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 […]
How CoinDesk’s reporting led to the downfall of FTX
Kevin Dugan of New York Magazine writes about CoinDesk led the charge in taking down FTX leader Sam Bankman-Fried. Dugan writes, “On November 2, reporter Ian Allison broke the news that SBF’s formidable hedge fund, Alameda Research, was secretly propping up the crypto exchange FTX, the wellspring of his wealth and influence. “‘This story took about a month […]
How CoinDesk’s FTX coverage has affected its owner
Elizabeth Lopatto of The Verge writes about how CoinDesk’s coverage — and breaking the news — of the FTX scandal has affected its owner. Lopatto writes, “CoinDesk is riding high right now — its page views nearly doubled from October to November. Its FTX coverage drove 5.4 million page views, or almost a third of its 17 million […]
News site CoinDesk attracts takeover offers
CoinDesk, the online news site whose story on cracks in Sam Bankman-Fried’s crypto empire sparked an industry-wide meltdown, has attracted takeover interest, reports Bradley Saacks and Liz Hoffman of Semafor. Saacks and Hoffman report, “CoinDesk does not need to be sold for any reason related to its business. “The troubles at Genesis may force Silbert to choose between his […]
CoinDesk’s Hochstein becoming executive editor for its crypto festival
Coin Desk executive editor Marc Hochstein is becoming executive editor of Consensus2023, its cryptocurrency festival scheduled for April 2023 in Austin, Texas. He has been managing editor and then executive editor since joining CoinDesk in September 2017. He previously was executive editor and editor in chief of American Banker. At American Banker, Hochstein was responsible for some of […]
CoinDesk hires Baker as deputy editor in chief
Cryptocurrency news site CoinDesk has hired Nick Baker as its deputy editor in chief. He has been an editor on the U.S. markets editing desk at Bloomberg News. He had been at Bloomberg for more than 16 years. Baker previously was an editor on the rates and foreign exchange team, and a team leader and reporter on the […]
CoinDesk deputy editor in chief Seward departing
CoinDesk deputy editor in chief Zack Seward is leaving the newsroom after three and a half years. He will continue to appear on CoinDesk TV and its podcasts as a contributor. “It’s time for me to make a change,” he wrote on Twitter. “Riding the crypto news cycle is fun but taxing. I’m very excited to test […]
CoinDesk promotes Ashraf to managing editor of companies/business
CoinDesk has appointed Aoyon Ashraf to managing editor of companies/business. Recently, he was covering public and private crypto mining companies, economics of digital currency mining and everything in between. He was with Bloomberg News for more than nine years, where he reported on mining metals and energy. He formerly was in investment banking for Mackie […]
Yahoo Finance’s Stratigopoulos joins CoinDesk as executive producer
CoinDesk TV has hired McKenzie Stratigopoulos as an executive producer covering crypto, DeFi and Web3. Previously, she was at Yahoo Finance, where she has worked as a production manager and senior production manager. She was also a producer at Fox Business Network and has worked as an associate producer and assignment desk editor at NY1 […]
