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PR by Web3 natives. Here, we share industry-first crypto media reports, research and field-tested comms tactics built on market awareness and performance data, plus more from our agency blog: https://www.outsetpr.io/blog


Token communication in Web3: When narrative becomes legal exposure

25 Mar 2026 4 minute read 0 comments Mike Ermolaev

In Web3, a token is the only element of the system that simultaneously functions as a mechanism, a coordination tool, and a source of economic expectation. That combination makes token communication uniquely sensitive. About the author:Outse...

Breaking down media relationships in crypto PR: From first emails to a structured system that builds trust

25 Mar 2026 6 minute read 0 comments Mike Ermolaev

Media outreach may look deceptively simple. An editorial team has a public email, you send a message, get a response, and add another outlet to your network. In practice, this assumption breaks almost immediately. Based on a conversation wit...

Outset PR in January–February 2026: Event digest #1

25 Mar 2026 3 minute read 0 comments Mike Ermolaev

January and February set the tone for the year at Outset PR. In the first two months of 2026, our team received a major industry award, published bylines in leading outlets, joined a new podcast conversation, and launched new editorial formats on t...

Reflecting on crypto’s new marketing logic with Jamie Elkaleh from Bitget Wallet

4 Mar 2026 4 minute read 0 comments Mike Ermolaev

In this edition of our Web3 communication talks, I spoke with Jamie Elkaleh, CMO of Bitget Wallet. He told me what good marketing means for a global crypto wallet as this product category increasingly evolves from pure trading into broader financia...

Founder communication in Web3: Strategic asset or legal evidence?

28 Feb 2026 3 minute read 0 comments Mike Ermolaev

Web3 founders often carry ideology, roadmap, and token narrative in one person. That concentration of authority makes them the primary legal risk vector. Markets may interpret their words as vision, but regulators interpret them as intent, control,...

Your brand as a newsroom: Outset PR’s press office model explained

28 Feb 2026 4 minute read 0 comments Mike Ermolaev

Many Web3 teams still treat media like a distribution channel: pay for a placement, publish an announcement, move on. But top editorial coverage works by a different logic. Journalists don’t build stories around brands that want visibility – they b...

Cointelegraph’s 80% drop was not a market cycle — The data makes that clear

27 Feb 2026 6 minute read 2 comments Mike Ermolaev

In early October 2025, one of crypto media’s most established publications abruptly disappeared from Google’s search results. Cointelegraph – founded in 2013 – is one of the longest-operating crypto-native news outlets. Over more than a decade, it co...

The one-on-one with Nisheta Sachdev: Why crypto marketing now requires institutional discipline

25 Feb 2026 5 minute read 1 comment Mike Ermolaev

In the first edition of our Web3 communication talks, I sat down with Dr. Nisheta Sachdev, marketing lead at Ryder and growth adviser. After moving from PR agency leadership to brand-side responsibility, she explains why trust, not virality, will def...

Why good PR can kill your Web3 project if legal is ignored

4 Feb 2026 7 minute read 0 comments Mike Ermolaev

This article opens Outset Legal Lens – a new editorial series where we look at Web3 communication from a legal perspective. It unpacks how public narratives age over time, and how statements that once drove growth later resurface as evidence in reg...

US crypto media traffic contracts 33.5% in Q4 as AI referrals surge to 25.6% of discovery – Outset report

29 Jan 2026 26 minute read 0 comments Mike Ermolaev

Outset Data Pulse tracks the shifting architecture of crypto media across global markets. Our mapping of the Asian landscape revealed an ecosystem dominated by exchange-anchored information flows, while the European sector remains structurally teth...