Ditto June 2023 Media Recap

Sam Shillet
Ditto PR’s TrendComms
2 min readJul 5, 2023

Month after month Ditto PR delivers top-tier hits for its clients. June was no different, with top-tier coverage, interviews, and connections with top reporters and outlets across the board.

June went off with a bang, with Fortune reporter Leo Schwartz visiting the Bakkt offices to meet with CEO, Gavin Michael and Head of Product, Dan O’Prey. This resulted in an exclusive feature on news around recent delistings. Crypto trades Blockworks, Cointelegraph and Decrypt also covered. Also, Bakkt’s General Counsel, Marc D’Annunzio was featured in Forbes on the SEC securities news and gave deep insight into legal issues in the space to Reuters’s Lisa Mattackal, Bloomberg Law’s Allyson Versprille, and INSIDER.

Mercer’s Rich Nuzum received major feature coverage in The Financial Times discussing emerging markets amidst the US-China rivalry. Rich also interviewed with Institutional Investor’s Hannah Zhang. Mercer’s HR data appeared in CNN and Axios as well.

In light of hot crypto news, Bitstamp CEO, Bobby Zagotta appeared on CNBC’s Crypto World segment with Tanaya Macheel to discuss price trends. Bitstamp’s General Counsel Rika Rhurdayan also spoke with INSIDER.

Both Bakkt and Bitstamp’s general counsels were quoted in Blockworks on the recent crypto regulatory news.

InfiniGods founders Owen O’Donoghue and Damon Gura once again came on Decrypt’s GG with Kate Irwin to talk mobile Web3 gaming. Owen was also featured on Blockchain Gaming World’s Podcast.

Ditto’s broadcast hot streak continued with Bracewell LLP’s David Shargel joining Jill Malandrino on Nasdaq TradeTalks to discuss the future of crypto regulation. Bracewell’s top thought leaders also appeared in Bloomberg Law twice.

MakersPlace’s General Counsel Kayvan Ghaffari also appeared on Nasdaq TradeTalks to discuss NFTs, AI and legal issues surrounding the space. His interview was featured in Nasdaq’s weekly newsletter.

Earlier in the month, Kayvan was also interviewed about putting together MakersPlace’s world’s first, AI hackathon which received a full feature in top art trade, ArtNet News.

Cardless’s gift card announcement got feature coverage in Nerdwallet.

Algorand’s proof of stake protocol upgrade got a full feature in CoinDesk.

Meanwhile NYX Professional Makeup’s Patrick Kaminski appeared on the Chain Reaction Podcast by TechCrunch while Global Brand President, Yann Joffredo was heavily quoted in CoinDesk.

Kristin Sommers’s hiring news was featured in Axios as well.

Ditto is ready to keep the momentum going into July!

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Sam Shillet
Ditto PR’s TrendComms

Account Executive at Ditto PR. Queens born & bred. Wesleyan alum.