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A collection to understand crypto, politics, economics and power.
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Political Economy · Yanis Varoufakis · 2023
Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism
To discuss crypto from the left, one must understand platform power. This book offers a provocative vocabulary for that, and also a target for debate.
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PodcastEC·B·0012026Crypto & the Left · Podcast
The Blockchain Socialist: Yanis Varoufakis on blockchain, the digital euro and being a class traitor
Joshua Davila (apresentação) com Yanis Varoufakis · 2026
A podcast and website dedicated to discussing blockchain, Web3, decentralization and the digital economy from the left. Highlight: the interview with economist and former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis, recorded at Web3 Summit in Berlin in June 2026, on blockchain, the digital euro and the power of big tech and banks.
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FeatureEC·B·0032022Political Economy · Feature
What Would Karl Marx Think About Crypto?
Ben Munster · 2022
A provocative feature mapping the left's split over Web3. On one side, critics who see financialization with a cooperative veneer; on the other, those who defend DAOs as tools for worker cooperatives and argue for contesting these technologies instead of handing them over to libertarians and anarcho-capitalists.
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NewsEC·B·0052026Web3 & Power · News
Reform UK Tones Down Crypto Focus Ahead of Party Conference
Mansi Chavan · 2026
Shows the growing ties between crypto interests and the British right. Nigel Farage's Reform UK has accepted crypto donations and had industry sponsors at its 2025 conference, and Farage faces a parliamentary investigation over whether he should have declared £5 million received from crypto investor Christopher Harborne. An example of the political consequences of abandoning the crypto debate.
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WhitepaperEC·B·0152008Web3 & Power · Whitepaper
Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System
Satoshi Nakamoto · 2008
The original nine-page text that proposed Bitcoin.
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WhitepaperEC·B·0162014Web3 & Power · Whitepaper
Ethereum Whitepaper
Vitalik Buterin · 2014
The original proposal for a programmable blockchain, the basis of smart contracts and DAOs.
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Academic articleEC·B·0242022Web3 & Power · Academic article
Blockchain and the emergence of Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs): An integrative model and research agenda
Carlos Santana e Laura Albareda · 2022
An academic review that organizes what is known about DAOs and proposes a research agenda.
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