Issue 110 – The Clarity Act collapses
Regulators race to reassure the crypto industry as the industry’s flagship legislation collapses, SBF tries his luck with the Supreme Court, and crypto PACs unleash $30 million…
Issue 109 – Reg Crypto
The SEC’s “Reg Crypto” aims to carve out exemptions, the CFTC wields emergency powers to shield prediction markets from state regulators, and a Trump family crypto firm gets a…
Trump’s $1.4 billion crypto disclosure
The White House insists there’s no conflict of interest as Trump reports $1.4 billion in income from an industry he’s deregulated.
Issue 107 – An unserious offer
The crypto industry has spent $200 million to get a bill too corrupt for Democrats to pass and a president too corrupt to sign anything that might meaningfully limit his grift.
Issue 105 – The new boogeyman
A crypto billionaire who escaped fraud allegations after investing hundreds of millions of dollars into the Trump family’s crypto projects is now accusing them of fraud
I’m launching Tech Influence Watch as AI follows crypto into politics
Most voters don’t know that crypto and AI companies have spent more than $400 million this cycle to buy Congress. Let’s make that spending visible.
End Citizens United’s Tiffany Muller on fighting big money in politics
Tiffany Muller talks to me about what Citizens United enabled, how crypto and AI fit into the bigger picture of money in politics, and what it would actually take to fix this…
Issue 108 – In a word, applesauce
Firms close up shop amid a continued crypto winter, a Trump venture ditches its crypto plans, and the Clarity Act fails to reach a vote before August recess
Mapping Trump’s crypto empire on Last Week Tonight
A new Citation Needed data project maps the Trump family’s web of cryptocurrency ventures, which have been generating billions in income for the president.
President Trump’s $TRUMP memecoin is preparing to launch a “Coin Club” membership scheme
The website promises "elite and extraordinary experiences" as part of the newest scheme to revive a token that’s down 97% from its peak and still falling.
Issue 106 – A tremendous birthday present
The crypto industry spent the spring buying primaries, an octagon at the White House, and — they hope — a market-structure bill by the Fourth of July.
Second Circuit rejects Sam Bankman-Fried’s appeal
The Second Circuit upholds Bankman-Fried’s conviction and 25-year sentence, leaving few remaining options for the disgraced crypto executive
The Senate must reject the Clarity Act’s ethics charade
The supposedly “unprecedented” ethics restrictions exempt Trump’s crypto businesses and leave enforcement to his loyalists
No new trial for Sam Bankman-Fried
The former CEO of FTX has essentially no realistic avenues left to avoid his 25-year prison sentence
Issue 104 – World Tyranny Financial
As the Trump family’s crypto dealings raise more alarms, crypto enforcement is falling to new lows