Crypto Crooks

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Crypto Crooks

Big money. Big names. Big crimes. Cryptocurrency is a radical technology with incredible potential. The kind of potential that fraudsters and criminals can’t resist exploiting. We’re launching “Crypto Crooks” to dig into their schemes, in the hopes of protecting investors from getting taken in. We’ll explore how nefarious actors draw in victims, where their rackets start to unravel – and how their empires crumble, taking investors down with them. Listen carefully, and maybe you’ll be able to steer clear of Crypto Crooks.

Episodes

  1. Consensus 2023 Panel: How to Spot a Scam

    05/16/2023

    Consensus 2023 Panel: How to Spot a Scam

    Featuring “Crypto Critics’ Corner” hosts Bennett Tomlin and Cas Piancey, and former Terraform Labs employee Hyungsuk Kang.

    23 min

  2. 04/18/2023

    Lunacy Episode 5: Between the Moon and Montenegro – Do Kwon Goes to Jail

    Time moves faster in crypto. So this week we’re back with a bonus episode on all the lunacy that’s gone down since February.

    29 min

  3. 03/21/2023

    Lunacy Episode 4: Our Twisted Hero

    In the season finale, we look at the man behind the curtain – and tease out just how many crimes he committed.

    53 min

  4. 03/14/2023

    Lunacy Episode 3: Legends of the Fall

    This week we delve into the underlying mechanisms of terraUSD and how they incentivized experienced investors to drive the stablecoin into a death spiral.

    46 min

  5. 03/07/2023

    Lunacy Episode 2: Confidence Game

    This week we delve into terraUSD’s winners, its losers and the rules of the whole twisted game.

    50 min

  6. 02/28/2023

    Lunacy Episode 1: Death Spiral

    This week, we dig into the rise of Do Kwon, the enormous appeal of his almost magical algorithmic stablecoin – and the far less charmed reality underlying his machinations from the very start.

    51 min

  7. SEASON 2 TRAILER

    Season 2: 'Lunacy, the Rise and Fall of Do Kwon' Podcast Trailer

    Welcome to “Crypto Crooks” Season 2: ”Lunacy: The Rise and Fall of Do Kwon."

    3 min

  8. 01/31/2023

    BitConnect Episode 4: Fraud Is a Flat Circle

    This week, in the last episode of the season, we look at the methodical, often slow progress of justice, and pull at one final thread: the ominous connections between BitConnect and India’s ruling party, the conservative BJP.

    28 min

  9. 01/24/2023

    BitConnect Episode 3: Technically, You Kind of Lost Your Money

    This week, we meet the online influencers who enticed victims into the BitConnect farce, and the pyramid-scheme model that allowed them to make millions doing it.

    32 min

  10. 01/17/2023

    BitConnect Episode 2: Where Is Madeline Bigatton?

    This week, we explore the intricate interplay of events that led to BitConnect’s dramatic decline, and the case of the missing woman just left of center of the scheme.

    36 min

  11. 01/10/2023

    BitConnect Episode 1: The Gujarati Connection

    This week, we dig into the rise of BitConnect, the strange kidnapping case that ultimately helped unravel the scheme and an important Texas Securities Commission cease and desist order.

    32 min

  12. SEASON 1 TRAILER

    Season 1: BitConnect Podcast Trailer

    The “Crypto Crooks” Podcast will tell the stories of the biggest and wildest crypto crimes through a true-crime lens.

    2 min

Trailers

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About

Big money. Big names. Big crimes. Cryptocurrency is a radical technology with incredible potential. The kind of potential that fraudsters and criminals can’t resist exploiting. We’re launching “Crypto Crooks” to dig into their schemes, in the hopes of protecting investors from getting taken in. We’ll explore how nefarious actors draw in victims, where their rackets start to unravel – and how their empires crumble, taking investors down with them. Listen carefully, and maybe you’ll be able to steer clear of Crypto Crooks.

Information

  • Creator
    CoinDesk
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2023
  • Episodes
    12
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © CoinDesk 2023
  • Show Website
    Crypto Crooks

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