Crypto Critics' Corner

Cas Piancey and Bennett Tomlin
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Crypto Critics' Corner

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

  1. NOV 26

    Tether wins, Skeptics lose: the end of an era

    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.

    22 min

  2. NOV 14

    Donald Trump, Justin Sun, and the grifts we missed

    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.

    47 min

  3. OCT 26

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

    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

    1h 6m

  4. JUL 17

    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.

    53 min

  5. JUL 5

    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.

    1h 4m

  6. JUN 22

    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.

    20 min

  7. JUN 3

    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.

    16 min

  8. MAY 28

    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.

    45 min
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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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  • Creator
    Cas Piancey and Bennett Tomlin
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2024
  • Episodes
    155
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Cas Piancey and Bennett Tomlin
  • Show Website
    Crypto Critics' Corner

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