Molly White 1 year ago

Newsletter: Adversary cases from the FTX collapse further expose how crypto companies do business: with secret acquisitions of “grey area” businesses, buying influence, and creative accounting.

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Not just one bad apple: FTX's practices were business as usual in crypto

Adversary cases from the FTX collapse further expose how crypto companies do business: with secret acquisitions of “grey area” businesses, buyi...

#crypto #cryptocurrency #FTX

Molly White 1 year ago

i wonder if the "RetroGamer Pro" might have more success selling this massively overpriced R36 clone if their marketers weren't stuck in the mindset that only boys like retro gaming SBCs

Molly White 1 year ago

“I can’t leave Substack, the alternatives charge monthly fees!” For a mid-sized paid newsletter, you will pay: Ghost Pro: $149–$269/month Beehiiv: $131–$218/month Buttondown: $239/month Mailchimp: $285/month Substack: $700/month #substack

Molly White 1 year ago

dealing with banks is so infuriating oh my god

Molly White 1 year ago

test print. 9x12” #202411181804

Molly White 1 year ago

As an active federal contractor, Coinbase is prohibited from making political contributions, including to super PACs. This makes $50 million that they have contributed in violation of pay-to-play laws for contractors. #Coinbase #crypto #cryptocurrency #USpolitics #USpol

Molly White 1 year ago

it is very scary that we are a week away from the US election and the @npub1xrj3...9q43’s webpage archiving is still down

Molly White 1 year ago

We can build the web that we want to see. Watch the recording of my talk from #XOXOFest!

Molly White 1 year ago

to the publications that stylize headlines and other content in ALL CAPS, but who use `text-transform: uppercase` instead of actually typing the headline in caps: i see you, i appreciate you, i love you

Molly White 1 year ago

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”.

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Issue 64 – Pointing its arsenal at our friends

As parts of the crypto industry scramble to court the Harris administration with events like “Crypto4Harris”, others insist it is Harris who mu...

#crypto #cryptocurrency #newsletter #CitationNeeded

Molly White 1 year ago

eleven of the Bitcoin 2024 speakers are named Matt (screenshot is a portion of a longer list, not the entire list of speakers) #crypto #Bitcoin2024

Molly White 1 year ago

It’s finally time to release my newest project:

Follow the Crypto

Follow the Crypto

Follow the cryptocurrency industry’s influence on 2024 elections in the United States.

This website provides a real-time lens into the cryptocurrency industry’s efforts to influence 2024 elections in the United States. #crypto #cryptocurrency #elections #USpol #lobbying

Molly White 1 year ago

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:

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Issue 61 – Soft war by the enemy

How will recent Supreme Court decisions affect the crypto world? Also, more absurdity from the crypto lobby, and some new regulatory actions.

#crypto #cryptocurrency #CitationNeeded #newsletter #USpolitics

Molly White 1 year ago

Fighting bots is fighting humans. One advantage to working on freely-licensed projects for over a decade is that I was forced to grapple with this decision far before mass scraping for AI training. #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #OpenAccess

Molly White 1 year ago

PSA: Paying for a subscription on the crypto version of OnlyFans using a public blockchain does not give you "true privacy", regardless of what the models there might say. #cryptocurrency

Molly White 1 year ago

One flaw of the LLMs I've used: they will never give you harsh criticism. While it would be nice to think all my writing is just that good, I know there are no circumstances where someone will ask for feedback and it will say “throw the whole thing out and start again.” #LLM #ArtificialIntelligence

Molly White 1 year ago

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.

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Cryptocurrency companies have raised over $135 million to influence US elections this cycle, and they’re just getting started

As election season kicks into high gear, we need to watch how cryptocurrency companies are influencing US politics.

#crypto #cryptocurrency #newsletter #CitationNeeded #superPACs #USpolitics #lobbying

Molly White 1 year ago

FTX's Ryan Salame has returned to Twitter for the first time since FTX collapsed — hours after he was sentenced to 7.5 years in prison for his role in the FTX fraud and for his illegal campaign contributions 💀 #FTX #crypto #cryptocurrency

Molly White 1 year ago

back in my day we called this spyware #AI #privacy #Microsoft

Molly White 1 year ago

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