Category: PR & Agencies
Independent reviews of the crypto PR wires, distribution desks and marketing agencies that sell coverage rather than impressions.
Serotonin review: a $30,000-a-month retainer, 73 client names and no published price
No price, terms or case study from Serotonin. Its one public contract is a $30,000-a-month retainer in an SEC filing by a client whose board its founder joined.
Wachsman review: what ten years, a $25.4M fee year and zero client reviews add up to
Ten years, eight offices, a $25.4M fee year and two conference press offices, but no price, no terms, no case study and zero client reviews. Our score is 7/10.
Crypto PR agencies compared: retainers, packages and wires, priced from their own pages
Nine crypto PR agencies and five wires side by side: who prints a price, what “guaranteed” means in each contract, where the links go and what refunds say.
RGray review: a $4,499 package, 23 Clutch reviews and no company name
RGray review, 6.5/10: a Kyiv agency with $4,499 to $17,499 packages and 4.9 from 23 Clutch reviews since 2019, Bitcoin.com among them, but no company name and no refund terms.
Solus Agency review: 22 Clutch reviews, no price list, and a fee that can be a share of your funding round
Solus Agency review, 6.5/10: a Lviv KOL agency with 22 Clutch reviews and a Kraken Ukraine case that checks out, but no price, no terms and a fee that can be a cut of your round.
Melrose PR review: ten years in crypto, no price list, and a wire that does the talking
Melrose PR review, 6/10: a verified Inc. 5000 crypto PR firm with no price, no terms and no reviews, whose Bitwire newswire sets the only published rates.
EAK Digital review: a verified award, no agency price, and a London company that stopped trading in 2025
EAK Digital review, 6/10: the Entrepreneur Middle East award checks out and the events are real, but there is no agency price, no terms, no third-party review, and the UK company named in EAK Wire's terms ceased trading in July 2025.
Flexe.io review: prices on every page, no name on any, and followers sold by the hundred thousand
Flexe.io, page by page: a $4,000 floor and published KOL packages, zero reviews anywhere, no company name, no refunds under UAE law, and followers for sale in lots of 300,000. 5.5/10.
Lunar Strategy review: Polkadot-grade clients, no price list, and a payee dissolved in February
Lunar Strategy, page by page: Polkadot and Cardano campaigns, no price list, no refunds, a dissolved payee in the terms and a July 2026 sale to Turtle. 6/10.
Outset PR review: published prices, a Caribbean contract and four reviews on Clutch
Outset PR prints its prices: Google Discover packs from $21,020 and a press office from $8,000 a month. The contract is short, under Saint Vincent and the Grenadines law, with no refund clause. Clutch shows four reviews. We read every page and score it 6/10.