About
CryptoMappa
One crypto story from every region of the world, every week, in English.
The name is from mappa mundi, Latin for “map of the world”.
ITo the reader
English crypto news covers America far more than anywhere else. We give every region the same space.
On 8 big English-language crypto sites, 1,761 of 8,076 headlines named the US. All of Asia and the Gulf together: 507.
Our count, 30 Apr–10 Nov 2026.
IIWhat you get each week
One story from each region: the most important one there that week. The US gets one, like everyone else.
More from each region underneath, one line each, with links.
A story we feature keeps a dated record. Each time it moves, we add the new development.
Each issue covers Sunday to Saturday and comes out on Monday.
IIIHow a story is made
- We read crypto news from outlets in each region, in their own languages.
- We pick each region’s story on four questions:
- How big is it? Does it move a market, a law, or a lot of people’s money?
- Is it final? A decision or an event, not talk or a proposal.
- How many outlets covered it?
- Does it move a story we already keep a record of?
- A story goes on the map where it happens: where the government, court or company acts, not where the outlet is based.
- We read the chosen articles in full. AI drafts a short summary in English, in our own words.
- A second AI checks every claim against the articles.
- A person approves every line. Until then, the story is marked Draft.
- Every summary links to the original articles, usually in their own language.
IVRegulations
Five plain questions about each place’s crypto rules, from exchange licences to tax.
Every answer comes from that place’s own government documents, quoted, dated and linked.
If the government hasn’t said, the answer is marked “our reading” of its published rules, or left as “–”.
11 places surveyed so far, in Middle East & North Africa, South Asia, East Asia and Southeast Asia. 17 more to come.
VFollow what you care about
Follow a region, a country, a story, a topic or a country’s rules, with one tap.
Your Watchlist shows what’s new for you in each issue.
You can also get it in the Monday email or on Telegram. Your follows stay in your browser until you turn those on.
Email and Telegram are not connected in this mock-up.
VIWhat we don’t do
We don’t say who was right. When outlets disagree, we show each account and name who said it.
We don’t score countries as “crypto-friendly”. Colours on our map tell regions apart; they never mean good or bad.
We don’t give legal or investment advice.
We don’t copy articles. We write a short summary and link to the original.
VIIWhere we are still thin
Issue 7: 7 of 7 regional stories approved; the rest are drafts. When a region has few local outlets, its story may come from outlets based elsewhere. Every story names who reported it.
Explanation of the signs
- Rule stages, drawn like roads Regulations
- In force · allowed
- Passed, not yet in force · restricted
- Drafted
- None
- No statement found
- Draft
- Checked by a second AI, not yet approved by a person.
- On a past issue: a region with a story; a quiet week; no local sources yet.
- A pinned note: a past issue, or a sheet laid on the board. Open it to read.
- A dashed note: the next issue, still being gathered.
- Colours tell regions apart; never good or bad.