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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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37:54

Issue 101 – Bought and paid for

Molly White"s Citation Needed ·

2026/02/27

Bitcoin is down 50%, several prominent industry figures have been uncovered in the Epstein files, Trump’s facing a probe into his family’s $500M deal with the UAE, and crypto super PACs spend their first $6 million in the midterms. Originally published February 26, 2026.

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25:18

Crypto super PACs have hundreds of millions ready to...

Molly White"s Citation Needed ·

2026/02/21

With Trump faltering and their policy agenda incomplete, the crypto industry has moved at least $288 million toward the midterms in a desperate bid to keep Republicans in control of Congress. Originally published on February 20, 2026.

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28:33

Issue 100 – Freedom of all kinds is worth fighting for

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2026/01/30

As masked agents execute people and terrorize communities, crypto executives who spent years posting about freedom fall conspicuously silent — except when writing checks for the politicians enabling it. Originally published on January 29, 2026.

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31:23

Issue 99 – They’ve bought themselves a Congress

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2026/01/19

Coinbase calls the shots in the Senate, former New York City Mayor Eric Adams faces rug pull allegations, and a crypto executive is breaking up with Trump. Originally published on January 19, 2026.

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17:41

The year of technoligarchy

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2026/01/07

In 2025, Trump brought tech executives into power to dismantle regulators and write their own rules. But the instabilities they’re creating may be their downfall. Originally published on January 7, 2026.

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35:28

Issue 98 – The world’s most corrupt crypto startup...

Molly White"s Citation Needed ·

2025/12/17

Terra’s Do Kwon gets 15 years, crypto banks get the green light, and the Trump family’s crypto grift expands even as one of their treasury companies goes off the rails. Originally published on December 16, 2025.

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10:05

Digital asset treasury companies are running out of...

Molly White"s Citation Needed ·

2025/11/25

Convincing traders to pay $2 for $1 of bitcoin worked — for a while. As premiums evaporate, an unwind could be painful. Originally published on November 25, 2025.

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19:52

Issue 97 – This is hardship

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2025/11/20

While slumping prices have some fearing it’s crypto winter again, Trump looks to Saudia Arabia and American retail crypto investors to fund the development of his next hotel. Originally published on November 19, 2025.

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19:11

Issue 96 – Redefining solvency

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2025/11/08

Sam Bankman-Fried makes his case for a retrial and aspiring crypto banks hit roadblocks. Originally published on November 7, 2025.

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12:07

Trump says he has “no idea” who he just pardoned

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2025/11/03

President Trump reacts to condemnations of his recent pardon of Binance founder Changpeng Zhao by claiming he doesn’t know who he is. Originally published on November 3, 2025.

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36:48

Issue 95 – The pardon was the payoff

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2025/10/29

Binance’s Changpeng Zhao earns a gold-plated pardon as other industry figures fund Trump’s $300 million ballroom. Originally published October 28, 2025.

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17:46

Anatomy of a crypto collapse

Molly White"s Citation Needed ·

2025/10/17

October 2025 brought the most dramatic crypto flash crash of all time, but it was only a dress rehearsal for the systemic crisis the industry is building toward. Originally published on October 17, 2025.

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38:11

Issue 94 – Backdoor deals

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2025/10/09

Trump is still corrupt, a core developer warns bitcoin won’t survive an upcoming code change, and crypto lenders are ratcheting up leverage like it’s 2022. Originally published on October 8, 2025.

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21:36

Issue 93 – Undermining deregulation

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2025/09/25

Democratic lawmakers sound corruption alarms while crypto PACs gear up for the midterms. Originally published on September 25, 2025.

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26:30

Prediction markets are booming. Oversight is barely...

Molly White"s Citation Needed ·

2025/09/16

Prediction markets once lived on the academic fringe. Now they’re trading billions on politics, sports, and celebrity gossip — under rules never designed for retail gamblers. Originally published on September 16, 2025.

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28:47

Issue 92 – The scam of all scams

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2025/09/12

The Trumps “debank” major customers from their “anti-debanking” cryptocurrency venture, and a CFTC nominee says the Winklevosses are blackballing him. Originally published on September 12, 2025.

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8:30

Trump Jr.-advised prediction markets invite bets on...

Molly White"s Citation Needed ·

2025/09/02

President Trump’s deregulatory agenda emboldened prediction markets to push boundaries around permitted event contracts. Now sites advised by his son are allowing bets on his death. Originally published on September 2, 2025.

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28:48

Issue 91 – GDP on the blockchain

Molly White"s Citation Needed ·

2025/08/27

The regulator set to take on primary crypto oversight is down to a single Commissioner, and new pro-crypto PACs focus on installing more Republicans in the midterms. Originally published on August 27, 2025.

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26:06

As he builds US power, Justin Sun fights to control...

Molly White"s Citation Needed ·

2025/08/19

A crypto billionaire who once feared arrest in the US is now a Trump business adviser and White House guest. His lawsuit against Bloomberg reveals what he doesn't want Americans to know about his crypto fortune. Originallly published on August 19, 2025.

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37:03

Issue 90 – Crime szn bro

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2025/08/14

The Trump administration cracks down on software to limit surveillance of crypto transactions, while celebrating a “deregulatory blitz” tailored for its billionaire benefactors. Originally published on August 13, 2025.

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