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[?]mnl mnl mnl mnl mnl » 🌐
@mnl@hachyderm.io

I skipped crypto for years because of proof of work energy needs, but want to give it a second pass now that proof of stake has solved that issue.

Things I'm mostly interested in:
- digital identity
- microtransactions (have your LLM agent pay me if you read my docs)
- distributed storage

I have no idea if these even make sense but it's stuff that seems tangentially related at least to my quest of doing distributed persistence and identity for my "OS" (for lack of a better word).

    [?]Molly White » 🌐
    @molly0xfff@hachyderm.io

    The industries spending hundreds of millions to write their own rules are counting on voters not knowing where the money comes from or what it’s buying. The goal of this project is to make sure they do. If you find this valuable, please consider supporting my work: citationneeded.news/signup/

      [?]Molly White » 🌐
      @molly0xfff@hachyderm.io

      The site updates in close to real time from FEC filings. Look up your state, your district, your candidates — particularly if you're in Alabama, California, Georgia, Oklahoma, or South Carolina where primaries are coming up and these super PACs are active.

      If you know journalists covering these races, researchers studying tech policy, or voters in targeted districts — send them to the site. Here’s the full launch announcement: citationneeded.news/tech-influ

        [?]Molly White » 🌐
        @molly0xfff@hachyderm.io

        Most voters have no idea any of this is happening. These PACs run ads about jobs and immigration — never mentioning crypto or AI. 73% of voters disapprove of officials having crypto business ties, but 55% didn't even know Trump is personally involved in the industry (per CoinDesk).

        But when voters do find out, the spending can backfire. In Illinois, candidates who called out the crypto money against them won their primaries despite being vastly outspent. Transparency is the only counter to this.

        Money involved in this election Raja Krishnamoorthi (D): Raised $31.4M ($57.8k from industry donors), $412k in outside spending to support ($30.2k from crypto PACs), $3.34M in outside spending to oppose Juliana Stratton (D): Raised $4.79M ($1k from industry donors), $9.07M in outside spending to support, $10.4M in outside spending to oppose ($9.99M from crypto PACs) Robin Kelly (D): Raised $3.47M ($2k from industry donors), $1.28M in outside spending to support ($285k from crypto PACs) Dick Durbin (D): Raised $2.38M Don Tracy (R): Raised $2.33M Jeannie Evans (R): Raised $1.28M Casey Chlebek (R): Raised $202k Spending by crypto- and AI-focused committees FairShake (crypto) Total spending $9,866,091 to oppose Juliana Stratton in the primary $9,866,091 Protect Progress (crypto) Total spending $434,834 to oppose Juliana Stratton in the primary $119,643 to support Raja Krishnamoorthi in the primary $30,183 to support Robin Kelly in the primary $285,008

        Alt...Money involved in this election Raja Krishnamoorthi (D): Raised $31.4M ($57.8k from industry donors), $412k in outside spending to support ($30.2k from crypto PACs), $3.34M in outside spending to oppose Juliana Stratton (D): Raised $4.79M ($1k from industry donors), $9.07M in outside spending to support, $10.4M in outside spending to oppose ($9.99M from crypto PACs) Robin Kelly (D): Raised $3.47M ($2k from industry donors), $1.28M in outside spending to support ($285k from crypto PACs) Dick Durbin (D): Raised $2.38M Don Tracy (R): Raised $2.33M Jeannie Evans (R): Raised $1.28M Casey Chlebek (R): Raised $202k Spending by crypto- and AI-focused committees FairShake (crypto) Total spending $9,866,091 to oppose Juliana Stratton in the primary $9,866,091 Protect Progress (crypto) Total spending $434,834 to oppose Juliana Stratton in the primary $119,643 to support Raja Krishnamoorthi in the primary $30,183 to support Robin Kelly in the primary $285,008

        Money involved in this election La Shawn Ford (D): Raised $653k, $2.48M in outside spending to oppose ($2.48M from crypto PACs) Anthony Driver Jr. (D): Raised $249k, $564k in outside spending to support Danny Davis (D): Raised $101k Kina Collins (D): Raised $54.9k Chad Koppie (R): Patricia Easley (R): Spending by crypto- and AI-focused committees FairShake (crypto) Total spending $2,475,780 to oppose La Shawn Ford in the primary $2,475,780

        Alt...Money involved in this election La Shawn Ford (D): Raised $653k, $2.48M in outside spending to oppose ($2.48M from crypto PACs) Anthony Driver Jr. (D): Raised $249k, $564k in outside spending to support Danny Davis (D): Raised $101k Kina Collins (D): Raised $54.9k Chad Koppie (R): Patricia Easley (R): Spending by crypto- and AI-focused committees FairShake (crypto) Total spending $2,475,780 to oppose La Shawn Ford in the primary $2,475,780

          [?]Molly White » 🌐
          @molly0xfff@hachyderm.io

          Crypto and AI companies have also poured $7 billion+ into Trump directly. Afterwards, 21+ SEC cases/investigations against crypto companies were dropped, regulators did a U-turn on crypto policy, and the industry was invited to write their own rules.

          influence.citationneeded.news/

          Featured Tracker Quid pro quo Besides their Congressional election spending, companies have poured billions into Trump and his family. Enforcement cases were dropped, investigations were closed, and industries were invited to write their own regulations. $7.4 billion+ to Trump & family by tracked entities United Arab Emirates $4.3B Advanced AI chips access, 15% stake in TikTok, ... Saudi Arabia $2B F-35 fighter jets agreement Justin Sun and Tron $232.7M SEC case settled, criminal investigation likely ended, ... Andreessen Horowitz $139.9M Four employees installed in White House positions View full tracker →

          Alt...Featured Tracker Quid pro quo Besides their Congressional election spending, companies have poured billions into Trump and his family. Enforcement cases were dropped, investigations were closed, and industries were invited to write their own regulations. $7.4 billion+ to Trump & family by tracked entities United Arab Emirates $4.3B Advanced AI chips access, 15% stake in TikTok, ... Saudi Arabia $2B F-35 fighter jets agreement Justin Sun and Tron $232.7M SEC case settled, criminal investigation likely ended, ... Andreessen Horowitz $139.9M Four employees installed in White House positions View full tracker →

            [?]Molly White » 🌐
            @molly0xfff@hachyderm.io

            The crypto industry spent $130 million buying the 2024 elections. Over a dozen pro-crypto Congresspeople were installed, and regulatory destruction followed. Now AI is running the same play, with the same strategists and funders. Following only crypto would be telling half the story.

              Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦 boosted

              [?]Molly White » 🌐
              @molly0xfff@hachyderm.io

              I've been running Follow the Crypto since 2024. Today I'm relaunching it as Tech Influence Watch, expanded to cover AI political spending alongside crypto. They’ve spent more than $400 million this election cycle, and now you can follow it in close to real time.

              influence.citationneeded.news/

              Here’s the full story behind the Tech Influence Watch launch, including what I found while building it and why it matters now: citationneeded.news/tech-influ

                Draken BlackKnight boosted

                [?]The New Oil » 🤖 🌐
                @thenewoil@mastodon.thenewoil.org

                tumbles to $60,000 as blowout jobs data, bug keeps pressure on

                coindesk.com/tech/2026/06/05/l

                  [?]The New Oil » 🤖 🌐
                  @thenewoil@mastodon.thenewoil.org

                  for compromised to deliver

                  bleepingcomputer.com/news/secu

                    [?]The New Oil » 🤖 🌐
                    @thenewoil@mastodon.thenewoil.org

                    The U.S. sanctions exchange used by

                    bleepingcomputer.com/news/secu

                      [?]⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯ » 🌐
                      @cryptadamist@universeodon.com

                      @GhostOnTheHalfShell there's two scenarios where i see a massive bitcoin crash:

                      1. something happens to the / scheme. fun fact: they sold their first ever bitcoins today and people are freaking out. reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/co

                      2. or forces the US to break to make sure can't use it. this can be done by leaning on the in but now that the Trump family has a financial stake i wouldn't count on it (though it does set up an interesting "unstoppable force meets immovable object" scenario to watch)

                        [?]Democracy Matters :verified: » 🌐
                        @DemocracyMattersALot@mstdn.social

                        Kids: always remember that crypto is bullshit.

                        ‘He’s full of s--t’: JPMorgan’s Dimon rips Coinbase CEO, escalates fight over crypto bill
                        politico.com/news/2026/05/29/d

                          Nonya Bidniss boosted

                          [?]⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯ » 🌐
                          @cryptadamist@universeodon.com

                          the phone is finally here... and it's a spray painted $150 chinese cell phone featuring an american flag with only 11 stripes that roughly 10,000¹ MAGAs paid $500 for.

                          ¹ and co. claimed 600,000 orders but a data breach revealed there were only 10,000 orderers buying ~30,000 phones. the whole thing is just a scam to move money into the trump family's pockets. there was never supposed to be an actual phone; MAGAs who actually ordered the phone are just collateral damage in a operation not the intended audience.

                          close up of the flag on the piss yellow phone showing only 11 stripes

                          Alt...close up of the flag on the piss yellow phone showing only 11 stripes

                          photo of a hella ugly piss yellow spray painted chinese phone

                          Alt...photo of a hella ugly piss yellow spray painted chinese phone

                            [?]The New Oil » 🤖 🌐
                            @thenewoil@mastodon.thenewoil.org

                            mining spreads via poisoning, chatbots

                            bleepingcomputer.com/news/secu

                              [?]Toni Aittoniemi » 🌐
                              @gimulnautti@mastodon.green

                              @cyberlyra Yes. And all of these past events have been solidly linked to

                              Russia is not just a state, it’s a kleptocratic with a state. It’s connected with organised , , banking, all kinds of dark money. These are just a few of it’s political tentacles.

                              Everywhere around the world you look, you will find Russian with huge piles of dark money. Developing property, to launder money with blood on it. Trump was their hit.☝️

                                [?]Nonilex » 🌐
                                @Nonilex@masto.ai

                                How & Firms Steamrolled a Agency With Trump’s Blessings

                                Last fall, a high-stakes struggle unfolded inside the red brick walls of an obscure federal agency.

                                Three companies — each with ties to the family’s business empire — needed the Commodity Futures Trading Commission [] to bless their ambitions in the white-hot field of prediction markets.


                                nytimes.com/2026/05/24/us/how-

                                  [?]HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴 » 🌐
                                  @HistoPol@mastodon.social

                                  For *all* countries, is a threat to .

                                  For most countries, like 🛢️ and constitute a threat to national security *as well as* the global economy!

                                  Cc @timkmak

                                  e.g. :

                                  congress.gov/crs_external_prod

                                  reuters.com/world/middle-east/

                                  !

                                    muddle boosted

                                    [?]Zach Everson » 🌐
                                    @z_everson@journa.host

                                    Trump's crypto partner is still helping Iran

                                    Stay informed on Trump's for-profit presidency

                                    New. Free. Subscribe.

                                    1100pennsylvania.com/p/trumps-

                                      [?]Carsten Franke » 🌐
                                      @carstenfranke@mastodon.social

                                      So what happens when "Bitcoin miners" stop "mining" bitcoins? Does the whole crypto thing go poof? Or how would transactions be processed?

                                        [?]The New Oil » 🤖 🌐
                                        @thenewoil@mastodon.thenewoil.org

                                        A new way to fund internet freedom

                                        blog.torproject.org/fund-inter

                                          [?]The New Oil » 🤖 🌐
                                          @thenewoil@mastodon.thenewoil.org

                                          trader recovers $400,000 using after getting 'stoned' and losing wallet password 11 years ago

                                          tomshardware.com/tech-industry

                                            [?]⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯ » 🌐
                                            @cryptadamist@universeodon.com

                                            would you be surprised if i told you that the team of bros that was behind , , , , and is also the team behind the new at Mar-A-Lago? because it is. to be specific the calf was brought forth by the Jews that work for co-founder .

                                            some day someone will explain why ultra-orthodox jews would want to work for a former child actor who:

                                            a) is not even jewish
                                            b) was involved in hollywood's most infamous gay paedo ring before being arrested in a house in spain with "8,000 fotografias pornografia infantil"
                                            c) was besties with . they had a whole crypto fund they ran together.

                                            their religion and his lifestyle are just like, fundamentally incompatible. it's like finding out Marilyn Manson's whole team is made up of fundamentalist mormons and the Amish.

                                            .

                                            Haaretz: 'A beautiful piece of art': The Hasidic Jews behind Florida's giant golden Trump statue

                                            Alt...Haaretz: 'A beautiful piece of art': The Hasidic Jews behind Florida's giant golden Trump statue

                                            tweet from Yaakov Flitchkin about his trip to trump's inauguration with eric Adams and Brock Pierce.

                                            Alt...tweet from Yaakov Flitchkin about his trip to trump's inauguration with eric Adams and Brock Pierce.

