Crypto Critics' Corner
Bennett and Cas discuss historical moments in the cryptocurrency and finance industries, focusing on frauds, hacks, exit scams, and other malfeasance.
Episodes
The Twisted Relationship between Jeffrey Epstein and Cryptocurrency Billionaire Brock Pierce
Cas Piancey and @bennettftomlin discuss the relationship between Jeffrey Epstein and Brock Pierce.This episode was recorded on February 3rd, 2026.Additional resources:Protos article @coffeezillaextras video
Are prediction markets a bet against democracy?
Cas Piancey and @bennettftomlin discuss the onslaught of prediction markets.This episode was recorded on January 28th, 2026.
Molly White on Trump's Crypto Corruption
Bennett Tomlin and Cas Piancey are joined by Molly White to discuss the $TRUMP memecoin wallet and its place in the Trump crypto corruption scheme.This episode was recorded on June 10th, 2025.Additional episodes mentioned in this episode:Episode 54 – Web3 is Wonky (Feat. Molly White)Episode 84 – Cryptocurrency Criticism in a Down Market (feat. Molly White)Episode 140 – Sam Bankman-Fried’s Trial is
Crypto politics (feat. Nitish Pahwa)
Bennett Tomlin and Cas Piancey are joined by Nitish Pahwa of Slate to discuss whether or not there are actually cryptocurrency swing voters and what they mean for crypto politics and AmericaThis video was recorded on June 3rd, 2025.Additional episodes mentioned in this episode:Episode 171 – Is $TRUMP corrupt?Episode 126 – They May Be All-In, But We’re OutEpisode 166 – End the FedEpisode 167 – What
Trump v. Powell: The Murder of the Federal Reserve
Bennett Tomlin and Cas Piancey discuss the accelerated assault on the Federal Reserve by the Trump administration. This episode was streamed live on January 12th, 2026.
The Vile Truth of Bitcoin (Feat. Peter Ryan)
Cas Piancey and Bennett Tomlin are joined by Peter Ryan of Ryan Research to discuss the vile truth at the heart of Bitcoin. This video was streamed live on August 23rd, 2025.
Is Elon Musk’s Starbase a good idea?
Cas and Bennett discuss whether or not SpaceX's Starbase is a good idea.Additional resources: Innovated Blockchain City"Potentially corrupt"Additional episodes mentioned in this episode:Episode 131 – Elon Musk’s ESG Con (feat. Eric Roesch the ESGHound)Episode 168 – When did you realize Elon Musk was a fraud?Episode 55 – Company Towns – Past, Present, and Future (feat. Dr. Ángela Vergara)Episode 17
Is $TRUMP corrupt?
Bennett Tomlin and Cas Piancey discuss whether or not $TRUMP, the Donald Trump memecoin, constitutes corruption.Additional episodes mentioned:Episode 157 – Donald Trump, Justin Sun, and the grifts we missedEpisode 152 – Justin Sun is probably insolventEpisode 167 – What happened to the SEC? (feat. Corey Frayer)Episode 165 – Elon Musk’s Valentine’s Day MassacreAdditional resources: New York Times c
Put Congress on the Blockchain (Feat. Rohan Grey)
Bennett Tomlin and Cas Piancey are joined by Rohan Grey to discuss his proposal to create a new digital fiscal regime. Rohan's paper can be viewed here. This episode was recorded on March 17th, 2025.
Cryptocurrency funded American Fascism
Bennett Tomlin and Cas Piancey discuss the unlawful actions of the Trump administration, including unlawful deportations. Additional episodes mentioned in this episode:Episode 21 – BitcoinPlaylist of videos about El SalvadorAdditional resources: Reporting on the illegal deportationsThis episode was recorded on March 16th, 2025.
The Realization™ (Elon Musk is a Fraud)
Bennett and Cas discuss when they had their personal realization that Elon Musk was a deceiver.Additional episodes mentioned in this episode: Episode 131 – Elon Musk’s ESG Con (feat. Eric Roesch the ESGHound)Additional resources: Bennett's video about robotaxisQuinn69TV video about Elon liesBonhoeffer's Theory of StupidityThis episode was recorded on February 14th, 2025.
