Journalism


Finance

Warning! Scammers Are Pretending to Be CoinDesk Journalists on Social Media

Real CoinDesk journalists don't ask for money. Also, please be wary of links sent from people claiming to work for us.

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Finance

Sam Bankman-Fried Scoops Help CoinDesk Win a Loeb Award, a Top Journalism Prize

FTX, an industry titan, ended up in bankruptcy court nine days after a November 2022 scoop from CoinDesk’s Ian Allison.

CoinDesk's Ian Allison, who broke the award-winning FTX story. (Morgan Brown/Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Opinion

CoinDesk's Major Award Is a Huge Moment for Us and Crypto Media Generally

Of all the tasks I have in this job, this one has to be the best.

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Finance

CoinDesk Wins a Polk Award, One of Journalism's Top Prizes, for Explosive FTX Coverage

Three stories were honored, including Ian Allison’s scoop that led to Sam Bankman-Fried’s $32 billion crypto empire collapsing in days.

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Opinion

The End of Crypto Twitter as We Know It?

An impending departure of millions of users from Twitter could threaten the platform's diversity of viewpoints and force crypto enthusiasts to fully adopt decentralized Web3 social media.

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Markets

The FTX Meltdown Calls for Higher Standards in Crypto Journalism

Revelations that Bankman-Fried secretly funded crypto news publisher The Block deepened mistrust of the crypto industry.

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Videos

FTX Collapse: Examining Journalism’s Place in the Crypto Industry

Michael J. Casey, Chief Content Officer at CoinDesk, discusses the role of journalists amid the downfall of crypto exchange FTX. "We didn't see this coming," Casey said. "We have to be in the capacity to verify information without just accepting things at face value...the crypto industry needs the press."

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Opinion

FTX Lesson: Crypto Needs the Press, the Press Needs Crypto

CoinDesk played a central role in this week’s FTX meltdown, following our coverage of Alameda Research’s suspect balance sheet last week. But the crypto industry's maturation and eventual success requires that we flesh out these unstable structures and bad practices.

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Videos

Disrupting the Media

Host Joel Flynn discusses how blockchain could transform journalism. That story and other news shaping the cryptocurrency world in this episode of "The Daily Forkast."

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