Decrypt

Crypto and Web3 news site covering technology, finance and culture, with a weekly newsletter.

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Facts checked Oct 1, 2026

Decrypt key facts

Category	Crypto news site
Platforms	Web, iOS
Launched	2018
Company	Decrypt Media, Inc.
US availability	Yes (US App Store)

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About

What is Decrypt?

Decrypt is a crypto and Web3 news site founded in 2018 to explain the decentralized web to a general audience. It is published by Decrypt Media, Inc., covers technology, finance and culture, and sends a weekly newsletter.

How Decrypt works

Decrypt was incubated inside ConsenSys Mesh from 2018 to 2022 and spun out after a $10 million raise in April 2022.

Its disclosures page names a parent company, Dastan, which also owns the prediction market Myriad; Myriad raised another seed round in March 2026. Investors listed include Canvas Ventures, Hack.vc, HashKey Capital, IOSG Ventures, and strategic partners ConsenSys, Nexo and Protocol Labs.

The newsroom follows a "church and state" rule: business and ad sales staff are kept out of editorial Slack rooms, and staff reporters do not write sponsored content. Content from Rug Radio creators is also published under separate disclosure rules. The same page says many writers and editors own a small amount of crypto, partly so they understand the industry they cover, and list those holdings on their author pages.

How to start with Decrypt

Articles are free.
The Daily Debrief newsletter arrives every day with top stories, and a separate weekly roundup is offered in the site footer.
The iOS app from Decrypt Media Inc. is free, rated 4+, and needs iOS 15.0 or later.
The Code of Conduct, part of the terms, bans spam, impersonation and plagiarism in comments and community spaces.

Decrypt fees and limits

Decrypt's terms of service, last updated October 12, 2020, reserve the right to charge for part or all of the service later, but say Decrypt will not charge you without a prior payment agreement.
Under the terms, those tokens had no value outside the app and no secondary market, and at least $5 worth had to build up before redemption for gift cards.

The US App Store lists the Decrypt iOS app as free with no in-app purchases. The app once paid readers in the DCPT rewards token; its version history says Season 1 ended and DCPT can no longer be earned in the app.

Risks to know before using Decrypt

Writers disclose holdings on their author pages, updated quarterly, and are discouraged from covering a coin they hold more than $1,000 of, but Bitcoin, Ethereum and Solana are exempt.
Rug Radio creators may cover any token as long as they disclose.
The parent company also owns a prediction market, which is worth knowing when you read prediction-market coverage.
The terms, last updated October 12, 2020, apply New York law and send disputes to AAA arbitration.

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