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/
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/
https://www.citationneeded.news/issue-52/
Bitcoin's spiking — are we in for another round of crypto mania? I also go through Sam Bankman-Fried's sentencing memorandum, in which he asks for 6 years imprisonment instead of the recommended 100, and the 29 people who wrote letters in support.
#crypto #cryptocurrency #bitcoin #SBF #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
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
Even though one of cryptocurrency's highest profile cases has just concluded with the sentencing of FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, there are a ton of other lawsuits underway against groups including Coinbase, Gemini, KuCoin, Terraform Labs, and Tornado Cash. Catch up on those and more:
https://www.citationneeded.news/issue-54/
#crypto #cryptocurrency #newsletter #CitationNeeded #Coinbase #Terra
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?
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/
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
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
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/
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
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: 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”.
Coinbase Chief Legal Officer Paul Grewal weighed in on my reporting about the company’s apparent campaign finance violations, arguing that Coinbase is not a federal contractor.
I have updated the article to include his comments, and I’ve also noted that this argument does not seem to square with the law.
The article, with these updates, is here: https://citationneeded.news/coinbase-campaign-finance-violation/
More to come soon.
#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/
The cryptocurrency industry has been working overtime to sell a story: that there is a large contingent of voters voting based on candidates’ crypto policy stances. The problem is, it’s a story that does not seem to be well supported by data.
https://www.citationneeded.news/when-did-cryptocurrency-become-a-voter-issue/
Coinbase responds to campaign finance violation allegations, Trump panders to bitcoiners, and I chat with Lyn Alden about sexism in bitcoin. Catch up on the latest in my newsletter: https://www.citationneeded.news/issue-63/
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
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