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CryptoSlate

Crypto-industry trade media (U.S.-oriented, pro-industry)

Owned byPrivately held. Co-founders Nate Whitehill (CEO) and Matthew Blancarte started it in 2017. Outside investors, including Sora Ventures and BTSE, put money in during 2022. I could not confirm the exact ownership split or the name of the parent company.
FundingAdvertising, sponsored posts, press releases and other commercial products such as research and data. CryptoSlate says it labels sponsored content and keeps it separate from editorial. It also disclosed 2022 investment from Sora Ventures and BTSE, a crypto exchange.
On the administrationmostly neutral

Background

CryptoSlate was founded in 2017 by Nate Whitehill and Matthew Blancarte. It covers cryptocurrency, blockchain, markets, regulation and policy, and it also runs price and project data tools. Liam "Akiba" Wright is editor-in-chief and leads editorial strategy. In 2022 it disclosed investment from Sora Ventures and BTSE, which means some of its backers have a stake in the crypto industry it covers. Revenue comes mainly from advertising, sponsored posts and press releases. The site publishes disclaimers saying that paid content is labeled and does not influence its newsroom decisions. As with most crypto trade outlets, its framing generally assumes that digital assets are legitimate and worth covering, and it tends to favor clearer regulation and industry growth. I did not find well-documented major controversies, and I could not review its full recent record on the Trump administration. This profile therefore rests on a limited sample of its recent coverage, and I rate its stance toward the administration as mostly neutral. That stance is uncertain.

Sources

  1. About CryptoSlate
  2. Why Trust CryptoSlate? Editorial Standards, Disclosures & Newsroom Transparency
  3. How CryptoSlate Makes Money
  4. Sponsored Post Disclaimer
  5. Eight years of CryptoSlate: What we have learned, what we are building next
  6. Trump's crypto disclosure exposes an institutional problem that markets price in real time
  7. CryptoSlate - Tracxn Company Profile

Profile compiled 2026-10-25; refreshed when ownership, funding, or the administration changes.

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