Mathew Di Salvo

Latin America-based business reporter.

On the ground

El Salvador and the Bitcoin experiment

Investigative work on what happened after a country made Bitcoin legal tender — from the wallet nobody could use to the IMF deal that was meant to end it.

IMF Insists El Salvador Isn’t Buying Any More Bitcoin—So What’s Going On?

El Salvador’s Chivo Bitcoin Wallet Still a Headache for Locals

How Easy Is Spending Bitcoin in El Salvador? We Went to Find Out

A Critic of El Salvador’s Bitcoin Law Was Arrested Allegedly Without a Warrant

Running story

The collapse of FTX

In-depth reporting on one of the biggest financial scandals in U.S. history: the collapse of crypto exchange FTX, and how its boss, Sam Bankman-Fried, played so many high-profile people.

Read top to bottom — the only section on this site that runs forwards.

Beat

Crypto, markets and power

Where the money actually goes: institutional Bitcoin, failed lenders, presidential memecoins, and the energy bill nobody wants to itemise.

This Isn’t Milei’s First Run-In With an Alleged Crypto Scam

Is Coinbase Issuing ‘Paper Bitcoin’ to BlackRock and Other ETFs?

Will Wall Street Interest in Bitcoin Scare Cypherpunks Away?

Unpacking the Federal Lawsuits Against Celsius Network and Its Ex-CEO

How Green Is ‘Green’ Bitcoin Mining?

Why Are Venezuelans Seeking Refuge in Crypto-Currencies?

Beat

Colombia and the region

Colorful stories related to politics, conflict and crime.

Pablo Escobar’s Nephew in Inheritance Dispute With ‘Father Who Wants Me Dead’

Colombian Army Rescues Two Kidnapped Tourists Sent Through a Conflict Zone by GPS

Colombian Politician Jailed for Buying Votes Escapes During Dental Appointment

In Lead-Up to Colombian Elections, Woman Mayoral Candidate Is Latest Assassination Victim

Attacks and Bodyguards: The Price of Being a Colombian Journalist

Former Colombia Intelligence Chief Ordered Legendary Comedian’s Assassination

Colombia’s Social Leaders ‘Very Scared’ Amid Surge in Murders

2015–2017

Earlier work, UK nationals

Murder trials, high-profile inquests, tabloid tales, funny picture pieces and even a natural disaster for the British press.

Nine from the UK desk

Scarlett Keeling’s Brother Took Fatal Drug Overdose After Blaming Himself for Sister’s Death

Mum and Daughter Ridden Like Horses by Staff in Bizarre Poundworld Scam

Jealous Husband Murdered His Wife by Stabbing Her More Than 20 Times

Aircraft Nut Who Always Wanted to Fly a Spitfire Builds Full-Size Replica — In His Garage

British Sailor Calls In Police After Christie’s Try to Sell the Rolex He Lost 18 Years Ago

Woman Spots Loch Ness Monster While Holidaying With Family

Daughter Cons £250k From Her Parents by Convincing Them She Was at Oxford

Rare Picture of Frank Sinatra Serenading Patients in a British Hospital

Britain’s Oldest Penguin Dies Aged 37

About

Mathew Di Salvo

Reporter with over 12 years’ experience covering everything from financial crime and fraud to village funfairs. I’ve worked — writing copy and taking snaps — for local rags, music mags, a news agency and business publications.

I also have foreign experience, having reported from the UK, US, France, Colombia, Argentina and El Salvador.

I’m always excited to collaborate, and my contact details can be found below.

The Daily Telegraph  /  The Times  /  BBC  /  Al Jazeera  /  Vice  /  Decrypt  /  PRI