Molly White

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.

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Molly White

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Technology

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www.citationneeded.news

Latest episode

Jul 1, 2026

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Episodes

Issue 92 – The scam of all scams 12.09.2025

The Trumps “debank” major customers from their “anti-debanking” cryptocurrency venture, and a CFTC nominee says the Winklevosses are blackballing him. Originally published on September 12, 2025.

Trump Jr.-advised prediction markets invite bets on president’s demise 02.09.2025

President Trump’s deregulatory agenda emboldened prediction markets to push boundaries around permitted event contracts. Now sites advised by his son are allowing bets on his death. Originally published on September 2, 2025.

Issue 91 – GDP on the blockchain 27.08.2025

The regulator set to take on primary crypto oversight is down to a single Commissioner, and new pro-crypto PACs focus on installing more Republicans in the midterms. Originally published on August 27, 2025.

As he builds US power, Justin Sun fights to control his story 19.08.2025

A crypto billionaire who once feared arrest in the US is now a Trump business adviser and White House guest. His lawsuit against Bloomberg reveals what he doesn't want Americans to know about his crypto fortune. Originallly published on August 19, 2025.

Issue 90 – Crime szn bro 14.08.2025

The Trump administration cracks down on software to limit surveillance of crypto transactions, while celebrating a “deregulatory blitz” tailored for its billionaire benefactors. Originally published on August 13, 2025.

Curate your own newspaper with RSS 31.07.2025

Escape newsletter inbox chaos and algorithmic surveillance by building your own enshittification-proof newspaper from the writers you already read. Originally published on July 31, 2025.

The Tornado Cash case: When politics sabotage a prosecution 29.07.2025

The Trump administration’s regulatory whiplash has left prosecutors scrambling with misattributed chat messages and questionable victim testimony. Originally published on July 28, 2025.

Issue 89 – Crypto wins in Washington with midnight calls, chocolate bars, and a $141 million threat 23.07.2025

Trump stands to profit from a $2 billion bitcoin bet as the crypto industry pushes through bills aimed at bolstering the sector. Originally published on July 23, 2025.

Issue 88 – The stockchain 11.07.2025

Crypto firms hope putting a blockchain veneer on traditional equities will allow them to sidestep lessons learned in the 1929 Wall Street crash, crypto firms look to become banks, and Congress celebrates crypto surveillance while claiming to outlaw it. Originally published on July 11, 2025.

Issue 87 – SO ORDERED 01.07.2025

Trump’s crypto empire attracts more foreign millions, the FHFA pushes crypto on mortgage lenders, and Mamdani’s mayoral primary win makes billionaires sweat. Originally published on July 1, 2025.

Issue 86 – State power sponsored by Coinbase 19.06.2025

The GENIUS Act passes the Senate after explicit threats to Democrats from the crypto lobby, and shady crypto billionaire Justin Sun cozies up even closer to the Trump family.  Originally published on June 19, 2025.

It matters. I care. 11.06.2025

Originally published on June 11, 2025.

Issue 85 – All the President’s tokens 05.06.2025

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 03.06.2025

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 31.05.2025

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 20.05.2025

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 12.05.2025

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 08.05.2025

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 24.04.2025

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 17.04.2025

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 08.04.2025

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

Issue 80 – Aimed at benefiting the digital assets industry 28.03.2025

As the US government lays a very favorable groundwork for the crypto industry, Trump positions himself for maximum personal profit. Originally published on March 28, 2025.

Issue 79 – Mundus sine Caesaribus 20.03.2025

The crypto industry frees itself from the last remnants of SEC oversight, and Solana tries to appeal to its target demographic by bashing trans people. Originally published on March 20, 2025.

“Wait, not like that”: Free and open access in the age of generative AI 14.03.2025

The real threat isn’t AI using open knowledge — it’s AI companies killing the projects that make knowledge free. Originally published on March 14, 2025.

Crypto reserves: no public good, no principles 11.03.2025

The formerly anti-government bitcoin movement abandons its principles in favor of number-go-up, applauds federal plan to stockpile seized crypto with no clear benefit to national interest. Originally published on March 11, 2025.

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