                                              [?]⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯ » 🌐
                                              @cryptadamist@universeodon.com

                                              america's most "respectable" journalists thowing their flagship annual industry party in a strip club is almost too on brand

                                              <p Jess | CEO @ Blockus & I @theweb3jess 1/ This year’s official @consensus2026 closing party by @CoinDesk was a massive step backward. Hosting the flagship event at E11even — a strip club — wasn't just inappropriate; it was incredibly low-brow for an industry trying to grow up. 2/ Let’s be clear: I'm all for alcohol, music, and a good time. Hire a world- class DJ. Throw a massive rave. Go to Club Space. But choosing a strip club as the official venue for a global conference is a choice that reflects poorly on all of us. 3/ Just because this happened in 2021 doesn't mean it should happen in 2026. Back then, Coinbase, FTX and Binance execs were there, but the industry has evolved. We are supposed to be moving toward institutional maturity, not leaning into "bro-culture" clichés.

                                              Alt...<p Jess | CEO @ Blockus & I @theweb3jess 1/ This year’s official @consensus2026 closing party by @CoinDesk was a massive step backward. Hosting the flagship event at E11even — a strip club — wasn't just inappropriate; it was incredibly low-brow for an industry trying to grow up. 2/ Let’s be clear: I'm all for alcohol, music, and a good time. Hire a world- class DJ. Throw a massive rave. Go to Club Space. But choosing a strip club as the official venue for a global conference is a choice that reflects poorly on all of us. 3/ Just because this happened in 2021 doesn't mean it should happen in 2026. Back then, Coinbase, FTX and Binance execs were there, but the industry has evolved. We are supposed to be moving toward institutional maturity, not leaning into "bro-culture" clichés.

                                                [?]⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯ » 🌐
                                                @cryptadamist@universeodon.com

                                                @Skwerlgyrl the goal is to take control of the global financial system (currently run by america via US dollar dominance) and replace it with crypto (currently controlled by russian and chinese organized crime).

                                                here's the trump fam with the most infamous scammer in the entire sector. a dude who is so incredibly crooked that even the scumbag american crypto scammers won't do business with him is now the president's business partner.

                                                  [?]ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES » 🌐
                                                  @benroyce@mastodon.social

                                                  @rk @molly0xfff

                                                  it's very interesting computer science

                                                  and there is a concept of an idea of a possibility of it doing good in the world

                                                  but it's money without rules

                                                  (which to some sounds great, like a lot of simple premises without any thought given)

                                                  as such, attracted the worst sort of characters, and they dominate crypto. always have, always will

                                                  it's a fucking cesspool

                                                  only harm can come from it, from personal loss akin to a gambling addict, up to criminal and political malice

                                                    [?]ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES » 🌐
                                                    @benroyce@mastodon.social

                                                    @molly0xfff

                                                    i've always despised

                                                    but i understand the *concept* of some starry eyed being into crypto in the 2010s, when it was cool and new and non-bitcoin projects like were taking off. i don't buy the hype, but i give a little room for some sort of innocence there

                                                    but now?

                                                    it's being milked by via

                                                    it's a tax on stupidity

                                                    who is still doing ?

                                                    oh right: and and a cult of patsies

                                                      [?]⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯ » 🌐
                                                      @cryptadamist@universeodon.com

                                                      @990000 all ransomare is made possible by cryptocurrency. in fact that and sanctions evasion are some of the only useful things has ever managed to do.

                                                        [?]Molly White » 🌐
                                                        @molly0xfff@hachyderm.io

                                                        Defunct crypto exchange Bittrex is trying a strategy we’ve seen (unsuccessfully) modeled by Ripple and Gemini: asking the SEC to repay past penalties now that the SEC under Trump has decided the laws they broke no longer apply to crypto.

                                                        In regulators SEC The defunct Bittrex cryptocurrency exchange is trying out a strategy we’ve seen Ripple and — to a lesser extent — Gemini try: demanding their money back now that the SEC under Trump has completely reversed course on crypto. With the SEC actually joining their request, Ripple asked a judge to return $75 million of the $125 million fine they were ordered to pay in 2023 after a court found they had violated securities laws in their institutional sales [I80]. The judge refused [I87]. The Winklevoss twins, who run the Gemini exchange, have hinted at similar hopes. In February 2025, after the SEC closed an investigation into the exchange,d Cameron Winklevoss argued that the SEC should pay him 3× his legal expenses. Gemini later sent an angry letter to the CFTC’s Inspector General only months after agreeing to a $5 million settlement with the agency. Though they stopped short of asking for their money back, they seemed to regret settling the case only weeks before Trump’s inauguration, when they could’ve waited and gotten the whole thing to disappear [I86].

                                                        Alt...In regulators SEC The defunct Bittrex cryptocurrency exchange is trying out a strategy we’ve seen Ripple and — to a lesser extent — Gemini try: demanding their money back now that the SEC under Trump has completely reversed course on crypto. With the SEC actually joining their request, Ripple asked a judge to return $75 million of the $125 million fine they were ordered to pay in 2023 after a court found they had violated securities laws in their institutional sales [I80]. The judge refused [I87]. The Winklevoss twins, who run the Gemini exchange, have hinted at similar hopes. In February 2025, after the SEC closed an investigation into the exchange,d Cameron Winklevoss argued that the SEC should pay him 3× his legal expenses. Gemini later sent an angry letter to the CFTC’s Inspector General only months after agreeing to a $5 million settlement with the agency. Though they stopped short of asking for their money back, they seemed to regret settling the case only weeks before Trump’s inauguration, when they could’ve waited and gotten the whole thing to disappear [I86].

                                                        Now, Bittrex has asked a judge to make the SEC refund its $24 million settlement from 2023, which came as the result of a lawsuit alleging the company sold unregistered crypto securities [I25, 36]. They argue that the SEC “explicitly has abandoned” the premise that the cryptocurrencies like those sold on Bittrex were securities, and points to the agency’s long list of similar lawsuits against other exchanges that they have dropped since Trump’s inauguration. “The SEC has done an about-face”, they write, pointing to various statements from the SEC that its previous enforcement actions under other administrations were misguided. “The [SEC] cannot credibly maintain that the Final Judgement should remain in place when it has issued a Final Rule that declares that cryptocurrency tokens are not securities,” Bittrex argues in the complaint.15

                                                        Alt...Now, Bittrex has asked a judge to make the SEC refund its $24 million settlement from 2023, which came as the result of a lawsuit alleging the company sold unregistered crypto securities [I25, 36]. They argue that the SEC “explicitly has abandoned” the premise that the cryptocurrencies like those sold on Bittrex were securities, and points to the agency’s long list of similar lawsuits against other exchanges that they have dropped since Trump’s inauguration. “The SEC has done an about-face”, they write, pointing to various statements from the SEC that its previous enforcement actions under other administrations were misguided. “The [SEC] cannot credibly maintain that the Final Judgement should remain in place when it has issued a Final Rule that declares that cryptocurrency tokens are not securities,” Bittrex argues in the complaint.15

                                                          Soatok Dreamseeker boosted

                                                          [?]Molly White » 🌐
                                                          @molly0xfff@hachyderm.io

                                                          The DOJ and CFTC are going after a US soldier who allegedly used his access to confidential military information to profit more than $400,000 on Polymarket bets. They are not going after Polymarket, which is supposed to prohibit US bettors, and whose advisory board includes Donald Trump Jr.

