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Keep up with the happenings in the tech world without all the boosterism. Cryptocurrency critic, technology researcher, and software engineer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molly_White_(writer) publishes Citation Needed, a newsletter that features weekly explainers...

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.

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Molly White's Citation Needed

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Issue 60 – Raging in favor of the machine

24 JUN 2024 · The crypto industry jumps on the Trump train. https://www.citationneeded.news/issue-60/ on June 24, 2024.

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Issue 59 – Hot damn, this is going to get interesting quickly

7 JUN 2024 · Are US legislators warming to crypto? The SEC approves Ethereum ETPs, and a crypto bill gets through the House. https://www.citationneeded.news/issue-59/ on June 7, 2024.

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Cryptocurrency companies have raised over $115 million to influence US elections this cycle, and they’re just getting started

30 MAY 2024 · As election season kicks into high gear, we need to watch how cryptocurrency companies are influencing US politics. https://www.citationneeded.news/2024-cryptocurrency-election-spending on May 30, 2024.

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Privacy, human rights, and Tornado Cash

23 MAY 2024 · I am more worried about privacy than crypto crime. https://www.citationneeded.news/tornado-cash/ on May 23, 2024.

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Issue 58 – Threats to the stability and integrity of Ethereum

19 MAY 2024 · The Justice Department worries about the stability of Ethereum, DCG tries to bilk their subsidiary's creditors, and Biden threatens a crypto veto. https://www.citationneeded.news/issue-58/ on May 18, 2024.

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Issue 57 - I take deep breath and I get real high

8 MAY 2024 · Changpeng Zhao's sentencing, FOIA requests reveal past FBI investigations into Coinbase, and the SEC is on a Wells notice bender. https://www.citationneeded.news/issue-57/ May 7, 2024.

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We can have a different web

1 MAY 2024 · 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/ on May 1, 2024.

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Issue 56 – What are you gonna do, arrest me?

25 APR 2024 · 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. https://www.citationneeded.news/issue-56/ on April 25, 2024.

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AI isnt useless. But is it worth it?

17 APR 2024 · AI can be kind of useful, but I'm not sure that a "kind of useful" tool justifies the harm. https://www.citationneeded.news/ai-isnt-useless/ on April 17, 2024.

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Issue 55 – Halving a bad time

13 APR 2024 · 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. https://www.citationneeded.news/issue-55/ on April 13, 2024.

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