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Molly White"s Citation Needed

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

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4:56

It matters. I care.

Molly White"s Citation Needed ·

2025/06/11

Originally published on June 11, 2025.

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33:41

Issue 85 – All the President’s tokens

Molly White"s Citation Needed ·

2025/06/05

As Trump’s web of crypto projects gets tangled up in itself, a regulator warns of “regulatory Jenga” in the crypto sector that echoes the 2008 financial crisis. Originally published on June 5, 2025.

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9:27

Trump to launch branded crypto trading application

Molly White"s Citation Needed ·

2025/06/03

New crypto trading and wallet application, created in partnership with Magic Eden, invites fans of President Trump to buy his memecoin. Originally published on June 3, 2025.

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11:00

OpenAI featured chatbot is pushing extreme surgeries...

Molly White"s Citation Needed ·

2025/05/31

OpenAI's featured chatbot recommends $200,000 in surgeries while promoting incel ideology. Originally published on May 31, 2025.

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22:27

Issue 84 – Rogue overseas support agents

Molly White"s Citation Needed ·

2025/05/20

Coinbase’s substantial data breach coincides with a convenient terms of service update, while the GENIUS Act stablecoin bill regains momentum in the Senate. Originally published on May 20, 2025.

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25:37

Issue 83 – Trump’s crypto-backed plan to auction off...

Molly White"s Citation Needed ·

2025/05/12

Trump’s crypto conflicts continue to multiply as Democratic legislators demand ethics inquiries and block industry-backed bills. Originally published on May 12, 2025.

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12:45

Meet Trump’s memecoin dinner guests

Molly White"s Citation Needed ·

2025/05/08

Trump's crypto-for-access dinner triggers broad ethics alarms, and 73% non-US attendance raises fresh concerns over foreign influence. Originally published on May 7, 2025.

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28:08

Issue 82 – E-moluments

Molly White"s Citation Needed ·

2025/04/24

As Celsius victims detail their devastation even under the weak crypto regulations of the past, the Trump administration continues to dismantle those same rules while he pumps his personal memecoin with promises of private access. Originally published on April 24, 2025.

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23:13

Trump’s newest grift: Building a cryptocurrency...

Molly White"s Citation Needed ·

2025/04/17

Inside the Trump family’s sprawling crypto empire — from memecoins to mining — and how Trump is using presidential power to dismantle the regulators who could stop it. Originally published April 17, 2025.

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22:07

Issue 81 – Crypto crime is legal

Molly White"s Citation Needed ·

2025/04/08

Trump continues to dismantle crypto enforcement while expanding his personal crypto empire. Originally published on April 8, 2025.

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26:52

Issue 80 – Aimed at benefiting the digital assets...

Molly White"s Citation Needed ·

2025/03/28

As the US government lays a very favorable groundwork for the crypto industry, Trump positions himself for maximum personal profit. Originally published on March 28, 2025.

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26:48

Issue 79 – Mundus sine Caesaribus

Molly White"s Citation Needed ·

2025/03/20

The crypto industry frees itself from the last remnants of SEC oversight, and Solana tries to appeal to its target demographic by bashing trans people. Originally published on March 20, 2025.

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13:30

“Wait, not like that”: Free and open access in the...

Molly White"s Citation Needed ·

2025/03/14

The real threat isn’t AI using open knowledge — it’s AI companies killing the projects that make knowledge free. Originally published on March 14, 2025.

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10:58

Crypto reserves: no public good, no principles

Molly White"s Citation Needed ·

2025/03/11

The formerly anti-government bitcoin movement abandons its principles in favor of number-go-up, applauds federal plan to stockpile seized crypto with no clear benefit to national interest. Originally published on March 11, 2025.

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32:59

Issue 78 – President on brink of bailout for bitcoin

Molly White"s Citation Needed ·

2025/03/03

Trump tries to breathe life back into the “Trump pump” while federal regulatory agencies wash their hands of any crypto industry oversight. Originally published on March 2, 2025.

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25:48

Issue 77 – Whenever presidents get involved, if they...

Molly White"s Citation Needed ·

2025/02/19

A major crypto scandal tarnishes the reputation of Solana bigwigs, crypto influencers, and Argentine President Javier Milei. “This is FTX type of shit,” said a crypto founder confronting Meteora’s Ben Chow over alleged insider trading. Originally published on February 18, 2025.

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34:32

The crypto industry’s debanking smokescreen

Molly White"s Citation Needed ·

2025/02/14

Cryptocurrency companies have co-opted legitimate concerns about banking discrimination to fight regulation — and Congress is buying it. Originally published on February 14, 2025.

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30:09

Issue 76 – Tripartisan legislation

Molly White"s Citation Needed ·

2025/02/06

Crypto exchanges face legal troubles, and Trump’s crypto empire grows as regulations are slashed and enforcement is sidelined. Originally published on February 5, 2025.

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8:04

Trump's Project 2025 ghostwriters

Molly White"s Citation Needed ·

2025/01/28

Exposed PDF metadata from the Office of Personnel Management reveals that Heritage Foundation-linked Trump devotees are writing policies at federal agencies. Originally published on January 27, 2025.

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34:36

Issue 75 – Absolutely preposterous

Molly White"s Citation Needed ·

2025/01/25

Trump horrifies even some of his crypto-steeped fans by launching a memecoin before his inauguration, and a flurry of activity from the new administration signals what’s in store for the crypto world in the next four years. Originally published on January 24, 2025.

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