About Us

In a world flooded with noise, price speculation, and breathless headlines, five people decided to do something different.

They decided to build a publication that treats its readers as intelligent adults.

The Chain Journal was founded in April 2026 by a small editorial team united by a single belief: the most important financial and technological shift of our generation deserves journalism worthy of it. Rigorous. Multilingual. Human.

We publish daily news across Bitcoin, altcoins, and digital asset markets in English, Italian, and Spanish — reaching investors, builders, and curious minds across three continents.

No price predictions dressed up as analysis. No moon talk. Just sharp, honest reporting from people who have spent their careers — and in some cases their lives — at the intersection of technology, finance, and global affairs.

The Editorial Team

Antonio Quinn Director & Founder | Bitcoin & Geopolitics

Antonio Quinn spent fifteen years working in international affairs and political risk consultancy, advising institutional clients on emerging market exposure across Latin America, Eastern Europe, and the Middle East. He holds a Master's degree in International Relations from the University of Bologna and a postgraduate certification in Financial Markets from Bocconi University, Milan.

He discovered Bitcoin in 2013 — not as a trader, but as a student of monetary history. What began as intellectual curiosity became a professional obsession. He has since written extensively on the relationship between geopolitical fragmentation, currency instability, and the accelerating adoption of decentralised money.

Antonio founded The Chain Journal because he believed no publication was connecting these dots in a rigorous, accessible, and multilingual way.

"Bitcoin is not just an asset class. It is a response to a broken system — and to understand it, you have to understand the system it is responding to."

Adam McCauley Blockchain Technology Editor

Adam McCauley holds a BSc in Computer Science from University College London and a specialisation in Cryptography and Network Security from MIT OpenCourseWare. He spent eight years as a senior software engineer at a London-based cybersecurity firm before pivoting fully into the blockchain space in 2018.

He has contributed to open-source Bitcoin projects, audited smart contracts for three DeFi protocols, and presented at several European blockchain developer conferences. Adam's relationship with Bitcoin is purely mathematical — he trusts it not because of ideology, but because he has read the code, understood the protocol, and found nothing to break.

At The Chain Journal, Adam translates technical complexity into clarity — without ever dumbing it down.

"People fear what they don't understand. My job is to make sure our readers understand everything."

Monica Ramires Altcoins & Markets Correspondent

Monica holds a degree in Economics and a Master's in Financial Journalism from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Before joining The Chain Journal, she spent six years as a financial correspondent for a well known digital media group, covering equity markets, fintech regulation, and emerging technologies across Spain, Portugal, and Mexico.

She entered the crypto space in 2017, initially sceptical — and left that scepticism behind after eighteen months of deep research into Layer 1 ecosystems and decentralised governance models. Monica has a rare gift: she can take the most complex tokenomics whitepaper and turn it into a story that actually makes you care.

Her coverage focuses on altcoin ecosystems, new project launches, and the narratives that drive — and sometimes manipulate — market sentiment.

"Every cycle produces one or two projects that genuinely change the landscape. The challenge is finding them before everyone else does — and explaining why they matter."

Mauricio Pompilii Marquez Senior Financial Analyst

Mauricio is a CFA charterholder with a degree in Economics from the Universidad de Buenos Aires and an MBA from ESADE Business School in Barcelona. He spent over a decade working in institutional asset management, specialising in commodities, precious metals derivatives, and cross-asset correlation strategies for a Geneva-based family office.

He was introduced to crypto through his work on alternative stores of value and the tokenization of real-world assets — and immediately recognised the structural parallels with the markets he had spent years analysing. Mauricio joined The Chain Journal as its financial anchor: the person who asks what the price action is actually telling us, and whether the narrative matches the data.

"Markets are conversations. Crypto markets are just louder, faster, and far less patient. But the underlying logic is the same — and it can be decoded."

Arianna Vaz Portfolio Strategy Editor

Arianna holds a degree in Business Administration and a Master's in Organisational Psychology from Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan. She spent twelve years in senior operational roles in the financial services sector, including five years as Chief Operating Officer of a Milan-based treasury management company overseeing portfolios across multiple asset classes.

Her pivot to crypto journalism was born from a simple observation: most coverage ignored the human being making the investment decision. Arianna brings a genuinely rare perspective to The Chain Journal — one that integrates portfolio theory, behavioural finance, and the psychology of risk into every piece she writes. She is particularly focused on how retail and institutional investors navigate uncertainty differently, and what that divergence means for markets.

"Price is what you pay. Fear is what drives you. Understanding the difference is the only edge that actually compounds."

Our Mission