Independence from what we cover
Crypto News US operates independently of the exchanges, projects, and companies we report on. No exchange, protocol, fund, or advertiser directs our coverage, and none receives editorial favor in exchange for a business relationship. We think this is the single most important thing a crypto publication can get right, because so much of the industry’s reputation problem comes from outlets that blur the line between journalism and promotion.
Conflicts of interest
Contributors and staff disclose relevant holdings, employment, and financial relationships that could reasonably affect their coverage before a piece runs. Where a genuine conflict exists, either it is disclosed transparently in the piece, or the assignment goes to someone without that conflict. This is not a formality: a writer holding a large position in an asset they are covering, or working for a company whose product they are reviewing, creates a real incentive problem, and we would rather lose a contributor’s convenience than lose a reader’s trust.
No paid coverage
We do not sell editorial coverage, ratings, or reviews. We do not accept payment, free products, “exclusive access,” or any other consideration in exchange for a favorable story, a specific rating, or coverage at all. Advertising and affiliate relationships exist and are disclosed, but they are structurally separate from the newsroom’s editorial judgment; see our Affiliate Disclosure.
Primary-source discipline
We tie claims to verifiable sources: SEC EDGAR filings, CFTC and IRS materials, court records, and agencies’ own statements for policy stories; keyless public data providers, including CoinPaprika, Binance, alternative.me, and DefiLlama, for market figures. We would rather publish a shorter piece with fewer claims than pad a story with unsourced assertions. Where a fact cannot be verified, we omit it rather than guess, and where a live data source is unavailable, we show the last known-good value, clearly labeled, or nothing, never a fabricated placeholder.
Corrections, handled openly
We get things wrong sometimes; every newsroom does. When we do, we correct the record openly rather than silently editing a page, and we log what changed and why on our Corrections Policy page. A correction is not an admission of bad faith, it is what accountability looks like in practice, and we would rather be known for correcting errors visibly than for pretending we never make them.
Predictions, opinion, and advice
Market forecasts and opinion columns are labeled clearly and separated from news reporting. We hold predictions to a balance test: a forecast that only presents the bullish or only the bearish case, with no acknowledgment of what could prove it wrong, does not meet our standard, regardless of how confident the author is. None of it is financial, legal, or tax advice, and we say so explicitly wherever the distinction matters.
Personas, disclosed
Our named bylines — Petra Voss, Idris Kellerman, Selina Marchetti and Delia Ferran — are editorial personas: desk identities, not real individuals. We say so on every author page, on our About page, in our public FAQ, and in the machine-readable llms.txt we publish for AI systems. A persona presented as a real journalist is a lie to the reader; a persona that says what it is simply tells them which desk and which standards a story came from.
What we will not do: attach fabricated credentials, employment histories, awards or academic qualifications to a persona; use stock, AI-generated, or borrowed photographs of real people; create social profiles implying a verifiable human behind the name; or publish a real person’s name or likeness as a contributor without their consent. Collaborative and data-desk pieces run under the collective Crypto News US Editorial Team byline. If a real, consenting, verifiable contributor is ever bylined here, we will say clearly that they are a real person and distinguish them from the desk personas.
Accountability
If you believe we have violated any part of this policy, including a coverage decision you believe was influenced by a commercial relationship, tell us through our contact page. We take that kind of report seriously because our independence is the entire basis for asking anyone to trust our reporting.