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June 08 I’m launching Tech Influence Watch as AI follows crypto into politics
Most voters don’t know that crypto and AI companies have spent more than $400 million this cycle to buy Congress. Let’s make that spending visible. Originally published on June 8, 2026.
21 min
May 08 Issue 105 – The new boogeyman
A crypto billionaire who escaped fraud allegations after investing hundreds of millions of dollars into the Trump family’s crypto projects is now accusing them of fraud. Originally published on May 8, 2026.
33 min
April 29 No new trial for Sam Bankman-Fried
The former CEO of FTX has essentially no realistic avenues left to avoid his 25-year prison sentence. Originally published on April 28, 2026.
9 min
April 20 Issue 104 – World Tyranny Financial
As the Trump family’s crypto dealings raise more alarms, crypto enforcement is falling to new lows. Originally published on April 20, 2026.
31 min
March 31 Issue 103 – The President’s Council of Podcasters
Coinbase is accused of holding the cryptocurrency industry hostage over stablecoin rewards, prediction markets face an onslaught of opposition, and a Stand With Crypto poll can’t even get enthusiasm from its own activists. Originally published on March 31, 2026.
30 min
March 27 Sam Bankman-Fried’s helicopter parents crash into federal court
SBF praises Trump from prison, his parents beg for a pardon on CNN, and his legal ethics professor mother files court documents claiming to be from him — prompting a judge to demand he swear under oath who wrote them. Originally published on March 27, 2026.
21 min
March 16 Issue 102 – The public will pay
Justin Sun buys his way out of an SEC fraud case, Iranian transactions on Binance draw DOJ scrutiny as the exchange sues the newspaper that reported on them, and crypto super PACs dump millions into Tuesday’s primaries in Illinois. Originally published on March 16, 2026.
40 min
February 27 Issue 101 – Bought and paid for
Bitcoin is down 50%, several prominent industry figures have been uncovered in the Epstein files, Trump’s facing a probe into his family’s $500M deal with the UAE, and crypto super PACs spend their first $6 million in the midterms. Originally published February 26, 2026.
38 min
February 21 Crypto super PACs have hundreds of millions ready to spend on the midterms
With Trump faltering and their policy agenda incomplete, the crypto industry has moved at least $288 million toward the midterms in a desperate bid to keep Republicans in control of Congress. Originally published on February 20, 2026.
26 min
January 30 Issue 100 – Freedom of all kinds is worth fighting for
As masked agents execute people and terrorize communities, crypto executives who spent years posting about freedom fall conspicuously silent — except when writing checks for the politicians enabling it. Originally published on January 29, 2026.
29 min