From geert at xs4all.nl  Thu Mar  6 10:15:29 2025
From: geert at xs4all.nl (Geert Lovink)
Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2025 10:15:29 +0100
Subject: <MoneyLab> moneylab link list
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Jacob Silverman: Javier Milei?s Crypto Scandal Is Part of a Larger Network of Grift and Graft
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/javier-mileis-crypto-scandal-is-part-of-a-larger-network-of-grift-and-graft/

See also: https://cointelegraph.com/news/timeline-five-world-leaders-memecoin-scandal-trump & https://www.lazarusbounty.com

"Cryptocurrency cannot be seized and is highly liquid. The logic of violence has completely changed. Now wealth is global, and we are going to see massive inequality everywhere. You can't fix the world. This is an opportunity to create the future. Be the change you wish to see.? Amir Taaki

Centralized Crypto Exchange Remain in Danger After 1.4 billion USD Theft
https://cointelegraph.com/news/bybit-hack-centralized-exchange-security-flaws

Bitcoin in post-Trump Election ?Massacre? Momentum
https://www.zerohedge.com/precious-metals/futures-drop-momentum-massacre-crushes-bitcoin

MemeCoins Are Never Coming Back
https://console.pluid.com/article/memecoins-are-never-coming-back-edo9d2jw02

"Imagine a Las Vegas casino telling its gamblers to believe in something after they lose everything.? scooter

"This is a direct transfer of wealth from the U.S. treasury to David Sacks and other crypto barons. The railroad and coal tycoons of the 19th century could never have dreamed of this level of heist.?:

Jacob Silverman: Trump?s 'Crypto Reserve' Is Such Brazen Corruption
https://zeteo.com/p/trumps-crypto-reserve-is-such-brazen

Molly White: President on Brink of Bailout for Bitcoin
https://www.citationneeded.news/issue-78/

Coming of Age in Corporate Capitalism (Brett Scott video)
https://www.asomo.co/p/coming-of-age-in-corporate-capitalism

From geert at xs4all.nl  Wed Mar 19 10:27:54 2025
From: geert at xs4all.nl (Geert Lovink)
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2025 10:27:54 +0100
Subject: <MoneyLab> =?utf-8?q?Book_Launch_of_=E2=80=9CBlockchain_Governan?=
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We are happy to invite you to the book launch of ?Blockchain Governance? (MIT Press, by Wessel Reijers, Primavera De Filippi and Morshed Mannan) on March 28th, 2025, from 5PM at the Critical Data Lab (Humboldt University, Medientheater, Am Kupfergraben 5, Berlin). The event will jointly be hosted by Critical Data Lab (HU Berlin/ University of Oldenburg) and Weizenbaum Institute. For all details please check out the animation below.

The author Wessel Reijers (University of Paderborn) will present the book?s central arguments focusing particularly on how blockchain technology both challenges existing legal and political concepts, while at the same time reproducing familiar political challenges. A particular focus will be on the ?Cambrian explosion? of new forms of governance that emerged out of the introduction of blockchain technology. Wessel will discuss how they mediate trust and confidence in society, how they may produce ?alegality? that challenges existing legal orders, and how they build and require new forms of legitimacy. The presentation will be followed by a response by Katrin Becker (Universit? de Luxemburg), a discussion and a Q&A.

The event will also be streamed online. Should you wish to participate online, please contact Anna-Verena Nosthoff:
anna-verena.nosthoff at criticaldatalab.org 

We look forward to seeing many of you there. We would be happy if you could circulate the invite among your network.

Best,

Anna-Verena Nosthoff, Felix Maschewski (on behalf of the Critical Data Lab)
and Ann-Kathrin Koster (on behalf of Weizenbaum Institute)