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Weekly recaps

Issue 62 – Grassroots

Coinbase’s Stand With Crypto Alliance fudges the numbers, a (former) crypto industry CEO has a meltdown, and another exchange suffers a nine-figure hack.

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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.

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Issue 60 – Raging in favor of the machine

The crypto industry jumps on the Trump train.

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Issue 59 – Hot damn, this is going to get interesting quickly

Are US legislators warming to crypto? The SEC approves Ethereum ETPs, and a crypto bill gets through the House.

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Issue 58 – Threats to the stability and integrity of Ethereum

The Justice Department worries about the stability of Ethereum, DCG tries to bilk their subsidiary's creditors, and Biden threatens a crypto veto.

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Issue 57 - I take deep breath and I get real high

Changpeng Zhao's sentencing, FOIA requests reveal past FBI investigations into Coinbase, and the SEC is on a Wells notice bender.

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Issue 56 – What are you gonna do, arrest me?

The Binance CEO's sentencing draws near, and prosecutors have been busy chasing down other crypto criminals. Also, lawmakers take another stab at stablecoin regulation.

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Issue 55 – Halving a bad time

The bitcoin "halving" looms, and that may not be as good news as coiners hope. Also, Terra committed fraud and Uniswap got a Wells notice.

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Issue 54 – Cases continue

Crypto-related litigation is in full swing, as the Terra civil fraud trial has kicked off and two other cases against crypto companies have survived motions to dismiss.

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Issue 53 – Choose rich

Euphoria has risen along with crypto prices, but nothing has changed from the last bubble.

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Issue 52 – I am Sam's low-level culpability

Bitcoin prices are spiking. Are we in for another round of crypto mania? Also, Sam Bankman-Fried doesn't want to go to jail for 100 years.

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Issue 51 – It's quiet... too quiet

It's been a quiet few weeks in the world of crypto disasters... too quiet.

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Issue 50 – Bitcoin busts

Governments seize huge quantities of bitcoin, and a few people seem to be yearning for the days of peak crypto mania.

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Issue 49 – And so the Lord says "give them a 10x"

Bitcoin ETP approval, God-sent crypto scammers, and more trouble in Justin Sun's world.

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Issue 48 – Bitcoin has "no chance" of going to the moon

Bitcoin ETF fakeouts, imaginary CEOs, and a bridge hack make for an eventful start to the new year.

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Issue 47 – Residual garbage

All my "absolute top tier apes" gone, anti-rug-pull rug pulls, and an update on this newsletter.