Camila Russo
Camila Russo is one of the most prolific and dedicated cryptocurrency journalists with extensive experience across continents and asset classes. She is the Founder and CEO of The Defiant, a content platform focusing on decentralized finance, and the author of The Infinite Machine, the first book on the history of Ethereum. Previously, Russo was a Reporter for Bloomberg News, covering emerging markets, European stocks, and digital assets based in Buenos Aires, Madrid, and New York City. She also worked at Chile’s largest national newspaper, El Mercurio and was awarded first place for online journalism by Brazil’s exchange operator BM&F Bovespa at the start of her career.
Camila Russo Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Founder
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Markets Blogger and Reporter
Academic History
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M.S., Journalism
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B.S., Journalism
After her internship, Russo joined Bloomberg Buenos Aires for almost five years where she covered Argentine markets - their debt default, the nationalization of a foreign oil company, currency controls, and the rise of Bitcoin.
She joined Bloomberg in Europe and covered stocks in Madrid for two years.
At New York, she wrote about macro markets for Bloomberg Markets Live blog, a feed of live market analysis.
MEDIA & APPEARANCES
Russo has moderated and spoken at some of the most influential cryptocurrency conferences in the country.
She has also appeared in CoinDesk and Cointelegraph.
She has appeared as a guest on Real Vision.