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MASTR · 2024–2026

Politics & conflicts · 4

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

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Politics & conflicts

Trump: political influence · 21 Jan 2026

What happened in the last 24 hours is pretty clear to me: it is the beginning of the end of something that will change everything if this continues.

Commentary & rants3 min
Politics & conflicts

Trump: Web3 culture · 21 Jan 2026

Standing up against @realdonaldtrump means standing up for crypto itself, because MAGA, Musk-cultists, and strongman worship are exactly what crypto was designed to resist.

Commentary & rants3 min
Coinbase’s role in US crypto politics — original source image
Politics & conflicts

Coinbase’s role in US crypto politics

Coinbase is no longer merely a cryptocurrency exchange. It has matured into a strategic political institution embedded inside the American power system.

Research & analysis4 min
Politics & conflicts

Trump: Web3 culture · 9 Jan 2026

This is exactly why the reaction of large parts of crypto X to Donald Trump is not just hypocritical, but structurally revealing.

Commentary & rants3 min
USD1, MGX and the timing of the Binance deal — original source image
Politics & conflicts

USD1, MGX and the timing of the Binance deal

A Stablecoin Chosen Before It Existed: The 2 Billion Crypto Deal That Tied UAE Money, U.S. Politics, and a Presidential Pardon Together.

Research & analysis3 min
Politics & conflicts

Be honest. Are this many people really that dumb?

Absolutely insane how many people are still bullish or are shilling $WLFI and USD1 after everything Trump adjacent mafia crypto deals have done to this space.

Commentary & rants2 min
Politics & conflicts

World Liberty Financial: exchange accountability · 2 Jan 2026

Let’s stick to facts: 🔺Binance and CZ pleaded guilty in 11/2023 and paid over 4 billion USD in fines. 🔺In 03/2025, WLFI launches USD1. 🔺Shortly after, a 2 billion investment flows into Binance via MGX. 🔺By 05/2025, it becomes clear the…

Commentary & rants2 min
Politics & conflicts

2025 was a damn disgrace of a year.

A damn disgrace for crypto. A damn disgrace for this garbage app swamp of steaming nonsense. A damn disgrace for truth and decency. A damn disgrace for the world.

Commentary & rants5 min
Politics & conflicts

Binance: Web3 culture · 25 Dec 2025

For me, 2025 was one of the worst years, if not the worst year, for crypto and also globally on a socio political level.

Commentary & rants5 min
Politics & conflicts

The President of the United States needs crypto for his dirty business.

Crypto com was under siege for more than 1 year. The US SEC issued a Wells notice in 2024. Crypto com sued the SEC in October 2024, then dropped the lawsuit in December 2024. On March 27, 2025, Crypto com announced the SEC closed the…

Commentary & rants3 min
Pump.fun litigation: allegations, procedure and the following correction — original source image
Politics & conflicts

Pump.fun litigation: allegations, procedure and the following correction

In July 2025, a consolidated class action lawsuit was filed in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York accusing Pumpfun and the Solana ecosystem of operating a coordinated illegal scheme that allegedly wiped out between 4…

Research & analysis7 min
Politics & conflicts

Trump: political influence · 2 Dec 2025

My tweets go viral regularly, just like the one with bro @realdonaldtrump because I say the one thing this industry hates the most.

Commentary & rants3 min
Politics & conflicts

Bitcoin: Web3 culture · 10 Nov 2025

· The EU is introducing a 10 000 EUR cash limit for commercial transactions · This is not a full cash ban · The 2027 AML rules add KYC for regulated crypto service providers · But there is NO rule requiring ID for every single #Bitcoin or…

Research & analysis2 min
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