Tag: Bitcoin

Episode 18 – Crypto Charity: where you donate to random people making promises and get nothing in return — Crypto Critics’ Corner

https://cryptocriticscorner.com/2021/07/30/episode-18-crypto-charity-where-you-donate-to-random-people-making-promises-and-get-nothing-in-return/ https://anchor.fm/s/4fa795b4/podcast/rss https://youtu.be/MMcZjMQLo_E In this episode Cas and I are discussing the problematic history of charities in the crypto space.  AnchorSpotifyAppleGoogleOvercastRSS Feed I discuss Jacob Kostecki here: https://bennettftomlin.com/2020/04/01/a-list-of-facts-about-jacob-jakub-kostecki/

Episode 17 – From Skeptic to Believer: Preston Byrne on the cryptocurrency ecosystem — Crypto Critics’ Corner

https://cryptocriticscorner.com/2021/07/26/episode-17-from-skeptic-to-believer-preston-byrne-on-the-cryptocurrency-ecosystem/ https://anchor.fm/s/4fa795b4/podcast/rss https://youtu.be/W6H-w25n5bg In this episode Cas and I are joined by Preston Byrne of Anderson Kill Law to discuss stablecoins, his perspective on crypto, and the interplay between regulation and decentralized finance. AnchorSpotifyAppleGoogleOvercastRSS Feed You can find Preston’s Twitter here.

Episode 16 – Stablecoins, CBDCs, and the STABLE Act with Rohan Grey — Crypto Critics’ Corner

https://cryptocriticscorner.com/2021/07/21/episode-16-stablecoins-cbdcs-and-the-stable-act-with-rohan-grey/ https://anchor.fm/s/4fa795b4/podcast/rss https://youtu.be/6WGAG5TAz-A In this episode Cas and I are joined by Rohan Grey, Assistant Professor at Willamette Law and one of the creators of the STABLE Act to discuss money transmitters, stablecoins, CBDCs, and the STABLE Act. AnchorSpotifyAppleGoogleOvercastRSS Feed You can find Rohan’s Twitter here.

Episode 15 – Revisiting Enron with David Z Morris — Crypto Critics’ Corner

https://cryptocriticscorner.com/2021/07/19/episode-15-revisiting-enron-with-david-z-morris/ https://anchor.fm/s/4fa795b4/podcast/rss https://youtu.be/vOw-GG7XOsk In this episode Cas and I are joined by David Z Morris of Coindesk to discuss Enron and how we think this relates to the current cryptocurrency ecosystem.  AnchorSpotifyAppleGoogleOvercastRSS Feed You can find David’s Twitter here, his Substack here, and his book here. (Note: this is an affiliate link which helps support my work.)

Episode 14 – Behold the Brash Bunk from Bitfinex and Binance — Crypto Critics’ Corner

https://cryptocriticscorner.com/2021/07/12/episode-13-behold-the-brash-bunk-from-bitfinex-and-binance/ https://anchor.fm/s/4fa795b4/podcast/rss https://youtu.be/wGL2NUXXjCA In this episode Cas and I discuss his investigative work to check out the addresses for Bitfinex and Tether.  AnchorSpotifyAppleGoogleOvercastRSS Feed You can read Cas’ article on this here.

Episode 12 – Regulatory Capture and Regulatory Arbitrage: Sleeping with your Enemy — Crypto Critics’ Corner

https://cryptocriticscorner.com/2021/06/30/episode-12-regulatory-capture-and-regulatory-arbitrage-sleeping-with-your-enemy/ https://anchor.fm/s/4fa795b4/podcast/rss https://youtu.be/wJMNXS9qK0I In this episode Cas and I discuss the new tendency for cryptocurrency businesses to hire regulators and the old tendency to try to avoid regulation at any cost. AnchorSpotifyAppleGoogleOvercastRSS Feed

Episode 11 – El Salvador and Bitcoin — Crypto Critics’ Corner

https://cryptocriticscorner.com/2021/06/28/episode-11-el-salvador-and-bitcoin/ https://anchor.fm/s/4fa795b4/podcast/rss https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Q5PeWuSBNw In this episode Cas and I discuss the politically, economically, and historically impactful news that El Salvador is adopting Bitcoin as legal tender. AnchorSpotifyAppleGoogleOvercastRSS Feed Cas Piancey provided some additional context on this issue through his reporting at Protos that can be found here: Read this before criticizing El Salvador’s adoption of … Continue reading Episode 11 – El Salvador and Bitcoin — Crypto Critics’ Corner →

Elon and the Absurdity of Bitcoin

Elon Musk is considered by fools to be among the smartest people alive. He will be discussed as though he has the intellect of Nikola Tesla, combined with the ability to create products of Thomas Edison. This towering intellect is a facade built on the willingness of others to continue to propagate the myth, and … Continue reading Elon and the Absurdity of Bitcoin →

My Appearance on COINTELPRO

https://youtu.be/Ey9ngsxG9sE?t=1079 Cointelpro is a new podcast that I went on, quite different from other ones I've done. Much broader in scope and much less focused on crypto. My interview starts a little after the 15 minute mark. We discuss what is crypto, why is crypto, and how does crypto inherit from classic American con men. … Continue reading My Appearance on COINTELPRO →