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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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Issue 100 – Freedom of all kinds is worth fighting for

2026/01/30

As masked agents execute people and terrorize communities, crypto executives who spent years posting about freedom fall conspicuously silent — except when writing checks for the politicians enabling it. Originally published on January 29, 2026.

Issue 99 – They’ve bought themselves a Congress

2026/01/19

Coinbase calls the shots in the Senate, former New York City Mayor Eric Adams faces rug pull allegations, and a crypto executive is breaking up with Trump. Originally published on January 19, 2026.

The year of technoligarchy

2026/01/07

In 2025, Trump brought tech executives into power to dismantle regulators and write their own rules. But the instabilities they’re creating may be their downfall. Originally published on January 7, 2026.

Issue 98 – The world’s most corrupt crypto startup operation

2025/12/17

Terra’s Do Kwon gets 15 years, crypto banks get the green light, and the Trump family’s crypto grift expands even as one of their treasury companies goes off the rails. Originally published on December 16, 2025.

Digital asset treasury companies are running out of steam

2025/11/25

Convincing traders to pay $2 for $1 of bitcoin worked — for a while. As premiums evaporate, an unwind could be painful. Originally published on November 25, 2025.

Issue 97 – This is hardship

2025/11/20

While slumping prices have some fearing it’s crypto winter again, Trump looks to Saudia Arabia and American retail crypto investors to fund the development of his next hotel. Originally published on November 19, 2025.

Issue 96 – Redefining solvency

2025/11/08

Sam Bankman-Fried makes his case for a retrial and aspiring crypto banks hit roadblocks. Originally published on November 7, 2025.

Trump says he has “no idea” who he just pardoned

2025/11/03

President Trump reacts to condemnations of his recent pardon of Binance founder Changpeng Zhao by claiming he doesn’t know who he is. Originally published on November 3, 2025.

Issue 95 – The pardon was the payoff

2025/10/29

Binance’s Changpeng Zhao earns a gold-plated pardon as other industry figures fund Trump’s $300 million ballroom. Originally published October 28, 2025.

Anatomy of a crypto collapse

2025/10/17

October 2025 brought the most dramatic crypto flash crash of all time, but it was only a dress rehearsal for the systemic crisis the industry is building toward. Originally published on October 17, 2025.

Issue 94 – Backdoor deals

2025/10/09

Trump is still corrupt, a core developer warns bitcoin won’t survive an upcoming code change, and crypto lenders are ratcheting up leverage like it’s 2022. Originally published on October 8, 2025.

Issue 93 – Undermining deregulation

2025/09/25

Democratic lawmakers sound corruption alarms while crypto PACs gear up for the midterms. Originally published on September 25, 2025.

Prediction markets are booming. Oversight is barely there.

2025/09/16

Prediction markets once lived on the academic fringe. Now they’re trading billions on politics, sports, and celebrity gossip — under rules never designed for retail gamblers. Originally published on September 16, 2025.

Issue 92 – The scam of all scams

2025/09/12

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

2025/09/02

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.

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Eliot Phillips 2026/01/12

Thorough reporting

Molly White does incredible work covering all the twists and turns of the crypto industry. Web3 is Going Great is a wonderful resource but this podcas...

★★★★★

Infini19A0 2025/10/31

Best podcast

Citation Needed by Molly White really is the best podcast. [Edit: now some other shows seem to be inspired by Molly. Awesome!] I like the depth and br...

★★★★★

bertbrain 2025/10/20

The best resource

Molly is an excellent resource for technically minded people interested in the crypto world but not following it obsessively. although her delivery is...

★★★★★

Bbbb999991 2025/06/13

Best crypto coverage anywhere

Meticulously researched, zero boosterism, by someone who really understands technology. Endless fun for people who are curious how to do 1930s fi...

★★★★★

Ahimsa2013 2025/06/12

Molly matters

Because she cares ❤️

★★★★★

nocam_ 2025/05/22

Excellent Newsletter

Clear and well researched

★★★★★

neightd00g 2025/05/07

Solid

★★★★★

igetitnow 2025/03/05

Excellent podcast

Molly does a great job of making crypto news accessible and understandable. I expect she’s a canary in the coal mine. A must-listen podcast.

★★★★★

zylvere 2025/01/29

One of the best

Molly's got the goods and she delivers this amazing audio podcast each with with extremely well-researched content. I'm so happy this exists.

★★★★★

jw kerst 2024/11/24

Brilliant and needed work

Following Molly’s work for years, this podcast (so far just her reading her newsletter) is hopefully one more way people can access her very important...

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