Senior Reporter at The Wall Street Journal @WSJ; previously in Frankfurt, Lisbon, London, DC. Born and raised in 🇧🇷 [email protected]

Singapore
Joined February 2012
NEWS: Trump has pardoned Changpeng Zhao, the convicted founder of the crypto exchange Binance, following months of efforts by Zhao to boost the Trump family’s own crypto company. w/@jdawsey1 @kowsmann @AABerwick wsj.com/finance/currencies/t…
116
384
85
855
976,440
Patricia Kowsmann retweeted
There's a new front in America's war on drugs. Chinese money brokers are teaming up with Mexican cartels to grease the wheels of the fentanyl trade. Our go at explaining the world of Chinese money laundering. w/ @kowsmann @BrianSpegele wsj.com/world/china/china-fe…
2
1
1
5
1,725
Patricia Kowsmann retweeted
Betting on European lenders hasn't worked out well for hedge funds and other big investors—until recently. Now, a small group is sitting on big gains after correctly timing the rally in European bank stocks. My latest with @kowsmann: wsj.com/finance/banking/inve…
1
1
5
1,051
Patricia Kowsmann retweeted
After scandal upon scandal, Christian Sewing pulled Deutsche Bank to firmer ground. But investors aren't fully buying into the comeback story. “My biggest worry now is that people get arrogant again," he tells @kowsmann wsj.com/finance/banking/the-… via @WSJ
1
2
755
Patricia Kowsmann retweeted
Binance’s guilty plea was a massive twist in the life of Changpeng Zhao, a crypto-industry figurehead who launched the online exchange in 2017 and developed it into a money-spinning trading machine on.wsj.com/49Q56qy on.wsj.com/49Q56qy
10
6
4
16
58,926
This Portuguese government had its fair share of drama and scandals. This time, though, it was fatal.
PORTUGAL'S PM COSTA SAYS HE OFFERED HIS RESIGNATION TO PRESIDENT AFTER MINISTER NAMED SUSPECT IN CORRUPTION PROBE
7
3
1,004
Patricia Kowsmann retweeted
Key risk and legal executives are leaving Binance.US at the same time the crypto exchange is under intense pressure from regulators. w/the great @kowsmann and @Vlajournaliste wsj.com/livecoverage/stock-m…
2
2
1,137
Patricia Kowsmann retweeted
Binance was supposed to leave China behind when the country made cryptocurrency trading illegal in 2021. Yet its users traded $90 billion of crypto-related assets in China in a single month, according to internal figures viewed by @WSJ w/@kowsmann wsj.com/articles/crypto-is-i…
1
3
4
1,157
Patricia Kowsmann retweeted
Sources say BaFin, the German regulator, believed Binance founder Changpeng Zhao wouldn’t pass a “fit and proper” test, which looks at whether people are professionally and reputably apt to run or own a business it supervises. With @kowsmann and @ceostroff wsj.com/articles/binances-fo…
1
5
8
3,033
Patricia Kowsmann retweeted
Binance slashed its employee benefits last month in the wake of falling profit, a sign of the financial strain hitting the crypto giant. w/@kowsmann Contact info in my bio if any current or former employees want to chat wsj.com/articles/binance-cut…
5
1
18
11,366
Patricia Kowsmann retweeted
Over 1,000 Binance employees have been fired in recent weeks, according to a person familiar with the moves. The exercise, which is continuing, could result in Binance losing more than a third of its staff, the person said. via @kowsmann and I wsj.com/articles/binance-lay…
1
11
13
3,149
Patricia Kowsmann retweeted
Binance has lost executives and laid off staffers in recent weeks as the pressure from federal investigations builds wsj.com/articles/binance-unr… via @WSJ by @kowsmann @davidamichaels @ceostroff & @Vlajournaliste
2
3
819