                                                          “The whole world, unfortunately, has become somewhat of a casino,” said former casino tycoon and current President Trump.

                                                          “I don’t like it,” said the man whose own social media platform has announced plans to launch a crypto-based prediction market feature.

                                                          In prediction markets The Justice Department has brought charges11 and the CFTC has filed a lawsuit12 against a US soldier who placed bets on Venezuela-related Polymarket contracts while helping plan the operation to capture Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. The soldier, Gannon Ken Van Dyke, allegedly made nearly $410,000 on the bets, then transferred the funds to a brokerage account and made a few clumsy attempts to erase his tracks. Van Dyke has pleaded not guilty. Notably absent is any action against Polymarket. The New York-based platform agreed to stop serving US customers in a 2022 CFTC settlement, but its easily bypassed geofencing continues to allow widespread American access. Federal agencies have previously prosecuted firms for such inadequate controls, but appear unconcerned with Polymarket — where President Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr., is an investor and advisory board member.

                                                          Alt...In prediction markets The Justice Department has brought charges11 and the CFTC has filed a lawsuit12 against a US soldier who placed bets on Venezuela-related Polymarket contracts while helping plan the operation to capture Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. The soldier, Gannon Ken Van Dyke, allegedly made nearly $410,000 on the bets, then transferred the funds to a brokerage account and made a few clumsy attempts to erase his tracks. Van Dyke has pleaded not guilty. Notably absent is any action against Polymarket. The New York-based platform agreed to stop serving US customers in a 2022 CFTC settlement, but its easily bypassed geofencing continues to allow widespread American access. Federal agencies have previously prosecuted firms for such inadequate controls, but appear unconcerned with Polymarket — where President Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr., is an investor and advisory board member.

                                                          “The whole world, unfortunately, has become somewhat of a casino,” said former casino tycoon and current President Trump. “And you look at what’s going on all over the world in Europe and every place, they’re doing these betting things,” he said, referring to a continent where at least ten countries have broadly banned prediction markets as unlicensed gambling websites even as the federal regulator he appointed embraces them and sues states that try to apply oversight via their existing gambling laws. “I don’t like it, conceptually, but it is what it is. No, I think that I’m not happy with any of this,” said the man whose own social media platform has announced plans to launch a crypto-based prediction market feature and whose son is an adviser and investor in Polymarket and a paid adviser to Kalshi. Trump later backpedaled on his comments, arguing that the US risks being left behind by other countries that permit such platforms. “I know people that are in the prediction market business, and they’re pretty happy with it,” he added.13

                                                          Alt...“The whole world, unfortunately, has become somewhat of a casino,” said former casino tycoon and current President Trump. “And you look at what’s going on all over the world in Europe and every place, they’re doing these betting things,” he said, referring to a continent where at least ten countries have broadly banned prediction markets as unlicensed gambling websites even as the federal regulator he appointed embraces them and sues states that try to apply oversight via their existing gambling laws. “I don’t like it, conceptually, but it is what it is. No, I think that I’m not happy with any of this,” said the man whose own social media platform has announced plans to launch a crypto-based prediction market feature and whose son is an adviser and investor in Polymarket and a paid adviser to Kalshi. Trump later backpedaled on his comments, arguing that the US risks being left behind by other countries that permit such platforms. “I know people that are in the prediction market business, and they’re pretty happy with it,” he added.13

                                                            [?]Molly White » 🌐
                                                            @molly0xfff@hachyderm.io

                                                            The crypto industry is ramping up polling to try to (once again) convince legislators who are up for re-election that they need to support the industry’s legislative agenda in order to win over voters. But two massively different poll results illustrate the dubiousness of these polls.

                                                            Crypto polls A survey commissioned by the CoinDesk crypto publication has indicated that 73% of the US voters they polled (evenly split among Republican– and Democratic– identified respondents) disapprove of senior government officials having personal business with the crypto industry, including 59% of Republican respondents. However, most were not aware of Trump’s crypto ties: 55% self-reported that they were not very or not at all aware of Trump’s involvement with the sector, and only 17% were aware that he and his sons co-founded World Liberty Financial.1

                                                            Alt...Crypto polls A survey commissioned by the CoinDesk crypto publication has indicated that 73% of the US voters they polled (evenly split among Republican– and Democratic– identified respondents) disapprove of senior government officials having personal business with the crypto industry, including 59% of Republican respondents. However, most were not aware of Trump’s crypto ties: 55% self-reported that they were not very or not at all aware of Trump’s involvement with the sector, and only 17% were aware that he and his sons co-founded World Liberty Financial.1

                                                            The cryptocurrency industry is ramping up their own polling in hopes of (once again) convincing candidates that they need to support the industry’s legislative agenda in order to win over voters. HarrisX, a frequent pro-crypto pollster, has just published a new poll stating without any evidence that “crypto voters represent a sizable and influential bloc”. It appears designed to lobby Congressmembers to vote for the Clarity Act, with a section at the end advertising that “A senator who votes to pass the CLARITY Act enjoys a +20 net electoral upside” and that “For the broader electorate, supporting CLARITY is a clear net-positive credential.” The poll also claims that 52% of respondents said that a candidate’s position on cryptocurrency regulation is extremely or somewhat important to their voting decisions.10

                                                            Alt...The cryptocurrency industry is ramping up their own polling in hopes of (once again) convincing candidates that they need to support the industry’s legislative agenda in order to win over voters. HarrisX, a frequent pro-crypto pollster, has just published a new poll stating without any evidence that “crypto voters represent a sizable and influential bloc”. It appears designed to lobby Congressmembers to vote for the Clarity Act, with a section at the end advertising that “A senator who votes to pass the CLARITY Act enjoys a +20 net electoral upside” and that “For the broader electorate, supporting CLARITY is a clear net-positive credential.” The poll also claims that 52% of respondents said that a candidate’s position on cryptocurrency regulation is extremely or somewhat important to their voting decisions.10

                                                            But this poll doesn’t align with CoinDesk’s, which I should also note is a pro-crypto publication whose new editorial board endorsed Trump in 2024 [I68]. In a very similar question, 24% of respondents identified crypto as important to them in the 2026 elections — less than half of HarrisX’s findings. Only 1% identified it as the single most important issue to them when presented alongside issues like cost of living, the economy, Social Security and Medicare, immigration, or healthcare. HarrisX did not immediately respond to my request for poll data or questions about their methodology or who commissioned the poll.

