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Jamie Jirak has been working as an entertainment journalist since 2017. In addition to The Daily Dot, you can find her latest work at SlashFilm and That Hashtag Show. Jamie resides in Los Angeles and co-hosts two podcasts, Phase Hero and Love in the Time of Hydra. She loves moderating panels and has done so for Marvel, Disney, Netflix, and more. Follow her on Letterboxd: @JamieJirak.

Jamie Jirak

Entertainment

“Ryan took Sandy’s advice”: Ben McKenzie’s new documentary says cryptocurrency is “rife with fraud”

Rebecca Leib

Haliey Welch, better known as the Hawk Tuah Girl, finally speaks about her failed crypto venture

Anna is a freelance writer with far too much time on her hands. When she&#8217;s not writing about memes and internet slang, she can be found running TTRPGs online.

Anna Good

Left: Fartcoin mortgage meme: Ben Affleck from 'The Accountant' under caption reading: "loan underwriters at freddie mac determining if an unemployed teenager has enough fartcoin to secure a mortgage." Right: Fartcoin mortgage meme showing Daniel Craig on a laptop with caption overlay reading: "*what is a mortgage* *crypto mortgage* *how to get a mortgage with fartcoin*"

Culture

U.S. move to count crypto for mortgages met with fartcoin memes

Ljeonida is a reporter and writer with a degree in journalism and communications from the University of Tirana in her native Albania. She has a particular interest in all things digital marketing; she considers herself a copywriter, content producer, SEO specialist, and passionate marketer. Ljeonida is based in Tbilisi, Georgia.

Ljeonida Mulabazi

Walmart storefront. A red arrow points down over a stack of $100 USD bills. A stack of brown boxes show the Amazon logo.

“Gift cards without all the added fees”: Amazon and Walmart might launch their own cryptocurrencies

Nina Hernandez is a writer, journalist, music critic, and culture commentator based in Austin, Texas.

Nina Hernandez

3 panel image. Chase bank on left. Bank of America in center. Wells Fargo on right.

Chase, Bank of America, and Wells Fargo are working on a “digital dollar” to replace the U.S. penny

Mikael Thalen is a tech and security reporter covering social media, data breaches, hackers, and more.

Mikael Thalen

Screenshot of SEC Chairman Paul Atkin from PBS News; Background: Photo composite of a hacker, stocks, and bitcoins,

The White House accidentally plugged a crypto scammer instead of its new SEC chair

Ramon Ramirez was the managing editor and, formerly, the Dot&#8217;s news director, entertainment editor, and evening editor. His work has appeared in the Washington Post, Grantland, Washington City Paper, Austin American-Statesman, and Austin Monitor.

Ramon Ramirez

3-panel image: on the left a pile of gummy candies, in the middle a person wearing an Apple headset, and on the right a bathhouse interior.

I just spent 9 days at a conference about the future. Here are 10 predictions about tomorrow

Chad Swiatecki is a 30-year journalist who relocated to Austin, TX from his home state of Michigan in 2008. He most enjoys covering the intersection of arts, business and local/state politics. He writes regularly for Austin Monitor, and has written for Rolling Stone, Spin, New York Daily News, Texas Monthly, Austin Business Journal, Austin American-Statesman and many other regional and national outlets.

Chad Swiatecki

‘Crypto curious’: Would you use a crypto credit card? Gemini is banking on it

Katherine Huggins is a New York-based journalist and freelance contributor to the Daily Dot&#8217;s tech and politics section.

Katherine Huggins

Sam Bankman-Fried is following his leaked image rehab game plan to a T

Hope Talbot is a freelance journalist currently based in New York City. Her work has appeared in The Daily Express, Euronews, and Bristol24/7, to name a few.

Hope Talbot

Trump’s announcement of Crypto Strategic Reserve dubbed ‘world-historic’ pump-and-dump

Image of a bitcoin over a plunging trading graph, and a X post overlaid that says: Sell a kidney if you must, but keep the Bitcoin.

Bitcoin billionaire’s recommendation to ‘sell a kidney’ as price plummets infuriates struggling investors

Nate Wolf is a reporter based in New York City. His work has appeared in the Chief, InsuranceNewsNet, and Deadspin.

Nate Wolf

Photo of Sam Bankman Fried; The logo for X; Photo of the Capitol building.

Disgraced crypto magnate Sam Bankman-Fried thinks his life in jail is a lot like being fired by DOGE

Photo Illustration of a Meme coin; Background: Tiled photos of @MistaFuccYou.

Crypto trader’s live stream suicide immortalized in meme coin—dividing community

Tech

Dave Portnoy’s “Greed” memecoin launch, dump leaves crypto community fuming

Hands pulling back curtains made of 1s and 0s with x logo over it

Cryptocurrency