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Christie Smythe

Senior Writer

Christie Smythe is a Senior Writer at Thinknum Media, focusing on bankruptcy, bad actors and bubbles. Previously, she worked as an assistant managing editor at Fastinform, the Academic Times, and Law360, as U.S. news editor for the Insurance Insider, and as a reporter at Bloomberg News, the Arizona Daily Star and the Cape Cod Times.

Exclusive interview: "Canceled" TikTok superagent Ari Jacob explains how she's trying to rebuild

Ariadna Jacob once managed, and in some cases discovered, some of the most popular influencers on TikTok, but strife and scandal ruined her business. Now she's coming back.

Christie Smythe

4.20.21 3:29 PM

Bitcoin is nursing its Coinbase hangover, but DOGE is still partying

Bitcoin, Ether, XRP all soared and crashed. But so far Dogecoin is bucking the trend.

Christie Smythe

4.19.21 2:14 PM

Four big reasons Massachusetts is trying to take away Robinhood’s license

The trading app, seeking to go public, called the move “elitist” and an “old way of thinking.”

Christie Smythe

4.16.21 6:58 PM

A new era for crypto: What comes next after Coinbase’s direct listing

It might seem like digital currency has “made it,” but regulatory issues continue to dog the industry.

Christie Smythe

4.14.21 8:57 PM

Exclusive interview: The Iranian grad student who scraped Clubhouse explains why he did it, and that it's not "hacking"

Vahid Baghi, a junior data scientist in Tehran, said he was interested in the “hierarchical structure” of invites to the app.

Christie Smythe

4.13.21 8:19 PM

XRP is surging after early legal wins, but don't bet on a blowout for Ripple

Twitter has been buzzing with bullish (and maybe premature) predictions for the cryptocurrency.

Christie Smythe

4.12.21 8:21 PM