Frank Chaparro

Frank Chaparro is Head of Content and Special Projects at the crypto trading firm GSR, a role the firm announced on 21 July 2025. On his appointment he said GSR's expansion into asset management and advisory had created a need to bridge information gaps in the market and deepen engagement with founders and institutions, and that the firm was a platform on which to build media, insights and community initiatives. He reports to GSR president Jakob Palmstierna, with a remit covering brand development, market insights, events and engagement with founders and institutional clients. He hosts the firm's podcast, The Crypto Tape, which features founders, executives and market makers on crypto, DeFi and real-world asset tokenisation, and co-hosts a companion show, The Desk, with Slater Santer.

Before GSR he worked in journalism. He covered the intersection of digital assets and Wall Street as a finance reporter at Business Insider, and joined The Block in September 2018 as senior correspondent, a hire the outlet said would add multimedia products, beginning with a daily podcast alongside founder and chief executive Mike Dudas. He was a founding reporter at The Block and later served as Editor-at-Large and Director of Special Projects there, and he hosted its flagship podcast, The Scoop.

In March 2026 he was named to Proof of Talk's inaugural Crypto Content Council, a group of eight journalists whose stated mandate was to shape the agenda of the 2026 edition. At Proof of Talk Paris 2026, held 2–3 June 2026 at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Louvre Palace, he moderated two sessions on the Hecto Main Stage on 2 June: a 15:00 fireside, "What Institutions Need From Blockchain Infrastructure", also featuring Evan Cheng and Ronit Ghose, and a 17:20 panel on who controls institutional access as markets move onchain, also featuring Amy Oldenburg, Alex Kim and Matthew Sigel.

Weeks earlier, on 12 May 2026, he moderated a crypto lunch discussion at the Sohn New York Conference with Thomas Lee and Barry Silbert. In an interview published by Fintech.TV on 11 May 2026 he put the odds of the CLARITY Act becoming law at roughly 40 to 50 per cent, and said that with clearer rules in place institutions would be able to get even more involved in crypto than they already are.