Halden Crypto Desk (sample) is four editors in Springfield writing crypto news and explainers for people who do not work in crypto.
We started in 2021 after too many readers of a local paper lost savings to a giveaway scam. We write for them: people who hear about crypto from a friend, a headline or a strange email, and want the facts before they do anything.
Crypto can lose most or all of its value quickly, and payments cannot be reversed. Nothing on this site is financial advice: we report what happened and explain how it works, never what to buy or sell.
Readers pay for most of what we do. The rest comes from grants with no say over what we write.
Reader memberships
About two thirds of our budget (sample).
Journalism grants
From two foundations that fund local news (sample).
The weekly newsletter
Free; it carries no advertising.
What we refuse
Money from anyone we report on, and any crypto as payment.
Each editor’s disclosure says what crypto, if any, they hold. Nobody writes about something they hold.
Editor (sample)
Holds no crypto.
Explainers editor (sample)
Holds a small amount of bitcoin; does not write about it.
Scams and safety (sample)
Holds no crypto.
Law and courts (sample)
Holds no crypto.
Most of our explainers start with a reader’s question. Send us yours.