                                                            Alt...But this poll doesn’t align with CoinDesk’s, which I should also note is a pro-crypto publication whose new editorial board endorsed Trump in 2024 [I68]. In a very similar question, 24% of respondents identified crypto as important to them in the 2026 elections — less than half of HarrisX’s findings. Only 1% identified it as the single most important issue to them when presented alongside issues like cost of living, the economy, Social Security and Medicare, immigration, or healthcare. HarrisX did not immediately respond to my request for poll data or questions about their methodology or who commissioned the poll.

                                                              [?]Molly White » 🌐
                                                              @molly0xfff@hachyderm.io

                                                              Senior GOP officials reportedly phoned up Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to get him to pressure a pro-crypto super PAC funded by the company he “divested” from to nix a planned ad spend in favor of Texas Senate candidate Ken Paxton.

                                                              In elections and political influence In an April [noted] post, I outlined how the Fellowship PAC, a new pro-cryptocurrency, pro-MAGA super PAC, is primarily funded by Cantor Fitzgerald — the firm previously run by Howard Lutnick before he “divested” by transferring it to his sons when he was appointed Commerce Secretary. Link to other Citation Needed article: Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick’s old firm pumps $10 million into super PAC led by Tether executive

                                                              Alt...In elections and political influence In an April [noted] post, I outlined how the Fellowship PAC, a new pro-cryptocurrency, pro-MAGA super PAC, is primarily funded by Cantor Fitzgerald — the firm previously run by Howard Lutnick before he “divested” by transferring it to his sons when he was appointed Commerce Secretary. Link to other Citation Needed article: Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick’s old firm pumps $10 million into super PAC led by Tether executive

                                                              The PAC filed an FEC report announcing planned independent expenditures of $1.75 million to support Republican Senate candidate Ken Paxton in his contentious Texas primary runoff against incumbent John Cornyn.7 Trump has conspicuously declined to endorse either candidate. According to Axios, senior Republican officials called Lutnick to pressure him to cancel the expenditures, which they viewed as a potentially disastrous move.8 “Backing the guy who came in second place [in the GOP state primary] and risk[ing] handing Democrats the Senate is pure political malpractice”, said an NRSC spokesperson about the planned ad spend. While Axios noted that “it was unclear to people familiar with the matter if Lutnick followed up on those phone calls,” the Fellowship PAC later amended the report with the Paxton line item missing and a note that they had “remove[d] an ad with no anticipated air date”.9 Transferring the mega-firm to his 29- and 27-year-old sons was already a highly dubious divestiture. But if GOP officials believe pressuring Lutnick is a worthwhile strategy to influence a super PAC primarily funded by the firm he now supposedly has nothing to do with — and if that strategy apparently works — it’s further evidence that Lutnick has not properly eliminated this massive conflict of interest.

                                                              Alt...The PAC filed an FEC report announcing planned independent expenditures of $1.75 million to support Republican Senate candidate Ken Paxton in his contentious Texas primary runoff against incumbent John Cornyn.7 Trump has conspicuously declined to endorse either candidate. According to Axios, senior Republican officials called Lutnick to pressure him to cancel the expenditures, which they viewed as a potentially disastrous move.8 “Backing the guy who came in second place [in the GOP state primary] and risk[ing] handing Democrats the Senate is pure political malpractice”, said an NRSC spokesperson about the planned ad spend. While Axios noted that “it was unclear to people familiar with the matter if Lutnick followed up on those phone calls,” the Fellowship PAC later amended the report with the Paxton line item missing and a note that they had “remove[d] an ad with no anticipated air date”.9 Transferring the mega-firm to his 29- and 27-year-old sons was already a highly dubious divestiture. But if GOP officials believe pressuring Lutnick is a worthwhile strategy to influence a super PAC primarily funded by the firm he now supposedly has nothing to do with — and if that strategy apparently works — it’s further evidence that Lutnick has not properly eliminated this massive conflict of interest.

                                                                [?]Molly White » 🌐
                                                                @molly0xfff@hachyderm.io

                                                                In short: the two sides are suing one another despite likely knowing the true nature of the deal they agreed to. Sun admits the tokens he bought are unregistered securities, World Liberty admits they’re not decentralized and Sun shouldn’t have taken their claims to be seriously.

                                                                The lawsuits reflect a common crypto pattern: two experienced cryptocurrency entities, both with less than stellar reputations for trustworthiness, entered a deal, both likely aware of its true nature. Sun admitted the tokens he purchased were effectively unregistered securities with “boilerplate” disclaimers that everyone knew were false. World Liberty built in centralized controls to a supposedly decentralized project after completing its initial token sale, claiming Sun as an experienced crypto figure “knows that it is common for a cryptocurrency company to have the ability and right to freeze accounts” — as though he shouldn’t have taken seriously their claims of decentralization and promises not to freeze accounts. Each side bet they could profit despite the contradictions, and now they’re locked in a legal battle claiming the other violated principles neither of them actually believed in.

                                                                Alt...The lawsuits reflect a common crypto pattern: two experienced cryptocurrency entities, both with less than stellar reputations for trustworthiness, entered a deal, both likely aware of its true nature. Sun admitted the tokens he purchased were effectively unregistered securities with “boilerplate” disclaimers that everyone knew were false. World Liberty built in centralized controls to a supposedly decentralized project after completing its initial token sale, claiming Sun as an experienced crypto figure “knows that it is common for a cryptocurrency company to have the ability and right to freeze accounts” — as though he shouldn’t have taken seriously their claims of decentralization and promises not to freeze accounts. Each side bet they could profit despite the contradictions, and now they’re locked in a legal battle claiming the other violated principles neither of them actually believed in.

                                                                  [?]Molly White » 🌐
                                                                  @molly0xfff@hachyderm.io

                                                                  In World Liberty’s defamation suit against Sun, they claim that their ability to freeze his tokens was well known to him, and that claiming they installed a secret “backdoor” is defamatory. They also object to him describing WLF’s governance as a sham, and accusing them of treating the crypto community as “a personal ATM”.

