed and reported, and on policy debates as material market factors. He also writes across the wider crypto and blockchain landscape, including altcoins, Ethereum, NFTs, platforms such as Coinbase and FTX, and the legal regimes that govern them.