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Decrypt and Rug Radio Announce Merger, Will Create Global Web3 Publishing Company
11.12.2023
Source: PixabayCrypto news site Decrypt and decentralized media project Rug Radio will merge operations next year, with the goal of creating a global Web3 publishing company. In a joint press release on Monday, the companies announced that the merger would result in the creation of [REDACTED],...
Forkast Cuts Majority of Editorial Staff After CryptoSlam Merger
1.12.2023
Source: Pixabay Forkast Labs has laid off a majority of its editorial staff after completing a merger with data provider CryptoSlam. According to sources cited by The Block, the crypto news site underwent a series of layoffs throughout the year, leading to the eventual decision to suspend editorial...
CoinDesk Media Site Acquired by Crypto Exchange Bullish – Here’s the Latest
20.11.2023
CoinDesk X Crypto media website CoinDesk has just been acquired by cryptocurrency exchange Bullish in an undisclosed all cash deal, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday. Bullish, which is run by former New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) President Tom Farley, said that the acquisition won’t impact...
Foresight Ventures Acquires The Block in $70 Million Deal
13.11.2023
Source: Pixabay Crypto news site The Block has been sold to venture capital group Foresight Ventures in a $70 million deal. Foresight Ventures will acquire a 80% share of the company, Axios reported. The Block CEO Larry Cermak said in an X post on Monday that the acquisition would provide...
Crypto news site The Block shakes off SBF ties with Foresight Ventures deal
13.11.2023
The Block bagged a $70 million valuation after it sold a majority stake to a Singapore-based venture capital firm, severing financial ties to scandal-ridden FTX
Crypto news site The Block gets new CEO and reported staff layoffs following admitted ties to SBF
31.3.2023
The Block reportedly laid off roughly 33% of its staff including interim CEO Bobby Moran in an effort to stabilize the platform following loans it received from Sam Bankman-Fried
CEO of crypto news site The Block resigns for failing to disclose $27M loans from Alameda Research
9.12.2022
New CEO Bobby Moran said there was no evidence that Mike McCaffrey had "improperly" influenced coverage of Sam Bankman-Fried, FTX, and Alameda Research on the news site
Tencent Guts Its Gaming News Site, Firing Staff Without Warning
15.9.2022
Today layoffs hit the respected video game and entertainment website Fanbyte, with the site’s editor-in-chief and head of media among the list of staff who are now out of work. According to Fanbyte employees, the layoffs were a total shock, with some reporting that they had just worked with some...
Apecoin DAO Approves Funding a Bored Ape-Centric News Publication
30.7.2022
Apecoin DAO community members have approved a governance proposal that will fund a Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC)-centric news publication called the Bored Ape Gazette with $150,000 for the first year. While the Bored Ape Gazette has been in operation since June 1, 2021, the site’s operator...
ApeCoin Proposal to Fund 24-Hour BAYC News Site Wins Community Approval
28.7.2022
Ape Coin, the native token of the Bored Ape Yacht Club ecosystem, has approved a proposal that will fund a 24-hour crypto news website
Roskomnadzor Media Watchdog Unblocks Leading Russian Crypto News Outlet
7.7.2022
Russia’s mass media regulator, Roskomnadzor, has restored access to a major Russian crypto news portal. Bits.media was recently blocked as a result of proceedings in a regional court that its representatives were not even summoned to attend. Crypto News Site Bits.media Again Available...
CryptoNewsZ Named “Crypto News Site of the Year” at AIBC Awards 2022
13.6.2022
CryptoNewsZ bagged the “Crypto News Site of the Year” award at the prestigious AIBC Americas Summit 2022. The event was held from June 6-9 in Toronto, Canada, and saw the presence of esteemed personalities and successful startups from all over the blockchain industry. AIBC Americas,...
Independent Russian News Site Meduza Raises Over $200,000 in Crypto
11.5.2022
Pressure from the Kremlin and sanctions from the West have forced Russian news outlet Meduza to increasingly rely on cryptocurrency donations to fund its independent journalism. As the restrictions imposed over Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine have prevented its Russian readers from contributing...
Russian Anti-Money Laundering Body Will Monitor Crypto to Fiat Transactions, Says Official
28.3.2021
Herman Neglyad, the deputy of the Russian anti-money laundering body, Rosfinmonitoring, has said his organization will monitor cryptocurrency transactions that involve the conversion from crypto to fiat. Neglyad made this revelation during a recent meeting of the State Duma Committee on financial...
Wall Street Bets and Gamestop Saga to Be Made Into a Movie
2.2.2021
The Wall Street Bets saga, an incredibly ridiculous story about a group of amateur Reddit investors who beat career Wall Street hedge funds at their own game, is to be made into a movie. According to a report by online news site Deadline on Jan. 31, Metro Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) won the rights...
Covid-19 Forces Indians to Embrace Digital Payments but Country Still Lacks Crypto Regulation
13.7.2020
The global pandemic Covid-19 is forcing Indians to resort to digital payment platforms when settling bills as well as paying for groceries. Before the Covid-19 outbreak, Indian citizens largely ignored a 2016 government decree that attempted to achieve the same, reports The Economic Times of India....
ISIS Affiliated News Site Stops Accepting Bitcoin, Moves To Monero
25.6.2020
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist organization is reportedly moving away from Bitcoin (BTC) with ISIS-associated news website ditching the world's oldest cryptocurrency and moving on with monero (XMR) as a currency of choice for public donations, claims blockchain intelligence...
Independent Report Declares News.Bitcoin.com the Top Crypto News Site
11.1.2020
A new research report from BTC Peers has ranked 145 crypto news websites for quality. It analyzes scores of benchmarks including average visit duration, bounce rate, and number of backlinks. The report features the usual suspects in its top 10, including Coindesk at number three and Cointelegraph...