                                                                  World Liberty v. Sun World Liberty made good on their threat to “see you in court pal” with a defamation lawsuit filed in a Florida state court on May 4.3 The case focuses on Sun’s tweets in which he accused World Liberty of embedding a secret “backdoor blacklisting function” to “freeze investor funds without disclosure or due process” and treat “the crypto community as a personal ATM”. Sun also claimed World Liberty’s community governance votes were mere “theater” with “predetermined” outcomes, and that the project’s governance framework had been “hollowed out from the inside”. World Liberty’s complaint is considerably shorter and narrower than Sun's sprawling lawsuit, focusing entirely on defamation rather than the broader contractual and fraud claims Sun raises. But what the complaint lacks in breadth, it attempts to make up for in outrage, repeatedly emphasizing that the cryptocurrency industry is “built on trust” and that Sun’s “false statements strike at the core of World Liberty's reputation”.c

                                                                  Alt...World Liberty v. Sun World Liberty made good on their threat to “see you in court pal” with a defamation lawsuit filed in a Florida state court on May 4.3 The case focuses on Sun’s tweets in which he accused World Liberty of embedding a secret “backdoor blacklisting function” to “freeze investor funds without disclosure or due process” and treat “the crypto community as a personal ATM”. Sun also claimed World Liberty’s community governance votes were mere “theater” with “predetermined” outcomes, and that the project’s governance framework had been “hollowed out from the inside”. World Liberty’s complaint is considerably shorter and narrower than Sun's sprawling lawsuit, focusing entirely on defamation rather than the broader contractual and fraud claims Sun raises. But what the complaint lacks in breadth, it attempts to make up for in outrage, repeatedly emphasizing that the cryptocurrency industry is “built on trust” and that Sun’s “false statements strike at the core of World Liberty's reputation”.c

                                                                  World Liberty’s argument is that the so-called secret backdoor wasn’t a secret at all. The complaint insists the freeze authority “was clearly and repeatedly disclosed to Sun” in his agreement with the company, the Token Unlock Agreement (which Sun says were additional terms imposed on holders who wished to unlock their tokens only after he had purchased his tokens), the publicly available terms of sale, and in the smart contracts themselves. Sun does somewhat undermine his own framing in his lawsuit, where he admits “the upgrade is technically visible on the public blockchain”. This admission may prove awkward for his defense, as it’s hard to characterize as “secret” something he acknowledges was visible to anyone who looked, although Sun also suggests the blacklisting function was implemented in July 2025 — after he had already acquired his tokens. That said, World Liberty’s position essentially boils down to “we disclosed that we kept all the centralized powers we said we were building a defi platform to escape, so calling those powers ‘secret’ is defamatory.”

                                                                  Alt...World Liberty’s argument is that the so-called secret backdoor wasn’t a secret at all. The complaint insists the freeze authority “was clearly and repeatedly disclosed to Sun” in his agreement with the company, the Token Unlock Agreement (which Sun says were additional terms imposed on holders who wished to unlock their tokens only after he had purchased his tokens), the publicly available terms of sale, and in the smart contracts themselves. Sun does somewhat undermine his own framing in his lawsuit, where he admits “the upgrade is technically visible on the public blockchain”. This admission may prove awkward for his defense, as it’s hard to characterize as “secret” something he acknowledges was visible to anyone who looked, although Sun also suggests the blacklisting function was implemented in July 2025 — after he had already acquired his tokens. That said, World Liberty’s position essentially boils down to “we disclosed that we kept all the centralized powers we said we were building a defi platform to escape, so calling those powers ‘secret’ is defamatory.”

                                                                    [?]Molly White » 🌐
                                                                    @molly0xfff@hachyderm.io

                                                                    Sun is also attempting a delicate balancing act: accusing the Trump family’s World Liberty Financial of fraud while simultaneously maintaining he is still an “ardent” supporter of Trump and his family. His strategy is to pin the whole thing on WLF co-founder Chase Herro.

                                                                    Sun walks a narrow tightrope in his lawsuit, criticizing a Trump family-run cryptocurrency project while simultaneously claiming that he “has long been (and remains) an ardent supporter of President Trump and the Trump family”. He attempts this by aggressively targeting World Liberty co-founder Chase Herro instead, reaching all the way back to alleged drug busts when he was a teenager. Sun portrays Herro as a career grifter whose background is in hawking get-rich-quick schemes. He suggests that Herro owes hundreds of thousands in unpaid taxes and accuses him of making contradictory claims about his primary residency — alternately claiming Puerto Rico or Florida — to dodge both tax liabilities and legal proceedings. He even claims that Herro once boasted about visiting Jeffrey Epstein’s island. And he notes Herro’s participation in a crypto project called Dough Finance shortly before joining World Liberty, and points to speculative tweets suggesting the $2 million hack that ended the project [W3IGG] could have in fact been an insider rug pull. It’s not immediately clear how Herro’s arrest at 18 for selling drugs or his alleged Epstein connectionb relate to Sun’s contract dispute with World Liberty. Instead, it appears Sun is hoping to remain in the Trumps’ good graces by offering to publicly accept Herro as a scapegoat for whatever wrongdoing may have occurred.

                                                                    Alt...Sun walks a narrow tightrope in his lawsuit, criticizing a Trump family-run cryptocurrency project while simultaneously claiming that he “has long been (and remains) an ardent supporter of President Trump and the Trump family”. He attempts this by aggressively targeting World Liberty co-founder Chase Herro instead, reaching all the way back to alleged drug busts when he was a teenager. Sun portrays Herro as a career grifter whose background is in hawking get-rich-quick schemes. He suggests that Herro owes hundreds of thousands in unpaid taxes and accuses him of making contradictory claims about his primary residency — alternately claiming Puerto Rico or Florida — to dodge both tax liabilities and legal proceedings. He even claims that Herro once boasted about visiting Jeffrey Epstein’s island. And he notes Herro’s participation in a crypto project called Dough Finance shortly before joining World Liberty, and points to speculative tweets suggesting the $2 million hack that ended the project [W3IGG] could have in fact been an insider rug pull. It’s not immediately clear how Herro’s arrest at 18 for selling drugs or his alleged Epstein connectionb relate to Sun’s contract dispute with World Liberty. Instead, it appears Sun is hoping to remain in the Trumps’ good graces by offering to publicly accept Herro as a scapegoat for whatever wrongdoing may have occurred.

                                                                      [?]Molly White » 🌐
                                                                      @molly0xfff@hachyderm.io

                                                                      It’s a little rich that Sun is alleging that World Liberty is engaged in fraud, manipulating markets, and potentially violating securities laws after himself only just escaping those very allegations after investing more than $200 million into the president’s family’s crypto projects.

                                                                      But he also has something of a point: after World Liberty Financial promised they were a solution to “debanking” and that “no one’s ever going to tell you that your account is shut down”, they proceeded to do exactly that to Sun.

