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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.
2h ago
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Migrating from Substack to self-hosted Ghost: the details
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on Feb 10
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Caroline Ellison: A woman with agency or a helpless pawn?
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Why did the former Alameda Research CEO receive only two years imprisonment for her role in the FTX collapse?
on Oct 2
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POSSE: Reclaiming social media in a fragmented world
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A simple technique offers the best of both worlds: total control over your own work, while still maintaining a presence on third-party platforms.
on Sep 28
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Crypto resurfaces on the campaign trail and the FTX fallout continues to unfold. Also, merch!
on Sep 24
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Issue 66 – Pretensions to relevance
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FTX fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried says he wants a do-over just as Celsius fraudster Alex Mashinsky goes to trial, and some more ill-received blockchain games suggest “GameFi” has an uncertain future.
on Sep 17
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Big publishers think libraries are the enemy
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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.
on Sep 13
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Issue 65 – World Liberty Fiasco
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Even the most pro-Trump crypto faithful think Trump’s new crypto scheme is a terrible idea.
on Sep 7
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Polling: Are Democratic voters really “increasingly gravitating towards crypto”?
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Paradigm has polled some Democratic voters about crypto and released a summary of their results. How does it stack up to other industry polls, which are often heavily manipulated to paint a deceptively rosy picture?
on Aug 31
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Coinbase responds to campaign finance violation allegations, Trump panders to bitcoiners, and I chat with Lyn Alden about sexism in bitcoin.
on Aug 8
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Coinbase appears to have violated campaign finance laws with a $25 million super PAC donation
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Actively involved in contract negotiations with a federal government agency, Coinbase was likely prohibited from making its $25 million contribution to the Fairshake crypto super PAC in May 2024.
on Aug 2
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When did cryptocurrency policy become a voter issue?
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I don’t believe that it has.
on Jul 30
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Coinbase’s Stand With Crypto Alliance fudges the numbers, a (former) crypto industry CEO has a meltdown, and another exchange suffers a nine-figure hack.
on Jul 24
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FollowTheCrypto.org: A new project to track cryptocurrency industry spending to influence 2024 elections in the United States.
on Jul 12
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Issue 61 – Soft war by the enemy
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How will recent Supreme Court decisions affect the crypto world? Also, more absurdity from the crypto lobby, and some new regulatory actions.
on Jul 6
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Issue 60 – Raging in favor of the machine
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The crypto industry jumps on the Trump train.
on Jun 25
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Issue 59 – Hot damn, this is going to get interesting quickly
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Are US legislators warming to crypto? The SEC approves Ethereum ETPs, and a crypto bill gets through the House.
on Jun 23
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As election season kicks into high gear, we need to watch how cryptocurrency companies are influencing US politics.
on May 30
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Privacy, human rights, and Tornado Cash
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I am more worried about privacy than crypto crime.
on May 23
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Issue 58 – Threats to the stability and integrity of Ethereum
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The Justice Department worries about the stability of Ethereum, DCG tries to bilk their subsidiary's creditors, and Biden threatens a crypto veto.
on May 19
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AI isn't useless. But is it worth it?
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AI can be kind of useful, but I'm not sure that a "kind of useful" tool justifies the harm.
on May 15
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Issue 57 - I take deep breath and I get real high
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Changpeng Zhao's sentencing, FOIA requests reveal past FBI investigations into Coinbase, and the SEC is on a Wells notice bender.
on May 8
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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.
on May 4
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Weekly recaps - Citation Needed
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on May 2
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Issue 56 – What are you gonna do, arrest me?
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The Binance CEO's sentencing draws near, and prosecutors have been busy chasing down other crypto criminals. Also, lawmakers take another stab at stablecoin regulation.
on Apr 25
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The bitcoin "halving" looms, and that may not be as good news as coiners hope. Also, Terra committed fraud and Uniswap got a Wells notice.
on Apr 13
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"The Monkey Fraud": An interview with Ryder Ripps
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An interview with Ryder Ripps, a defendant in the Yuga Labs v. Ripps case about Bored Ape Yacht Club trademark infringement and racism.
on Apr 5
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Crypto-related litigation is in full swing, as the Terra civil fraud trial has kicked off and two other cases against crypto companies have survived motions to dismiss.
on Apr 3
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25 years for Sam Bankman-Fried
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"The judgment has to adequately reflect the seriousness of the crime, and this was a very serious crime."
on Mar 29
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The FTX trial, day four: The fraud was in the code
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The jury got a taste of code review as they examined a falsified "insurance fund" and the infamous FTX → Alameda Research "backdoor".
on Mar 28
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Sam Bankman-Fried wants only six years for his "victimless" crime
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Sam Bankman-Fried maintains that his crimes were victimless and resulted in zero losses, and therefore warrant only six years of imprisonment. Prosecutors argue that 40–50 years are justified.
on Mar 27
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Euphoria has risen along with crypto prices, but nothing has changed from the last bubble.
on Mar 14
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Issue 52 – I am Sam's low-level culpability
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Bitcoin prices are spiking. Are we in for another round of crypto mania? Also, Sam Bankman-Fried doesn't want to go to jail for 100 years.
on Mar 2
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Become a Wikipedian in 30 minutes
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What will we do if Wikipedia falls to the type of AI-generated garbage that seems to be proliferating on the web? The number one thing you can do is learn to edit, and I will walk you through how to get started in only 30 minutes.
on Mar 1
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Issue 51 – It's quiet... too quiet
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It's been a quiet few weeks in the world of crypto disasters... too quiet.
on Feb 15
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Review: Chris Dixon's Read Write Own
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Prominent crypto venture capitalist Chris Dixon provides an unconvincing bible for blockchain solutionists.
on Feb 12
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We need to talk about digital ownership
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"Ownership" means ten different things to ten different people. Let's talk about what we actually want.
on Feb 11
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Feedly launches strikebreaking as a service
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The company claims to have not considered before launch whether their new protest and strike surveillance tool could be misused.
on Feb 9
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on Feb 5
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Governments seize huge quantities of bitcoin, and a few people seem to be yearning for the days of peak crypto mania.
on Feb 2
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Issue 49 – And so the Lord says "give them a 10x"
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Bitcoin ETP approval, God-sent crypto scammers, and more trouble in Justin Sun's world.
on Jan 24
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The Celsius examiner's report: a picture of fraud and incompetence
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Nearly 500 pages of damning evidence that Celsius was little more than a money incinerator that finally ran out of fuel.
on Jan 23
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on Jan 22
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Migrating from Substack to self-hosted Ghost: the details
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on Jan 22
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Silicon Valley's "effective altruism" and "effective accelerationism" only give a thin philosophical veneer to the industry's same old impulses.
on Jan 21
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Issue 48 – Bitcoin has "no chance" of going to the moon
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Bitcoin ETF fakeouts, imaginary CEOs, and a bridge hack make for an eventful start to the new year.
on Jan 20
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News flash: 95% of NFTs have ALWAYS been worthless
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Be skeptical of catchy headlines and junk data, even when they affirm your prior opinions.
on Jan 19
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Cheating chess-players, cursed mansions, and more defi centralization.
on Jan 5