Crypto news site Cointelegraph seeks buyer after traffic plunge

Crypto news outlet Cointelegraph is looking for a buyer, according to a person familiar with the matter, though no asking price was disclosed. Monthly web traffic has collapsed from over 12 million visits in December 2024 to just above 700,000 as of Sept. 1, after Google issued a manual penalty in October 2025 that cut organic traffic by roughly 80% and removed the site from search results.

• The site, founded in 2013 with more than 200 employees, was last acquired by Luna Media Corporation in July 2022.
• A prolonged flat crypto market has also shifted reader attention away from crypto news.
• Cointelegraph's website was separately compromised by a front-end exploit in June 2025.