Decrypt Crypto News Scraper 📰🔍

Overview

Scrape the latest crypto news articles from Decrypt across various categories including AI, Business, DeFi, Technology, NFTs, Gaming, Markets, and more. It extracts comprehensive data from Decrypt's news section, including article content, category, author information, and publication dates.

Features 🛠️

The Decrypt Crypto News Scraper extracts the following fields:

Article Information 📊

• title: The headline of the news article.
• category: The main category selected for scraping (e.g., AI, Business, DeFi).
• sub_category: The specific subcategory of the article (e.g., "Bitcoin", "Ethereum", "Regulation").
• link: Direct URL to the full article on Decrypt.
• date: Publication date in datetime format.
• reading_time: Estimated reading time for the article.
• content: The full text content of the article.
• author: The author who wrote the article.

Input Parameters ⚙️

• category: The category of articles to be scraped. Available options:
  • AI: Artificial Intelligence and crypto news
  • Business: Business and industry news
  • Technology: Technology developments
  • NFTs: Non-Fungible Token news
  • Coins: Cryptocurrency coin news
  • DeFi: Decentralized Finance news
  • Gaming: Crypto gaming and blockchain gaming news
  • Markets: Market analysis and trading news
  • Opinion: Opinion pieces and editorial content
• max_articles: Maximum number of articles to scrape. Range: 10-100 per run (default: 50).

Output Format 📂

The data will be output as a JSON file with the fields described above. Here's an example:

{
  "title": "'Public Good': Wyoming Plots August Debut for WYST Stablecoin",
  "category": "Business",
  "sub_category": "Law and Order",
  "link": "https://decrypt.co/326331/wyoming-plots-august-debut-wyst-state-stablecoin",
  "date": "2025-06-21T10:30:00Z",
  "reading_time": "4 min read",
  "content": "In brief\nWyoming lawmakers have been talking about introducing a stablecoin since 2022.\nThe asset, WYST, is now targeted to launch on August 20 during the Wyoming Blockchain Symposium.\nThis week, the U.S. Senate passed the GENIUS Act, which would create a legal framework for stablecoins.\n\nThe Cowboy State moved one step closer to issuing its own stablecoin.\n\nThe state-backed Wyoming Stable Token Commission said this week that the WYST cryptocurrency's debut will likely occur on August 20 at the Wyoming Blockchain Symposium in Jackson...",
  "author": "Mat Di Salvo"
}

Use Cases 🌟

• News Monitoring: Stay updated with the latest cryptocurrency and blockchain news.
• Content Aggregation: Collect articles for research, analysis, or content curation.
• Market Intelligence: Track news sentiment and trends in the crypto space.
• Research: Gather data for academic or business research on cryptocurrency markets.