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MASTR · 2024–2026

Politics & conflicts

Token businesses, political access, regulatory decisions and the documentary record.

Political connections deserve a dated record. Ownership, a donation, an advisory role, a token allocation and a regulatory decision are distinct facts. Their proximity can raise a conflict-of-interest question without establishing a criminal bargain. MASTR’s publications trace Trump-linked tokens, WLFI, USD1, exchange relationships and prediction markets across successive developments.

Several entries are chronologies or opinion-led analyses. They retain the dates and language of the original publication so readers can distinguish what the author argued then from a later development. In legal disputes, a complaint records allegations; a procedural decision can allow a claim to proceed without deciding that it is true. The Pump.fun record includes MASTR’s follow-up correction on that distinction.

Start with the original article or chronology, then follow the source posts and the linked Wiki references. Check the entity, jurisdiction, date and stage of a proceeding before repeating a conclusion. This section is a record of published scrutiny, not a list of people declared guilty by association.

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Politics & conflicts

What regulatory clarity can and cannot fix

Oh, look at all the accounts with some crypto coin in their name begging Washington to pass the CLARITY Act as if Congress is about to descend from the heavens and fix crypto and give a bullrun for fun.

Commentary & rants2 min
Politics & conflicts

Trump: Web3 culture · 20 Aug 2026

I cannot believe half of this industry is once again praising Donald Trump and lining up to kiss the ass of a serial grifter who has spent his presidency turning public power into private revenue.

Commentary & rants5 min
Politics & conflicts

Trump: political influence · 15 Aug 2026

Trump will personally attend Wednesday’s crypto summit, with the heads of the SEC and CFTC beside him and executives from @coinbase @Ripple @a16z @chainlink @paradigm @Kalshi reportedly in the room.

Commentary & rants2 min
Politics & conflicts

Trump: political influence · 27 Jul 2026

They are parading a handful of alleged $TRUMP winners across your timeline and presenting one of the most grotesque retail extraction events in recent crypto history as a “missed opportunity.”

Commentary & rants1 min
Politics & conflicts

Political influence · 17 Jun 2026

Once again, something a little longer that most people will not take the time to read, let alone think through before forming an opinion;

Commentary & rants4 min
Politics & conflicts

Binance: political influence · 3 Jun 2026

I did not only warn early about the Trump, CZ and Binance deals, market makers, CEXs and the network of connections around them, back when it was not fashionable to say it and when most of this space still refused to understand what was…

Commentary & rants3 min
Politics & conflicts

Attention and incentives · 12 May 2026

Kim Dotcom @KimDotcom got +- 2,000 likes, more than 600 reposts and around 50,000 impressions by simply posting my screenshot 1 to 1, taken from my own work, without mentioning me.

Commentary & rants2 min
Politics & conflicts

Trump: political influence · 9 May 2026

I love Trump and Musk with the exact kind of obedient enthusiasm this platform seems to reward, because apparently civilisation has now reached the stage where billionaire mood swings, political cults, rage farming, war propaganda and…

Commentary & rants3 min
Politics & conflicts

Trump: political influence · 5 May 2026

A crypto CEO bootlicking a wannabe autocrat and convicted criminal like a desperate cheerleader begging for access.

Commentary & rants2 min
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