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. <a href="https://www.citationneeded.news/anatomy-of-a-crypto-meltdown/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Originally published</a> on October 17, 2025.

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, 2025.

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. <a href="https://www.citationneeded.news/anatomy-of-a-crypto-meltdown/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Originally published</a> on October 17, 2025.

Anatomy of a crypto collapse

Keep up with the happenings in the tech world without all the boosterism. Cryptocurrency critic, technology researcher, and software engineer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molly_White_(writer)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Molly White</a> 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<i> </i><a href="https://web3isgoinggreat.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Web3 is Going Just Great</a>. 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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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.

Keep up with the happenings in the tech world without all the boosterism. Cryptocurrency critic, technology researcher, and software engineer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molly_White_(writer)" rel="noopener noreferrer">Molly White</a> 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<i> </i><a href="https://web3isgoinggreat.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Web3 is Going Just Great</a>. 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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