During the second quarter of 2025, Bitcoin drew very different reactions from the best names in financial news. According to the data collected by the market intelligence company OpinionFrom 18 large stores there were 1,116 Bitcoin articles that were published between April and June.
Overall sentiment leaned a little negative: 31% of the headings were tagged positive, 41% came over as neutral and 28% fell into negative territory.
Elite media coverage gap
The Wall Street Journal Run only two Bitcoin stories during the second quarter. The Economic times Succeeded 11, and the New York Times ran another 11.
This is a small proportion compared to other reports that these articles produce – especially strange for an asset that has exceeded almost everything else over the past decade.
Based on the study conducted by perception, these outlets treated bitcoin almost as if it were from their radar. By comparison, the same weeks saw deep coverage of ECB bond rates and quarterly results from large retailers.
High volume outlets step in
At the other end of the theater, financial titles were high. Forbes led the package with 194 articles, tagged 43% as positive and 24% as negative.
CNBC Published 141, with a 42% positive interest rate and only 17% negative. Fortune Added 117 stories and split 25% positively against 18% negative.
These publishers hardly ignored Bitcoin; They treated it as a moving market, not a French subject. They also drilled at specific angles – 75% positive in adoption of retail in Forbes and 100% positive in institutional features, for example.
US media coverage of Bitcoin shows wide divide in Q2 2025. Image: Meta.
Warnings from negative coverage
Other stores leaned in the opposite way. The Independent Run 45 Bitcoin articles but marked 42% of those who negative versus only 18% positive.
Fox News produced 32 reports with 38% negative headings, often focused on crime and security. Barron’s – ironically part of the same group as the magazine – puts out 65 Bitcoin stories, almost divided between 25% positive and 27% negative tones.
These critical still take bitcoin on the sides, but they painted it most as a risk zone.
Real -time tracking can help investors
Investors who only rely on elite paper can miss great features. When Barron’s Drive 65 floors but its parent paper runs two, there is a clear gap in what each audience sees.
By tracking headings and feel when they appear – instead of waiting three months for a quarterly report – Traders can discover shifts faster.
According to analysts, it can set up a simple instrument panel that loses several outlets when a bullish run builds or when the warning signs rise.
What that means for readers
This shared coverage is important. If you just read the magazine and FT, you may think that bitcoin is a niche. If you follow Forbes or CNBC, you see it as a large market strength.
Based on these numbers, the big takeaway is easy: broaden your news sources. In this way, it is less likely that you will be dazzled by Bitcoin the next big move.
As the shows would say: the more, the more.
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