CoinDesk
CoinDesk is a cryptocurrency media, events, index, and data company founded in 2013 and headquartered in New York. Its businesses include the CoinDesk news website, the annual crypto industry conference ConsensusConsensusConsensus is an annual cryptocurrency, blockchain, and Web3 industry conference hosted by the crypto media outlet CoinDesk (not the consensus mechanism of a blockchain). It was first held in New York in 2015 and later moved to Austin and Toronto; a Hong Kong edition was added from 2025, and since 2026 the main conference has been held in Miami.Open the full entry, and the CoinDesk Indices index business. In November 2023, the digital asset exchange Bullish acquired CoinDesk from Digital Currency GroupDigital Currency GroupDigital Currency Group (DCG) is a crypto asset investment and holding company headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, founded by Barry Silbert in 2015. It invests in blockchain startups with permanent capital and owns subsidiaries including the digital asset manager Grayscale. In 2022, its crypto lender Genesis suffered losses after major client Three Arrows Capital defaulted and filed for bankruptcy the following year, leaving DCG and Silbert facing a lawsuit by the New York Attorney General, an SEC penalty, and multiple civil suits.Open the full entry, and CoinDesk has since operated as an independent subsidiary of Bullish.
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Key facts
2013Founding
November 20, 2023Acquired by Bullish
On November 20, 2023, Bullish, a digital asset exchange led by former New York Stock Exchange president Tom Farley, announced an all-cash acquisition of CoinDesk from Digital Currency Group (DCG); the terms of the deal were not disclosed. CoinDesk operates as an independent subsidiary of Bullish, with the management team led by then-CEO Kevin Worth remaining in place; Matt Murray, former editor-in-chief of The Wall Street Journal, became chair of CoinDesk’s editorial committee to safeguard editorial independence.[3][4]
In 2023, CoinDesk journalists won a Gerald Loeb Award and a George Polk Award, that year’s Consensus conference drew more than 15,000 attendees, and assets linked to CoinDesk Indices reached tens of billions of dollars.[3]
Business
CoinDesk positions itself as a media, events, index, and data company serving the global crypto economy. Its businesses include multilingual news websites, podcasts and video programs, the annual Consensus conference, and the CoinDesk Indices index and market data services. CoinDesk belongs to Bullish, which is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (ticker BLSH); because its employees, including journalists, may receive equity awards from Bullish, the company maintains an editorial policy and principles of independence.[1]
Related Organizations, Websites, and Public Accounts
Official website: https://www.coindesk.com/ (opens in a new window).[5]
X: Public account: https://x.com/CoinDesk (opens in a new window).[2]
Sources
- About | CoinDesk (opens in a new window)
- CoinDesk (@CoinDesk) / X (opens in a new window)
- Bullish Acquires CoinDesk from Digital Currency Group (opens in a new window)
- Crypto Exchange Bullish Completes Purchase of CoinDesk: WSJ (opens in a new window)
- CoinDesk: Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, Crypto News and Price Data (opens in a new window)