# CoinDesk

> CoinDesk is a New York-based media, events, data and indices company focused on digital assets. It serves everyone from crypto newcomers and policy watchers to institutional investors and product issuers through reporting, newsletters, research, live conferences, real-time market data and regulated benchmarks. Its unusual advantage is the way those businesses reinforce one another: journalism explains the market, Consensus convenes it, and its data and index products measure it.

- **Founded:** 2013
- **Headquarters:** New York, United States
- **Founders:** Shakil Khan (Founder)
- **Team size:** Approximately 220 employees
- **Products:** CoinDesk Media, Bitcoin Price Index, Consensus, CoinDesk Indices, CoinDesk 20 Index
- **Notable:** Ian Allison and Tracy Wang won the 2022 George Polk Award for Financial Reporting for CoinDesk's FTX and Alameda coverage., The FTX investigation also received a Gerald Loeb Award, one of business journalism's major honors., CoinDesk's November 2022 Alameda balance-sheet scoop triggered scrutiny that preceded FTX's collapse and bankruptcy filing nine days later.

## Products & services

- **CoinDesk Media** — Digital reporting, analysis, investigations, opinion, newsletters, podcasts, video and educational coverage of cryptocurrency, blockchain, policy, markets and Web3.
- **Bitcoin Price Index** — A continuously operated digital-asset reference index that helped establish CoinDesk's role as a market-measurement provider.
- **Consensus** — CoinDesk's flagship conference series for digital assets, finance, technology and policy; the first edition drew about 500 attendees in New York.
- **CoinDesk Indices** — A suite of 400-plus BMR-compliant benchmarks, reference rates, multi-asset indices and strategies used by product issuers, exchanges and institutional investors.
- **CoinDesk 20 Index** — A broad, liquid digital-asset benchmark designed to be measured, traded and used as the basis for investment products.
- **CoinDesk Data** — Institutional-grade real-time and historical market data, APIs, analytics, research and exchange information created by integrating the acquired CCData and CryptoCompare businesses.

## Achievements

- Ian Allison and Tracy Wang won the 2022 George Polk Award for Financial Reporting for CoinDesk's FTX and Alameda coverage.
- The FTX investigation also received a Gerald Loeb Award, one of business journalism's major honors.
- CoinDesk's November 2022 Alameda balance-sheet scoop triggered scrutiny that preceded FTX's collapse and bankruptcy filing nine days later.
- The CoinDesk Bitcoin Price Index has operated continuously since 2014 and has supported major digital-asset products.
- CoinDesk Indices reports 400-plus BMR-compliant benchmarks, more than $40 billion in benchmarked assets and over 100 global partners and linked products.
- Consensus grew from about 500 attendees in 2015 to more than 15,000 attendees from over 100 countries in Miami in 2026.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — CoinDesk scheduled its Policy & Regulation event in Washington, D.C., for September 22, 2026.
- **2026-05** — Consensus held its first Miami edition, drawing more than 15,000 attendees from over 100 countries; future editions were announced for Miami in 2027 and New York in 2028.
- **2026-02** — ICE launched regulated cryptocurrency futures using CoinDesk index and reference-rate infrastructure.
- **2026-02** — ProShares launched KRYP, described as the first ETF designed to target the CoinDesk 20 Index.
- **2025-02** — CCData was rebranded as CoinDesk Data, consolidating real-time market data, institutional research and analytics under the CoinDesk name.
- **2024-10** — CoinDesk acquired digital-asset data provider CCData and its retail platform CryptoCompare for an undisclosed amount.

## Links

- Website: https://www.coindesk.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/coindesk
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/coindesk
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CoinDesk
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coindesk
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/coindesk
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@coindesk

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Last updated: 2026-08-14