Things We're Reading - October 2024
Inside the Government’s Attempt to Destroy Election Markets in the Name of Democracy
https://www.piratewires.com/p/cftc-attempt-to-destroy-election-markets-kalshi-polymarket
A16z: Estimating the number of real crypto users
https://a16zcrypto.com/posts/article/estimating-crypto-users/
Laura Shin: Why Kamala Harris Needs to Embrace Crypto
https://time.com/7111315/kamala-harris-crypto-laura-shin-essay/
Who’s Afraid of Gary Gensler?
https://www.theverge.com/24280387/gary-gensler-sec-chair-presidential-election-2024
Piece about gaming currencies, the predecessors to cryptocurrencies “How currencies for online games were created”