What happened to the SEC? (Feat. Corey Frayer)
Bennett and Cas are joined by Corey Frayer to discuss Gary Gensler's SEC and the limits of regulation.Additional ResourcesChange in SEC rulesThis episode was recorded on February 8th, 2025.
End the Fed
Bennett Tomlin and Cas Piancey discuss their fear that Elon Musk, Donald Trump, and DOGE will destroy the dollar by going after Federal Reserve independence.Additional resources: Coverage of Elon Musk imagining problems at Fort KnoxFederal Reserve AuditsAdditional episodes mentioned in this episode: Episode 163 – What the Elon Musk coup means for FinanceEpisode 164 – CFPB RIP 🪦Episode 165 – Elon M
Elon Musk's St. Valentine's Day Massacre
Bennett Tomlin and Cas Piancey discuss the gutting of the Southern District of New York by an illegal and unconstitutional order to drop charges against Eric Adams so he can better cooperate with the Trump Administration.Read more hereAdditional resources: Initial MemoDanielle Sassoon's ResponseEmil Bove's response to Danielle Sassoon's resignationHagen Scotten resignationReporting on
CFPB RIP 🪦
Bennett Tomlin and Cas Piancey discuss the deteriorating situation in the United States, including the gutting of the CFPB and the attack on the full faith and credit of the United States.Read more here.Previous episodes mentioned in this episode:Episode 160 – CBDCs are Dead; Long Live $TRUMPEpisode 163 – What the Elon Musk coup means for FinanceAdditional Resources:Bloomberg Reporting on the DOGE
What the Elon Musk coup means for Finance
Bennett Tomlin and Cas Piancey discuss the deteriorating situation in the United States, including the press conference by David Sacks, the destruction of the SEC, the future of crypto legislation, and the ongoing takeover of the federal government by freaks.
Additional resources:
Wired reporting on the names
Reuters reporting on the SEC:
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/secs-republican-led-com
Humiliate your local billionaire (feat. Ed Zitron)
Bennett Tomlin and Cas Piancey are joined again by Ed Zitron to discuss how the media and users can fight back against tech deterioration.
Additional resources:
Better Offline
Where's your Ed at?
Ed's Bluesky
The article by Ed discussed during the episode
This episode was recorded on January 3rd, 2025.
Is there one good regulator between the SEC and the CFTC? (feat. Sean Tuffy)
Bennett Tomlin and Cas Piancey are joined by Sean Tuffy to discuss the theoretical basis of merging the SEC and the CFTC. Sean's BlueskyAdditional episodes mentioned in this episode: Episode 39 – Fuck the SEC, all my friends hate the SECEpisode 157 – Donald Trump, Justin Sun, and the grifts we missedEpisode 158 – How Tether avoids prosecution with this one simple hackEpisode 159 – What Donald Trum
CBDCs are Dead, Long Live Trump Coin!
Cas Piancey and Bennett Tomlin discuss the executive order signed by Donald Trump.
You can read the executive order yourself here.
This episode was livestreamed on January 24th, 2024.
What Donald Trump means for Bitcoin (Feat. Joey Politano)
Bennett and Cas are joined by Joseph Politano to discuss what Donald Trump's election will mean for cryptocurrency.
This video was recorded on November 26th, 2024.
Read more: https://cryptocriticscorner.com/2025/01/06/episode-159-what-trump-means-for-bitcoin/
Where to find Joseph:
Apricitas
BlueSky
Twitter
Additional resources:
Pence opposes RFK Jr.
Bennett's newsletter about Justin Sun b
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.
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.
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
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
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.
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
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.
Why Crypto Will Never Fix Payments (Feat. Patrick McKenzie)
Bennett and Cas are joined by Patrick McKenzie of Bits About Money to discuss why cryptocurrency is not a solution for the problems of payments.
Bits About Money
Patrick McKenzie Twitter
Protos coverage of Moonstone Cease and Desist
Federal Reserve Cease and Desist for Moonstone
Bennett's video about Cash App/Interchange Fees/Durbin Amendment
This video was recorded on October 12th, 2023.
