Newsletter: A message to those asking “what do I do now?” How to protect yourselves, and how to fight.
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Newsletter: Independent writers are an important facet of the media ecosystem, but a recent legal threat helps to remind me that it’s not the path for everyone.
https://www.citationneeded.news/i-am-my-own-legal-department/
Newsletter: 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.
https://www.citationneeded.news/hachette-v-internet-archive/
#InternetArchive #HachettevInternetArchive #libraries #newsletter #CitationNeeded
Newsletter: Even the most pro-Trump crypto faithful think Trump’s new crypto scheme is a terrible idea. Also, an FTX crypto executive earns some benefit of the doubt, and a lawsuit accuses “Pharma Bro” Martin Shkreli of disrespecting the Wu-Tang Clan.
Newsletter: As parts of the crypto industry scramble to court the Harris administration with events like “Crypto4Harris”, others insist it is Harris who must “bend the knee”.
SCOOP: Coinbase appears to have violated campaign finance laws with a $25 million donation to the Fairshake cryptocurrency super PAC, made while they were in active negotiations for a federal government contract.
https://www.citationneeded.news/coinbase-campaign-finance-violation/
#CitationNeeded #Fairshake #Coinbase #USpolitics #USpol #crypto #cryptocurrency
An extra long newsletter today, because things have been about as wacky in crypto as everywhere else. Featured: Coinbase’s Stand With Crypto Alliance fudges the numbers, a (former) industry CEO has a meltdown, and an exchange suffers a nine-figure hack.
https://www.citationneeded.news/issue-62/
How will recent Supreme Court decisions affect the crypto world? Also, more absurdity from the crypto lobby, and some new regulatory actions. Catch up in my latest newsletter: https://www.citationneeded.news/issue-61/
#crypto #cryptocurrency #CitationNeeded #newsletter #USpolitics
Newsletter: The crypto industry jumps on the Trump train, and other recent events in the crypto world.
https://www.citationneeded.news/issue-60/
#newsletter #cryptocurrency #crypto #CitationNeeded #USPolitics
Newsletter: Are US legislators and regulators warming to crypto? Also, someone lights himself on fire to promote a memecoin. https://www.citationneeded.news/issue-59/
Cryptocurrency companies have raised over $115 million to influence US elections this cycle, and they’re just getting started. We need to closely watch how cryptocurrency companies are influencing US politics. https://www.citationneeded.news/2024-cryptocurrency-election-spending/
#crypto #cryptocurrency #newsletter #CitationNeeded #superPACs #USpolitics #lobbying
We must protect privacy, even in the face of cryptocurrency crime. As governments crack down on one of the most notorious tools for criminal money laundering in the cryptocurrency world, I’m worried about the ramifications.
https://www.citationneeded.news/tornado-cash/
#crypto #cryptocurrency #privacy #TornadoCash #newsletter #CitationNeeded
Many yearn for the "good old days" of the web. We could have those good old days back — or something even better — and if anything, it would be easier now than it ever was.
https://www.citationneeded.news/we-can-have-a-different-web/
I spent a long time experimenting with AI before finally writing about it in depth. It can be pretty useful — but is it worth it?
Here's a peek into the sentencing hearing that ended with Sam Bankman-Fried receiving 25 years in prison. I also discuss some of the shock at what is being perceived as a light sentence, and the amount of time SBF is likely to actually serve.
https://www.citationneeded.news/sam-bankman-fried-sentenced/
#SBF #SamBankmanFried #crypto #cryptocurrency #FTX #newsletter #CitationNeeded
Issue 53 – Choose rich
Euphoria has risen along with crypto prices, but nothing has changed from the last bubble. Also in this issue: Tether-related defamation lawsuits, intra-government infighting, and a disappointing $300 million Bored Ape video game.
https://www.citationneeded.news/issue-53/
#crypto #cryptocurrency #tether #bitcoin #CitationNeeded #newsletter
When people say you should "own your own data", or that the future of the web is "ownership", what does that mean?
We need to talk about digital ownership.
https://www.citationneeded.news/we-need-to-talk-about-digital-ownership/
Review: In "Read Write Own", the Andreessen Horowitz general partner and web3 superfan Chris Dixon lays out an unconvincing argument that blockchains are what it will take to fix the web.
https://www.citationneeded.news/review-read-write-own-by-chris-dixon/
#web3 #blockchain #cryptocurrency #crypto #AndreessenHorowitz #CitationNeeded
This week: the aftermath of the #Bitcoin ETF approval, #Coinbase tells a judge that crypto's kind of like beanie babies, and an e-pastor says the Lord told him to run a crypto scam.
If you want all the gory details on how I migrated my Citation Needed newsletter from #Substack to self-hosted #ghost here they are:
https://citationneeded.news/substack-to-self-hosted-ghost/
Happy to try to help anyone else making this move!
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Issue 48 – Bitcoin has "no chance" of going to the moon
Bitcoin ETF fakeouts, imaginary CEOs, and a bridge hack make for an eventful start to the new year.
https://citationneeded.news/issue-48/
#newsletter #CitationNeeded #crypto #cryptocurrency
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The "effective altruism" and "effective accelerationism" ideologies that have been cropping up in AI debates are just a thin veneer over the typical blend of Silicon Valley techno-utopianism, inflated egos, and greed. Let's try something else.
https://newsletter.mollywhite.net/p/effective-obfuscation
#ArtificialIntelligence #AI #AIEthics #EffectiveAltruism #EffectiveAccelerationism #newsletter #CitationNeeded