And now for something (almost) completely different.
Welcome to Out of Scope, a new sub-series where Austin and Tori Pastore (aka Birb Bernake) riff with guests on hot takes from the frontiers of tech, finance, policy, and whatever else is the flavor of the week In this debut episode, they sit down with Austin Campbell to discuss... quite a few things: running stablecoin reserves, repealing the 17th Amendment, why banks resemble cartels, insider trading, market structure, why regulators should be paid more and held to higher standards, modernizing the BSA, and—most importantly—a definitive ranking of video conferencing tools.
00:00 - Introducing Tori
01:24 - Chinese Peptides Explained
02:45 - GLP 1 Hype Cycle
05:40 - Peptides and Food Science
10:49 - Enter Austin Campbell
16:11- Stablecoin Reserve Rules
20:35 - Gold Doom Scenarios
22:59 - Banks' Payment Monopoly
34:38 - AI Lobbying and EA critiques
38:20 - Prediction Markets Incentives
43:59 - Fixing Regulator Accountability
47:39 - Prediction Markets
48:47 - Market Manipulation Debate
59:54 - Perps Versus Futures
01:02:51 - Assassination Markets Debate
01:06:21 - Austin's Magic Wand Reforms
01:10:40 - Blooper Reel
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