                                                                      On the one hand, it’s a little rich that Sun is alleging that World Liberty is engaged in fraud, manipulating markets, and potentially violating securities laws after himself only just escaping those very allegations after investing more than $200 million into the president’s family’s crypto projects. And Sun’s lawsuit is selective about which agreements he finds to be binding — while much of the lawsuit is based on promises made in various contracts and marketing materials outlining platform governance and token issuance, Sun also readily admits that he read the claim that WLFI tokens were not investments as mere “disclaimers to avoid application of federal law governing the offering of securities” and that “everybody who purchased the tokens in exchange for real-world dollars knew all along [that] the tokens were expected to become tradable”.

                                                                      Alt...On the one hand, it’s a little rich that Sun is alleging that World Liberty is engaged in fraud, manipulating markets, and potentially violating securities laws after himself only just escaping those very allegations after investing more than $200 million into the president’s family’s crypto projects. And Sun’s lawsuit is selective about which agreements he finds to be binding — while much of the lawsuit is based on promises made in various contracts and marketing materials outlining platform governance and token issuance, Sun also readily admits that he read the claim that WLFI tokens were not investments as mere “disclaimers to avoid application of federal law governing the offering of securities” and that “everybody who purchased the tokens in exchange for real-world dollars knew all along [that] the tokens were expected to become tradable”.

                                                                      But he does have something of a point: World Liberty claimed it was building a decentralized finance platform after the Trump family claimed that they had experienced politically-motivated debanking. The project’s CEO once claimed that on World Liberty, “no one’s ever going to tell you that your account is shut down”, then did exactly that to Sun. The freeze also left Sun unable to transfer, trade, vote with, or stake his tokens, and in November 2025, World Liberty again changed the smart contract to add a capability to seize or destroy any holder’s tokens at will.

                                                                      Alt...But he does have something of a point: World Liberty claimed it was building a decentralized finance platform after the Trump family claimed that they had experienced politically-motivated debanking. The project’s CEO once claimed that on World Liberty, “no one’s ever going to tell you that your account is shut down”, then did exactly that to Sun. The freeze also left Sun unable to transfer, trade, vote with, or stake his tokens, and in November 2025, World Liberty again changed the smart contract to add a capability to seize or destroy any holder’s tokens at will.

                                                                        [?]Molly White » 🌐
                                                                        @molly0xfff@hachyderm.io

                                                                        Last year, the Trump family’s World Liberty Financial project froze the $​WLFI tokens belonging to crypto billionaire Justin Sun, their largest token investor, with little explanation. Now he’s suing them for contract violations and fraud, and they’re suing him for defamation.

                                                                        Sun v. World Liberty Sun filed a May 5 lawsuit in a California federal court alleging World Liberty vindictively froze his $WLFI tokens after he refused to invest hundreds of millions of dollars more into minting the project’s stablecoin, USD1, on his Tron blockchain.2 He claims World Liberty threatened to destroy the frozen tokens and report him to US authorities — presumably the very authorities who had mysteriously dropped their investigations and lawsuits against him shortly after his substantial investments into Trump family projects [I102]. Sun alleges that World Liberty fraudulently induced investments by marketing itself as a decentralized finance platform that would free users from what the project’s CEO described as “the big boogeyman behind the curtain” of centralized control, while in fact secretly retaining the power to unilaterally freeze tokens. “Far from freeing its users of centralized control, World Liberty positioned itself as the new boogeyman behind the curtain,” the lawsuit observes with a certain dramatic satisfaction.

                                                                        Alt...Sun v. World Liberty Sun filed a May 5 lawsuit in a California federal court alleging World Liberty vindictively froze his $WLFI tokens after he refused to invest hundreds of millions of dollars more into minting the project’s stablecoin, USD1, on his Tron blockchain.2 He claims World Liberty threatened to destroy the frozen tokens and report him to US authorities — presumably the very authorities who had mysteriously dropped their investigations and lawsuits against him shortly after his substantial investments into Trump family projects [I102]. Sun alleges that World Liberty fraudulently induced investments by marketing itself as a decentralized finance platform that would free users from what the project’s CEO described as “the big boogeyman behind the curtain” of centralized control, while in fact secretly retaining the power to unilaterally freeze tokens. “Far from freeing its users of centralized control, World Liberty positioned itself as the new boogeyman behind the curtain,” the lawsuit observes with a certain dramatic satisfaction.

                                                                        Sun’s lawsuit also repeats his public allegations that World Liberty’s supposedly decentralized community governance is a sham. He alleges that World Liberty co-founder Chase Herro admitted in private communications that governance votes were essentially predetermined, alleging that Herro represented to him that “the World Liberty leadership team controlled a meaningful percentage of the outstanding $WLFI tokens in circulation, and would thus be able to effectively control the outcome of any such vote.” Sun makes the dramatic claim that World Liberty is “on the brink of collapse and potential insolvency”. As proof, he points to the company’s controversial Dolomite borrowing [I104], and the parallels some have drawn to FTX’s reliance on leveraging self-issued tokens prior to its collapse, as well as the token’s ongoing price decline and World Liberty’s massive payouts to insiders.

                                                                        Alt...Sun’s lawsuit also repeats his public allegations that World Liberty’s supposedly decentralized community governance is a sham. He alleges that World Liberty co-founder Chase Herro admitted in private communications that governance votes were essentially predetermined, alleging that Herro represented to him that “the World Liberty leadership team controlled a meaningful percentage of the outstanding $WLFI tokens in circulation, and would thus be able to effectively control the outcome of any such vote.” Sun makes the dramatic claim that World Liberty is “on the brink of collapse and potential insolvency”. As proof, he points to the company’s controversial Dolomite borrowing [I104], and the parallels some have drawn to FTX’s reliance on leveraging self-issued tokens prior to its collapse, as well as the token’s ongoing price decline and World Liberty’s massive payouts to insiders.

                                                                        Sun notes that World Liberty has offered various explanations for freezing his tokens: that he took massive short positions responsible for $WLFI’s 40% plummet after early investors could trade, that he made straw purchases for other buyers, or that they were angered by his $100 million $TRUMP memecoin purchasea. He dismisses all these reasons as pretextual, denying the allegations that he shorted the token or made straw purchases, and claiming the real motivation was extortion and market manipulation (by preventing him from selling his large holdings, which would have driven prices down).

                                                                        Alt...Sun notes that World Liberty has offered various explanations for freezing his tokens: that he took massive short positions responsible for $WLFI’s 40% plummet after early investors could trade, that he made straw purchases for other buyers, or that they were angered by his $100 million $TRUMP memecoin purchasea. He dismisses all these reasons as pretextual, denying the allegations that he shorted the token or made straw purchases, and claiming the real motivation was extortion and market manipulation (by preventing him from selling his large holdings, which would have driven prices down).

