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As an active federal contractor, Coinbase is prohibited from making political contributions, including to super PACs. This makes $50 million that they have contributed in violation of pay-to-play laws for contractors. #Coinbase #crypto #cryptocurrency #USpolitics #USpol

it is very scary that we are a week away from the US election and the @npub1xrj3...9q43’s webpage archiving is still down

We can build the web that we want to see. Watch the recording of my talk from #XOXOFest!

to the publications that stylize headlines and other content in ALL CAPS, but who use `text-transform: uppercase` instead of actually typing the headline in caps: i see you, i appreciate you, i love you

Newsletter: As parts of the crypto industry scramble to court the Harris administration with events like “Crypto4Harris”, others insist it is Harris who must “bend the knee”.

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Issue 64 – Pointing its arsenal at our friends

As parts of the crypto industry scramble to court the Harris administration with events like “Crypto4Harris”, others insist it is Harris who mu...

#crypto #cryptocurrency #newsletter #CitationNeeded

eleven of the Bitcoin 2024 speakers are named Matt (screenshot is a portion of a longer list, not the entire list of speakers) #crypto #Bitcoin2024

It’s finally time to release my newest project:

Follow the Crypto

Follow the Crypto

Follow the cryptocurrency industry’s influence on 2024 elections in the United States.

This website provides a real-time lens into the cryptocurrency industry’s efforts to influence 2024 elections in the United States. #crypto #cryptocurrency #elections #USpol #lobbying

How will recent Supreme Court decisions affect the crypto world? Also, more absurdity from the crypto lobby, and some new regulatory actions. Catch up in my latest newsletter:

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Issue 61 – Soft war by the enemy

How will recent Supreme Court decisions affect the crypto world? Also, more absurdity from the crypto lobby, and some new regulatory actions.

#crypto #cryptocurrency #CitationNeeded #newsletter #USpolitics

Fighting bots is fighting humans. One advantage to working on freely-licensed projects for over a decade is that I was forced to grapple with this decision far before mass scraping for AI training. #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #OpenAccess

PSA: Paying for a subscription on the crypto version of OnlyFans using a public blockchain does not give you "true privacy", regardless of what the models there might say. #cryptocurrency

One flaw of the LLMs I've used: they will never give you harsh criticism. While it would be nice to think all my writing is just that good, I know there are no circumstances where someone will ask for feedback and it will say “throw the whole thing out and start again.” #LLM #ArtificialIntelligence

Cryptocurrency companies have raised over $115 million to influence US elections this cycle, and they’re just getting started. We need to closely watch how cryptocurrency companies are influencing US politics.

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Cryptocurrency companies have raised over $135 million to influence US elections this cycle, and they’re just getting started

As election season kicks into high gear, we need to watch how cryptocurrency companies are influencing US politics.

#crypto #cryptocurrency #newsletter #CitationNeeded #superPACs #USpolitics #lobbying

FTX's Ryan Salame has returned to Twitter for the first time since FTX collapsed — hours after he was sentenced to 7.5 years in prison for his role in the FTX fraud and for his illegal campaign contributions 💀 #FTX #crypto #cryptocurrency

back in my day we called this spyware #AI #privacy #Microsoft

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If you've ever found yourself missing the "good old days" of the #web, what is it that you miss? (Interpret "it" broadly: specific websites? types of activities? feelings? etc.) And approximately when were those good old days? No wrong answers — I'm working on an article and wanted to get some outside thoughts.

took me a few attempts to say "bitcoin memecoins" in my newsletter voiceover without saying "beancoins", but I think I may be on to something here

finally, the runes project has brought memecoins to the #bitcoin blockchain. at long last, we can finally buy PEPE•WIT•HONKERS

A campaign against #NPR's new CEO, ex-#Wikimedia Foundation Katherine Maher, is trying to portray her as "anti-truth" and "anti-First Amendment" by taking quotes out of context from her past talks about Wikimedia. As a longtime Wikipedian, I think I can give a little more context about these statements — but I recognize that the people behind this campaign are, ironically, not looking for the facts. #KatherineMaher