Molly White - Citation Needed (Page 4)

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25 years for Sam Bankman-Fried

"The judgment has to adequately reflect the seriousness of the crime, and this was a very serious crime."

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Sam Bankman-Fried wants only six years for his "victimless" crime

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.

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Crypto recaps

Issue 53 – Choose rich

Euphoria has risen along with crypto prices, but nothing has changed from the last bubble.

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

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.

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Become a Wikipedian in 30 minutes

What will we do if Wikipedia falls to the type of AI-generated garbage that seems to be proliferating on the web? The number one thing you can do is learn to edit, and I will walk you through how to get started in only 30 minutes.

Crypto recaps

Issue 51 – It's quiet... too quiet

It's been a quiet few weeks in the world of crypto disasters... too quiet.

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We need to talk about digital ownership

"Ownership" means ten different things to ten different people. Let's talk about what we actually want.

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Review: Chris Dixon's Read Write Own

Prominent crypto venture capitalist Chris Dixon provides an unconvincing bible for blockchain solutionists.

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Issue 50 – Bitcoin busts

Governments seize huge quantities of bitcoin, and a few people seem to be yearning for the days of peak crypto mania.

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Issue 49 – And so the Lord says "give them a 10x"

Bitcoin ETP approval, God-sent crypto scammers, and more trouble in Justin Sun's world.

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Video: The charges against Binance

In December, not long after the Department of Justice announced charges against cryptocurrency giant Binance and its CEO Changpeng "CZ" Zhao, I started writing up an overview of everything that had happened to the company over the past few years. I'd written separately about a lot