Sam Bankman-Fried Sent Himself to Prison (Feat. Elizabeth Lopatto)
Bennett and Cas are joined by Elizabeth Lopatto of the Verge to discuss Sam Bankman-Fried's conviction.
Sam Bankman-Fried gambled on a trial and his parents lost
Elizabeth Lopatto's Coverage at The Verge
Cas' review of Going Infinite
Protos coverage of the trial
This video was recorded on November 6th, 2023.
Wyre: Another crypto payment processor involved in fraud
Bennett and Cas discuss Wyre, another cryptocurrency payments processor involved with fraud.
Protos coverage of Ryan Breslow's many disasters
Protos coverage of Wyre problems
This episode was recorded on October 20th, 2023.
Sam Bankman-Fried's Trial is Going Great (feat. Molly White)
Bennett and Cas are joined by Molly White (@molly0xfff) to discuss the ongoing testimony of Sam Bankman-Fried.
Molly's newsletter
Web3 is Going Great
Protos Coverage of the Trial
This video was recorded on November 1st, 2023.
It's so over: Sam Bankman-Fried testifies (feat. Sam Kessler)
Bennett and Cas are joined by Sam Kessler from CoinDesk to discuss the witnesses that the defense has been calling to the stand, including Sam Bankman-Fried.
CoinDesk trial coverage:
https://www.coindesk.com/sam-bankman-fried-trial-live-coverage-news/
Protos trial coverage:
https://protos.com/sbftrial/
SBF's Kamikaze Defense:
https://protos.com/sam-bankman-frieds-kamikaze-defense/
The Jury Fin
Tweets, Trolls, and Superstars in the Sam Bankman-Fried Trial (Feat. Katie Baker)
Bennett and Cas are joined by Katie Baker, a journalist at The Ringer, to discuss her time spent at the trial, how social media and sh*tposting are playing a role, and her most recent article, which encapsulates the story unfolding better than anything written thus far.
Read Katie's article here: https://www.theringer.com/tech/2023/10/16/23919236/sam-bankman-fried-sbf-trial-caroline-ellison-t
Sam Bankman-Fried asked FTX's lawyer to explain away stolen funds (feat. Danny Nelson)
Bennett and Cas are joined by Danny Nelson of CoinDesk to discuss the ongoing trial of Sam Bankman-Fried and the testimony of Nishad Singh and Can Sun.
CoinDesk coverage of the trial
https://www.coindesk.com/sam-bankman-fried-trial-live-coverage-news/
Danny Nelson's newsletter about accounting Santa Clause
https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/10/19/judge-kaplans-ire-hits-all-lawyers-in-the-sam
Moonstone Bank: FTX, Deltec, and the Mission to Move Millions
Bennett and Cas discuss Farmington State Bank/Moonstone Bank, the Washington State bank that Alameda Research invested in - valuing at an unbelievable $150 million.
Additional resources:
Initial Protos coverage of Moonstone
https://protos.com/the-curious-case-of-ftx-and-farmington-state-bank-aka-moonstone/
Moonstone Bank executives explain relationship with Alameda Research
https://protos.com/e
Caroline Ellison Takes the Stand: the Sam Bankman-Fried Trial Week 2 (Feat. Nikhilesh De)
Bennett and Cas are joined by Nikhilesh De of CoinDesk to discuss the ongoing trial of Sam Bankman-Fried, and specifically the testimony of Gary Wang and Caroline Ellison.
Additional resources:
CoinDesk coverage of the trial
https://www.coindesk.com/tag/sbf-trial/
Nik's newsletter about the trial
https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/10/13/things-sbfs-defense-lawyers-should-be-freaking-out-a
Can crypto companies get bank accounts?
Bennett and Cas discuss the evolving banking situation in the cryptocurrency industry, and how hard it is for companies to maintain banking relationships.
