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13 Oct 2025
The $VU token has launched successfully and trending #1 on Dexscreener! A milestone for the network building verifiable, censorship-resistant journalism Stay tuned for more developments and updates
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19 Nov 2025
New from VU: YouTube wiped out nearly 5 million channels in the first half of 2025 raising concerns of censorship Our new editorial reinforces VU's mission and breaks down why decentralized, censorship-resistant infrastructure is no longer optional: app.readvu.com/report/f5b79e…

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15 Nov 2025
The EU’s Chat Control proposal is back, and so are the concerns It reflects a larger trend: powerful institutions gaining the ability to monitor, interpret, and restrict communication at scale VU’s latest editorial explains why decentralized information infrastructure is becoming essential app.readvu.com/report/87124b…

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12 Nov 2025
New Report: Israel has reportedly spent over $100M funding influence campaigns, including efforts to shape AI chatbot outputs and sway American public opinion These developments reveal how narrative is created, distributed, and concealed VU stands against manipulation in all its forms. By anchoring journalism and information in transparent, censorship-resistant infrastructure, we aim to preserve truth in a time where algorithms are being trained to choose sides Read: app.readvu.com/report/2304a5…

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11 Nov 2025
Legacy media keeps losing the public’s trust and credibility After the BBC’s doctored Trump speech and two resignations, the cracks are impossible to ignore @read_vu’s new editorial explores the move toward verifiable news: app.readvu.com/report/22f49c…

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10 Nov 2025
Two top BBC executives just resigned over a doctored speech of Trump. Another reminder that "trusted" media still edits reality @read_vu builds on-chain infrastructure where stories remain verifiable and can't be quietly rewritten
BBC director general Tim Davie and CEO of News Deborah Turness resign over criticism of Donald Trump documentary edit bbc.in/3Xkxpsg
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10 Nov 2025
Between governments, media, and citizens, truth is no longer found but negotiated Our latest editorial examines the Trump–Nigeria standoff and the growing fracture between state narratives and citizen truth, and why decentralization may be the only path back to shared reality: app.readvu.com/report/6066a2…

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7 Nov 2025
NEW: Decentralized Identity Could be Worth Hundreds of Billions by the 2030s, Set to Boom as Use Cases Emerge The latest editorial explores its growth potential, early adoption signals, and why this shift matters now: app.readvu.com/report/4aba5e…

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7 Nov 2025
We’ve officially submitted our CoinMarketCap listing. Ticket number: 1289552. It's time to free the internet.
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6 Nov 2025
Who decides what information survives online? When YouTube removed hundreds of videos documenting sensitive human rights issues, it raised a fundamental question about the resilience of our digital record. Regardless of the intent behind removal, the event highlights a broader vulnerability. When journalism, evidence, and historical documentation rely on centralized systems, they are exposed to policy shifts, algorithmic changes, and external influence. VU is designed to strengthen that foundation. Through decentralized publishing infrastructure, it allows journalism to persist beyond moderation, secured by cryptographic verification rather than corporate policy Explore what VU is building readvu.com

How it started: Don’t be evil How it’s going: theintercept.com/2025/11/04/…
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5 Nov 2025
Every time a journalist is silenced for asking “why,” the public loses a piece of its freedom @read_vu empowers journalists to speak without fear, publish, verify, and preserve their work beyond editorial control or political pressure Learn more: readvu.com

Unbelievable: the journalist who asked the question below was now fired by his employer - Italy’s Nova news agency - because of it. Full story: theintercept.com/2025/11/04/…
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4 Nov 2025
A reminder of why platforms like $VU exist This raises serious questions about editorial integrity in publicly funded media. Revelations like this ask a bigger question: Can truth be centralized? Learn more: readvu.com

🚨 EXCLUSIVE: The BBC edited a Donald Trump speech by making him appear to encourage the Capitol Hill riot, according to an internal whistleblowing memo seen by The Telegraph Watch the two versions and read the full story ⤵️ telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/11…
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4 Nov 2025
xAI launches Grokipedia, an AI-driven alternative to Wikipedia. Supporters praise its transparency; critics see bias risks. The move echoes VU’s goal of shifting from outlet-defined truth to community-defined understanding app.readvu.com/report/767268…

