This week's net.wars, "Revival", ponders the purported death of Bluesky and the company town potential of large companies exploring stablecoins: https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2025/06/27/revival/ #NetWars #SocialMedia #Crypto
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Great, informative writeup of Cryptographic Gotchas: https://gotchas.salusa.dev/
Lots of fantastic references and links in there, too.
I made this QR code for my Arweave address if any crypto bros feel like supporting my work 😄
Newsletter: Crypto bills have passed the House with “2, 3, 4 o’clock” phone calls from Trump to give “a little love” to Republican holdouts, $6.9 million in crypto lobbying, and a $141 million midterm threat. The bills feature few consumer protections and destabilizing loopholes.
Newsletter: Trump’s crypto empire attracts more foreign millions, the FHFA pushes crypto on mortgage lenders, and Mamdani’s mayoral primary win makes billionaires sweat.
Sundog, a memecoin by crypto billionaire Justin Sun, just posted a meme depicting its mascot controlling the White House. Sun has spent (or will shortly spend) a total of $213 million on Trump-connected crypto projects.
h/t @cryptadamist
![Tweet screenshot: SunDog @SUNDOG_TRX
You never truly know who’s pulling the strings… 🤫
[AI-generated image of a corgi dog with a collar depicting the Tron logo, paws raised above the White House, with strings attached to the paws like a marionette]
2:30 AM Jul 24, 2025](/proxy/post_attachment/778077/110868f579.png "Tweet screenshot: SunDog @SUNDOG_TRX
You never truly know who’s pulling the strings… 🤫
[AI-generated image of a corgi dog with a collar depicting the Tron logo, paws raised above the White House, with strings attached to the paws like a marionette]
2:30 AM Jul 24, 2025")
There is really no comparison in American history to the blatant corruption.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/opinion/trump-crypto-genius-act-memcoin.html
