John Todaro joined Needham & Company in 2021 to cover the Crypto asset and Blockchain sector. John joined Needham from TradeBlock, a crypto asset research, indexes, and analytics provider, where he was the Director of Research & Markets managing a team that conducted, analyzed, and distributed blockchain and crypto asset research. Prior to TradeBlock, he co-founded a crypto asset management fund. He has been active in the crypto and blockchain community since 2014 and has been quoted in various major media publications including the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Reuters, CNBC, CoinDesk and others discussing his insights on the space. John began his career at Citigroup where he spent time on the Equity Sales and Residential Mortgage Securities Trading desks. John holds a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania.