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Issue 111 – Back the winners

October 16, 2026 · 23 min

A Trump crypto adviser’s firm took millions from Tether while he shaped stablecoin rules in their favor, a Senate probe targets Commerce Secretary Lutnick’s not-so-former firm, and crypto’s biggest super PAC plays it safe. Originally…
Issue 110 – The Clarity Act collapses

October 6, 2026 · 27 min

Regulators race to reassure the crypto industry as the industry’s flagship legislation collapses, SBF tries his luck with the Supreme Court, and crypto PACs unleash $30 million against Sherrod Brown. Originally published on October 2, 2026.
The Senate must reject the Clarity Act’s ethics charade

September 15, 2026 · 12 min

The supposedly “unprecedented” ethics restrictions exempt Trump’s crypto businesses and leave enforcement to his loyalists. Originally published on September 14, 2026.
Issue 109 – Reg Crypto

August 31, 2026 · 25 min

The SEC’s “Reg Crypto” aims to carve out exemptions, the CFTC wields emergency powers to shield prediction markets from state regulators, and a Trump family crypto firm gets a bank charter. Originally published on August 31, 2026.
Issue 108 – In a word, applesauce

August 12, 2026 · 27 min

Firms close up shop amid a continued crypto winter, a Trump venture ditches its crypto plans, and the Clarity Act fails to reach a vote before August recess. Originally published on August 11, 2026.

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Issue 107 – An unserious offer

July 23, 2026 · 27 min

The crypto industry has spent $200 million to get a bill too corrupt for Democrats to pass and a president too corrupt to sign anything that might meaningfully limit his grift. Originally published on July 23, 2026.
Trump’s $1.4 billion crypto disclosure

July 1, 2026 · 11 min

The White House insists there’s no conflict of interest as Trump reports $1.4 billion in income from an industry he’s deregulated. Originally published on July 1, 2026.
Issue 106 – A tremendous birthday present

June 18, 2026 · 35 min

The crypto industry spent the spring buying primaries, an octagon at the White House, and — they hope — a market-structure bill by the Fourth of July. Originally published on June 18, 2026.
End Citizens United’s Tiffany Muller on fighting big money in politics

June 10, 2026 · 48 min

Tiffany Muller talks to me about what Citizens United enabled, how crypto and AI fit into the bigger picture of money in politics, and what it would actually take to fix this broken system. Originally published on June 10, 2026.
I’m launching Tech Influence Watch as AI follows crypto into politics

June 8, 2026 · 20 min

Most voters don’t know that crypto and AI companies have spent more than $400 million this cycle to buy Congress. Let’s make that spending visible. Originally published on June 8, 2026.
Issue 105 – The new boogeyman

May 8, 2026 · 33 min

A crypto billionaire who escaped fraud allegations after investing hundreds of millions of dollars into the Trump family’s crypto projects is now accusing them of fraud. Originally published on May 8, 2026.
No new trial for Sam Bankman-Fried

April 29, 2026 · 9 min

The former CEO of FTX has essentially no realistic avenues left to avoid his 25-year prison sentence. Originally published on April 28, 2026.

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Keep up with the happenings in the tech world without all the boosterism. Cryptocurrency critic, technology researcher, and software engineer Molly White publishes Citation Needed, a newsletter that features weekly explainers of developments in the cryptocurrency industry, with summaries of the latest disasters featured on her well-known project Web3 is Going Just Great. She also does deep dives into important events in the broader technology industry, with added critical context that is too often missing.