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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

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.

16m 25s
Explicit

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.

28m 23s
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.

22m 38s
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.

20m 15s
Issue 54 – Cases continue

2 APR 2024 · Crypto-related litigation is in full swing, as the Terra civil fraud trial has kicked off and two other cases against crypto companies have survived motions to dismiss. https://www.citationneeded.news/p/fafa9c00-fd0d-4ce3-88b7-fda5f28f8c2c/ on April 2, 2024.

26m 41s
Explicit

25 years for Sam Bankman-Fried

29 MAR 2024 · "The judgment has to adequately reflect the seriousness of the crime, and this was a very serious crime." https://www.citationneeded.news/sam-bankman-fried-sentenced/ on March 28, 2024.

20m 35s
Sam Bankman-Fried wants only six years for his "victimless" crime

26 MAR 2024 · Sam Bankman-Fried maintains that his crimes were victimless and resulted in zero losses, and therefore warrant only six years of imprisonment. Prosecutors argue that 40–50 years are justified. https://www.citationneeded.news/sam-bankman-frieds-sentencing/ on March 26, 2024.

17m 21s
Issue 53 – Choose rich

13 MAR 2024 · Euphoria has risen along with crypto prices, but nothing has changed from the last bubble. https://www.citationneeded.news/issue-53 on March 13, 2024.

30m 10s
Explicit

Issue 52 – I am Sam's low-level culpability

29 FEB 2024 · Bitcoin prices are spiking. Are we in for another round of crypto mania? Also, Sam Bankman-Fried doesn't want to go to jail for 100 years. https://www.citationneeded.news/issue-52/ on February 29, 2024.

29m 15s
Issue 51 – It's quiet... too quiet

15 FEB 2024 · It's been a quiet few weeks in the world of crypto disasters... too quiet. https://www.citationneeded.news/issue-51/ on February 14, 2024.

19m 55s