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Editorial independence: In November 2023, CoinDesk was acquired by Bullish, which also owns an eponymous cryptocurrency exchange. Bullish's chairman is Brendan Blumer, who is also the CEO and co-founder of Block.one ; both of his companies have interests in a variety of blockchain and crypto businesses and significant holdings of digital assets including bitcoin. ( Block.one 's portfolio companies are listed here .)

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measured here
699pieces read
422events covered
237times first
5h 22mlag when not first
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Busiest: Thu around 10 UTC.

Head to head
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325 92 CryptoNews.net 417 shared
71 110 Google News (crypto query) 381 shared
95 111 Crypto Briefing 206 shared
148 32 Crypto Economy 180 shared
88 66 crypto.news 154 shared
91 25 Unchained 116 shared

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Seen Event Newsrooms
Nov 6 01:31 Bitcoin developer proposes ‘landmines’ to make quantum thieves lose their own BTC 2
Nov 5 19:02 U.S. Justice Department assembles force to shield against foreign AI threats 3
Nov 5 18:48 Bitcoin, crypto stocks caught in AI trade meltdown, but Wintermute trader sees 'glass half full' 1
Nov 5 16:59 CZ warns of more AI-driven hacks following Binance’s historic $6.4 billion heist 11
Nov 5 16:51 Standard Chartered and SBI back crypto insurer Soter as funding reaches $23.5 million 1
Nov 5 16:15 Crypto for Advisors: Where investors stake crypto shapes how much of the reward they keep 1