Do you recall when FTX went belly up in 2022? Everything seemed normal one day, and then the next day, billions of dollars were gone. Most ordinary crypto holders didn't have the faintest idea of what was going on until it was too late to do anything about it.

I couldn't take my eyes off my phone that day as I was witnessing my crypto value plummeting. The moment normal crypto news outlets finally made sense of the situation, it was too late for my portfolio to have only a minor loss; it had already been severely damaged.

This is the major issue with crypto news - you are often given the most critical information hours after you have already acted on the situation.

We initiated CoinMinutes to resolve this hour problem. While other platforms inform you what has happened the day before, we are trying to identify the warning signs for the following day. We are not simply copying what everyone else is saying, but rather, we are thoroughly investigating the real blockchain data.

We​‍​‌‍​‍‌ Don't Chase Hype (Which, at Times, Makes Us Unpopular)

Truth be told - crypto is very much into its hype cycles. Every handful of months, there's this new super thing that everyone wants to talk about. Most news sites decide to follow these trends because getting more clicks by publishing more exciting stories is their main goal.

CoinMinutes does not operate the same way. We consider data even when it goes against people's beliefs. Our daily updates are a good example of our "take-the-facts-as-they-are" attitude: https://x.com/coinminutes_en

In 2023, the year of altcoins, craziness was the word that came to mind for the situation. Our analysis revealed that a large number of altcoins were extremely overvalued. We publicly announced this.

Some of the readers wrote to us saying thank you for bringing them back to reality. The others... let's just say that I had to disable my notifications for a couple of days. The furious emails became quite inventive!

However, when the prices eventually went down (just as our data had forecasted), the readers who took our advice didn't suffer big losses. The circumstance in which the party pooper saves people from losing money is not unheard of.

Beyond​‍​‌‍​‍‌ Surface-Level Analysis

Basically, crypto content is mostly garbage in the sense that they just eyeball the price charts and repeat some rumors. However, this is very risky since your money is at stake.

We do not settle for such shallow and speculative narratives, rather, we dig deeper by examining the following aspects:

• What is queued for transactions in the Ethereum mempool

• Following the Bitcoin trail from one wallet to another to detect where large investors are taking actions

• Among which crypto projects are real software developers engaged (as opposed to marketing)

• Exactly where the huge money coming from financial institutions is going

The revelations from this detective work have enabled us to identify moves of large volumes well before the actual price changes. As an instance, in July, we observed that there were some atypical movements of stablecoins, which led to the eventual announcement of a massive sell-off. Readers who got our warning had an opportunity to secure their investments.

In 2023, according to the report from Chainalysis, there was a total of over $2 billion worth of crypto lost to major hacks and scams. Most of these cases had on-chain footprints that our daily tracking would have easily detected.

We​‍​‌‍​‍‌ Are Not Right All The Time (And We Admit That)

Any person who makes a statement that he or she is always right in cryptocurrency is telling a lie. These markets are highly volatile, unpredictable, and their changes are caused by factors that even nobody can fully predict.

We are mistaken about 25% of the time. That is a little more than most analysts, but we are still very open about our failures.

At the beginning of 2021, I completely overlooked the concept of NFTs as just a passing gimmick. "Why would anyone pay real money for a digital file of a monkey?" I said. I was so wrong. That error led to our readers being left out of the arena for the enormous profits during the NFT boom.

We apologize when we make a mistake. We change our views when the facts are different. It’s not being inconsistent – it’s being truthful with the new information.

Beyond​‍​‌‍​‍‌ Just Bitcoin

In most cases, it is Bitcoin that gets all the attention in the media, but the truth is that cryptocurrency has developed far beyond and is much more complex. The rise of DeFi (which stands for decentralized finance), layer-2 networks (blockchain transactions that are faster and cheaper), as well as new blockchain platforms, are opening up a whole range of possibilities and risks at the same time.

Our coverage equips you with the knowledge to:

• Determine whether newly launched DeFi projects are safe enough for you to invest in

• Understand the implications of new regulations on the crypto that you own

• Know what the network upgrades mean in the context of the networks that you use

• Cryptocurrency concepts that are difficult become easily understandable when explained in simple English

It was just last month when one of our readers expressed her gratitude for the clarity that we brought to the explanation of code issues at a lending platform. She informed us that she was on the verge of making a large deposit but decided to cancel it after reading our analysis. Two weeks later, that platform experienced a hacking incident resulting in a loss of $18 million.

Community-Driven​‍​‌‍​‍‌ Insights

We derive a significant amount of our insight ideas from the input of community members. Our readers discover the things which even our analysts overlook.

In the previous year, a member of our community noticed unusual transaction patterns of a token contract that was allegedly "locked." Our tech team went for a deep dive and found that something was off. We published a warning three days before the project crashed.

This team work style means that you are not limited to information from a few analysts only - you have the advantage of the watch of thousands of people over the market together. Be a part of these conversations by clicking this link: ​‍​‌‍​‍‌https://www.mymeetbook.com/coinminutes

No Hidden Agendas

Lots of crypto "experts" won't tell you about their conflicts of interest. They recommend projects they're invested in or get paid to promote. They partner with exchanges that give them kickbacks for new sign-ups.

We don't play those games. No hidden investments influencing our coverage. No sponsored content pretending to be analysis. No affiliate deals with exchanges that make us downplay risks.

This independence lets us say things others won't – like warning about security problems in popular projects or pointing out concerning tokenomics before they blow up in your face.

For daily updates that aren't trying to sell you something, check out our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/coinminutes/

Fair warning though - we're not cheerleaders. When markets look risky, we say so, even when everyone else is yelling "to the moon!" Some folks hate that approach. Others thank us when they don't lose everything in a crash.

In a market that changes faster than the weather in April, having information you can actually trust isn't just nice - it's necessary. Because timing in crypto isn't just about catching the good opportunities - it's about not getting caught in the bad ones.