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Gary McFarlane

Gary is an award-winning financial journalist with 15 years’ experience as a production editor and analyst, and was among the first to introduce bitcoin coverage to mainstream i...

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Gary is an experienced financial journalist and crypto specialist with a strong background in traditional investing and digital assets. He spent 15 years as production editor at the UK investment magazine Money Observer, covering topics from social trading to fixed-income ETFs, and was among the first to introduce bitcoin coverage to the publication in 2013 before going on to serve as cryptocurrency analyst at Interactive Investor, one of the UK’s leading retail investment platforms.

He has written extensively on digital assets for prominent crypto and fintech publications, including CoinDesk, Ethereum World News and The FinTech Times, and regularly provides expert commentary to major UK media outlets such as The Daily Telegraph, Evening Standard and CityAM. In recognition of his expertise and influence in the space, Gary was named Cryptocurrency Writer of the Year at the 2018 ADVFN International Awards.