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Issue 105 – The new boogeyman
https://www.citationneeded.news/issue-105/
Published: May 8, 2026 14:30
A crypto billionaire who escaped fraud allegations after investing hundreds of millions of dollars into the Trump family’s crypto projects is now accusing them of fraud
President Trump’s $TRUMP memecoin is preparing to launch a “Coin Club” membership scheme
https://www.citationneeded.news/trump-coin-club/
Published: April 29, 2026 23:06
The website promises "elite and extraordinary experiences" as part of the newest scheme to revive a token that’s down 97% from its peak and still falling.
No new trial for Sam Bankman-Fried
https://www.citationneeded.news/sbf-new-trial-denied/
Published: April 28, 2026 22:35
The former CEO of FTX has essentially no realistic avenues left to avoid his 25-year prison sentence
Issue 104 – World Tyranny Financial
https://www.citationneeded.news/issue-104/
Published: April 20, 2026 19:07
As the Trump family’s crypto dealings raise more alarms, crypto enforcement is falling to new lows
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick’s old firm pumps $10 million into super PAC led by Tether executive
https://www.citationneeded.news/commerce-secretary-howard-lutnicks-old-firm-pumps-10-million-into-super-pac-led-by-tether-executive/
Published: April 16, 2026 20:31
Cantor Fitzgerald, the Lutnick-tied financial services firm that owns a stake in and custodies reserves for the stablecoin issuer, is bankrolling a super PAC led by a Tether executive.
Issue 103 – The President’s Council of Podcasters
https://www.citationneeded.news/issue-103/
Published: March 31, 2026 16:55
Coinbase is accused of holding the cryptocurrency industry hostage over stablecoin rewards, prediction markets face an onslaught of opposition, and a Stand With Crypto poll can’t even get enthusiasm from its own activists
Sam Bankman-Fried’s helicopter parents crash into federal court
https://www.citationneeded.news/sam-bankman-frieds-helicopter-parents/
Published: March 27, 2026 19:50
SBF praises Trump from prison, his parents beg for a pardon on CNN, and his legal ethics professor mother files court documents claiming to be from him — prompting a judge to demand he swear under oath who wrote them.
Issue 102 – The public will pay
https://www.citationneeded.news/issue-102/
Published: March 16, 2026 20:27
Justin Sun buys his way out of an SEC fraud case, Iranian transactions on Binance draw DOJ scrutiny as the exchange sues the newspaper that reported on them, and crypto super PACs dump millions into Tuesday’s primaries in Illinois.
Issue 101 – Bought and paid for
https://www.citationneeded.news/issue-101/
Published: February 26, 2026 21:11
Bitcoin is down 50%, several prominent industry figures have been uncovered in the Epstein files, Trump’s facing a probe into his family’s $500M deal with the UAE, and crypto super PACs spend their first $6 million in the midterms.
Crypto super PACs have hundreds of millions ready to spend on the midterms
https://www.citationneeded.news/crypto-super-pacs-2026-midterms/
Published: February 20, 2026 20:54
With Trump faltering and their policy agenda incomplete, the crypto industry has moved at least $288 million toward the midterms in a desperate bid to keep Republicans in control of Congress
Issue 100 – Freedom of all kinds is worth fighting for
https://www.citationneeded.news/issue-100/
Published: January 29, 2026 21:47
As masked agents execute people and terrorize communities, crypto executives who spent years posting about freedom fall conspicuously silent — except when writing checks for the politicians enabling it