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Issue 111 – Back the winners
Issue 111 – Back the winners
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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.
Episodes
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- Issue 111 – Back the winners · 23 min · Season 4 Episode 21A 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…
- Issue 110 – The Clarity Act collapses · 27 min · Season 4 Episode 20Regulators 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…
- The Senate must reject the Clarity Act’s ethics charade · 12 min · Season 4 Episode 19The 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 · 25 min · Season 4 Episode 18The 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…
- Issue 108 – In a word, applesauce · 27 min · Season 4 Episode 17Firms 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…
- Issue 107 – An unserious offer · 27 min · Season 4 Episode 16The 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…
- Trump’s $1.4 billion crypto disclosure · 11 min · Season 4 Episode 15The 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 · 35 min · Season 4 Episode 14The 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…
- End Citizens United’s Tiffany Muller on fighting big money in politics · 48 min · Season 4 Episode 13Tiffany 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…
- I’m launching Tech Influence Watch as AI follows crypto into politics · 20 min · Season 4 Episode 12Most 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…
- Issue 105 – The new boogeyman · 33 min · Season 4 Episode 11A 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…
- No new trial for Sam Bankman-Fried · 9 min · Season 4 Episode 10The former CEO of FTX has essentially no realistic avenues left to avoid his 25-year prison sentence. Originally published on April 28, 2026.
- Issue 104 – World Tyranny Financial · 31 min · Season 4 Episode 9As the Trump family’s crypto dealings raise more alarms, crypto enforcement is falling to new lows. Originally published on April 20, 2026.
- Issue 103 – The President’s Council of Podcasters · 29 min · Season 4 Episode 8Coinbase is accused of holding the cryptocurrency industry hostage over stablecoin rewards, prediction markets face an onslaught of opposition, and a Stand With Crypto poll can’t…
- Sam Bankman-Fried’s helicopter parents crash into federal court · 20 min · Season 4 Episode 7SBF praises Trump from prison, his parents beg for a pardon on CNN, and his legal ethics professor mother files court documents claiming to be from him — prompting a judge to…
- Issue 102 – The public will pay · 40 min · Season 4 Episode 6Justin Sun buys his way out of an SEC fraud case, Iranian transactions on Binance draw DOJ scrutiny as the exchange sues the newspaper that reported on them, and crypto super…
- Issue 101 – Bought and paid for · 38 min · Season 4 Episode 5Bitcoin 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…
- Crypto super PACs have hundreds of millions ready to spend on the midterms · 25 min · Season 4 Episode 4With 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…
- Issue 100 – Freedom of all kinds is worth fighting for · 29 min · Season 4 Episode 3As masked agents execute people and terrorize communities, crypto executives who spent years posting about freedom fall conspicuously silent — except when writing checks for the…
- Issue 99 – They’ve bought themselves a Congress · 31 min · Season 4 Episode 2Coinbase 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…
