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Editorial policy: how content is written, checked and updated
HoldValue writes about topics that touch your money, so whether the content is worth trusting matters far more than how it looks. This page spells out our editorial standards, so you can judge for yourself, and so you can come and find our mistakes.
Content principles
- Help first, then talk about the rest. Every piece starts by answering a real question an ordinary person has, and gives you a way to check the judgement yourself, rather than piling up concepts.
- Risk first. For any tool, we first make clear what it protects against, what it does not, and when it is a poor fit, before we talk about how to use it.
- Real information gain. If an article would just repeat, word for word, what you can already find somewhere else, we do not publish it. Either it adds a comparison, a judgement process or an honest look at the limits, or we do not write it.
Sourcing standards
When facts, rules or data are involved, we prefer official and public sources (regulators, official documentation, public on-chain data, well-known data platforms). We only link to stable root domains, and we do not fabricate deep links that may break. Readers should be able to re-verify by following the source themselves, rather than taking only our word for it.
How changeable facts are handled
Things like fees, tax, regional availability and platform rules change over time, so we do not write them in stone as "permanent rules" or "fixed ratios". We mark them all as "as shown on the relevant official pages in real time". Where local tax law and similar matters come up, we use neutral wording and note "follow your local official rules currently in force", and we do not give specific tax or legal advice.
Updates and corrections
- Only a real update changes the date. We update an article's "last updated" time only when the content has changed in substance (a field added, a rule changed, a case added, an error fixed). We do not edit the date to fake activity.
- We note what changed. Important corrections are explained briefly inside the article.
- Corrections are welcome. If you spot a factual error or out-of-date information, please email [email protected]. We will correct it once verified.
Author and disclosure
Content on this site is written and reviewed by a named author. For the author's background, see about the author · Shen Yan, and every article carries a visible byline. This site is funded through affiliate referrals. How that relationship works, and why it does not change our risk judgements, is set out in the affiliate disclosure.