I've been covering crypto as an analyst for eight years, and I now write daily for Cryptonomic. My angle is straightforward: read the raw numbers, pull from primary sources, and call it as I see it without carrying water for any camp. In a market this crowded with maximalists and shills, staying neutral takes real work, and I keep at it, even when it means rereading a piece and rewriting the parts where I've drifted.
The US Treasury sanctions BitBank, an Iranian exchange accused of moving hundreds of millions in bitcoin to the IRGC and processing Hormuz Safe payments.