The amount of money the crypto media firm has been shopping itself for was not revealed by the source, who spoke on the condition of anonymity as the matter is private
Cointelegraph did not immediately respond to requests for comment. However, after the story was published, Cointelegraph posted on X, saying “We are not for sale.”
A prolonged period of depressed, flat crypto prices had led user attention to shift away from crypto news, adversely affecting several digital asset newsrooms
Additionally, Cointelegraph’s fortunes were heavily impacted by Google. The crypto news outlet suffered about an 80% drop in organic traffic after Google issued a manual penalty in October 2025, causing its website to disappear from Google’s search results. Prior to that, the media company’s website was compromised by a front-end exploit in June of last year
The website had more than 12 million monthly visits in December of 2024, according to Similarweb data. As of Sept. 1, the data show monthly traffic is just above 700,000
Cointelegraph, founded in 2013, has more than 200 employees, according to its LinkedIn page. The company’s MENA franchise was last acquired back in July 2022 by Luna Media Corporation to fund its global and regional expansions
UPDATE (Oct. 9, 11:27 am ET): Updates summary bullets to say CoinTelegraph’s MENA franchise was acquired
UPDATE (Oct. 8, 12:13 am ET): Updates to add Cointelegraph’s post on social media, denying the sale
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