Crypto entity

Wall Street Journal

Company

Wall Street Journal is most often covered alongside Kalshi, which appears in 2 of these 3 stories. regulation accounts for 2 of the 3 tracked stories, while 1 other category carries the remainder. Source depth averages 2 original sources per story, versus 2.9 across the same-window beat baseline.

Last mentioned: Aug 19, 2026

Entity pulse

Recent coverage · Wall Street Journal

3 stories
7 avg impact
33% positive
67% negative

Coverage balance Negative coverage leads. Negative coverage exceeds positive coverage by 34 percentage points.

  • 33% positive
  • 67% negative

Figures are computed live from our source-verified story record — see our methodology for how impact and sentiment are derived.

What the coverage shows about Wall Street Journal

Wall Street Journal is most often covered alongside Kalshi, which appears in 2 of these 3 stories. regulation accounts for 2 of the 3 tracked stories, while 1 other category carries the remainder. Source depth averages 2 original sources per story, versus 2.9 across the same-window beat baseline. That works out to roughly 0.1 stories per week across a 142-day span. The 7 average consequence score is above the beat benchmark of 6.3 in the same window. Wall Street Journal appears in 3 tracked Crypto stories published from March 13, 2026 through August 1, 2026.

Stories tracked
3
Per week
0.1
Sources per story
2

Computed from the 3 stories linked to this entity, with beat comparisons drawn from all 338 Crypto stories published in the same date window. Shares are omitted below five stories and comparisons below a twenty-story baseline.

Coverage cohort

Appears alongside

Other entities that clear the same relevance threshold in stories also covering Wall Street Journal. Shared-story counts are live from our verified record — not editorial picks.

Timeline

  1. WSJ investigation alleges fake trades

    The Wall Street Journal reports that Polymarket paid influencers to film fabricated trades and winning screens to lure American users.

  2. Defamation Lawsuit Filed

    Binance sues the Wall Street Journal, denying the claims of Iranian fund transfers.

  3. Legal Victory in Alabama

    Binance wins a court ruling dismissing claims under the Anti-Terrorism Act.

  4. DOJ Probe Reported

    The Wall Street Journal reports that the DOJ is investigating Binance over Iranian sanctions evasion.

  5. Polymarket wins CFTC license

    After years of being blocked, Polymarket receives a license from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, allowing it to operate legally in the U.S.

  6. Polymarket banned from the U.S.

    Regulatory action bars Polymarket from offering services to U.S. residents.

Stories mentioning Wall Street Journal 3

Regulation Bearish

Polymarket's $9B Prediction Market Rocked by Fake-Trade Claims; Trump Probe Slim

Crypto-native prediction market Polymarket faces a credibility crisis after a WSJ investigation revealed influencers faked trades to lure U.S. users. Legal experts see plausible FTC and CFTC violations, but President Trump’s heavily deregulatory CFTC, staffed by ex-industry lawyers, is unlikely to act. The scandal raises trust questions while underscoring a permissive environment for blockchain-based betting platforms.

2 sources

Source: fortune.com · finance.yahoo.com

Regulation Bearish

DOJ Probes Binance Over Alleged Iranian Sanctions Evasion

The U.S. Department of Justice has launched a new investigation into whether Binance was used by Iranian entities to circumvent international sanctions. This probe comes as the exchange aggressively defends its compliance record in court and initiates defamation litigation against the Wall Street Journal.

2 sources

Wall Street Journal is linked from 3 stories on this site, each scored at or above our 35% relevance threshold — see how these pages are built.

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