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 […]

CoinMarketCap acquisition of CoinDesk now on hold

CoinMarketCap’s acquisition of cryptocurrency news site CoinDesk is on hold, reports Jon Rice of Blockworks. Binance Capital Management is the majority owner of CoinMarketCap Rice reports, “One source told Blockworks last month that initial talks between CoinDesk and Binance broke down, as the exchange anticipated a mass exodus of journalists from the news company if it became […]

CoinDesk promotes De to managing editor, global policy and regulation

Nikhilesh De, a news reporter at CoinDesk, has been appointed managing editor of global policy and regulation. Previously, De contributed to online business and finance journal Dentists Money Digest. He contributed to, was a staff writer, correspondent and news editor at Targum Publishing Co. De has a bachelor’s degree in journalism and media studies from […]

CoinDesk wins Polk Award for Bankman-Fried coverage

The George Polk Award for financial reporting has been awarded to Ian Allison and Tracy Wang of the digital currency news source CoinDesk for stories that brought young Sam Bankman-Fried and his supposed $32 billion crypto currency empire crashing down in just 10 days. Allison exposed suspicious dealings between two entities Bankman-Fried controlled and Wang […]

CoinDesk names Keoun its ME of tech and protocols

Cryptocurrency news site CoinDesk has named Brad Keoun its managing editor for tech and protocols. He had been managing editor for markets, which will now be overseen by James Rubin and Omkar Godbole. Keoun has been with CoinDesk for three and a half years. He previously was senior global finance and economics correspondent at TheStreet.com. A longtime […]

CoinDesk hires investment banker to explore options

CoinDesk Inc., a cryptocurrency-focused media company, has retained investment bankers at Lazard Ltd. to help it explore options including a partial or full sale, reports Wall Street Journal reporters Lauren Thomas and Vicky Ge Huang. Thomas and Huang report, “CoinDesk’s parent company, Digital Currency Group Inc., or DCG,   has received multiple unsolicited offers north of $200 million […]

CoinDesk news reporter Tan departs

Eli Tan, a news reporter at CoinDesk, has left. His tweet reads: “I’ll be spending the next few months trying to finish grad school before a new venture.” Previously, Tan was a content strategy intern at content marketing studio and consultancy Fulwiler Media. He also interned at Hangar and was a sports editor at The […]