Steve McLaughlin FT is a fintech investment banker who founded and leads Financial Technology Partners, a specialist advisory firm focused on the financial technology sector. Steve McLaughlin FT's Twitter Score is 46 out of 1000 as of July 2026, ranking #26,058 (top 10%) among 473,418 tracked accounts.
Steve McLaughlin FT founded FT Partners after previously working at Goldman Sachs, where he was a senior investment banker in the Financial Technology Group and Financial Institutions Group. The firm has built a track record advising on some of the most significant transactions in digital assets and fintech. FT Partners served as exclusive financial and strategic advisor to Deribit on its sale to Coinbase, a deal with total consideration of approximately $4.3 billion. The firm also advised Hidden Road on Ripple Labs's announced agreement to acquire it for $1.25 billion, and served as exclusive advisor to Abra on its $55 million Series C financing led by IGNIA and Blockchain Capital.
Steve McLaughlin FT has also been involved in litigation: FT Partners sued Circle over a fee dispute stemming from a 2020 engagement letter, and a federal court allowed FT Partners' breach-of-contract claims to proceed. Steve McLaughlin FT's account has accumulated 20,184 followers as of July 2026 across 7,228 posts. The account has been mentioned by 108 accounts, with 733 total mentions.
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