Patron Q+A for August 2024 is now public!
There’s also some nice discussion from our patrons, who are brilliant, erudite, expert, and very handsome.
Author: David Gerard
Patron video Q+A reminder: this Thursday, August 8, at 16:00 UTC
If you’re not a $5-and-up patron as yet, go sign up or upgrade right away!
Tether and Northern Data. Part III: the whistleblowers
When your former CEO sues you, that’s not a good sign.
Foreign Policy: Trump’s Crypto Turnaround Heralds an Economic Nightmare
With updates from Bitcoin 2024!
Video Q&A for patrons — Thursday 8 August at 16:00 UTC!
We’ve decided to do something nice for the lovely people who send us money every month just to write good.
Proton Mail adds a bitcoin wallet. Yes, really.
JUST DO THE EMAIL, GUYS. YOU DO THE EMAIL WELL. PLEASE.
Tether and Northern Data. Part II: the partnership
When FTX blew up, Tether lost its ‘banker.’ It needed a new one.
Tether and Northern Data. Part I: the miner’s tale
Whenever Northern Data wanted to buy another company, it just turned on the printer.
Tech Won’t Save Us: Jack Dorsey’s Embrace of Crypto-Libertarianism
I’m on Paris Marx’s podcast Tech Won’t Save Us, talking about Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey and just what the heck it is he believes and wants.
Silvergate settles with SEC, DFPI, and Federal Reserve over FTX money laundering
With a sufficiently awful public disaster, there’s always room for more scorching.