Mapping Trump's Crypto Empire on Last Week Tonight
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- A new interactive map maps the Trump family's cryptocurrency ventures, featured on Last Week Tonight with John Oliver.
- The map, available at map.citationneeded.news, includes hundreds of business entities and links to the Trump family, with more being added.
- It incorporates data from the president's recent financial filings to estimate income flows from these crypto ventures.
- The map is queryable for researchers and journalists, allowing users to click nodes and connections for explanatory annotations and citations.
- An income overlay feature shows financial-disclosure figures from the most recent filings, and users can search or filter by category.
- The project is supported by subscribers to Citation Needed, which enables work beyond the newsletter, such as the Trump empire map and Tech Influence Watch.
- Citation Needed is an independent publication funded by readers, offering free or pay-what-you-want subscriptions to support ongoing work.
- The author encourages tip submissions via Signal or email, with disclosures related to cryptocurrency work noted.