CoinDesk reported on October 7 that Cointelegraph is seeking a buyer, citing an unnamed person familiar with the matter. No asking price was disclosed.
According to the article, organic search traffic fell 80% after an October 2025 Google manual penalty. Separately, Similarweb estimates cited in the article put monthly visits above 12 million in December 2024 and just above 700,000 by September 1, 2026.
Cointelegraph denied the sale in a combative response, calling the report false and demanding a correction with the same visibility as the original claims. It accused CoinDesk of using controversy to attract readers and sell events.
The background to the article includes Timothy Malmros Genach’s December 2024 investigation alleging ClickOut Media managed Cointelegraph’s iGaming content to exploit its search reputation. Genach later removed his investigations following a ClickOut lawsuit.
Search visibility collapsed ten months later. TheHolyCoins documented the decline and subsequent removal of the iGaming section.
Estimated organic traffic began recovering around August 30, 2026, when Google stopped applying site reputation abuse manual actions to EEA search results. Enforcement continued outside the region. The timing strengthened evidence linking the collapse to manual enforcement.
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According to the article, organic search traffic fell 80% after an October 2025 Google manual penalty. Separately, Similarweb estimates cited in the article put monthly visits above 12 million in December 2024 and just above 700,000 by September 1, 2026.
Cointelegraph denied the sale in a combative response, calling the report false and demanding a correction with the same visibility as the original claims. It accused CoinDesk of using controversy to attract readers and sell events.
The background to the article includes Timothy Malmros Genach’s December 2024 investigation alleging ClickOut Media managed Cointelegraph’s iGaming content to exploit its search reputation. Genach later removed his investigations following a ClickOut lawsuit.
Search visibility collapsed ten months later. TheHolyCoins documented the decline and subsequent removal of the iGaming section.
Estimated organic traffic began recovering around August 30, 2026, when Google stopped applying site reputation abuse manual actions to EEA search results. Enforcement continued outside the region. The timing strengthened evidence linking the collapse to manual enforcement.
#CoinDesk #Cointelegraph #CryptoNews #shutdown