🌸Spring has sprung, and so has this newsletter 🐝
The best crypto and blockchain journalism and research from March and April
Spring is here, pollen and allergies are in the air, and the ACJR newsletter is back with the best journalism we’ve seen over the past two months.
If you missed the spicy “to embargo or not to embargo” chat in the ACJR public Telegram channel, don’t worry — we’re taking the debate to our main stage with next week’s Off the Record.
Embargoes: The Good, Bad & the Ugly
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Top crypto journalism in March and April
The untold story of Kickstarter’s crypto Hail Mary—and the secret $100 million a16z-led investment to save its fading brand by Leo Schwartz and Jessica Matthews, Fortune
Polygon Labs paid $4M to host Starbucks' failed foray into crypto: sources by Danny Nelson, Coindesk
The mystery of the Hampstead mansion and the £1.4bn bitcoin haul by Kadhim Shubber and Eri Sugiura, FT
The crypto world has a new villain by Kevin T. Dugan, NY Mag
EigenLayer, crypto's biggest project launch this year, is still missing crucial functionality by Sam Kessler, Coindesk
Crypto cat fight: why the legal claws are out over Solana meme coin Shark Cat by Sander Lutz and Reza Jafery, Decrypt
An embargo is an agreement, not a crypto PR hype tactic by Robert Holloway, DL News
How Changpeng Zhao's 'good guy' reputation secured a 4-month prison sentence by Danny Nelson, Coindesk
Are bitcoin developers losing faith in lightning? by Daniel Kuhn, Coindesk
FTX’s original sin is a warning to all of crypto by Zeke Faux and Max Chafkin, Bloomberg
And now — it’s research time.
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Top crypto research, policy and documentaries in March and April
How Lazarus Group laundered $200M from 25+ crypto hacks to fiat from 2020–2023 by ZackXBT
The Big Empty | Full Documentary | Bitcoin Mining in Texas by Blockspace
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