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CryptoSlate

U.S. crypto-industry

Owned byPrivately held; founded and led by Nate Whitehill (CEO) and Matthew Blancarte (co-founder/chief design officer). Investors include Sora Ventures, a Taiwan-based Web3 venture capital firm, and Web3Wave.
FundingPrimarily advertising and sponsored content from crypto-industry clients; additional revenue from directory listings, affiliate referral links, newsletter placements, podcast sponsorships, and paid press releases. No subscription paywall.
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Background

CryptoSlate was founded in 2017 in Seattle by web developers Nate Whitehill and Matthew Blancarte, who set out to build a reliable information hub for the then-nascent cryptocurrency market. The site grew during the 2017–2018 ICO boom and established itself as a reference point for crypto data, company directories, and market news. It attracted investment from Sora Ventures, a Taipei-based Web3 VC led by Jason Fang, and from Web3Wave, embedding it within the broader crypto-investment ecosystem. Revenue comes almost entirely from the same industry it covers — through display advertising, sponsored content, and paid press releases — a structure CryptoSlate discloses publicly in compliance with FTC rules, though critics of crypto media note that advertiser dependency can soften critical coverage of industry players. The outlet positions itself as industry-forward rather than politically aligned; it does not carry traditional left/right political commentary. When the Trump administration took office in 2025 and reversed Biden-era crypto enforcement, CryptoSlate covered the shift — including the GENIUS Act stablecoin law and the disbanding of the National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team — mostly through the lens of market opportunity and regulatory relief for industry participants. At the same time, the outlet published investigative-adjacent pieces highlighting Trump's personal crypto holdings and their intersection with legislation such as the CLARITY Act, signaling it maintains some critical distance on conflict-of-interest questions even as its overall frame is pro-industry.

Sources

  1. About | CryptoSlate
  2. How CryptoSlate Makes Money | Ads, Revenue & Disclosures
  3. Editorial Policy | CryptoSlate
  4. CryptoSlate – Crunchbase Company Profile & Funding
  5. CryptoSlate – 2026 Company Profile, Team, Funding & Competitors – Tracxn
  6. The Trump administration's deregulation of crypto enforcement | CryptoSlate
  7. Trump's crypto disclosure exposes an institutional problem that markets price in real time | CryptoSlate
  8. Trump's financial disclosure puts $1B crypto payday at center of CLARITY Act vote | CryptoSlate
  9. CryptoSlate – Bias and Reliability | Biasly
  10. Nate Whitehill | People Directory | CryptoSlate

Profile compiled 2026-07-26; refreshed when ownership, funding, or the administration changes.

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