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Aryan Patel

Editor-in-Chief

Editor-in-Chief at Digital Market Chronicle. Twelve years covering global markets, with a focus on Bitcoin, Ethereum, and macro cross-asset flows. Built and ran a cross-asset trading desk (FX + rates + crypto) at a top-tier London prop shop before moving full-time into financial journalism. Member of the Society of Technical Analysts. Holds the Chartered Market Technician (CMT) charter and a Master of Financial Engineering. Edits all coverage of regulated digital-asset products and ETF flows; sets DMC editorial standards.

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James Riley

Institutional Markets Editor

Institutional Markets Editor covering hedge funds, asset managers, and institutional crypto adoption. Former head of digital assets at BlackRock and Morgan Stanley. MBA from Wharton. Tracks institutional flow, custody solutions, and ETF product development.

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Kenji Tanaka

Senior Reporter, Asia-Pacific

Senior reporter covering Asia-Pacific crypto markets, DeFi, and digital-asset regulation. Eight years across financial journalism and regulatory law. Previously a regulator-side counsel inside Japan's Financial Services Agency (JFSA) where he worked on stablecoin guidance and crypto-asset disclosure rules, and a legal reporter at Nikkei Asia covering financial enforcement. Reads filings and on-chain governance proposals so you do not have to. Member of the Japan Crypto-Asset Business Association and the Hong Kong Society of Financial Analysts.

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Marcus Webb

Chief Macro Economist

Chief Macro Economist covering Federal Reserve policy, treasury markets, and global macroeconomic trends. Former Federal Reserve researcher and economist at Goldman Sachs Global Investment Research. PhD in Economics from MIT. Fifteen years of experience analyzing monetary policy impacts on financial markets.

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Maya Lin

Data & On-Chain Reporter

Markets data and on-chain analytics reporter at DMC. Six years writing about Bitcoin and Ethereum network metrics, validator economics, and DeFi total-value-locked dynamics. Previously a research contributor at Coin Metrics where she co-authored work on realised-cap methodologies, and a freelance data journalist whose work appeared in Decrypt, CoinDesk, and The Block. Publishes the underlying SQL and notebooks behind every chart she writes — show-your-work journalism.

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Nina Okafor

Regulatory Affairs Correspondent

Regulatory Affairs Correspondent focusing on SEC, CFTC, and international regulatory frameworks for digital assets. Former regulatory attorney at Sullivan Cromwell and policy advisor to the European Securities and Markets Authority. JD from Yale Law School. Provides in-depth analysis of compliance requirements and regulatory risk.

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Sarah Chen

Senior Cryptocurrency Analyst

Senior Cryptocurrency Analyst specializing in Bitcoin, DeFi protocols, and blockchain infrastructure. Eight years of experience in crypto market analysis with previous roles at CoinDesk and The Block. CFA charterholder with deep expertise in token economics and on-chain analytics.

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