Cryptocurrency media Cointelegraph seeks to sell, Google penalties lead to an 80% drop in traffic

According to informed sources, the crypto media company Cointelegraph is seeking to sell, but the amount it is looking for has not been disclosed. The source requested anonymity due to the private nature of the matter. The long-term sluggish and sideways movement of crypto prices has shifted user attention away from crypto news, adversely affecting several digital asset news organizations.

Cointelegraph's traffic has been severely impacted by Google. After Google issued a manual penalty in October 2025, the crypto news website's organic traffic dropped by about 80%, and the site disappeared from Google search results. Previously, in June 2025, its website also suffered a front-end vulnerability attack. Data from Similarweb shows that the site had over 12 million monthly visits in December 2024, while as of September 1, the monthly visits were just slightly above 700,000.

Cointelegraph was founded in 2013, and its LinkedIn page shows that it has over 200 employees. The company's MENA business was acquired by Luna Media Corporation in July 2022 to support its global and regional expansion. Cointelegraph did not immediately respond to requests for comment.