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Crypto’s de-platforming and the balkanization of AI with Vinny Lingham | E1710

Mar 30, 2023

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Episode notes

Introduction

3min

The SEC's Unfair Enforcement of Coin Base's Notice

2min

The CCS Jurisdiction and the Coin Base

3min

How to Be a Successful Founder

3min

The Importance of Centralization in Coin Development

3min

The Challenges of Cryptocurrency

2min

Bitcoin Crashing in the U.S.

2min

The U.S. Government's Decision to Ban Bitcoin

3min

Bitcoin's Hyper Inflation

2min

10.

Bitcoin: A Dumb Bet

2min

11.

How to Make Money on Bitcoin

2min

12.

How to Short Bitcoin

2min

13.

The Prepper Mindset

2min

14.

The Future of Cryptocurrencies

1min

15.

The Anti-Jesus of Coinbase

3min

16.

How to Get More Bitcoin Trading Going

2min

17.

The Risk Asymmetry of Shorting a Company

4min

18.

The US Government Is Taking This Complaint to Court

2min

19.

Sam Bankrun's Frauds

2min

20.

The Effect of Effective Altruism

3min

21.

Theranos: A Sociopath's View on Life

2min

22.

Tether's Good Quarter

2min

23.

The FDIC and the Fed Blocking Bitcoin's Bet

3min

24.

How Waitrum Is Changing the Face of Video Conferencing

2min

25.

AI Assisting Meetings

2min

26.

The Future of Chatbots

2min

27.

Microsoft's AI and Google's Business to Business

3min

Vinny Lingham joins Jason to break down the state of crypto’s de-platforming by the US government. They discuss recent happenings with Coinbase (2:13), Balaji’s Bitcoin bet (20:00), Binance (38:23), SBF (44:07), and more! Then, they wrap with a discussion about the coming balkanization of AI (52:54).

(0:00) Jason tees up today’s topics

(2:13) Coinbase’s Wells notice & the state of crypto

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(9:36) Clarity within the crypto industry

(15:06) The future of Bitcoin in the US

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(20:00) Balaji’s bet and hyperinflation

(25:50) A debate on whether to short Coinbase

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(38:23) CFTC sues Binance

(44:07) SBF’s indictment

(49:00) Why is the government clamping down on crypto?