Amy Castor

Hi, I'm <a href="https://amycastor.com/">Amy Castor</a>, and I have been writing about high tech in one form or another for about two decades. In the past several years, I’ve become captivated by cryptocurrencies and blockchain. My stories on the topic have appeared in Artnet News, Business Insider, MIT Tech Review, The Block, Bitcoin Magazine, CoinDesk, Forbes, and Modern Consensus. Recently, I've been doing more independent writing and publishing stories on <a href="https://amycastor.com/">my blog</a>. I enjoy writing about topics I want to write about and having control over my own work. There has not been enough critical writing in the cryptosphere. I hope to change that by pulling back the curtain on some of what is happening in the space.  I enjoy doing in-depth research, which is why I wrote a timeline on <a href="https://amycastor.com/2019/01/17/the-curious-case-of-tether-a-complete-timeline-of-events/">Tether</a>, the stablecoin associated with the crypto exchange Bitfinex, and my extremely popular <a href="https://amycastor.com/2019/02/12/how-the-hell-did-we-get-here-a-timeline-of-quadrigacx-events/">timeline</a> on QuadrigaCX, the fallen Canadian crypto exchange.  I am not a fan of paywalls. Like the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/blog/2013/jan/17/open-access-publishing-science-paywall-immoral">Guardian</a>, I believe journalism should be open and accessible to all. All of my finished work is available on my <a href="https://amycastor.com/blog/">news blog</a>. And all of my sources are well-cited, so you can take advantage of the research I’ve already done. Getting out quality work takes effort and resources. Like everyone else, I’ve got rent and bills to pay. Your subscription allows me to do my research and write on an ongoing basis.   The donation levels are set low, because if all you can afford is $5 a month, that's meaningful, and every little bit helps. If you can afford more, that would be fantastic. The more I can be directly funded by readers, the more time I can spend doing the work I love.

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$20 per month means you are fed up with the bothsidesism crypto reporting often seen in mainstream media. At this level, you get early access to stories and transcripts of some of the interviews I conduct as part of my research.

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