The Blind Spot is an independent publication covering finance, markets, media, and geopolitics, founded by Izabella Kaminska as founder and editor and Dario Garcia Giner as co-founder and deputy editor. The Blind Spot's Twitter Score is 7.9 out of 1000 as of October 2026, ranking #115,630 among 498,348 tracked accounts.
The Blind Spot operates across analysis, opinion, aggregation, reporting, and long-form deep dives, with its coverage spanning financial markets, media criticism, and geopolitical developments. The publication migrated its principal publishing operation from WordPress to Substack, broadening its distribution. In September 2025, The Blind Spot spun out its stablecoin and central bank digital currency coverage into a dedicated service, which was later rebranded as The Peg.
The Blind Spot has produced substantial cryptocurrency-focused work, including analysis of exchange valuations, proof-of-reserves practices, and the collapse of FTX. Its broader crypto coverage has addressed regulation, anti-money-laundering enforcement, tokenized financial infrastructure, and the evolving stablecoin and CBDC landscape. The Blind Spot has 4,277 followers as of October 2026 and has published 382 posts. It has been mentioned by 4 accounts, with 8 total mentions.
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