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Issue 90 – Crime szn bro
Season 3 Episode 27
The Trump administration cracks down on software to limit surveillance of crypto transactions, while celebrating a “deregulatory blitz” tailored for …
11 months, 1 week ago
Curate your own newspaper with RSS
Season 3 Episode 26
Escape newsletter inbox chaos and algorithmic surveillance by building your own enshittification-proof newspaper from the writers you already read. O…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
The Tornado Cash case: When politics sabotage a prosecution
Season 3 Episode 25
The Trump administration’s regulatory whiplash has left prosecutors scrambling with misattributed chat messages and questionable victim testimony. Or…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Issue 89 – Crypto wins in Washington with midnight calls, chocolate bars, and a $141 million threat
Season 3 Episode 24
Trump stands to profit from a $2 billion bitcoin bet as the crypto industry pushes through bills aimed at bolstering the sector. Originally published…
1 year ago
Issue 88 – The stockchain
Season 3 Episode 23
Crypto firms hope putting a blockchain veneer on traditional equities will allow them to sidestep lessons learned in the 1929 Wall Street crash, cryp…
1 year ago
Issue 87 – SO ORDERED
Season 3 Episode 22
Trump’s crypto empire attracts more foreign millions, the FHFA pushes crypto on mortgage lenders, and Mamdani’s mayoral primary win makes billionaire…
1 year ago
Issue 86 – State power sponsored by Coinbase
Season 3 Episode 21
The GENIUS Act passes the Senate after explicit threats to Democrats from the crypto lobby, and shady crypto billionaire Justin Sun cozies up even cl…
1 year, 1 month ago
It matters. I care.
Season 3 Episode 20
Originally published on June 11, 2025.
1 year, 1 month ago
Issue 85 – All the President’s tokens
Season 3 Episode 19
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 financ…
1 year, 1 month ago
Trump to launch branded crypto trading application
Season 3 Episode 18
New crypto trading and wallet application, created in partnership with Magic Eden, invites fans of President Trump to buy his memecoin. Originally pu…
1 year, 1 month ago