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Crypto Critics' Corner Cas Piancey and Bennett Tomlin
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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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How to investigate a fraud
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 other episodes of CCC mentioned can be found here:
Episode 56 – This Man Murders Scams (Feat. ZachXBT)
Episode 100 – A Skeptic’s Guide to Skepticism
Episode 127 - Let's Talk About Number Go Up (Feat. Zeke Faux)
Playlist of videos about Bitfinex and Tether
This episode was recorded on July 11th and 16th, 2024. -
Is Venture Capital Good?
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?
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. -
Justin Sun is Insolvent
Bennett and Cas discuss Justin Sun's empire, and the fact that he does not seem to have enough money.
Additional resources:
Protos coverage of Poloniex and WBTC
Protos coverage of USDD reserves at HTX
Protos coverage of TrueUSD market-cap collapse
Protos coverage of false Diplomatic Immunity
Protos reporting on stUSDT
This episode was recorded on May 1st, 2024. -
Is Effective Altruism Evil? (Feat. Vincent Woo)
Bennett and Cas are joined by Vincent Woo to discuss Effective Altruism and Effective Accelerationism.
Vincent Woo 's video about Honest Charlie
Vincent's reporting on Lambda School
Vincent's Twitter
This episode was recorded on May 1st, 2024. -
CZ vs SBF
Bennett and Cas discuss the sentencing of Changpeng Zhao and what it means for the cryptocurrency industry, along with comparing it to the outcome for cryptocurrency exchange fraud Sam Bankman-Fried.
This video was recorded on May 6th, 2024.
Customer Reviews
Fantastic show
Brilliantly presented, timeless content
My favorite crypto podcast
I’m a certified degen. But this is my favorite crypto podcast. Helps keep me grounded about the reality of magic internet money as I bet the farm.
wen new episodes?
Last one Nov? Is this still a thing? Surely crypto didn’t outlast the critics?