Lenisnt

I’ve always been fascinated by protocols — even before I knew to call them that. My entry into blockchain didn’t begin with tokens. It began with loops — choreographic, economic, cultural. And with the moment when media infrastructures began to mutate in real time.

🚨 BREAKING: After being designated a "supply chain risk to national security," Anthropic SUES the Trump Administration. Quotes: "On February 27, 2026, President Trump posted a statement on social media (the Presidential Directive), 'directing EVERY Federal Agency in the United States Government to IMMEDIATELY CEASE all use of Anthropic’s technology.' He derided Anthropic as out-of-control' and a 'RADICAL LEFT, WOKE COMPANY' of 'Leftwing nut jobs.' He also accused Anthropic of 'selfishness' and of making a 'DISASTROUS MISTAKE.' 'Anthropic better get their act together,' the President threatened, or he would 'use the Full Power of the Presidency to make them comply, with major civil and criminal consequences to follow.'" - "All of these unprecedented actions—the Presidential Directive, the Secretarial Order and the Secretarial Letter that followed it, and other agency actions taken in response to the Presidential Directive (collectively, the Challenged Actions)—are harming Anthropic irreparably. In Secretary Hegseth’s own words, Anthropic’s status in the eyes of the federal government has been 'permanently altered.' Official designation as a 'Supply-Chain Risk to National Security' carries profound weight, particularly under a President who has threatened both 'criminal consequences' and 'the Full Power of the Presidency' to enforce compliance. Anthropic’s contracts with the federal government are already being canceled. Current and future contracts with private parties are also in doubt, jeopardizing hundreds of millions of dollars in the near-term. On top of those immediate economic harms, Anthropic’s reputation and core First Amendment freedoms are under attack. Absent judicial relief, those harms will only compound in the weeks and months ahead." - "The consequences of this case are enormous. The federal government retaliated against a leading frontier AI developer for adhering to its protected viewpoint on a subject of great public significance—AI safety and the limitations of its own AI models—in violation of the Constitution and laws of the United States. Defendants are seeking to destroy the economic value created by one of the world’s fastest-growing private companies, which is a leader in responsibly developing an emergent technology of vital significance to our Nation. The Challenged Actions inflict immediate and irreparable harm on Anthropic; on others whose speech will be chilled; on those benefiting from the economic value the company can continue to create; and on a global public that deserves robust dialogue and debate on what AI means for warfare and surveillance. There is no valid justification for the Challenged Actions. The Court should declare them unlawful and enjoin Defendants from taking any steps to implement them." - 👉 I'll write more about it in my newsletter. Join 91,700+ subscribers below.