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Author: Bennett Tomlin

Data scientist who writes about fraud

Innovated: Blockchain City Episodes 1-3

Cas Piancey and I are very excited to launch our new long-form investigative show Innovated. This series will take a look at Blockchains LLC and Jeffrey Berns plan to build a blockchain enabled smart city in the desert. It's a wild story involving brothels, lawsuits, sexual harassment, and company towns.

Bennett Tomlin Cryptocurrency, Fraud, podcast Leave a comment March 1, 2022 1 Minute

Episode 55 — Company Towns – Past, Present, and Future (feat: Dr. Ángela Vergara) — Crypto Critics’ Corner

Cas Piancey and Bennett Tomlin are joined by Dr. Ángela Vergara, author of ‘Company Towns in the Americas’, to discuss company towns, why they’re exploitive, and what happens when they fail. 

Bennett Tomlin Cryptocurrency, Fraud, podcast 1 Comment March 1, 2022March 1, 2022 1 Minute

Episode 54 — Web3 is Wonky (Feat. Molly White) — Crypto Critics’ Corner

Cas Piancey and Bennett Tomlin are joined by Web3isGoingGreat maintainer Molly White to discuss the many ways that Web3 is not going great.

Bennett Tomlin Cryptocurrency, Fraud, podcast 1 Comment February 27, 2022 1 Minute

Episode 53 — The Verification Scam, How it Works, and Why it’s Everywhere — Crypto Critics’ Corner

Cas Piancey and Bennett Tomlin discuss how compromised verified accounts on Twitter are being used to shill the worst cryptocurrency and NFT projects. 

Bennett Tomlin Cryptocurrency, Fraud, podcast Leave a comment February 24, 2022February 24, 2022 1 Minute

Episode 52 — Inflation, the Federal Reserve, and Bitcoin (feat. Mike Green) — Crypto Critics’ Corner

Cas Piancey and Bennett Tomlin are joined by Mike Green to discuss Bitcoin, the Federal Reserve, and inflation

Bennett Tomlin Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency, Fraud, podcast Leave a comment February 21, 2022February 22, 2022 1 Minute

Episode 51 — Celebrities Love Cryptocurrencies – and it’s lame (feat. Ben McKenzie and Jacob Silverman) — Crypto Critics’ Corner

Cas Piancey and Bennett Tomlin are joined by Ben McKenzie and Jacob Silverman to discuss end stage casino capitalism and crypto.

Bennett Tomlin Cryptocurrency, Fraud, podcast Leave a comment February 17, 2022February 22, 2022 1 Minute

Episode 50 — The Return of the Bitfinex Hack: $4.5 billion in Bitcoin is Found and Seized — Crypto Critics’ Corner

Cas Piancey and Bennett Tomlin return to the Bitfinex as the proceeds have been seized, and two arrested for supposedly trying to launder the funds.

Bennett Tomlin Cryptocurrency, podcast, Tether/Bitfinex 1 Comment February 13, 2022February 22, 2022 1 Minute

Episode 49 — Oh, a thing called Wormhole ate $320,000,000? Are you surprised? — Crypto Critics’ Corner

as Piancey and Bennett Tomlin discuss one of the largest thefts of all time: the Wormhole hack. During the process we discuss Solana, Jump Crypto, and what is decentralization really?

Bennett Tomlin Cryptocurrency, DeFi, podcast 1 Comment February 8, 2022February 22, 2022 1 Minute

Is Terra Stable? – The FUD Letter

Is Terra Stable? Is any algorithmic stablecoin?

Bennett Tomlin Cryptocurrency, DeFi, General Information, Thoughts Leave a comment February 6, 2022February 22, 2022 1 Minute

What is a DAO?

What is a DAO? Supposedly a "Decentralized Autonomous Organization" but more often a Discord server.

Bennett Tomlin Cryptocurrency, DeFi, Thoughts Leave a comment February 4, 2022 1 Minute

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