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Note published on May 9, 2026 at 1:42 PM UTC

2026-05-09T13:42:31+00:00

A recent CoinDesk survey found 73% disapprove of government officials having crypto business ties, yet 55% weren’t aware of Trump’s involvement, and only 17% knew he co-founded World Liberty Financial.

This underscores why my work at Citation Needed is so necessary.

https://www.citationneeded.news/signup/

Published on Citation Needed: "Issue 105 – The new boogeyman"

2026-05-08T15:12:45+00:00

Published an issue of Citation Needed:

Issue 105 – The new boogeyman

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

Note published on April 30, 2026 at 1:18 PM UTC

2026-04-30T13:18:06+00:00

i like to think if anyone ever hacks my Google account they'll get totally derailed trying to decipher my hundreds of spreadsheets that all look something like this

Published on Citation Needed: "President Trump’s $TRUMP memecoin is preparing to launch a “Coin Club” membership scheme"

2026-04-29T23:14:54+00:00

Published an issue of Citation Needed:

President Trump’s $TRUMP memecoin is preparing to launch a “Coin Club” membership scheme

The website promises “elite and extraordinary experiences” as part of the newest scheme to revive a token that’s down 97% from its peak and still falling.

Note published on April 29, 2026 at 2:10 PM UTC

2026-04-29T14:10:19+00:00

yep, that just about covers all possible options

Published on Citation Needed: "No new trial for Sam Bankman-Fried"

2026-04-28T22:55:21+00:00

Published an issue of Citation Needed:

No new trial for Sam Bankman-Fried

The former CEO of FTX has essentially no realistic avenues left to avoid his 25-year prison sentence

Note published on April 25, 2026 at 12:58 PM UTC

2026-04-25T12:58:51+00:00

The White House says Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick properly divested from Cantor Fitzgerald by transferring leadership to his sons.

Anyway GOP officials called Lutnick about a Cantor-funded PAC planning to spend $1.75M on Ken Paxton and the PAC reversed course, but that’s probably just how independent companies behave when the former owner gets a phone call.

Note published on April 24, 2026 at 9:42 PM UTC

2026-04-24T21:42:39+00:00

“the whole world, unfortunately, has become somewhat of a casino” says the man who ran multiple casinos, whose company plans to launch a prediction market, and who nominated a CFTC chair who celebrates prediction markets as part of a “golden age” for finance

Note published on April 23, 2026 at 1:32 AM UTC

2026-04-23T01:32:15+00:00

Sam Bankman-Fried’s affidavit has arrived. He says his attorneys of record had no input into his motion for a new trial, but that he shared drafts with his parents (both attorneys). “They made editorial and organizational suggestions, some of which I incorporated”

He also writes “As I have had to focus on responding to these questions rather than drafting a response to the prosecution's opposition, and because I do not believe I will get a fair hearing on this topic in front of you, I am now requesting to withdraw the Rule 33 motion” (for a new trial)

Read "Scam messages offering ships safe transit through Hormuz, security firm warns"

2026-04-21T13:51:46+00:00

Read:

“Scam messages offering ships safe transit through Hormuz, security firm warns”.

Reuters in Reuters. Published April 21, 2026.

Fraudulent messages promising safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz in exchange for cryptocurrency have been sent to some shipping companies whose vessels are stranded west of the waterway, Greek maritime risk management ‌firm MARISKS has warned.

Published on Citation Needed: "Issue 104 – World Tyranny Financial"

2026-04-20T19:28:58+00:00

Published an issue of Citation Needed:

Issue 104 – World Tyranny Financial

As the Trump family’s crypto dealings raise more alarms, crypto enforcement is falling to new lows

Note published on April 20, 2026 at 12:40 PM UTC

2026-04-20T12:40:26+00:00

ghoulish

Finished reading Devil's Gun

2026-04-18T02:00:46+00:00

Finished reading:

Disco Space Opera series, book 2.

Devil's Gun

by Cat Rambo.

Published 2023. 288 pages.

Started April 14, 2026; completed April 17, 2026.

Note published on April 17, 2026 at 4:11 PM UTC

2026-04-17T16:11:15+00:00

as someone with an anxiety disorder who gets bad brain fog during very anxious periods, choosing software engineering and then writing as careers was certainly a series of decisions

Read "How Silicon Valley Humiliated the Democrats"

2026-04-17T13:37:40+00:00

Read:

“How Silicon Valley Humiliated the Democrats”.

Alexis Goldstein in The New Republic. Published April 16, 2026.

When will they learn? The party remains far too solicitous of an industry that’s rewarded their fealty with four years of Trump and untold damage to democracy.

Note published on April 15, 2026 at 4:15 PM UTC

2026-04-15T16:15:27+00:00

The new Fellowship crypto PAC has filed its first fundraising disclosure. It reports a $10 million contribution from Cantor Fitzgerald (previously headed by Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, now controlled by his sons) and $1 million from Anchorage Digital.

ITEMIZED RECEIPTS
A. Anchor Labs Inc
Date of Receipt 01-12-2026
Amount of Each Receipt this Period 1000000.00
Aggregate Year-to-Date 1000000.00
B. Cantor Fitzgerald
Date of Receipt 01-23-2026
Amount of Each Receipt this Period 10000000.00
Aggregate Year-to-Date 10000000.00" />

The Fellowship PAC launched in September with an announcement that they had $100 million committed. They've recently revealed that the PAC is headed by Tether's head of government affairs Jesse Spiro, and endorsed a slate of Republicans.

Fellowship PAC has made three independent expenditures so far, totalling $1.5M:

$300k to Clay Fuller, who just won the Republican runoff in GA-14
$850k to Nate Morris, challenging Andy Barr in the Kentucky Senate Republican primary
$350k to Pete Ricketts, incumbent Nebraska Senator running for re-election

Note published on April 14, 2026 at 10:38 PM UTC

2026-04-14T22:38:52+00:00

i have never clicked "interested" on a Google News push notification except for on this and one other hummingbird migration–related article, and i'm hoping to train the algorithm to only push notify me with hummingbird content

Hummingbirds are moving north across US, reaching New England states" />

Note published on April 14, 2026 at 9:05 PM UTC

2026-04-14T21:05:56+00:00

beyond all the crypto stuff, it seems like a red flag that the Fed Chair nominee clearly went through a DAO phase

(Friends With Benefits was big in 2021–2022-ish? and landed a $100M valuation from a16z ll)

Finished reading You Sexy Thing

2026-04-14T02:09:24+00:00

Finished reading:

Disco Space Opera series, book 1.

You Sexy Thing

by Cat Rambo.

Published 2021. 304 pages.

Started April 11, 2026; completed April 13, 2026.

Note published on April 13, 2026 at 6:19 PM UTC

2026-04-13T18:19:17+00:00

My favorite thing about these bogus DMCA takedown requesters is they don't realize Web3 is Going Just Great posts are dated based on the event. In order to backdate this post to look like they published before I did, they supposedly announce this guy's arrest two days before it happened.