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                                                                          [?]Molly White » 🌐
                                                                          @molly0xfff@hachyderm.io

                                                                          Newsletter: Crypto billionaire Justin Sun, who escaped fraud allegations after investing hundreds of millions of dollars into the Trump family’s crypto projects, is now accusing the Trumps’ project of fraud.

                                                                          citationneeded.news/issue-105/

                                                                            [?]The New Oil » 🤖 🌐
                                                                            @thenewoil@mastodon.thenewoil.org

                                                                            gang member gets 6.5 years for role in $230 million heist

                                                                            bleepingcomputer.com/news/secu

                                                                              [?]⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯ » 🌐
                                                                              @cryptadamist@universeodon.com

                                                                              RE: mastodon.social/@knoppix95/116

                                                                              an important law of is that as the arrow of time progresses the % of famous people and brands that have had at least one social media account hacked to pump and dump a will approach 100% (cc: @molly0xfff)

                                                                              universeodon.com/@knoppix95@ma

                                                                                [?]⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯ » 🌐
                                                                                @cryptadamist@universeodon.com

                                                                                nothing to see here, just 's company showing up as the preferred choice of slave traders and rapists in for the 10,000th time

                                                                                x.com/jacobincambodia/status/2

                                                                                Lured from Malaysia, sold for $50K USDT in Sihanoukville A Chinese karaoke worker was lured from Malaysia to Sihanoukville by another karaoke worker who promised her a job. She landed at the new airport, got picked up by car, and was held in a downtown condo while traffickers drained nearly 300,000 yuan from her Chinese bank accounts. Once the money ran out, the plan was to sell her on for $50,000 USDT. She was rescued yesterday after gendarmes tracked her from a villa in Sangkat 2, to a condo in Sangkat 3, to Lon City borey in Bet Trang. Six Chinese nationals arrested. Two are women, who were used to recruit other karaoke workers into the same trap. Inside the condo, she was drugged and sexually assaulted. The captors also pressured her to call her own friends with fake job offers. According to investigators, the only way to be released was to deliver a replacement.

                                                                                Alt...Lured from Malaysia, sold for $50K USDT in Sihanoukville A Chinese karaoke worker was lured from Malaysia to Sihanoukville by another karaoke worker who promised her a job. She landed at the new airport, got picked up by car, and was held in a downtown condo while traffickers drained nearly 300,000 yuan from her Chinese bank accounts. Once the money ran out, the plan was to sell her on for $50,000 USDT. She was rescued yesterday after gendarmes tracked her from a villa in Sangkat 2, to a condo in Sangkat 3, to Lon City borey in Bet Trang. Six Chinese nationals arrested. Two are women, who were used to recruit other karaoke workers into the same trap. Inside the condo, she was drugged and sexually assaulted. The captors also pressured her to call her own friends with fake job offers. According to investigators, the only way to be released was to deliver a replacement.

                                                                                  [?]⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯ » 🌐
                                                                                  @cryptadamist@universeodon.com

                                                                                  my entire reality is crumbling upon the revelations that an upstanding guy like might be a liar
                                                                                  x.com/Acyn/status/205209155936

                                                                                  @Acyn Rep. Ansari says that Howard Lutnick is a “pathological liar” who is enabling a cover-up. Ansari: After what we have seen so far in this transcribed interview, I feel very comfortable saying that Howard Lutnick is a pathological liar who is enabling the most egregious cover-up in American history. In 2012, he took his family and his staff to Jeffrey Epstein’s island. I focused my questions today on how he could have done that if he and his wife were truly so uncomfortable—especially when, in 2008, we know that Jeffrey Epstein was accused and a sweetheart deal took place for soliciting a minor. Howard Lutnick tried to tell us in that room that he essentially didn’t know any of that. I asked him, how did I, as a child at the time, see this all over the media about Jeffrey Epstein, and you—an adult who was this person’s neighbor and had engaged with him before—how could you possibly not have known? I mean, the level of the lies that are taking place inside that room, without video, is unbelievable.

                                                                                  Alt...@Acyn Rep. Ansari says that Howard Lutnick is a “pathological liar” who is enabling a cover-up. Ansari: After what we have seen so far in this transcribed interview, I feel very comfortable saying that Howard Lutnick is a pathological liar who is enabling the most egregious cover-up in American history. In 2012, he took his family and his staff to Jeffrey Epstein’s island. I focused my questions today on how he could have done that if he and his wife were truly so uncomfortable—especially when, in 2008, we know that Jeffrey Epstein was accused and a sweetheart deal took place for soliciting a minor. Howard Lutnick tried to tell us in that room that he essentially didn’t know any of that. I asked him, how did I, as a child at the time, see this all over the media about Jeffrey Epstein, and you—an adult who was this person’s neighbor and had engaged with him before—how could you possibly not have known? I mean, the level of the lies that are taking place inside that room, without video, is unbelievable.

                                                                                    [?]⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯ » 🌐
                                                                                    @cryptadamist@universeodon.com

                                                                                    the family has entered the market with a $10,000 mini they're calling /
                                                                                    x.com/worldlibertyfi/status/20

                                                                                    "The Hardware Manifestation of WLFI" shows a mac mini with a branded WLFI logo on top

                                                                                    Alt..."The Hardware Manifestation of WLFI" shows a mac mini with a branded WLFI logo on top

                                                                                      [?]⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯ » 🌐
                                                                                      @cryptadamist@universeodon.com

                                                                                      's financial backing from has been memorialized in song

                                                                                      (most of his money is coming from a shareholder , a man who included screenshots of my tweets in his lawsuit against the Wall St. Journal, who was also the biggest donor to )

                                                                                      youtube.com/watch?v=z5A0qpWUrfg

                                                                                        muddle boosted

                                                                                        [?]⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯ » 🌐
                                                                                        @cryptadamist@universeodon.com

                                                                                        good read on what Trump's project actually is and does (or doesn't do)

                                                                                        motherjones.com/politics/2026/

                                                                                          [?]The New Oil » 🤖 🌐
                                                                                          @thenewoil@mastodon.thenewoil.org

                                                                                          Mini Apps abused for scams, delivery

                                                                                          bleepingcomputer.com/news/secu

                                                                                            [?]The New Oil » 🤖 🌐
                                                                                            @thenewoil@mastodon.thenewoil.org

                                                                                            Connecting your Wallet to a Node on your Local Network

                                                                                            theprivacydad.com/connecting-y

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