12 episodes
Crypto Crooks CoinDesk
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- True Crime
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4.6 • 29 Ratings
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Lunacy Episode 2: Confidence Game
This week we delve into terraUSD’s winners, its losers and the rules of the whole twisted game.
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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.
Customer Reviews
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What a cool podcast, I love the engaging storytelling and interesting concept. Looking forward to more.
Interesting content but not captivating
I usually love these types of podcast about crypto scams and fraud, but I’ll be honest this one isn’t really keeping my attention long enough to want to finish the series. Not bad, but could be better