Binance sues WSJ parent for defamation
Binance filed a defamation lawsuit against Dow Jones, publisher of the Wall Street Journal, accusing it of falsely claiming the exchange fired staff who raised compliance concerns, reports Francisco Rodrigues of CoinDesk. Rodrigues reports, “In the complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, the company said the newspaper […]
Yahoo Finance strikes partnership with Coinbase
Yahoo Finance has struck a deal with Coinbase to add cryptocurrency prices and other information to its website. Users of the financial website will be able to make cryptocurrency trades by clicking on a button. Over time, Yahoo Finance will integrate Coinbase data and insights across its platform. Yahoo Finance also plans to launch a […]
Crypto news sites take down story critical of crypto PR
Several business-focused digital news outlets quietly took down news articles about the massive scale of junk information floating around the cryptocurrency space, reports Max Tani of Semafor. Tani reports, “Investing.com, one of the biggest business-focused digital news and investing sites, ran a piece titled, Crypto press releases dominated by high risk projects, chainstory study finds. But within a few […]
Sandmark hires Mishra as South Asia editor
Crypto news site Sandmark has hired Parikshit Mishra as South Asia editor. He was CoinDesk’s head of Asia, managing the editorial team in the region. He previously was deputy managing editor of breaking news. Before joining CoinDesk, he was the EMEA editor at Acuris (Mergermarket), where he dealt with copies related to private equity and the startup ecosystem. […]
Akhtar departs CryptoNews after two years
Tanzeel Akhtar has left CryptoNews after two years and is now freelancing. She previously was at Bloomberg News covering crypto. Akhtar was also a CoinDesk news reporter based in the UK. Akhtar has contributed to The Wall Street Journal, CNBC, Forbes Africa, Financial Times, The Street, Citywire, Investing.com, Euromoney, Yahoo! Finance, Benzinga, Kitco News, African Business Magazine, Hedge Week, Campden Family […]
Study: 60% of crypto news releases bypassing editorial
More than three out of five news releases about cryptocurrency offerings are buying distribution on popular media outlets and bypassing editorial judgment, according to a study released Tuesday. According to the study from Chainstory, roughly 62% of the 2,893 press releases in its dataset — collected over a four-month span — come from projects flagged […]
TheStreet.com seeks a crypto reporter
The Street.com is hiring an experienced crypto journalist to join our editorial team. 🔹 Experience: Minimum 3 years in crypto journalism or financial news 🔹 Work hours: US time zone 🔹 Location: Fully remote The role involves handling day-to-day editorial operations, covering breaking crypto news, and writing well-researched features. You should be comfortable working in […]
The Hill seeks a reporter to cover crypto and finance policy
The Hill, a division of Nexstar Media Group, is hiring a reporter to cover cryptocurrency and finance policy in Washington, D.C. This reporter will be focused on the ways the cryptocurrency industry is flexing its power in Washington, shaping financial regulations and battling with other finance power players. We want to explore the impact of […]
Axios crypto reporter Dale departing, starting newsletter
Axios crypto reporter Brady Dale is leaving the news organization and starting his own newsletter on Substack, starting in December. “It’s still going to be 85% crypto focused, but very different in every way from anything I’ve done before,” he said in an email. “More big picture. Less regulatory. More humor. Deeper dives. Opinion-forward. I’ll […]
Senior finance reporter Wagner among the Blockworks layoffs
Senior finance reporter Casey Wagner is among the layoffs at cryptocurrency media company Blockworks. She is one of the original reporters when it launched its news division in 2021. Wagner was part of a scoops and investigations team that launched two months ago focusing on financial policy and regulation and crypto markets. She interned at Bloomberg News […]
