Lawrence Lewitinn
Lawrence Lewitinn is a Managing Editor for North America at The Block, an information services company specializing in digital assets. Lewitinn is a seasoned financial journalist and thought leader with deep knowledge of global capital markets, cryptocurrencies, and blockchain technology. Most recently, he was a Co-Host of CoinDesk TV's flagship daily program, First Mover, and also Managing Editor of Markets at CoinDesk. He also did stints at CNBC, TheStreet, Yahoo! Finance, the Observer, and Modern Consensus. Lewitinn spent two decades in finance before reporting on it. He has experience on Wall Street, where he traded fixed income, currencies, and commodities for Millennium Management and MQS Capital.
Lawrence Lewitinn Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Managing Editor of North America
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Managing Editor of Global Capital Markets and Co-Host of "First Mover"
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Producer
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Producer
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Business Development Strategist
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Foreign Exchange Trader
Academic History
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M.B.A., Finance
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M.I.A., International Security Policy
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B.A., Economics and Political Science
COINDESK
Lewitinn served as Co-Host of First Mover, where he delivered industry-leading news and analysis of top digital currencies and underlying blockchain technology.
He played a key role in shaping and presenting breaking stories and updates to effectively educate viewers with varying degrees of financial knowledge.
He also oversaw editorial operations to offer in-depth coverage of global capital markets.
JOURNALISM CAREER
Lewitinn served as Editor in Chief of Modern Consensus, a website covering the cryptocurrency and blockchain markets.
He was Deputy Editor of the New York Observer as well as its Business and Tech Editor.
He also worked at Yahoo! Finance, where he regularly produced and wrote some of the site's market news stories.
He was a Producer for CNBC's Talking Numbers, Options Action and Futures Now.
WALL STREET CAREER
He managed the Asian and European markets desk for quantitative-oriented hedge fund MQS Asset Management, trading fixed income, currencies, and commodities.
He was a Consultant for The Hammersmith Group and Director of Acquisitions at Blumberg & Freilich Equities.
He served as Director of Acquisitions at Knightsbridge Properties and Vice President and Partner at Exclusive Realty.
He was Director of Business Strategy at Kamoon, Business Development Strategist at TheStreet, and a Foreign Exchange Trader at Millennium Management.