The future of crypto coverage

Cas Piancey of Protos writes about the future of cryptocurrency news coverage, given the recent revelation that The Block had been funded by money from FTX founder Sam Brinkman-Fried.

Piancy writes, “I hope that crypto media won’t go through a life-threatening credit squeeze. I hope that through the brilliant reporting from individuals from every outlet, the importance of freedom is obvious.

“But I also know that for now, it means a drying up of ad revenue and smaller conferences. Perhaps soon, we’ll see less people reading crypto news. That’s a hard pill to swallow.

“What is clear to me is that every cryptocurrency media outlet, whether doing fine or struggling to make ends meet, has talented and brilliant journalists, willing to sacrifice anything — seemingly their jobs! — to report the truth.

“I’ve never been more hopeful about crypto media than I am right now, and you should be, too.”

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Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.