Corrections Policy
Corrections Policy
The Crypto Public is committed to accuracy, transparency, and accountability.
Despite careful research and editorial review, errors can occur. When we identify a material factual error in published content, our responsibility is to investigate it and correct the record appropriately.
This policy explains how The Crypto Public handles corrections, clarifications, updates, and other changes to published content.
Reporting an Error
Readers are encouraged to report potential factual errors.
If you believe an article contains inaccurate information, please contact us through our Contact Us page and select Correction as the inquiry type.
When possible, include:
- The URL of the article
- The statement you believe is inaccurate
- An explanation of the issue
- Supporting documents, data, or reliable sources
- Any other information that may help us evaluate the claim
Providing evidence helps us review correction requests efficiently, but we may independently investigate reported issues regardless of whether supporting material is submitted.
How We Review Correction Requests
A correction request does not automatically mean that published information is incorrect.
When a potential error is brought to our attention, we may review the original sources, examine additional evidence, contact relevant parties, consult subject-matter expertise, or conduct further reporting where appropriate.
Our objective is to determine what the available evidence supports.
Correction decisions are based on evidence rather than pressure from individuals, companies, projects, advertisers, or other interested parties.
Corrections
A correction is appropriate when published content contains a material factual error.
Examples may include an incorrect figure, date, identity, attribution, quotation, description of an event, or other factual statement that could meaningfully affect a reader's understanding of the story.
When a material error is confirmed, we aim to correct the inaccurate information promptly.
Where appropriate, a correction notice may be added to explain what was changed.
We do not intentionally preserve information we know to be materially false simply because it appeared in the original version of an article.
Clarifications
A clarification may be appropriate when the original information is not necessarily factually incorrect but could reasonably create an incomplete, ambiguous, or misleading impression.
Clarifications may provide additional context, improve wording, or explain distinctions that were not sufficiently clear in the original publication.
When a clarification materially affects how readers may understand an article, we may disclose the change.
Updates
An update is different from a correction.
Crypto stories frequently continue developing after publication. New regulatory filings may appear, companies may issue additional statements, blockchain data may change, investigations may progress, or other relevant information may become available.
Adding verified information that became available after the original publication is generally considered an update, not a correction.
Where appropriate, significant updates may be identified within the article.
Minor Edits
Not every change requires a correction notice.
We may make minor edits involving:
- Spelling
- Grammar
- Punctuation
- Formatting
- Broken links
- Minor stylistic improvements
- Wording changes that do not alter the substantive meaning
These changes generally do not require a formal correction notice because they do not materially change the information presented to readers.
Headlines, Images, and Supporting Material
Our corrections standards apply beyond the main article text.
If a headline, chart, image caption, social media description, data point, or other editorial element contains a material factual error, we may correct it where technically and reasonably possible.
Changes to presentation may also be made when an element creates a materially misleading impression of the underlying reporting.
Developing Stories
Information during breaking or developing events can change rapidly.
We aim to distinguish confirmed facts from allegations, estimates, preliminary information, and speculation.
When reliable new information materially changes an ongoing story, we may update the article to reflect the latest evidence.
If earlier reporting was factually incorrect based on information that was already knowable or incorrectly represented at the time, the change may be treated as a correction rather than merely an update.
Source Corrections
An official source changing its own information does not necessarily mean our original reporting was incorrect at the time it was published.
When a regulator, company, blockchain project, data provider, court, researcher, or other source subsequently revises information, we may update our coverage to reflect the change and explain the chronology when relevant.
This distinction helps preserve an accurate record of what was known at different points in time.
Article Removal
Removing an entire article is an exceptional measure.
Whenever reasonably possible, we prefer correcting, clarifying, or updating the published record rather than deleting it.
Removal may be considered in unusual circumstances involving significant legal, safety, privacy, ethical, or editorial concerns.
Commercial pressure or dissatisfaction with accurate reporting is not, by itself, sufficient reason to remove legitimate editorial coverage.
Transparency
Material corrections should be handled transparently when appropriate.
A correction notice may explain the nature of the error and the substance of the change without unnecessarily repeating or amplifying the incorrect information.
Our objective is not simply to make an error disappear.
Our objective is to leave readers with an accurate understanding of the subject.
Contact Us About a Correction
If you identify a potential error in The Crypto Public's reporting, please use our Contact Us page and select Correction.
We take credible correction requests seriously and will review the available evidence.
For more information about the standards governing our reporting, please see our Editorial Policy.
The Crypto Public
Accuracy includes correcting the record.