[2] Furst's ideas pertaining to technology, cancer research, and investing have been featured in WIRED,[3] New York Times Magazine,[4] and Stephen J. Dubner and Steven D. Levitt's Freakonomics blog.
[17] In 2021, Furst published a peer-reviewed article in Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology titled "The Importance of Henry H. Heng's Genome Architecture Theory" and appeared the next year in Research Features alongside Henry Heng in a profile titled "Genome Architecture Theory Shakes Up Cancer Research," which is featured by the National Institutes of Health.
[20] The article went viral and was picked up by WIRED[21] and Reuters,[22] Shortly thereafter, additional individuals began selling portions of their future income streams.
On September 20, 2011, Furst was named as a defendant in a complaint by the U.S. Department of Justice against Tiltware, LLC, the parent company of Full Tilt Poker.
[31] Beginning with the Bad Beat on Cancer initiative in 2003, Furst has hosted or appeared in many charity poker events benefiting causes that include Talk About Curing Autism, Ante Up for Africa,[32] and XPRIZE Foundation.