Molly White

Crypto recaps

Issue 27 – Buzzword bingo

We may never get to play a $45 million AI-powered NFT mecha-cockfighting game. Thanks a lot, Gary Gensler.

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Narrative over numbers: Andreessen Horowitz's State of Crypto report

Venture capital firm and crypto pusher Andreessen Horowitz wants you to keep buying crypto, and is not above publishing blatant falsehoods to convince you to do so.

Crypto recaps

Issue 26 – Fully prepared to litigate

French celebrities rug pull, Binance backs out, and Hamas gives up on Bitcoin.

Crypto recaps

Issue 25 – Taking time to be with my remaining apes

Legislators in the US and EU are paying more attention to crypto, and two projects get exploited for the second and third times.

Crypto recaps

Issue 24 – We sometimes find $50m of assets lying around that we lost track of; such is life.

Chart crimes, math crimes, and crime crimes.

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Feedly launches strikebreaking as a service

The company claims to have not considered before launch whether their new protest and strike surveillance tool could be misused.

Crypto recaps

Issue 23 – Here for crime

SBF gets slapped with a bribery charge, Binance gets sued by the CFTC, and Arbitrum bungles decentralization.

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No, Bitcoin isn't pumping because it's a "safe haven" from banks

There are more reasonable explanations for the price increase, and more than a few flaws with the "safe haven" narrative.

Crypto recaps

Issue 22 – Conferences and collapses

In stark contrast to the prior year's NFT mania, SXSW 2023 showcased a crypto industry made weary by a protracted downturn.

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The venture capitalist's dilemma

The embarrassing investor meltdown surrounding Silicon Valley Bank should drive us to consider new models.

Crypto recaps

Issue 21 – Other-than-temporary impairments could make banks less than well-capitalized

Silvergate spirals, another exec flips on SBF, and no one wants NFTs anymore.

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The Oasis "counter-hack" and the centralization of defi

Wormhole, Jump Crypto, and Oasis demonstrate the centralization threat introduced by multisig-controlled upgradeable smart contracts.

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I asked Popehat: Why isn't SBF in jail?

A criminal defense attorney and former federal prosecutor shares his expertise.

Crypto recaps

Issue 20 – These things happen

The SEC enters a feeding frenzy and someone spends a quarter million dollars on a fart.

Crypto recaps

Issue 19 – Down with the crypto banks

Also featuring knockoff NFTs and claims of a wallet hacked via photograph.

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Sam Bankman-Fried is not a child

But the media is treating him like one.