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Issue 109 – Reg Crypto
https://www.citationneeded.news/issue-109/
Published: August 31, 2026 16:24
The SEC’s “Reg Crypto” aims to carve out exemptions, the CFTC wields emergency powers to shield prediction markets from state regulators, and a Trump family crypto firm gets a bank charter
Issue 108 – In a word, applesauce
https://www.citationneeded.news/issue-108/
Published: August 11, 2026 21:58
Firms close up shop amid a continued crypto winter, a Trump venture ditches its crypto plans, and the Clarity Act fails to reach a vote before August recess
Mapping Trump’s crypto empire on Last Week Tonight
https://www.citationneeded.news/mapping-trumps-crypto-empire/
Published: July 27, 2026 14:22
A new Citation Needed data project maps the Trump family’s web of cryptocurrency ventures, which have been generating billions in income for the president.
Issue 107 – An unserious offer
https://www.citationneeded.news/issue-107/
Published: July 23, 2026 16:25
The crypto industry has spent $200 million to get a bill too corrupt for Democrats to pass and a president too corrupt to sign anything that might meaningfully limit his grift.
Trump’s $1.4 billion crypto disclosure
https://www.citationneeded.news/trumps-crypto-disclosure/
Published: July 1, 2026 20:14
The White House insists there’s no conflict of interest as Trump reports $1.4 billion in income from an industry he’s deregulated.
Issue 106 – A tremendous birthday present
https://www.citationneeded.news/issue-106/
Published: June 18, 2026 18:03
The crypto industry spent the spring buying primaries, an octagon at the White House, and — they hope — a market-structure bill by the Fourth of July.
Second Circuit rejects Sam Bankman-Fried’s appeal
https://www.citationneeded.news/second-circuit-rejects-sam-bankman-frieds-appeal/
Published: June 12, 2026 15:04
The Second Circuit upholds Bankman-Fried’s conviction and 25-year sentence, leaving few remaining options for the disgraced crypto executive
End Citizens United’s Tiffany Muller on fighting big money in politics
https://www.citationneeded.news/end-citizens-uniteds-tiffany-muller-on-fighting-big-money-in-politics/
Published: June 10, 2026 17:54
Tiffany Muller talks to me about what Citizens United enabled, how crypto and AI fit into the bigger picture of money in politics, and what it would actually take to fix this broken system.
I’m launching Tech Influence Watch as AI follows crypto into politics
https://www.citationneeded.news/tech-influence-watch/
Published: June 8, 2026 16:26
Most voters don’t know that crypto and AI companies have spent more than $400 million this cycle to buy Congress. Let’s make that spending visible.
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