Aleks Gilbert

Bio

Aleks is a New York based reporter covering DeFi. He began working as a reporter at newspapers in the Deep South -- first at the Index-Journal in Greenwood, South Carolina, later at the Marietta Daily Journal in Cobb County, Georgia, where his coverage won awards in investigative and enterprise reporting. Most recently, he covered decentralised finance at The Defiant.

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Recent coverage

Aleks Gilbert covers the intersection of crypto and finance, recently reporting on regulatory shifts, SEC classifications, and institutional products like Bitcoin ETFs. Their stories also track market turbulence, including token price drops and political entanglements.

Recent articles

• Key dates for US crypto regulation in 2026 — ‘We are closer than ever’dlnews.com · Dec 30, 2025
• Drift to issue ‘recovery tokens’ in wake of $295m hackdlnews.com · May 5, 2026
• Hyperliquid’s S&P 500 market quickly hits $100m in just one day. Here’s what to expect nextdlnews.com · Mar 20, 2026
• Optimism token price plunges 25% as Coinbase cuts off DAO from millions in revenuedlnews.com · Feb 19, 2026

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