Editorial policy

BlockBoard doesn't report the news itself. It measures how the news is reported. These are the rules that keep that measurement honest.

Last updated October 17, 2026

What decides what you see

The order of the board comes from the importance score, and the news media ranking comes from the publication times newsrooms declare. Both are rules, described with their thresholds in How it works. Neither is a judgement about a newsroom or a project.

Sources and attribution

  • We only read public sources: newsrooms, official bodies, exchanges, projects and open data.
  • Every story links to every piece it's made of, so you can read the original.
  • We don't republish articles. We show the headline, a link, and a summary in our own words.
  • When we name who was first, we name the newsroom, not the article's author.

Facts, not causes

When a coin moves, we show what was published before the move. We never say that it caused the move, because publication before a move doesn't prove that. When nothing explains a move, we say "No reason found" instead of inventing one.

How we use AI

Story summaries are drafted by a language model and checked before they are published:

  • Every claim must cite a piece in the story.
  • Every figure must appear in its source.
  • Wording that asserts a cause or gives investment advice is rejected.
  • A second, different model reviews each draft.

The short notes under market moves are marked "model read" and are not verified causes. We don't use AI to generate images or quotes. The details are in How it works.

Not investment advice

Nothing on BlockBoard is a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any asset. Prices, scores, rankings and summaries describe what happened and what was published. Crypto assets are volatile and you can lose all the money you put in. Make your own decisions, and seek independent advice if you need it.

Mistakes

An automated system makes mistakes: two events merged into one, a summary that misses a nuance, a publication time that was wrong at source. When we find one, we fix it on the page where it appeared.