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The Crypto Times

Crypto-industry trade press

Owned byPrivately held; founded and led by Hardik Katariya (Founder/CEO), with operations based in India and Dubai
FundingAdvertising (display and programmatic ads via Ezoic) and labeled sponsored content/press releases; no outside investor or state funding identified, with a stated goal of moving toward reader-supported revenue
On the administrationbroadly supportive

Background

The Crypto Times launched in 2016 as a blog tracking blockchain and decentralized-finance developments, and by 2020 had repositioned itself as an 'educational-first' news platform aiming to close the gap between crypto technology and public understanding. It remains privately run by founder Hardik Katariya, with a small staff of crypto journalists and researchers rather than a large newsroom, and has no known ties to a major media conglomerate. Its revenue comes from banner/programmatic advertising and clearly labeled sponsored articles and press releases, a common model among niche crypto trade outlets, with editorial staff stating sponsored content is walled off from reporting. Because the outlet's audience and business model are built around crypto adoption, its reporting tends to frame favorable regulatory and price developments positively. Coverage of the Trump administration since 2025 — including the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve executive order and the SEC's retreat from crypto enforcement — has been largely upbeat and framed as good news for the industry, though the site also runs routine market-data and hack/security stories that are more neutral in tone. It has not been associated with major editorial scandals, but like much of the crypto trade press, it carries an inherent pro-industry (and by extension pro-deregulation) slant rather than operating as a general-interest or politically oriented outlet.

Sources

  1. About Us - The Crypto Times
  2. The Crypto Times: Editorial Policy and Standards
  3. Sponsored & Advertorial Policy
  4. cryptotimes.io Traffic Analytics - Similarweb
  5. Trump Signs Order to Create U.S. Strategic Bitcoin Reserve
  6. White House Calls Bitcoin 'Digital Gold' in Trump's Executive Order
  7. The Donald Trump Crypto Presidency: Power, Policy, and $2.3 Billion

Profile compiled 2026-10-02; refreshed when ownership, funding, or the administration changes.

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