Andrew KasterJan 30
Molly White

I’ve launched a Citation Needed membership drive to celebrate publishing my 100th recap issue!

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Citation Needed is free or pay-what-you-want because I believe everyone should be able to access critical information, regardless of whether they can afford it.

People do support high-quality reporting even when they’re not forced to, which is how I’m able to do this work full-time.

There’s a lot that goes into this beyond the weekly newsletter.

In the past year: 119 press appearances. Major media publications generally don't devote the resources or cultivate the expertise that good crypto coverage requires. I help where I can to ensure coverage is accurate and hard-hitting.

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Show threadMolly WhiteJan 30

My work is cited in Congressional reports and I advise Congressional staffers.

The crypto industry spent $133 million installing pro-crypto lawmakers in 2024 and $285 million on lobbying. There is not a similarly funded effort on the other side; I do everything I can to offset that imbalance.

Show threadMolly WhiteJan 30

I maintain Web3 is Going Just Great, which documented 114 crypto disasters in the past year. https://web3isgoinggreat.com/

I run Follow the Crypto, tracking industry political spending. I’m in the process of updating it for 2026, where crypto super PACs have already raised more than double their record-breaking 2024 spending. https://www.followthecrypto.org/

Web3 is Going Just Great

A timeline recording only some of the many disasters happening in crypto, decentralized finance, NFTs, and other blockchain-based projects.

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From two people whose work I deeply admire:
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Someone needs to do this work. Your support makes it possible.

The newsletter is free to all and pay-what-you-want. I also have founding memberships, which make a significant difference and allow me to take on more ambitious projects.

https://www.citationneeded.news/membership-drive-2026/

Citation Needed membership drive

Celebrating 100 recap issues and sustaining critical independent coverage.

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Show threadKim ScheinbergJan 30
@molly0xfff
Just re'upped my Founding Membership (can one re-Found?) and I highly recommend Molly's newsletter to everyone at any level of support
Show threadJonathan E. Magen 🇮🇱🇺🇦☮️Jan 30
@molly0xfff a pleasure to become a subscriber.
Show threadFeohJan 30

@brianokken Sorry to hear your company is one of the stingy ones that won't even give you time off for tech conferences. Amazon was like that too. Penny wise, dollar foolish :(

Hope you decide to come to Pycon US in any case! Would love to say hi in person, but I totally understand if you can't. When you have a family, vacation time comes dear.

(Also thank you for signposting @diggdotcom's revival!)

Show threadFeohJan 30

@molly0xfff I created a post in /technology on Digg:

https://digg.com/technology/fLz6Mpu/please-consider-supporting-molly-whites-important

(The site is back BTW, and new folks are running it trying to bring it back to the way it was in the Good Old Days).

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If you don't know what she does, she's an independent journalist doing the difficult work of speaking truth to power and holding our national leadership and the entire cryptocurrency industry to account for the fraud they perpetrate every day. She's doing a membership drive ri

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Show threadDavid Fleetwood - RG AdminJan 30
@molly0xfff I'd love to see you get serious about AI coverage. Gerard does a good job on the false promises and grift, but I think there is a lot of room for a proper reporter about the economic, business and connections side.
Show threadMolly WhiteJan 31
@reflex Do you follow Ed Zitron? AI is more his beat than mine. Keeping up with crypto is already more than a full-time job, so I'm not looking to dramatically expand there.
Show threadJim DavenportJan 31
@molly0xfff @reflex is he on Mastodon?
Show threadLuke HarbyJan 31

@jimmyd2 @molly0xfff @reflex

Posts are from 2018 unfortunately.

https://mastodon.social/@Zitron

Show threadDavid Fleetwood - RG AdminJan 31
@molly0xfff As pointed out by others, he isn't on masto so he may as well not exist. Fair that you have plenty to do, but having been disappointed by many of the dudebros in this space you are a breath of fresh air and I'll be subscribing once my financial situation improves.
Show threadMax L.Jan 30
@molly0xfff
Thank you for your work! Not sure if it fits exactly but I took a look at your web3isgoinggreat site again and noticed that it doesn't mention Tether's discontinued EURT stable coin. By my estimate people lost around $5 Million from that. (As not everyone holding them converted them before Tether pulled the plug)