Cointelegraph media bias and reliability
Media Bias/Fact Check places Cointelegraph in the centre. We have seen it on 29 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is Cointelegraph biased?
Media Bias/Fact Check places Cointelegraph in the centre. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is Cointelegraph left or right?
Media Bias/Fact Check places Cointelegraph in the centre. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Centre.
Is Cointelegraph reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for Cointelegraph are Media Bias/Fact Check: High factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What Cointelegraph has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with Cointelegraph’s own report linked underneath.
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance is investigating a potential security issue on its platform. Stablecoin issuers Tether and Circle have frozen billions of dollars in assets connected to the incident, while Binance co-founder Changpeng Zhao stated user funds remain safe.
Cointelegraph reported it asBinance Wallet Activity Raises Questions Over Potential Hack (opens Cointelegraph in a new tab)
Polymarket users reported losing funds after a security breach involving malicious code on the company's website. The platform halted trading, identified a compromised third-party provider, and has promised to refund all affected users.
Cointelegraph reported it asPolymarket Reported ’Major Outage,’ Suspended Trading (opens Cointelegraph in a new tab)
Asian stock markets saw a significant rise following Anthropic's initial public offering filing, which disclosed strong revenue growth alongside substantial losses. Meta Platforms' large equity fundraising also contributed to the positive sentiment.
Cointelegraph reported it asAnthropic Files S-1 Registration for IPO, Expected in November (opens Cointelegraph in a new tab)
The NBA has announced agreements with prediction market platforms Kalshi and Polymarket, alongside a Memorandum of Understanding with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. These deals aim to enhance transparency and prevent abuses in NBA-related betting markets.
Cointelegraph reported it asNBA Expands Prediction Market Access Amid Legal Battles (opens Cointelegraph in a new tab)
A major security vulnerability discovered in the PHP programming language has led to widespread alerts and the precautionary shutdown of numerous websites globally. Developers are releasing patches to address the flaws.
Cointelegraph reported it asPHP Flaw Shows AI ‘Vulnerability Apocalypse’ on Schedule: Immunefi CEO (opens Cointelegraph in a new tab)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu suggested using cryptocurrency to shield the economy from potential sanctions. The proposal has been met with strong criticism from economists, political rivals, and the Bank of Israel, who warn of severe economic consequences.
Cointelegraph reported it asNetanyahu Says Blockchain Could Help Israel Evade to Sanctions (opens Cointelegraph in a new tab)
A shareholder has filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump and his family's crypto firm, World Liberty Financial, alleging illegal profits from deals with the United Arab Emirates. The suit claims violations of the Constitution's foreign emoluments clause.
Cointelegraph reported it asCircle Shareholder Targets Donald Trump’s Alleged Crypto Corruption in Lawsuit (opens Cointelegraph in a new tab)
President Trump hosted a White House roundtable focused on combating foreign cybercrime and online scams. Officials reported significant success in preventing financial losses and disrupting criminal networks.
Cointelegraph reported it asWhite House Roundtable Focuses on Fighting Cybercrime (opens Cointelegraph in a new tab)
A U.S. banking regulator found that nine of the nation's largest banks denied services to customers based on political, religious, or social views. The report, spanning 2020 to September 2025, was based on 100,000 complaints and hundreds of individual bank decisions.
Cointelegraph reported it asOCC Releases Report One Year After Donald Trump’s ‘Debanking’ Order (opens Cointelegraph in a new tab)
Strive purchased 3,311 Bitcoin between October 5 and October 9, increasing its total holdings to 32,773 BTC. This acquisition makes Strive the fifth-largest publicly traded corporate Bitcoin holder. The purchases coincided with investors exercising $208 million in warrants.
Cointelegraph reported it asStrive Bitcoin Treasury Reaches 32,773 BTC After Latest Purchase (opens Cointelegraph in a new tab)
The United Kingdom has introduced 38 new sanctions against Russia, targeting key sectors including oil companies, shadow fleet tankers, cryptocurrency exchanges, and suppliers of military equipment. The measures aim to restrict Russia's revenue and disrupt its ability to fund and equip its war in Ukraine.
Cointelegraph reported it asUK Sanctions Three Crypto Exchanges Tied to Russian Illicit Funds (opens Cointelegraph in a new tab)
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission has proposed a new federal framework for cryptocurrency exchanges that offer leveraged digital asset trading. The proposal creates a new registration category called 'crypto asset market' and opens a 60-day public comment period.
Cointelegraph reported it asCFTC Proposes New Crypto Framework Rules After Failed CLARITY Vote (opens Cointelegraph in a new tab)
The White House has established a new task force, named the ‘Super Intelligence Force’, to evaluate the risks associated with artificial intelligence. Led by Jay Clayton, director of national intelligence, the group has 120 days to produce its findings on government responsibility over the technology.
Cointelegraph reported it asTrump Taps Intel Chief Clayton to Lead New Super Intelligence Force (opens Cointelegraph in a new tab)
President Donald Trump will host a dinner for the top 185 purchasers of his $TRUMP meme coin on November 22. The event at Trump National in Washington, D.C., offers VIP reception access for top buyers and gold watches for the highest four.
Cointelegraph reported it asDonald Trump to Appear at DC Golf Club for 3rd Memecoin Holder Event (opens Cointelegraph in a new tab)
US President Donald Trump anticipates further indirect negotiations with Iran this week, despite rejecting a recent proposal. He indicated Iran seeks an agreement, but not one he finds acceptable, and is considering renewed strikes.
Cointelegraph reported it asBitcoin Order-Book Liquidity Games Return as Price Dips Under $83,000 (opens Cointelegraph in a new tab)
The cryptocurrency industry's super PAC, Fairshake, has announced plans to spend $30 million to oppose Senator Sherrod Brown's 2026 re-election bid in Ohio. This move follows the recent blocking of the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act by Senate Democrats.
Cointelegraph reported it asFairshake to Spend $30M Opposing Sherrod Brown in Ohio (opens Cointelegraph in a new tab)
Donald Trump announced plans to create an 'AI Force' and appoint an AI czar, comparing the initiative to the Space Force he established. He stated his administration would not hinder AI industry growth.
Cointelegraph reported it asTrump says US will form AI Force (opens Cointelegraph in a new tab)
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.
Cointelegraph reported it asUS Sanctions Iran’s BitBank Over IRGC Bitcoin Transfers (opens Cointelegraph 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.
Cointelegraph reported it asUSDT Payments Feature in Polish Energy Giant’s Failed $230M Oil Deal (opens Cointelegraph 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.
Cointelegraph reported it asDOJ Seeks $61M USDT Forfeiture Tied to Iranian Oil Sales (opens Cointelegraph in a new tab)
Who says so
One organisation has published a rating for this outlet. Where they disagree, the disagreement is the useful part and it is left standing.
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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.
High factuality
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Who owns it
- CointelegraphIndependentdirect owner
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- New York, New York, United States
- Official site
- cointelegraph.com
- Seen publishing on
- cointelegraph.com
- Access
- Free to read
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
- 29
- Reports listed
- 29
- We could read
- 9
- First seen
- 4 August 2026
20 of those reports were paywalled or blocked to us. Our reading of this outlet is built on the 9 we could open, not on everything it published.
A blindspot is measured against one side of the spectrum. Cointelegraph is rated centre, so there is no side for it to be counted against and we publish no figure here.
Across the 28 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, we logged no report earlier than Cointelegraph’s on 1 of them. Overall it filed a median of 14 hours after the earliest report we logged.
Measured 3 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 3 November 2026. Ratings pulled 8 October 2026.
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