Current Position & Biography Leo Schwartz is a staff reporter at The Information, covering technology and politics. His personal website confirms that current position. His earlier crypto-focused work should be read as part of his reporting record rather than as evidence that he still works for a previous employer.
He formerly covered cryptocurrency and fintech as a senior writer at Fortune. Before that, he reported from Mexico City for Rest of World. That publication describes his regional work as examining technology’s effects on business, politics and communication across Latin America, including blockchain and surveillance. The geographic association is professional and historical, not a claim about his nationality or current residence.
Notable Contributions Schwartz’s published work connects digital assets with the institutions, investment decisions and everyday financial needs surrounding them. Rest of World’s archive lists his 2022 coverage of cryptocurrency use in Latin America, digital banking in El Salvador and blockchain-based gaming. These subjects make his relevance more specific than general technology commentary: they concern how financial technologies are promoted, adopted and experienced in particular markets.
In February 2026, he reported on LayerZero’s proposed Zero blockchain for traditional finance. On March 13, 2026, he covered Kraken co-CEO Arjun Sethi’s discussion of integration with traditional finance. These are dated reporting examples, not certifications that announced products succeeded or that a company’s statements have been independently established here.
Why Katharos Is Following Them Katharos follows Schwartz’s public journalism because digital-assets coverage benefits from examining both infrastructure and the circumstances in which people use it. His reporting record brings together regional technology coverage and financial-sector reporting. That combination can help readers formulate questions about access, practical utility, regulation and the incentives behind new products.
Areas to Follow His published coverage of technology policy and its intersection with digital assets; reporting on the relationship between crypto businesses and established financial institutions; and work comparing promised applications with the experiences of customers and communities. Any current article should be evaluated on its own evidence, rather than assuming an older reporting beat defines every subsequent assignment.
Reporting Scope Coverage will distinguish the journalist’s reporting from the positions of interviewees, employers and companies discussed in his articles. Interviewing an executive does not imply endorsement of that executive or their business. Dated company announcements should be checked against later records before being described as completed outcomes.
Katharos will track published professional work and accurately labeled roles. Inclusion is not investment advice or approval of a token, financial product or publication. The portrait is an archival event image from his Fortune period and does not establish a current affiliation.
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