146 episodes
Crypto Critics' Corner Cas Piancey and Bennett Tomlin
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4.8 • 32 Ratings
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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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Regional Banking: It's Over, Bro
Bennett and Cas discuss the ongoing struggles of regional banking in the United States, and why these issues with the system persist.
This video was recorded on March 6th, 2024. -
Two giant river boys and their missing $1,000,000,000: the Winklevoss Twins (Feat. Ed Zitron)
Bennett Tomlin and Cas Piancey are joined by Ed Zitron to discuss how Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss portray themselves as the regulated alternative, but frequently flout the rules.
Additional resources:
Ed's newsletter about Gemini Earn
Better Offline
HTX is probably insolvent
This episode was recorded on March 12th, 2024. -
YUM YUM MONEY TIME: Deltec Bank moved customer funds from FTX to Alameda Research
Bennett and Cas discuss a class action lawsuit against Deltec Bank and Trust in the Bahamas that alleges that it was instrumental in moving customer funds from FTX to Alameda Research.
Coverage of the lawsuit
the lawsuit
Farmington State response
Coindesk coverage of Alameda Research insolvency
Affidavit in support of MUFG seizure
This episode was recorded on March 6th, 2024. -
Binanace and Changpeng Zhao Indicted: End of an Era
Bennett and Cas discuss the indictment of Changpeng Zhao and the Deferred Prosecution Agreement for Binance.
Read coverage of charges here.
This episode was recorded on February 10th, 2024. -
Read, Write, Owned: Broken Web3 Promises (Feat. Molly White)
Bennett Tomlin and Cas Piancey are joined by Molly White to discuss Andreessen Horowitz GP Chris Dixon's new book: Read, Write, Own.
Read Molly's review of Dixon's book here and check out her archival cryptocurrency news site here.
Read Protos' article about how a16z gamed the NYT Bestseller List here.
Read Motherboard's article about how many copies of Read, Write, Own were bulk purchased here.
This episode was recorded on February 10th, 2024. -
Tether: The $100,000,000,000 Problem in Crypto
Bennett Tomlin and Cas Piancey discuss the history and present of Tether, the most important firm in all of cryptocurrency.
This video was recorded on February 4th, 2024.
Customer Reviews
This is the podcast to stay informed about crypto
Much better than the rah rah rah of "Scam Economy"
CCC is my favorite pod, of all time.
I became obsessed with Molly White last year, after a family member lost a lot of money in crypto, and came across CCC in the course of my online hunt for everything she’s ever said in public.(I’m a completist.) Since Christmas, I have listened to every single episode of Crypto Critics Corner, and here’s my review: It is an effing delight. Cas and Bennett are ferocious news hounds, able, generous, interviewers and intellectually incisive when it comes to describing both the big, ponzi-shaped picture of crypto — and all the wonderful dirtbag details. Mostly, episode after episode, they just seem like wonderful, warm people. This podcast has reassured me about humans’ capacity for dopeness.
Finally, based on absolutely no evidence, I have come to suspect that I am not Bennett’s type. (I’m a straightish woman).
Nonetheless, I am in love with him and recommend you watch him on YouTube, to appreciate that he goes through life as this ingenious, exemplary, disciplined professional whose (entirely correct) emotions are constantly betrayed by his beautiful traitor of a face.
Thanks PJ
As a long term crypto user and almost as long term super skeptic, I am so appreciative of CryptoIsland switching me on to this podcast. I love their balanced, critical but fair take on things. They’re informed, interested and not mindless zealots. Anyone who is interested in crypto should have this podcast in their regular rotation.