Molly White's Citation Needed

Molly White's Citation Needed

Molly White

Episodes 130
Avg. Duration 23m
Activity Highly Active
Apple Rating 4.9 (94)
Since Nov 2023
Latest Episode Jun 2026

Publishing Details

Schedule
Every 2 Weeks
Format
Episodic
Consistency
47%
Hosting
www.spreaker.com

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About This Podcast

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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S4E12 End Citizens United’s Tiffany Muller on fighting big money in politics

Jun 10, 2026 48m Transcript

Tiffany Muller talks to me about what Citizens United enabled, how crypto and AI fit into the bigger picture of money in politics, and what it would actually take to fix this broken system.…

S4E12 I’m launching Tech Influence Watch as AI follows crypto into politics

Jun 08, 2026 20m Transcript

Most voters don’t know that crypto and AI companies have spent more than $400 million this cycle to buy Congress. Let’s make that spending visible. Originally published on June 8, 2026.

S4E11 Issue 105 – The new boogeyman

May 08, 2026 32m Transcript

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. Originally published on May…

S4E10 No new trial for Sam Bankman-Fried

Apr 29, 2026 8m Transcript

The former CEO of FTX has essentially no realistic avenues left to avoid his 25-year prison sentence. Originally published on April 28, 2026.

S4E9 Issue 104 – World Tyranny Financial

Apr 20, 2026 30m Transcript

As the Trump family’s crypto dealings raise more alarms, crypto enforcement is falling to new lows. Originally published on April 20, 2026.

S4E8 Issue 103 – The President’s Council of Podcasters

Mar 31, 2026 29m Transcript

Coinbase is accused of holding the cryptocurrency industry hostage over stablecoin rewards, prediction markets face an onslaught of opposition, and a Stand With Crypto poll can’t even get enthusiasm…

S4E7 Sam Bankman-Fried’s helicopter parents crash into federal court

Mar 27, 2026 20m Transcript

SBF praises Trump from prison, his parents beg for a pardon on CNN, and his legal ethics professor mother files court documents claiming to be from him — prompting a judge to demand he swear under…

S4E6 Issue 102 – The public will pay

Mar 16, 2026 39m Transcript

Justin Sun buys his way out of an SEC fraud case, Iranian transactions on Binance draw DOJ scrutiny as the exchange sues the newspaper that reported on them, and crypto super PACs dump millions into…

S4E5 Issue 101 – Bought and paid for

Feb 27, 2026 37m Transcript

Bitcoin is down 50%, several prominent industry figures have been uncovered in the Epstein files, Trump’s facing a probe into his family’s $500M deal with the UAE, and crypto super PACs spend their…

S4E4 Crypto super PACs have hundreds of millions ready to spend on the midterms

Feb 21, 2026 25m Transcript

With Trump faltering and their policy agenda incomplete, the crypto industry has moved at least $288 million toward the midterms in a desperate bid to keep Republicans in control of Congress.…

S4E3 Issue 100 – Freedom of all kinds is worth fighting for

Jan 30, 2026 28m Transcript

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…

S4E2 Issue 99 – They’ve bought themselves a Congress

Jan 19, 2026 31m Transcript

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.

S4E1 The year of technoligarchy

Jan 07, 2026 17m Transcript

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,…

S3E41 Issue 98 – The world’s most corrupt crypto startup operation

Dec 17, 2025 35m Transcript

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…

S3E40 Digital asset treasury companies are running out of steam

Nov 25, 2025 10m Transcript

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.

S3E39 Issue 97 – This is hardship

Nov 20, 2025 19m Transcript

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…

S3E38 Issue 96 – Redefining solvency

Nov 08, 2025 19m Transcript

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

S3E37 Trump says he has “no idea” who he just pardoned

Nov 03, 2025 12m Transcript

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.

S3E36 Issue 95 – The pardon was the payoff

Oct 29, 2025 36m Transcript

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

S3E35 Anatomy of a crypto collapse

Oct 17, 2025 17m Transcript

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,…

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