Disclosure
How we are funded and what that means.
Editorial independence is the single thing that makes a ranking publication useful. This page describes how we are funded, what sponsors of the publication get and don't get, and how we handle the conflicts of interest that arise.
Funding
Crypto Law Index is supported in part by industry sponsorship from firms working in the crypto-asset regulatory space. Sponsorship is a flat annual fee. There is no per-rank fee, no per-mention fee, and no sliding scale tied to score.
What sponsors get
- Acknowledgement on the disclosure page (this page).
- Priority response to correction submissions — sponsors' submissions are reviewed within five working days rather than ten.
- Quarterly newsletter and methodology change-log preview.
What sponsors do not get
- Score adjustment of any kind.
- Editorial control over the firm's profile narrative.
- Any influence on the methodology or its weights.
- Pre-publication review of their own ranking — sponsors find out about score changes when the public update goes live.
Editorial firewall
Sponsorship inquiries are handled by a separate person from the editor. The editor is not informed of which ranked firms are sponsors at the time of scoring. Sponsorship status is reconciled to the public disclosure list on this page after the index is published, not before.
Conflicts of interest
Where the editor or any contributor has a personal or commercial relationship with a ranked firm — current or former engagement, family relation, equity stake — that relationship is declared on the firm profile in the "Editorial conflicts" line.
Affiliate links
Outbound links to firm websites are rel="noopener nofollow" by default. We do not maintain
affiliate relationships with any ranked firm and do not earn referral fees from outbound traffic.
Current sponsors
Sponsor list maintained here. Current period: 2026-04.
- None publicly listed at this time.
Submitting a complaint
If you believe the publication has materially mis-scored a firm or has broken its own editorial rules, write to editor@cryptolawindex.com with the subject line "Editorial complaint". Complaints are reviewed by an editor not involved in the contested decision and a written response is provided within fifteen working days.