Former Substack writers who exited the platform in early 2024 are making more money on Beehiiv and Ghost thanks to their fixed pricing models.
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Zero Edge crypto casino founder Richard Kim has been charged with wire fraud and securities fraud after soliciting investments for his crypto casino and then gambling them away. He was arrested and released on bond.
White House crypto advisers have floated the idea of using tariff revenues or US gold reserves to buy bitcoin
@molly0xfff White House crypto advisers think tariff revenues or gold reserves could be used to buy Bitcoin, benefiting the president's billionaire crypto backers #cryptonews #cryptoindustry #cryptolobby #tariff #bitcoin #news #uspolitics ♬ original sound - Molly White
happy (almost) tax day, or as i like to call it, annual reconsidering whether self-employment is worth it day
those girls telling you to be a boss babe never tell you about the boss babe taxes
Yep. I saved hundreds or even thousands of dollars a month just from switching from Substack to self-hosted Ghost.
I pay a roughly flat $85/month now (~$75 for mailsending, $10 for hosting), vs. 10% of all my subscription income.
Here’s some napkin math for how expensive Substack is compared to its competitors:
If I light your house on fire and then douse the flames halfway through it burning down, I shouldn’t be praised for my firefighting skills
I get that this is headlinese, but an “is” (“is asked”) would go a long way here
pleased to hear the penguins have won the trade bargains
Crypto lobby: “Sure, Trump nixed the Crypto Enforcement Team, directed Major Fraud prosecutors to stop prosecuting crypto cases, and is trying to exempt crypto platforms from the BSA, but they wrote right here that they care about stopping crypto crime!”
Trump has directed the Department of Justice to stop pursuing crypto fraud, dismantling the National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team and ordering the Market Integrity and Major Frauds Unit to cease cryptocurrency enforcement.
(Memo, archive link)