@schifrin

Executive Editor, Money, Markets, Crypto at Forbes by day. Dad, guitar, harmonica and uke player by night. My book: The Warren Buffetts Next Door (Wiley, 2011)

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Joined April 2008
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Jeff Kauflin@JeffKauflin3 Nov 2025
8/ Americans would do well to read the fine print on financial products more closely than ever. Read more here: forbes.com/sites/jeffkauflin…

How Trump’s Hatchet Man Is Destroying Consumer Protections

Russell Vought’s dismantling of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is putting the public at risk in areas ranging from auto loans and digital payments to credit cards and credit reports.

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Jeff Kauflin@JeffKauflin3 Nov 2025
1/ NEW deep dive: Trump’s gutting of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is leaving the public vulnerable to abuses: forbes.com/sites/jeffkauflin…

How Trump’s Hatchet Man Is Destroying Consumer Protections

Russell Vought’s dismantling of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is putting the public at risk in areas ranging from auto loans and digital payments to credit cards and credit reports.

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Great story from my team that I edited. Meme coins seem silly, but their explosion may point to more serious societal ills.
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NEW from @ninabambysheva and @Steven_Ehrlich: Inside The Wild Money Machine Fueling Crypto’s Stupidest Bubble forbes.com/sites/ninabambysh…

Inside The Wild Money Machine Fueling Crypto’s Stupidest Bubble

Most in traditional finance have long considered cryptocurrency a joke. Now legions of young meme coin traders are leaning into the absurdity, translating their financial nihilism into a booming—if...

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Big Banks Likely Gained More Than $1 Billion From Bitcoin: by @eltrade forbes.com/sites/digital-ass…

Big Banks Likely Gained More Than $1 Billion From Bitcoin’s Surge

Most U.S. banks are not allowed to hold bitcoin directly. Despite this, CFTC data shows they are sitting on big post-election crypto gains.

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My latest "hot" take. Some Like It Hot: Can A Financial “Cancer” From The 1980s Help Prevent Bank Runs? via @forbes forbes.com/sites/schifrin/20… #banks #bankruns @intrafi
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Forbes 2023 College Financial Grades: The Nation’s Strongest And Weakest Schools via @forbes forbes.com/sites/emmawhitfor… #collegeadmissions

Forbes 2023 College Financial Grades: The Nation’s Strongest And Weakest Schools

Lingering Covid stimulus money, and rising stocks in 2021, gave a temporary financial boost to scores of zombie private colleges. Some of the weakest colleges have embarked on desperate strategic...

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As A-List Designers Peddle Metaverse Merch, Decentraland’s Fashion Week Makes A Muted Return: by @marigra21sl @ninabambysheva on.forbes.com/6019OEjsD
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SVB’s New Owners, The Billionaire North Carolina Family Behind First Citizens, Are Quietly Building A... via @forbes forbes.com/sites/hanktucker/…

SVB’s New Owners, The Billionaire North Carolina Family Behind First Citizens, Are Quietly Building...

Like the 20th Century transformation of NCNB into Bank of America, First Citizens' Frank Holding Jr. is building another North Carolina super regional with grand national ambitions.

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Antoine Gara@AntoineGara18 Mar 2023
A BIG scoop: @brookeamasters & me. Silicon Valley Bank hired BlackRock to study its risk controls and securities portfolio in the years leading up to its demise. After receiving a “gentleman’s C” on risk, it abandoned the review before making fixes. ft.com/content/fbd9e3d4-2df5…
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WSJ reveals Binance tried to hire Gensler in 2019. Otherwise, a lot of this feels a rehash of Forbes' 2020 exposé—surprising they didn't mention it wsj.com/articles/texts-from-…

Texts From Crypto Giant Binance Reveal Plan to Elude U.S. Authorities

The exchange was intertwined with an American firm portrayed as independent. Now, regulators are circling.

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Binance’s Asset Shuffling Eerily Similar To Maneuvers By FTX: by @eltrade @Steven_Ehrlich on.forbes.com/60153QF3h
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The 11 Juiciest Parts From SBF’s Draft Testimony To Congress: by @Steven_Ehrlich forbes.com/sites/stevenehrli…
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Exclusive Transcript: The Full Testimony SBF Planned To Give To Congress: forbes.com/sites/stevenehrli… from @Steven_Ehrlich via @ForbesCrypto
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My latest, with Forbes vet Chris Helman. A clever way U.S. taxpayers are subsidizing Wall Street --How Wall Street Banks Will Reap Billions From Tax-Free Renewable Energy Bonds via @forbes forbes.com/sites/christopher…
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Who's next? The Looming $62 Billion Crypto Contagion via @forbes forbes.com/sites/ninabambysh…
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JUST OUT: Stripe, Deloitte, Sullivan & Cromwell Are Among 53 FTX Advisors, Vendors And Bankers Weathering Exchange’s Collapse: by @eltrade @ninabambysheva @emilymason00 forbes.com/sites/javierpaz/2…
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Story on FTX's Blue Chip Ecosystem from my team @Forbes #FTX Stripe, Deloitte, Sullivan & Cromwell Are Among 53 FTX Advisors, Vendors And Bankers Weathering Excha... via @forbes forbes.com/sites/javierpaz/2…
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Is your Alma Mater a financially fit? How A Little-Known California School Earned Top Marks On Forbes’ 2022 College Financial Grades via @forbes forbes.com/sites/emmawhitfor… #collegeadmissions
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