Bitcoin.com media bias and reliability
Bitcoin.com is held by the ratings provider we draw on, and no rater has placed it on the political spectrum. We have seen it on 13 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is Bitcoin.com biased?
Bitcoin.com is held by the ratings provider we draw on, and no rater has placed it on the political spectrum. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is Bitcoin.com left or right?
Bitcoin.com is held by the ratings provider we draw on, and no rater has placed it on the political spectrum.
Is Bitcoin.com reliable?
We do not hold a factual-reliability assessment for Bitcoin.com. A political-leaning label would not answer that question on its own, so we do not infer reliability from left, centre or right.
What Bitcoin.com has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with Bitcoin.com’s own report linked underneath.
The U.S. Treasury Department has sanctioned the Iranian cryptocurrency exchange BitBank, alleging it facilitated the transfer of hundreds of millions of dollars in Bitcoin to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). The transfers were reportedly linked to payments for passage through the Strait of Hormuz.
Bitcoin.com reported it asUS Blacklists Bitbank Over Hundreds of Millions in Bitcoin Transfers (opens Bitcoin.com in a new tab)
Bitcoin's price climbed above $85,000 on Monday, its highest point since late January. This surge followed significant ETF inflows and a spike in crypto short liquidations, with some analysts declaring the 'crypto winter' over.
Bitcoin.com reported it asFidelity Drives $433M Bitcoin ETF Surge as Bitcoin's Price Tops $80K (opens Bitcoin.com in a new tab)
Cybersecurity researchers used Anthropic's Claude AI to access OpenAI's internal systems by exploiting a vulnerability in the company's community forum. The team gained access to an employee's ChatGPT account, which was linked to the code repository, and reported the findings to OpenAI, receiving a $6,500 reward.
Bitcoin.com reported it asWhite Hats Used Anthropic's Claude to Break Into OpenAI in 72 Hours (opens Bitcoin.com in a new tab)
Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, has returned to the social media platform X after an absence of more than two years. He posted a message stating 'I'm back' and a photo from Sydney, Australia.
Bitcoin.com reported it asJUSTICE Skyrockets While Bitcoiners Cheer Return of Julian Assange (opens Bitcoin.com in a new tab)
Poland's state energy company Orlen lost $230 million in a failed attempt to purchase Venezuelan oil in late 2023. The deal involved intermediaries and cryptocurrency payments, bypassing US sanctions, but Orlen received only a fraction of the oil it paid for.
Bitcoin.com reported it asHow $230M in Crypto for Venezuelan Oil Vanished on USB Drives (opens Bitcoin.com in a new tab)
US prosecutors are seeking to forfeit over $61 million in cryptocurrency allegedly linked to illicit Iranian oil sales. The funds were allegedly laundered through Binance accounts by two Chinese companies and intended to finance Iran's government, military, and the IRGC.
Bitcoin.com reported it asUS Moves to Forfeit $61M in Crypto Linked to Iran's Oil Sales (opens Bitcoin.com in a new tab)
U.S. Senate Republicans have released a revised draft of the Clarity Act, a major cryptocurrency bill, incorporating new ethics language that President Donald Trump has agreed to. The bill includes provisions on affiliate trading, consumer protection, and software developer protections. A procedural vote is scheduled for Tuesday.
Bitcoin.com reported it asSenate Republicans Update CLARITY Act With Strict Ethics Rules (opens Bitcoin.com in a new tab)
Iran has established a barter-like mechanism to circumvent US sanctions on its oil exports, allowing it to convert oil revenues into credits for purchasing goods from China. This system bypasses international banking transfers and has facilitated the import of various items, including military equipment.
Bitcoin.com reported it asCut off From Global Finance, Iran Turns to Bitcoin and Tether (opens Bitcoin.com in a new tab)
Goldman Sachs has warned that oil prices could surge to $120 per barrel if attacks on ships in the Middle East intensify. The bank also projected prices could fall to $80 per barrel if regional exports normalize. Brent crude was trading around $97 per barrel on 7 September 2026.
Bitcoin.com reported it asBitcoin Price Stalls at $79K as US-Iran Strikes Shake Oil Markets (opens Bitcoin.com in a new tab)
US President Donald Trump signed a national security memorandum on 12 August 2026 authorising federal law enforcement to use cyber tools against transnational criminal organisations. The order establishes a programme for private-sector companies to conduct surveillance and disruption operations under government oversight, with participating firms required to post a $1 million bond.
Bitcoin.com reported it asTrump Takes ‘Major Step’ Toward Shutting Down Crypto Scammers (opens Bitcoin.com in a new tab)
Mark Zuckerberg announced Meta’s $1bn 'Future is for Everyone Fund' to support communities hosting data centres, alongside plans to offer free AI tools to billions. The essay also outlined a vision for personal AI agents and open-source models, while addressing concerns about job displacement and privacy.
Bitcoin.com reported it asZuckerberg Says Everyone Will Soon Have AI With Invention Superpowers (opens Bitcoin.com in a new tab)
The U.S. Senate will hold a procedural vote on the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act on 15 September, following a cloture motion filed by Majority Leader John Thune. The bill would establish the first federal regulatory framework for cryptocurrencies, but requires 60 votes to advance.
Bitcoin.com reported it asCLARITY Act Heads Toward Sept. 15 Senate Vote as Crypto Bill Advances (opens Bitcoin.com in a new tab)
Apple removed Telegram from the iOS App Store globally after a review found child sexual abuse material, then restored it once the content was deleted and the user banned. Existing installations continued to work during the removal.
Bitcoin.com reported it asApple Pulls Telegram After Illegal Content Appears in Public Group (opens Bitcoin.com in a new tab)
Who says so
No rating organisation we draw on has placed Bitcoin.com. We asked on 8 September 2026.
How reliably it reports fact
A rating of the newsroom in general, by others, and a different thing from the Trust score we publish on each story, which judges one piece of reporting.
We hold no factual-reliability rating for this outlet.
Who owns it
We hold no ownership record for Bitcoin.com.
Where it publishes from
- Official site
- bitcoin.com
- Seen publishing on
- news.bitcoin.com, bitcoin.com
- Access
- Free to read
- Wikipedia
- Entry
What we have seen ourselves
Counted across the stories this site has published, which is the only denominator a reader can check: every one of them has a page, and every page lists the reports it was written from.
- Stories
- 13
- Reports listed
- 13
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 5 August 2026
13 of those reports were paywalled or blocked to us. Our reading of this outlet is built on the 0 we could open, not on everything it published.
A blindspot is measured against one side of the spectrum. Bitcoin.com has not been placed on the spectrum, so there is no side to count against and we publish no figure here.
Across the 13 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of Bitcoin.com: its report arrived a median of 2 days after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 23 September 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 23 September 2026. Ratings pulled 8 September 2026.
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What we are responsible for is everything else: the ownership chain, where Bitcoin.com publishes from, which of our stories we have listed it on, and whether we have the right publisher at all. Tell us what is wrong and an editor reads it.
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Every rating on this page is a named third party’s published work, republished with its author and, where one exists, a link to it. Our own coverage record is the section we measure ourselves. Neither is a judgement of any individual report: those are scored story by story, and the reasoning is on our methodology page.