Crypto Critics' Corner

Feb 03 2025 159 ep. 38 mins 983

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Bennett and Cas discuss historical moments in the cryptocurrency and finance industries, focusing on frauds, hacks, exit scams, and other malfeasance.

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Humiliate your local billionaire (feat. Ed Zitron)

Feb 03 2025 67 mins

Bennett Tomlin and Cas Piancey are joined again by Ed Zitron to discuss how the media and users can fight back against tech deterioration. Additional resources: Better Offline Where's your Ed at? Ed's Bluesky The article by Ed discussed during the episode This episode was recorded on January 3rd, 2025.

Is there one good regulator between the SEC and the CFTC?

Jan 29 2025 53 mins

Bennett Tomlin and Cas Piancey are joined by Sean Tuffy to discuss the theoretical basis of merging the SEC and the CFTC. Sean's Bluesky Additional episodes mentioned in this episode: Episode 39 – Fuck the SEC, all my friends hate the SEC Episode 157 – Donald Trump, Justin Sun, and the grifts we missed Episode 158 – How Tether avoids prosecution with this one simple h

CBDCs are Dead, Long Live Trump Coin!

Jan 25 2025 51 mins

Cas Piancey and Bennett Tomlin discuss the executive order signed by Donald Trump. You can read the executive order yourself here. This episode was livestreamed on January 24th, 2024.

What Donald Trump means for Bitcoin (Feat. Joey Politano)

Jan 07 2025 60 mins

Bennett and Cas are joined by Joseph Politano to discuss what Donald Trump's election will mean for cryptocurrency. This video was recorded on November 26th, 2024. Read more: https://cryptocriticscorner.com/2025/01/06/episode-159-what-trump-means-for-bitcoin/ Where to find Joseph: Apricitas BlueSky Twitter Additional resources: Pence opposes RFK Jr. Bennett's newsletter abo

Tether wins, Skeptics lose: the end of an era

Nov 26 2024 21 mins

Bennett Tomlin and Cas Piancey discuss Tether's ability to survive and grow, as well as how they have found safety in Donald Trump's future administration. Read more here. Additional resources: Bloomberg reporting on Bank Fraud Wall Street Journal reporting on Tether sanctions violation This video was recorded on November 23rd, 2024.

Donald Trump, Justin Sun, and the grifts we missed

Nov 14 2024 47 mins

Bennett Tomlin and Cas Piancey discuss Donald Trump's new project, World Liberty Financial, as well as Justin Sun's shenanigans, the MakerDAO rebrand, and more. This video was recorded on October 26th, 2024.

Is Bitcoin good for the world? (feat. Andrew Bailey)

Oct 26 2024 65 mins

Cas Piancey and Bennett Tomlin are joined by Andrew Bailey, author of Resistance Money, to discuss Tether on Tron and Bitcoin. This video was recorded on September 9th 2024. Resistance Money Patrick McKenzie and Tyler Cowen podcast Cas Piancey and PJ Vogt podcast Bennett's newsletter about Craig Wright Bennett's article about Fei Bennett's newsletter about Terra-Luna

How to investigate a fraud

Jul 17 2024 52 mins

Bennett and Cas discuss the tools they use to investigate various frauds and scams. Coverage from Protos of an entity fraudulently pretending to be associated with Tether can be found here. Here's a list of tools used in this episode: OpenCorporates Companies House EDGAR FinCEN Crunchbase RECAP PACER The New York Times Wayback Machine BuiltWith Etherscan BreadCrumbs Some ot

Is Venture Capital Good?

Jul 05 2024 64 mins

Bennett and Cas are joined by Travis Kimmel to discuss the purpose and role of venture capital. This video was recorded on May 9th, 2024.

DJT: The official Trump Token?

Jun 22 2024 20 mins

Bennett and Cas discuss DJT, which is not Donald Trump's official token, and it seems likely Barron will not even claim this mess that Martin Shkreli embroiled them all in. Protos Reporting on DJT Cas' Op-Ed on Pirate Wires Daniel Kuhn's Article for The Block This video was recorded on June 22nd, 2024.