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Jun 9, 2022 • 1h 15min

Pre-Philanthropic Billionaires and Bitcoin (Feat. Mario Gibney)

Today Bennett and Cas are joined by Mario Gibney, host of the Unhashed Podcast and employee at a Bitcoin lending service called Ledn. We debate pre-philanthropic billionaires, lending services in the Bitcoin and DeFi industries, and other weird topics. Follow Mario on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Mario_Gibney This episode was produced by Asher Hirsch.
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Jun 6, 2022 • 26min

Disclosures, Conflicts of Interest, and Diplomacy

Today Bennett and Cas discuss a recent phenomena in regard to media personalities either not doing due diligence on sponsors or pretending that any criticism must be coming from a place of malicious intent. This episode was produced by Griffin Davis.
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Jun 1, 2022 • 43min

El Salvador Revisited: Chivo, KYC/AML, and Nayib Bukele (Feat. Domingo Flores)

Bennett and Cas have the opportunity to speak to Domingo Flores, a privacy and infosec specialist who's gained an understanding into key parts of Chivo wallet's functionality. Follow Domingo on Twitter https://twitter.com/domingroso This episode was produced by Asher Hirsch and recorded on Monday, May 9th, 2022.
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May 29, 2022 • 45min

Cryptocurrency, Coinbase, and Contagion (Feat. Jim Chanos)

Today Bennett and Cas are joined by the absolute legendary shortseller Jim Chanos (who successfully shorted Baldwin-United, Enron, and Luckin Coffee) to talk about his thoughts on cryptocurrency, shorting, Coinbase, and other economic woes and fears. If you want to follow Jim on Twitter, find him at https://twitter.com/WallStCynic This episode was produced by Griffin Davis recorded on Friday, May 20th, 2022.
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May 22, 2022 • 15min

Finding Finex

Today Cas Piancey reads an article titled "Finding Finex" - a piece written in 2020, two years after a trip to Hong Kong - that describes his fall down the stablecoin rabbit hole and search for the offices of Bitfinex and Tether.
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May 18, 2022 • 52min

DeFi and Cryptocurrency Risks and Rewards (Feat. Lily Francus)

Today Bennett and Cas are joined by Lily Francus, director and quantitative research strategist at Moody's Analytics, who helps us understand the underlying risks, rewards, and caveats of participating in the decentralized financial industry. Follow Lily on Twitter @nope_its_lily or join her free Substack here https://nopeitslily.substack.com This episode was produced by Asher Hirsch and recorded on Thursday, April 28th, 2022.
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May 13, 2022 • 38min

We Never Wanted to Discuss Terra and Luna ever Again... and yet

Today Bennett and Cas discuss Terra, an algorithmic stablecoin, again. This time they discuss its collapse in realtime (this episode was recorded live as Terra collapsed), what it could mean as far as contagion is concerned, and if other stablecoins need to begin to worry. This episode was produced by Bennett Tomlin recorded on Wednesday, May 11th, 2022
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May 4, 2022 • 32min

Terra, Luna, and Algorithmic Stablecoins

Today Bennett and Cas talk about Terra, a stablecoin that uses an algorithm to stay pegged to numerous currencies (mainly the US dollar). Recently, Do Kwon, the creator of Terra, and its token that buoys the stablecoins it supports, Luna, decided to spend $10 billion worth of Luna's reserves to buy Bitcoin. What does this even mean? Let's figure it out. Bennett's appearance on the Blockchain Debate Podcast to discuss algo stablecoins: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/motion-algo-and-fractional-stablecoins-are-flawed/id1493609456?i=1000530171560 The FUD Letter's discussion of Terra: https://bennettftomlin.com/2022/02/06/is-terra-stable-the-fud-letter/ The episode was produced by Asher Hirsch and recorded on Sunday, April 24th, 2022.
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Apr 30, 2022 • 22min

The Rise and Fall of Reggie Fowler

Today Bennett and Cas discuss Reginald Fowler, a former part-owner of the Minnesota Vikings and co-owner of Crypto Capital Corp - cryptocurrency's shadow bank of choice for years. Reggie recently pled guilty to numerous counts of... we'll just say financial malfeasance, and now faces up to 90 years in prison. For background on Crypto Capital Corp, listen to episode six of Crypto Critics' Corner: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/crypto-critics-corner/id1557045965?i=1000523117384 For a read about Ravid Yosef, read this piece by Cas: https://thecaspiancey.medium.com/that-time-an-internet-nobody-tracked-a-woman-on-the-hook-for-850-million-and-then-let-her-get-d5d93149c837
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Apr 21, 2022 • 60min

An Unscripted Chat with the Richest Man in the World* (Feat. Colin Platt)

Today Bennett and Cas are joined by the richest man in the world*, Colin Platt: creator of PTK. While you may not be aware of this quadrillionaire, he tokenized his way to being king of the world. Other topics discussed include: wash trading, NFTs, and traditional financial issues versus issues seen within the cryptocurrency landscape. *Colin isn't the richest man in the world in any real sense. Read about PTK in the Financial Times: https://www.ft.com/content/9af35678-36d1-3477-93b8-c3990b87b16a Follow Colin on Twitter @colingplatt This episode was recorded on Thursday, April 14th, 2022

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