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2 weeks ago | 
mpmcsweeney.substack.com | Michael McSweeney
we found J's sedan during our third afternoon at the local dump. now a ragged cube, bumpers vanished, windshield reduced to a pulverized grin. but it was ours, our seagreen stallion for the red-hot drives of 2006. fueled by Fireball, we got to work. we soldered mower engines, spun wheels pried from rotten playground sets, screwed a quartet of office chairs & a steering wheel to its rust-rainbowed roof.
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1 month ago | 
blockworks.co | Michael McSweeney
Blockworks is excited to announce a major step forward in the evolution of two of the most trusted names in crypto and macro content. The Breakdown podcast and the Blockworks Daily newsletter are coming together under a single unified identity: The Breakdown. This rebrand is more than a new name - it's a powerful convergence of formats, voices and audiences.
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1 month ago | 
xraylitmag.com | Michael McSweeney
Last spring the county newspaper paid me $200 to write about local dreams. I interviewed a man whose job it was to cycle out the books from the little lending library in the center of town. We met at a diner nobody liked and was always empty but stayed in business as such diners often do. He told me he mostly dreamed about colors. Yellow in spring, green in winter, purple in autumn. Summer heat made the man’s legs swell and he didn’t want to talk about what he saw those nights.
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1 month ago | 
mail.blockworks.com | Michael McSweeney
Pondering oneās orb just got a little closer to home. As the Blockworks team reported this week, Sam Altmanās Worldcoin officially launched in the US. There are a number of components here, but the headline-grabbing one, of course, is the ability for Americans to get their irises scanned in exchange for a handful of WLD. If youāre in Atlanta, Los Angeles, San Francisco and a few other US cities, the doors will eventually open, I guess.
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2 months ago | 
mail.blockworks.com | Michael McSweeney
I guess the Trump team figured out a way to defy gravity, memecoin style. Earlier this week, a private dinner with President Trump was announced for â[t]he top $TRUMP Coin holders.â Specifically, the âTOP 25 COIN HOLDERSâ according to the, uh, splashy website that debuted alongside the announcement. Predictably, TRUMP pumped, and is up more than 8% on the day.
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2 months ago | 
blockworks.co | Michael McSweeney
This is The Riff segment from a recent edition of the Empire newsletter, where newsletter writer Katherine Ross and other contributors opine on recent happenings in crypto. To read full editions, . On our minds: Content coinsI'm of two minds here. First (and this was my gut reaction), I wonder if we really need another segment that lacks inherent utility. And, like I wrote above, is this something that lasts? You all know my background prior to crypto.
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2 months ago | 
mail.blockworks.com | Michael McSweeney
Brought to you by: If they build it, will they come? Earlier this week on the Supply Shock podcast newsletter, we discussed an interesting report out of Reuters about China and crypto. TL;DR ‚ÄĒ there‚Äôs a debate going on about what, exactly, to do with confiscated coins. Now, you‚Äôre probably thinking, well, why doesn‚Äôt China just HODL? And perhaps it should. Another school of thought that Americans might know is the school of thought that encourages SODL instead.
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Mar 4, 2025 | 
blockworks.co | Michael McSweeney
A new voice in crypto coverage for gaming, tokens, NFTs and more has arrived. This afternoon, we're officially launching The Drop, a newsletter delivered Monday through Friday with the latest news, analysis and more from the crypto ecosystems' buzziest apps, games and tokens. As we shared when we first acquired The Drop brand back in October from founder Gannon Breslin, our goal here is to focus on what I like to call the "application layer" of crypto.
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Nov 6, 2024 | 
blockworks.co | Michael McSweeney
Bitcoin markets soared just after 10 pm ET on election night, briefly surpassing $75,000November 6, 2024 09:15 amDonald Trump | Shutterstock/lev radin modified by BlockworksTagsBitcoinDonald TrumpUS politicsJavits Center North | 445 11th AveTues - Thurs, March 18 - 20, 2025Blockworks’ Digital Asset Summit (DAS) will feature conversations between the builders, allocators, and legislators who will shape the trajectory of the digital asset ecosystem in the US and abroad.
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Nov 1, 2024 | 
blockworks.co | Michael McSweeney
A new spot SOL ETF filing with the SEC comes a few months after VanEck kicked off the process with a filing of its ownNovember 1, 2024 02:00 pmAkif CUBUK/Shutterstock modified by BlockworksTagsETFsLightspeed NewsletterSECSOLJavits Center North | 445 11th AveTues - Thurs, March 18 - 20, 2025Blockworks’ Digital Asset Summit (DAS) will feature conversations between the builders, allocators, and legislators who will shape the trajectory of the digital asset ecosystem in the US and abroad.
