Crypto journalist Shin’s “Unchained Podcast” comes to CoinDesk
The following was sent out from prnewswire.com: CoinDesk is thrilled to announce a groundbreaking addition to its podcast network as renowned crypto journalist Laura Shin brings her highly acclaimed Unchained Podcast to CoinDesk’s platform. Beginning today, listeners can tune in to Unchained on CoinDesk.com, with new episodes airing twice each week at 7AM ET Wed & 2 PM ET Friday. Laura Shin is one of the most […]
CoinDesk retracts two articles
Crypto industry news outlet CoinDesk has retracted two opinion articles criticizing the founder of the cryptocurrency TRON and the head of U.S. investigations at Chainalysis, which specializes in financial analysis and forensics of crypto, reports Gizmodo’s Mack DeGeurin. DeGeurin writes, “CoinDesk claims the articles were removed because they contained ‘personal attacks’ lodged against the two, […]
CoinDesk lays off 45% of editorial staff
Crypto media company CoinDesk has laid off 45% of its editorial staff, or 20 people, as its parent company Digital Currency Group plans to bring on strategic investors, reports Frank Chaparro of The Block. Chaparro reports, “The company, which was founded in 2013, announced the layoffs internally on Monday, according to a memo reviewed by The […]
Investors in talks to buy CoinDesk, valuing company at $125 million
An investor group is in the final stages of purchasing cryptocurrency-focused media company CoinDesk, report Lauren Thomas and Vicky Ge Huang of The Wall Street Journal. Thomas and Huang report, “The investor group is led by Matthew Roszak of Tally Capital, a private investment firm focused on crypto and blockchain-based technologies, and Peter Vessenes of Capital6, a venture-capital firm and family […]
Gkritsi to cover crypto for CoinDesk
Eliza Gkritsi, a senior mining reporter at CoinDesk, is now covering the crypto and artificial beat. She joined CoinDesk in July 2021 as a mining reporter. Previously, Gkritsi reported for TechNode.com and interned at WikiTribune. Gkritsi has a B.A. from the University of York and a MSc. From The London School of Economics and Political […]
CoinDesk’s Napolitano now covering US courts
CoinDesk reporter Elizabeth Napolitano is now the U.S. court reporter for the regulations, policy and legal reporting team. She has been a data journalist at CoinDesk, where she reports on topics such as decentralized finance, centralized cryptocurrency exchanges, altcoins and Web3. She has covered technology and business for NBC News and CBS News. In 2022, she received […]
How the Argentine financial crisis influenced Casey’s crypto coverage
Russell Sherman of “Press Profiles” interviewed CoinDesk chief content officer Michael Casey about his career. Casey began covering cryptocurrencies, bitcoin and digital assets when he was at The Wall Street Journal. “2013 is the moment I had this ‘a-ha’ moment,” said Casey. Casey spent six years covering the Argentine financial crisis, which influenced his coverage of […]
Crypto site CoinDesk lays off 14, none in editorial
Cryptocurrency news site CoinDesk laid off 14 people on Monday, though none of them were on the editorial side of the operation. A spokeswoman confirmed the cuts and provided the following statement: Yesterday, CoinDesk, Inc had to make the difficult decision during the ongoing crypto winter to pare back on some non-core projects and consolidate […]
CoinDesk promotes Sanasie to news anchor and producer
Jennifer Sanasie is now a news anchor and producer at CoinDesk. Recently, she served as an on-air host of “The Hash,” CoinDesk’s daily crypto news show. Previously, Sanasie served as head of communications and multimedia advisor at blockchain service provider Game7. She worked as a video producer and host at CryptoVantage and was a senior […]
How CoinDesk plans to use AI
Pete Pachal, chief of staff for content at CoinDesk, writes about how the site will use artificial intelligence in writing stories: Pachal writes, “With that in mind, CoinDesk will allow generative text to be used in some articles, subject to the following rules. The generative text must be: Run through plagiarism-detection software Checked that its […]
