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**Molly White’s Citation Needed**

Keep up with the happenings in the tech world without all the boosterism. Cryptocurrency critic, technology researcher, and software engineer Molly White publishes Citation Needed, a newsletter that features weekly explainers of developments in the cryptocurrency industry, with summaries of the latest disasters featured on her well-known project Web3 is Going Just Great. She also does deep dives into important events in the broader technology industry, with added critical context that is too often missing.

Latest Episodes:

It matters. I care. Jun 11, 2025

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Originally published on June 11, 2025.

Issue 85 – All the President’s tokens Jun 05, 2025

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As Trump’s web of crypto projects gets tangled up in itself, a regulator warns of “regulatory Jenga” in the crypto sector that echoes the 2008 financial crisis. Originally published on June 5, 2025.

Trump to launch branded crypto trading application Jun 03, 2025

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New crypto trading and wallet application, created in partnership with Magic Eden, invites fans of President Trump to buy his memecoin. Originally published on June 3, 2025.

OpenAI featured chatbot is pushing extreme surgeries to “subhuman” men May 31, 2025

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OpenAI's featured chatbot recommends $200,000 in surgeries while promoting incel ideology. Originally published on May 31, 2025.

Issue 84 – Rogue overseas support agents May 20, 2025

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Coinbase’s substantial data breach coincides with a convenient terms of service update, while the GENIUS Act stablecoin bill regains momentum in the Senate. Originally published on May 20, 2025.

Issue 83 – Trump’s crypto-backed plan to auction off access to the White House May 12, 2025

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Trump’s crypto conflicts continue to multiply as Democratic legislators demand ethics inquiries and block industry-backed bills. Originally published on May 12, 2025.

Meet Trump’s memecoin dinner guests May 08, 2025

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Trump's crypto-for-access dinner triggers broad ethics alarms, and 73% non-US attendance raises fresh concerns over foreign influence. Originally published on May 7, 2025.

Issue 82 – E-moluments Apr 24, 2025

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As Celsius victims detail their devastation even under the weak crypto regulations of the past, the Trump administration continues to dismantle those same rules while he pumps his personal memecoin with promises of private access. Originally published on April 24, 2025.

Trump’s newest grift: Building a cryptocurrency empire while destroying its regulators Apr 17, 2025

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Inside the Trump family’s sprawling crypto empire — from memecoins to mining — and how Trump is using presidential power to dismantle the regulators who could stop it. Originally published April 17, 2025.

Issue 81 – Crypto crime is legal Apr 08, 2025

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Trump continues to dismantle crypto enforcement while expanding his personal crypto empire. Originally published on April 8, 2025.