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How CoinMinutes Shapes Editorial Integrity in Crypto Reporting

Crypto‍‌‍‍‌ news changes very fast. The crypto market can be destroyed by one single tweet. Incorrect information can make people lose real money.

We have witnessed the fallout when crypto media misinform. Do you recall that fake Walmart/Litecoin partnership story which caused prices to skyrocket? People invested on the basis of false news and then lost all their money when the truth was revealed.

CoinMinutes is not like that. We would choose to be correct rather than be the first. It seems simple, but it is actually very difficult when everyone is demanding instant updates.

Defining‍‌‍‍‌ Editorial Integrity in Crypto Reporting

Editorial integrity is largely about being truthful, but in the world of cryptocurrencies, it is not as simple as it seems.

While traditional media report on companies with audited financials and SEC filings, we write about projects led by anonymous developers with untested code. Most of the time, we don't even know who we're writing about.

Integrity, for us, means the following. Accuracy is the most important thing - we verify everything twice. Independence means that our business team has no authority to tell writers what to write. Transparency means that we let you know if we have any conflicts. Accountability means that we publicly admit our errors and make corrections.

And fairness? That is the most difficult one. If a project decides to advertise heavily with us, however, if their code is faulty, we will still write about ‍‌‍‍‌it.

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Editorial integrity: accuracy, independence, transparency, accountability, and fairness.

CoinMinutes'‍‌‍‍‌ Editorial Guidelines and Policies

We operate by rules. A lot of them.

Each and every fact needs to be supported by three different sources. Are you thinking that it is too much? It is not at all. The cryptocurrency market is changing extremely fast and even the official announcement of a project sometimes turns out to be erroneous.

Writers are not allowed to cover the projects they have invested in. That is pretty obvious, isn't it? Objectivity is hard when you have a bag of tokens. We require every team member to disclose their crypto holdings to us every few months.

Our fixing of mistakes would probably scare off most crypto sites. The writer is doing the research and writing the article. Then a different person checking all the facts. If it is technical stuff, a developer takes a look at it. If it is legal, a lawyer reviews it. Only after all this we can publish.
If we are incorrect - and we definitely are from time to time - we make the correction immediately. Corrections are placed closest to the top of the articles. No hiding mistakes in tiny ‍‌‍‍‌footnotes.

Separation‍‌‍‍‌ of Editorial and Commercial Interests

This means a lot to us.

Our sales team is in charge of advertising and partnerships. The editorial team decides what to write and how to write it. These teams don't even meet together sharing the same meetings most of the time.

A big exchange came to us last year with the idea that we write "educational content" about their new feature. They put a good amount of money on the table. Our business team was intrigued. Our editorial team responded that we would do it on the condition that we also cover the risks and that we are not making any promises of a positive spin.

The exchange reacted negatively to the article in which we mentioned their high fees and that their customer service had a bad track record. They decided to terminate their advertising partnership.
Was it worth it? Definitely. CoinMinutes readers trust us because we are not for ‍‌‍‍‌sale.

Building a Culture of Integrity Within the Team

One thing we emphasize in our team is integrity, and we have many initiatives to promote and reward it. We hire journalists first, crypto experts second.

Unbelievable, huh? A crypto-site working like this? Well, the thing is - you can explain the technology behind the blockchain to someone. However, you cannot teach someone very fast and in a stressful situation to check the facts or to not give in to the temptation of publishing unverified information.

Most of our writers have been journalists in the traditional media. They learned to verify sources and be objective in newsrooms where editors would fire you if you made up stuff. The habits they have are very useful in crypto as well because the two fields have a lot in common.

We have monthly training on new DeFi protocols or NFT trends and also on ethical topics such as verification, ethics and cases of other publications that suffered because of poor fact-checking.

Assessments are mainly on accuracy rather than on how many clicks the article brought. Writers who are always accurate will be given more interesting and challenging work. Those who have difficulties with verification will be given extra training and mentorship.

At Coinminutes Cryptocurrency, getting the story right matters more than getting it ‍‌‍‍‌first.

Engaging the Community in Upholding Integrity

Our readers are our best fact-checkers.

Every article has a "report an error" button. People use it too. About once a week, someone catches something we missed. Usually small stuff like outdated token prices or broken links, but sometimes bigger issues.

We've got a group of volunteer community moderators who help review reader feedback. These are experienced crypto users who know the space well. They help us prioritize which corrections need immediate attention.

Monthly transparency reports show exactly how many mistakes we made, where they came from, and how fast we fixed them. Not fun to publish when we've had a bad month, but readers appreciate the honesty.

The community also helps us decide what to cover. Reader suggestions often become our best investigative pieces. Someone notices weird trading patterns or sketchy tokenomics, tells us about it, and we dig deeper.

Our community helps us stay accurate and honest.

Leveraging Technology for Editorial Integrity

Tech helps us stay accurate without slowing down too much.

We use blockchain explorers to verify transaction data. API connections pull real-time prices directly from exchanges. Plagiarism checkers make sure our content is original. Archive tools save copies of sources in case websites disappear.

Custom scripts check basic facts automatically. Token addresses, exchange listings, project launch dates - all the stuff that's easy to verify but time-consuming to check manually.

Our content management system won't let writers publish directly. Everything goes through approval workflows with multiple checkpoints. Might seem bureaucratic, but it catches a lot of potential errors. CoinMinutes built these safeguards because we'd rather catch mistakes before readers see them.

Real-time monitoring watches for problems after publication. If readers report issues on social media or through our feedback forms, alerts go out immediately.

Conclusion

It is not simple to maintain honesty in crypto media. The industry changes too rapidly and there is too much money involved for easy answers.

But it is still worth the effort. CoinMinutes is here because the crypto industry needs dependable sources of information. A very large number of people are making very costly mistakes just because of wrong reports.

We are not flawless. We make mistakes and sometimes we are slower than readers would like. However, we are sincere in our errors and devoted to resolving them.

The trust of the readers is better than any advertising deal. Other crypto publications have the potential to do this as well - it only needs commitment and being consistent.

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