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Molly White<p>All this, plus MoonPay executives seemingly getting scammed out of a Trump inaugural fund donation, Elon Musk’s “America Party’s” stance on bitcoin, and the end of another crypto island project in this week’s issue of Citation Needed.</p><p>As always, this publication is fully reader-supported. If you value Citation Needed, a pay-what-you-want subscription helps me keep reporting, researching, and writing.</p><p><a href="https://www.citationneeded.news/signup" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">citationneeded.news/signup</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/cryptocurrency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cryptocurrency</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/USpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpolitics</span></a></p>
Molly White<p>Crypto firms Circle, Ripple, and BitGo are looking to become banks, and their applications will go to the newly confirmed Comptroller of the Currency, former blockchain executive Jonathan Gould.</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/cryptocurrency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cryptocurrency</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/USpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpolitics</span></a></p>
Molly White<p>I wrote in November that “If Trump succeeds with his plans to defang the SEC, I expect [WLFI token sale] limitations to swiftly change — likely significantly financially benefiting Trump and his family”.</p><p>Guess what?</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/cryptocurrency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cryptocurrency</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/USpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpolitics</span></a></p>
Molly White<p>Shady crypto billionaire Justin Sun is looking to pour another $100 million into Trump’s crypto projects. At least $56 million of Sun’s money has gone directly to Trump or family members; that number could nearly triple depending on details of the planned token purchase.</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/cryptocurrency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cryptocurrency</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/USpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpolitics</span></a></p>
Molly White<p>During “Crypto Week”, Congress will also be considering an Anti-CBDC Surveillance State Act. While Republicans decry purely hypothetical CBDC surveillance, they celebrated crypto’s actual surveillance capabilities at the recent Senate hearing.</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/cryptocurrency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cryptocurrency</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/USpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpolitics</span></a></p>
Molly White<p>Two Republicans took time at the hearing to attack legislators and witnesses for so much as mentioning the influence of the crypto lobby, or Trump’s personal crypto ventures. They don’t want people even mentioning crypto's hundreds of millions of dollars in spending on Congress.</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/cryptocurrency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cryptocurrency</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/USpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpolitics</span></a></p>
Molly White<p>Experts are issuing dire warnings on bills that would allow for activity like this. Professor Richard Painter implored: “We do not want another economic collapse caused by deregulation of financial services sector. ... Please, we don't want to go through those experiences again.”</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/cryptocurrency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cryptocurrency</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/USpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpolitics</span></a></p>
Molly White<p>By encasing stocks in a blockchainy wrapper, companies like Robinhood are hoping to tap into lucrative equities markets while sidestepping the expensive compliance and oversight requirements of traditional American brokerages and exchanges.</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/cryptocurrency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cryptocurrency</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/USpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpolitics</span></a></p>
Molly White<p>Newsletter: 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</p><p><a href="https://www.citationneeded.news/issue-88/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">citationneeded.news/issue-88/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/cryptocurrency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cryptocurrency</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/USpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpolitics</span></a></p>
Cavyherd<p>"If all billionaires and mega corps paid the same amount of taxes that I pay -- a retired person living on a very small pension and it's about 22% to Federal taxes -- we could have universal healthcare, universal secondary and post-secondary education, accommodations and some sort of UBI for homeless people, and universal daycare and elder care."<br>—<span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@Nonya_Bidniss" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Nonya_Bidniss</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@Nonya_Bidniss/114746825386501248" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">infosec.exchange/@Nonya_Bidnis</span><span class="invisible">s/114746825386501248</span></a></p><p><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/TheWorldIWantToLiveIn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheWorldIWantToLiveIn</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
Cavyherd<p>The Liberal Consensus</p><p>The government should:<br>Regulate business<br>Provide a basic social safety net<br>Promoting infrastructure<br>Protect civil rights</p><p>"What do we •want• to fund?"</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8i1b1HDJ4w" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=d8i1b1HDJ4</span><span class="invisible">w</span></a></p><p><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/TheWorldIWantToLiveIn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheWorldIWantToLiveIn</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/HeatherCoxRichardson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HeatherCoxRichardson</span></a></p>
Aaron<p>Dammit people, do you not see the crossroads we are at? We are in Nazi Germany, at the twilight of civility before fascism firmly takes root and can no longer be stopped. You can't just stand there aghast and scandalized and talk about how it's illegal or shocking or vile. If we don't take *action*, the chance for action will pass.</p><p>We are witnessing the active consolidation of power by a fascist government as politicians and judges are arrested and harrassed, people are rounded up and sent to camps, the armed forces are mobilized against our citizens, rule of law is discarded, and war is looming.</p><p>What else do you need to see to convince you that we are OUT OF FUCKING TIME? Act now, in defense of your neighbors and your representatives and your nation, or expect it all to be yanked from your hands for the duration of the long, dark night. It is a countdown to war and death camps. This isn't a game. This isn't a hypothetical. IT IS FUCKING HAPPENING RIGHT NOW!</p><p><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a><br><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a><br><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/nazis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nazis</span></a><br><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/war" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>war</span></a><br><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/camps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>camps</span></a></p>
Ned Yeung<p>Downtown Los Angeles 1937 via UCLA Library</p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a></p>
Tingo<p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a></p>
Molly White<p>Official announcement has come out from Magic Eden. No promotion yet from Trump’s end.</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/cryptocurrency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cryptocurrency</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/USpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpolitics</span></a></p>
Molly White<p>UPDATE: Since I published, the waitlist website has added a segment reading “Magic Eden partnered with GetTrumpMemes.​com to create the first and only $​TRUMP Wallet”. This suggests it is indeed Fight Fight Fight LLC (Bill Zanker) behind it.</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/cryptocurrency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cryptocurrency</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/USpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpolitics</span></a></p>
Molly White<p>Magic Eden and spokespeople for President Trump did not immediately respond to inquiries about the project.</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/cryptocurrency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cryptocurrency</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/USpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpolitics</span></a></p>