Molly White

The cryptocurrency industry super PACs dumped $14.2 million into the Illinois primaries. 90% of that – $12.8 million – was wasted, in that it went to opposing Democratic candidates who won their primaries (Stratton in the Senate race, Ford in H-07) or supporting their opponents.

Their only victories in the state were where they contributed money towards outcomes that were already highly likely. They opposed Robert Peters (H-02), who had been polling in third place and ultimately received 12% of the vote. They supported Bean (H-08) and incumbent Budzinski (H-13).

#cryptocurrency #crypto #USpolitics #USpol #Illinois

Sam Bankman-Fried’s mom, a former law professor, has been asked to please stop filing documents on her son’s behalf in regards to his motion for a retrial (where he is supposedly representing himself)

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.590940/gov.uscourts.nysd.590940.589.0.pdf

my new keyboard layout has “caps word” functionality (think caps lock but just for a single word) and my god traditional keyboard manufacturers need to get with the times

where has this been all my life

#keyboards

The Binance crypto exchange has just filed a defamation lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal over its article reporting that Binance's own compliance investigators had found $1 billion in transfers to Iran-backed terror groups, and then were fired.

Complaint: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/72409712/1/binance-holdings-limited-v-dow-jones-company-inc-dba-the-wall-street/

WSJ report: https://www.wsj.com/finance/currencies/binance-iran-sanctions-financing-staff-b1648133

#Binance #crypto #cryptocurrency

The Coinbase-backed "Stand With Crypto" advocacy group has declared Illinois Senate candidate Juliana Stratton to be "strongly against crypto" solely because she made a statement criticizing the $5.5 million the crypto industry had already spent to oppose her

#USpol #USpolitics #crypto #cryptocurrency

with great sadness i had to retire my trusty Ergodox Infinity, but: new keeb! expect typos as i learn how to type again

(MoErgo Glove80)

#keyboards

Fascinating comment on AI regulation from Elissa Slotkin of all people, who received $10 million — the second-most support — from crypto PACs in 2024.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/08/opinion/ai-anthropic-claude-pentagon-hegseth-amodei.html

#USpol #USpolitics

just went to start the hem of a top-down sweater i'm knitting

pattern says "switch to US 4 needle"

"what do you mean, switch to"

knit practically the whole damn thing on needles two sizes too small 💀

#knittersofmastodon

the blizzard put a bit of a damper on my regularly scheduled late February gardening daydreams

but i persevere

Newsletter: With Trump faltering and their policy agenda incomplete, the cryptocurrency industry has moved at least $288 million toward the midterms in a desperate bid to keep Republicans in control of Congress.

https://www.citationneeded.news/crypto-super-pacs-2026-midterms/

#crypto #cryptocurrency #USpolitics #USpol #CitationNeededNewsletter

Obscure candidate hack: self-fund your campaign with $3.3 million and become the “top fundraiser” in your race, then just cut yourself a check for $1.67 million back

It’s hard to find much about the guy but he describes himself as a former member of the intelligence community, wheat farmer, and restaurant worker who went to Trump University and “built a successful real estate portfolio using the tools provide [sic] by the Trump Organization”. He’s pledged to “get rid of the D.I.R.T.: Drugs, Illegals, Regulations, Taxes”.

#USpol #USpolitics

you know it’s the depths of winter in New England when “mid-March” sounds like a distant, almost mythical time. when my librarian told me that’s when my books would be due back it’s like I caught a glimpse of spring.

@MarfyMazie@yiff.life It's required by the UK's financial regulator!

so, what do you do for work?

Coinbase must be concerned I'm at risk of running out of material

Sam Bankman-Fried has just filed a pro se motion for a new trial, via his mother

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/66631292/583/united-states-v-bankman-fried/

#crypto #SBF

#bitcoin

RE: @molly0xfff@hachyderm.io

Wow. I set a goal of 50 new paid subscribers for Citation Needed, and you all helped me hit it in just over 24 hours. Thank you so much.

(If you were still hoping to get on board, subscriptions are, of course, still open.)

I’ve launched a Citation Needed membership drive to celebrate publishing my 100th recap issue!

Citation Needed critically covers cryptocurrency, the crypto industry, and its influence on policy. Paid subscriptions support much more than just the newsletter — here’s what goes into this work:

https://www.citationneeded.news/membership-drive-2026/

Even when there’s no accountability, the record matters. Credit to the Wikipedia editors maintaining this page.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deaths,_detentions_and_deportations_of_American_citizens_in_the_second_Trump_administration

#USpol #USpolitics

i love the beginning of the year because everyone starts blogging. and if you (yes you) were thinking about starting, this is your sign

fixed that for you

#Wikipedia

"Even if Wikipedia’s content was biased (it isn’t), even if every editor was actively trying to push an anti-Israel narrative (they aren’t), that would still be protected by the First Amendment. The government doesn’t get to threaten organizations over their editorial choices, no matter how much certain prosecutors or publications might dislike those choices."

https://www.techdirt.com/2025/04/28/government-actually-threatens-wikipedias-editorial-freedom-self-proclaimed-free-speech-warriors-suddenly-have-other-plans/

Looking forward to the full-throated condemnation of this letter by those who accused the Biden administration of pressuring social media firms to moderate COVID-19 and election fraud misinfo! Any second now...

https://www.theverge.com/news/656720/ed-martin-dc-attorney-wikipedia-nonprofit-threat

#USpolitics #USpol

super cool that all these companies have decided to make customers opt OUT of having their data sold for AI training purposes

"but no one would do it if it was opt-in!"

yeah, THAT IS THE PROBLEM