Lisa Bonos
Assistant Tech Editor at The Washington Post
@washingtonpost tech culture reporter based in SF. previous lives as a love writer + opinion editor.
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4 weeks ago |
yahoo.com | Lisa Bonos
President Donald Trump signed an executive order in March that boosted the spirits of cryptocurrency investors - and created a digital money mystery. Trump directed the treasury secretary to create two national stockpiles of crypto assets, putting digital currencies alongside gold, foreign currencies and other assets in the U.S. reserve. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe assets are to include crypto seized by federal agencies in criminal or civil proceedings.
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4 weeks ago |
washingtonpost.com | Lisa Bonos
The U.S. government’s new strategic reserve: Billions in seized crypto (washingtonpost.com) The U.S. government’s new strategic reserve: Billions in seized crypto By Lisa Bonos 2025052909300000 President Donald Trump signed an executive order in March that boosted the spirits of cryptocurrency investors — and created a digital money mystery.
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4 weeks ago |
flipboard.com | Lisa Bonos
22 hours agoHe is taking self-enrichment to a scale never seen before in America. During his first presidency, Donald Trump collected millions of dollars of other people’s money. He charged the taxpayer nearly $2 million to protect him during the hundreds of times he visited his own properties. He accepted …
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1 month ago |
bostonglobe.com | Reis Thebault |Lisa Bonos
ALCATRAZ ISLAND, Calif. - The barred cell doors are so rusted they can’t close. Century-old lead paint is peeling off the walls. Concrete is crumbling, and the old rec yard is caked in seagull guano. This is no longer a fearsome prison. Not a working one, anyway. Alcatraz the penitentiary shut down in 1963, but Alcatraz the idea has lived on, a permanent part of the American mythology, a timeless symbol of ruthless and unforgiving incarceration.
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1 month ago |
washingtonpost.com | Lisa Bonos |Reis Thebault
Trump wants to reopen Alcatraz. Californians are deeply skeptical. (washingtonpost.com) Trump wants to reopen Alcatraz. Californians are deeply skeptical. By Lisa Bonos; Reis Thebault 2025050615274600 ALCATRAZ ISLAND, Calif. — The barred cell doors are so rusted they can't close. Century-old lead paint is peeling off the walls. Concrete is crumbling, and the old rec yard is caked in seagull guano. This is no longer a fearsome prison. Not a working one, anyway.
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Been wondering what coins might end up in the digital asset stockpile? @chainalysis analyzed the wallets believed to be controlled by the US govt and identified the top 20 coins. My latest in @washingtonpost: https://t.co/teukhd6Thm
Trump wants to reopen #AlcatrazPrison. I went to the decommissioned prison about a mile ferry ride from SF and found Californians deeply skeptical of the idea. In @washingtonpost with @ReisThebault: https://t.co/XaXtoHK6uj
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