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3 Nov 2025
Macron’s call for Europe to rely only on established outlets doesn’t protect democracy but protects control. Free speech doesn’t survive when it’s conditional $VU is building what comes next: verified, censorship-resistant on-chain news that doesn’t depend on who’s in power
This is terrifying. Did anyone see Macron's statements? European leaders have pledged to 'retake control' of social media with a 'European agenda of protection and regulation'. He insisted that Europeans should only trust 'established news outlets'. Yeah - because the biggest threat facing Europe is definitely frustrated peasants talking about all the foreigners attacking them and destroying their country - not the politicians and their open-borders policy that put them there. How can anyone believe that online safety is about 'children'? It is about safety for the political class. spectator.com.au/2025/11/mac…
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2 Nov 2025
The irony of moral lectures from those who sign bombs should make anyone question who defines “clarity.” Power decides which voices are called “hate” and which are called “defense” $VU builds a world where truth isn’t filtered through political morality but only verifiable fact
Every American has the right to free speech. That does not mean spreading hate or making excuses for it has no consequence. When speech is used to spread hatred and lies against fellow Americans because of their faith, it’s not “cancellation” to say so. It’s moral clarity.
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31 Oct 2025
Can truth survive when it lives on servers owned by the same few hands? Elon Musk's Grokipedia has launched with the same truth seeking mission that drives $VU: challenging bias, improving transparency, and questioning gatekeepers. Yet, like every system before it, it begins inside a closed loop: one company, one platform, one algorithm deciding what counts as “truth.” When truth is trained, filtered, and served by AI without verifiable provenance, it stops being a reality and becomes a narrative. $VU builds a public, on-chain framework where truth isn't platform-bound but verifiable, permanent, and beyond corporate control
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30 Oct 2025
Blockworks shutting down its newsroom is a reminder of how fragile centralized media remains. If information keeps depending on business cycles, so will freedom $VU builds censorship-resistant news infrastructure using DAO governance and on-chain verification ensuring truth persists beyond business cycles and structural shifts
Update on our next phase of growth (long post) TL/DR: Blockworks is becoming a software/data first org When Mike and I started Blockworks in 2017, we wanted to solve "the information problem." Crypto was growing up fast and the new entrants deserved better information. We've built everything from events to podcasts, research, data, and news. As we’ve scaled, we’ve experienced massive growth across all business units: we've had record revenues in 2025 and we'll have another record year in 2026. Over the past two years, we have seen particularly rapid growth in our data business. The market is telling us that our combo of data distribution is extremely valuable. Every day, we hear from both investors and protocols that Blockworks data is critical to their daily workflow. And so, we're going all in on what Mike and I believe is the greatest opportunity we’ve seen since launching Blockworks in 2017. More on this soon :) Now, to talk about news... Mike and I launched news in 2021 as an extension of our events, podcasts, and newsletter businesses. At the time, crypto media couldn't speak fluently to tradfi, and trad media couldn't understand crypto. Since then, Blockworks has broken big stories, published thousands of stories, been cited by nearly every major publication, and helped shape the industry conversation every day. I am very proud of the work that the team has done. But the landscape is changing and the same problems don’t exist today. There are many strong crypto media publications. Great journalists combined with new tools have raised the bar in reporting, and traditional outlets have also improved. Meanwhile, users are increasingly looking toward data as a primary information source. So we’ve decided to sharpen our focus on software and data and exit our news business. To our incredible news team: a huge, heartfelt thank you. You built something that helped shape the industry and fueled the growth of Blockworks. I have a deep amount of respect for all that you do. To anyone hiring crypto journalists, please reach out – everyone is incredible. To the broader Blockworks community: over the coming months, you’ll see Blockworks evolve into a data-first intelligence platform. Our website will become a true data destination. Our main newsletters and podcasts will continue to set the pace for conversations that drive the industry. Our events will continue to grow (DAS is coming to Abu Dhabi next year). And we’re rolling out more category-defining software and data products soon. Love you all, onwards.
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28 Oct 2025
New on VU: How the Most Censorship-Resistant Blockchain Could Become a Tool for Censorship The BIP-444 proposal has split the Bitcoin community raising questions about who decides what data belongs on an “open” network. $VU builds an architecture to preserve what decentralization promised: permanence without permission Read the full editorial: app.readvu.com/report/385bb6…

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28 Oct 2025
New on VU: How Binance’s Zhao Pardon Indirectly Profits President Donald Trump When politics meets crypto, regulation becomes negotiation Read: app.readvu.com/report/003436…

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27 Oct 2025
What’s unfolding in Zimbabwe mirrors a global pattern: governments claiming to “protect” order while dismantling the architecture that once protected truth Surveillance laws and prosecutions have turned reporting into a calculated risk where fear and self-censorship replace freedom $VU restores autonomy empowering journalists to publish in a decentralized framework using the power of blockchain
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