Steven Zeitchik

New York

Digital Frontiers Reporter

Education: Columbia University and Yeshiva University

Steven Zeitchik covers the emerging technologies that are transforming our lives – from cryptocurrency to the metaverse to AI to cutting-edge digital shifts still to come. He also has covered the business of entertainment. examining the industry's trends, challenges, issues and ideas. Before joining The Post, he was a staff writer at the Los Angeles Times for eight years, where he covered entertainment and culture and did reporting tours in venues as diverse as Ukraine, Egypt, Germany and the Bill Cosby trial.
Latest from Steven Zeitchik

U.S. seizes $170 million linked to FTX and Bankman-Fried

The money comes on top of $525 million in Robinhood shares the government has seized.

January 20, 2023

SEC charges two crypto platforms with failing to disclose risks

Regulator says Gemini and Genesis are trying to bypass requirements designed to protect investors.

January 12, 2023

Sam Bankman-Fried launches a newsletter to defend himself

‘I didn’t steal funds,’ arrested crypto executive writes.

January 12, 2023

Bad news for thousands of crypto investors: They don’t own their accounts

A judge rules that Celsius owned customers' money. The news comes as New York State Attorney General files a lawsuit against collapsed crypto firm’s founder.

January 5, 2023

Tom Brady pushed crypto to his fans. This lawyer wants him to pay up.

South Florida attorney Adam Moskowitz wants celebrity endorsers to pay for assuring investors that FTX was a safe place for their money.

December 14, 2022

SEC charges Bankman-Fried with fraud as crypto scandal widens

The founder of the FTX cryptocurrency exchange was arrested Monday in the Bahamas.

December 13, 2022

Lawmakers who benefited from FTX cash probe its collapse

The Senate Agriculture Committee will hold a hearing on crypto regulation Thursday in the wake of FTX’s implosion.

December 1, 2022

Sam Bankman-Fried, former CEO of FTX, says ‘we messed up big’

Bankman-Fried said he had little idea what was going on at a company he founded.

November 30, 2022

Crypto bank BlockFi, its fate entwined with FTX, files for bankruptcy

The once-hot cryptocurrency lender has at least 100,000 creditors, according to its Chapter 11 filing.

November 28, 2022

At Walmart, Sam Walton’s hologram hints at Black Friday’s future

A future of dead founders, patriarchs and presidents walking among us is hinted at in Walmart's hometown of Bentonville, Ark.

November 25, 2022