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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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20:00

No, Trump didn’t make $50 billion from his memecoin

Molly White"s Citation Needed ·

2025/01/20

Journalists’ flawed math and ignorance of crypto markets turn tokens into fake fortunes. Originally published on January 20, 2025.

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30:57

Issue 74 – Stop asking me questions like “where does...

Molly White"s Citation Needed ·

2025/01/18

Regulators and lawmakers eagerly prepare to abdicate any last traces of interest in the wellbeing of everyday Americans as they suck up to the powerful billionaires who will soon be publicly calling the shots. Originally published on January 17, 2025.

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23:56

Issue 73 – Degen volunteer fire brigade

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2025/01/10

Terra founder Do Kwon is finally extradited, the CFPB proposes crypto consumer protections, and Polymarket reaches new lows. Originally published on January 10, 2025.

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32:31

Elon Musk and the right’s war on Wikipedia

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2025/01/02

The world's richest man has joined a growing chorus of right-wing voices attacking Wikipedia as part of an intensifying campaign against free and open access information. Originally published on January 2, 2025.

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40:29

Not just one bad apple: FTX's practices were business...

Molly White"s Citation Needed ·

2024/12/31

Adversary cases from the FTX collapse further expose how crypto companies do business: with secret acquisitions of “grey area” businesses, buying influence, and creative accounting. Originally published on December 30, 2024.

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40:13

Issue 72 – A seat at the table

Molly White"s Citation Needed ·

2024/12/24

The SEC is still busy even though it may soon be undermined, crypto industry capture of government continues to worsen, and several media outlets botch their crypto reporting at a time it’s needed most. Originally published on December 23, 2024.

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35:28

Issue 71 – (Crypto) banks are not your friends

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2024/12/05

Celsius’ Alex Mashinsky pleads guilty to fraud, some Tornado Cash sanctions are overturned, and billionaires complain about “debanking”. Originally published on December 5, 2024.

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38:14

The Cryptocurrency Industry's Unprecedented Election...

Molly White"s Citation Needed ·

2024/11/22

The cryptocurrency industry spent almost $200 million to influence the outcomes of the 2024 United States elections. This unprecedented degree of corporate spending from a relatively small industry had a major effect — but probably not in the way you think.Let's talk about where the money came from, where it went, what the cryptocurrency industry's goals are in politics, and what to do now.This is an audio version of my original video.

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38:12

Issue 70 – The Cryptocurrency States of America

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2024/11/15

Crypto’s efforts to buy the 2024 elections paid off, and we’re in for a bumpy ride. Originally posted on November 15, 2024.

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16:03

Wind the clock

Molly White"s Citation Needed ·

2024/11/08

A message to those asking “what do I do now?” Originally published on November 8, 2024.

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42:38

Issue 69 – Nice

Molly White"s Citation Needed ·

2024/11/02

Coinbase threatens me that continuing to report on their activities would be “.... unwise”. Also, election spending hits a fever pitch, with several new crypto PACs coming out of the woodwork. Originally published on November 2, 2024.

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12:47

I am my own legal department: the promise and peril...

Molly White"s Citation Needed ·

2024/10/26

Independent publishing is one important facet of the media ecosystem, and while I love it, I know it is not the path for everyone. Originally published on October 26, 2024.

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28:21

Guilty or coerced? Ryan Salame’s last interviews...

Molly White"s Citation Needed ·

2024/10/21

Unpacking my conversation with FTX executive Ryan Salame, where we discussed his claims that he’s innocent of the charges for which he’s now serving seven and a half years in prison. Originally published on October 21, 2024.

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Issue 68 – Opportunity agenda

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2024/10/17

Harris shouts out crypto in her “Opportunity Agenda for Black Men”, one crypto exec leaves prison as another enters, and Stand With Crypto bets on the favorites. Originally published on October 16, 2024.

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23:21

Fighting for our web

Molly White"s Citation Needed ·

2024/10/07

Earlier this year, I gave a talk at the XOXO festival in Portland, Oregon about the very important fight for our web, and how we can all play a part in it. Here's a recording of that talk.

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11:08

Caroline Ellison: A woman with agency or a helpless...

Molly White"s Citation Needed ·

2024/10/02

Why did the former Alameda Research CEO receive only two years imprisonment for her role in the FTX collapse? Originally published on October 2, 2024.

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9:27

POSSE: Reclaiming social media in a fragmented world

Molly White"s Citation Needed ·

2024/09/27

A simple technique offers the best of both worlds: total control over your own work, while still maintaining a presence on third-party platforms. Originally published on September 27, 2024.

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27:10

Issue 67 – Bug out bitcoin

Molly White"s Citation Needed ·

2024/09/24

Crypto resurfaces on the campaign trail and the FTX fallout continues to unfold. Also, merch! Originally published on September 23, 2024.

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Issue 66 – Pretensions to relevance

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2024/09/17

FTX fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried says he wants a do-over, and some more ill-received blockchain games suggest “GameFi” has an uncertain future. Originally published on September 17, 2024.

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25:44

Big publishers think libraries are the enemy

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2024/09/12

The recent Second Circuit decision in Hachette v. Internet Archive is only the latest battle in the war on libraries and the freedom to read. Originally published on September 12, 2024.

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