David Yaffe-Bellany is a business reporter for the New York Times, covering the crypto industry and its intersection with the Trump administration.

In 2026, he and a group of colleagues won the Pulitzer Prize in Investigative Reporting for a series of stories that exposed how the administration’s actions have enriched President Trump’s family and its allies. The stories were cited by dozens of media outlets, prompted investigations by U.S. senators and were read aloud on the floor of Congress.

Before that, David chronicled the downfall of Sam Bankman-Fried and FTX, breaking a series of stories about the criminal investigation into Bankman-Fried, his bail negotiations, his investments, his frantic final days at FTX, his group chat with other crypto executives, and his private communications with a co-conspirator. He also landed the first interview with Bankman-Fried after FTX’s implosion. His work received a Best in Business Award from the Society of Professional Business Editors and Writers and was a finalist for a Gerald Loeb Award, the highest honor in business journalism.

David started his career covering the food industry at the Times, before working as a legal reporter for Bloomberg News and Businessweek, where he wrote magazine stories about subjects as varied as the movement to de-radicalize extremists and the business struggles of professional tennis. At The Times, he’s written features for Sunday Business and the Times Magazine, including a story about a devastating crypto scam that was a finalist for the Livingston Award.

David also appears frequently on The Daily and Hard Fork, the Times’ technology podcast, and has discussed his reporting on CNN, MSNBC, CBS and PBS NewsHour. A graduate of Yale University, he lives in New York City.