Steven Stradbrooke

Steven Stradbrooke is a ‘self-taught’ writer who learned his craft from every book, newspaper, magazine, newsletter, snarky blog post and bathroom wall poem he ever read. Formerly the senior writer for 11 years at the CalvinAyre.com gambling industry news site, Steven wrote his first Bitcoin-focused article in 2011 and began contributing to CoinGeek in 2017. He joined CoinGeek full-time in 2021.

Article by Steven Stradbrooke

Coinbase mulls buying Circle, deals with data breach fallout
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21 May, 2025

Coinbase mulls buying Circle, deals with data breach fallout

Reports claim that Coinbase is looking to buy Circle while the digital asset exchange deals with a data breach, with...
US Senate makes history, advances stablecoin bill to floor vote
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20 May, 2025

US Senate makes history, advances stablecoin bill to floor vote

Assuming the floor vote tracks a similarly friendly path, the bill would head to the House of Representatives, which has...
$TRUMP dinner winners, Dems’ impotent outrage
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15 May, 2025

$TRUMP dinner winners, Dems’ impotent outrage

Stablecoin legislation appears stalled in Congress, Trump’s memecoin dinner guest list is set, and companies are getting ever more brazen...
BTC miners’ Q1 results awash in red ink (we hope it’s ink)
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14 May, 2025

BTC miners’ Q1 results awash in red ink (we hope it’s ink)

Trump promised miners ample supplies of cheap energy, leading to last month’s executive orders that rolled back environmental restraints.
Coinbase buys Deribit for $2.9B as Q1 profit falls 95%
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9 May, 2025

Coinbase buys Deribit for $2.9B as Q1 profit falls 95%

A May 8 report showed that Coinbase generated revenue of $1.96B in the three months ending March 31, a 10%...
Christen Ager-Hanssen notches third bankruptcy in as many countries
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7 May, 2025

Christen Ager-Hanssen notches third bankruptcy in as many countries

Christen Ager-Hanssen has been declared bankrupt in his homeland of Norway based on his unwillingness to pay debts from a...