Molly White

Crypto recaps

Issue 34 – The issue is you got hacked by North Korea

Sam Bankman-Fried might be going back to jail, re-entrancy attacks galore, and a bad week for gambling-related payment processors.

Crypto recaps

Issue 33 – Can I cross border with crypto?

... and other questions you should probably answer before you decide to steal $9 million.

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XRP: Schrödinger's security

The recent order on whether Ripple's XRP is a security has some declaring victory for not just Ripple, but all of crypto.

Crypto recaps

Issue 32 – I write to inform you the games are over.

Also, all my apes (once again) liquidated, too many people try to short the NFT market, and NFT protocol developers head for greener pastures.

Crypto recaps

Issue 31 – FTX spaghetti

His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy.

Crypto recaps

Issue 30 – Sturdy Finance isn't, Atlantis Loans sinks

A week of ironically-named failures added to the continuing chaos from the SEC's crypto crackdown.

Newsletter

“But the SEC let us go public” and other flawed arguments in Coinbase's defense

Coinbase is trotting out its usual flawed arguments now that it's facing a lawsuit from the SEC, and more pushback is needed.

Crypto recaps

Issue 29 – SEC showdown

The SEC is gearing up for battle with two crypto giants.

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SEC v. Binance: "A web of deception"

The SEC describes the company's "blatant disregard of the federal securities laws".

Crypto recaps

Issue 28 – Force majeure

A $100+ million grift week also featured Grumpy Cat cease-and-desist NFTs, eyeball black markets, and a rumored team arrest.

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.