Read more: https://cryptocriticscorner.com/2023/10/13/episode-134-can-crypto-companies-get-bank-accounts/
Additional resources:
CoinDesk article about Bitstamp
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/10/09/bitstamp-courts-european-banks-as-regio
Did Sam Bankman-Fried's Defense Blow It? (Feat. David Z. Morris)
Bennett Tomlin and Cas Piancey are joined by David Z. Morris to discuss the trial of Sam Bankman-Fried, and the testimony against him so far. This includes longtime friend Adam Yedidia, FTX leader Gary Wang, and investor Matt Huang.
Additional resources:
Protos coverage of the trial
https://protos.com/sbftrial/
Bennett newsletter about opening statements
http://us2.campaign-archive.com/?u=16a900a
Are NFTs securities?
Today Bennett and Cas discuss the SEC's settlement with the creators of an NFT called Stoner Cats and whether or not it means any NFTs offering royalties to creators could be considered securities.
Elon Musk's ESG Con (Feat. Eric Roesch)
Today Bennett and Cas are joined by Eric Roesch to discuss Elon Musk, ESG (environmental, social, governance), and the Golden Age of Fraud.
Roesch, an environmental policy expert, tells us about the history of ESG, why it doesn't effectively combat the issues it claims to, and how Elon Musk - the wealthiest man in the world - has used ESG, government subsidies, and asking for forgiveness inste
Were SBF's parents in on it? Follow the Money
Today Bennett and Cas talk about Sam Bankman-Fried's parents, Joseph Bankman and Barbara Fried, who are alleged to be holding onto property and money that the FTX and Alameda Research estates are looking to claw back.
Read more about it here.
This episode was recorded on September 20th, 2023.
Circle is losing the stablecoin war to Tether (Feat. Leo Schwartz)
Today Bennett and Cas are joined by Leo Schwartz from Fortune to discuss his feature article about Circle, USDC, and why the stablecoin can't seem to overtake Tether in marketcap or volume.
Read the article here.
SBF Deserves Human Rights
Today Bennett and Cas discuss SBF's legal team suggesting that their client is unable to get his medications on time or food he finds acceptable.
Read our articles about it here or here.
Let's Talk About Number Go Up with Zeke Faux
Today Bennett and Cas are joined by special guest Zeke Faux, journalist and author of the new book Number Go Up.
Faux was able to gain access to SBF (Sam Bankman-Fried), Deltec executives, and the head of Tether while writing his book, which explores how cryptocurrency is being used for nefarious - and not so nefarious - reasons in the real world.
If you'd like to purchase Zeke's book, p
All-In? We're Out: Why the All-In Podcast is Bad for America
Today Bennett and Cas discuss one of the most popular financial podcasts in the world, the All-In podcast, and why it's bad for America.
All-In features Jason Calacanis, David Sacks, Chamath Palihapitiya, and David Friedberg, mostly talking their books, but lately the hosts have been berating critics and claiming being venture capitalists make them men "in the arena."
This episode
How to Steal Almost $100 Million: Prime Trust goes Bust
Today Bennett and Cas discuss Prime Trust (again) after the Nevada-based trust company admitted that previous C-suite executives had made numerous mistakes and mishandled over $80 million in cash and cryptocurrencies.
Effective Altruism: Morally Buy An Island Nation
Bennett and Cas discuss the philosophy of Effective Altruism, how it influenced Sam Bankman-Fried, and how it contributed to the collapse of FTX and Alameda Research.
This episode was recorded on July 27th, 2023.
All Hail The Orb: Worldcoin
Bennett and Cas discuss Sam Altman and his new project, Worldcoin, which promises to provide 'proof of humanity' if you let them scan your eyeball.
This episode was recorded on Thursday July 27th, 2023.
Justin Sun and TrueUSD... Again
Today Bennett Tomlin and Cas Piancey are discussing the weird shenanigans ongoing with the stablecoin TrueUSD (TUSD) and the numerous platforms and exchanges that Justin Sun has purchased over the years.
This episode was recorded on Wednesday, July 26th, 2023.
Prime Trust, TrueUSD, and Offshore Finance (Feat. Jonathan Reiter and Patrick Tan)
Today Bennett Tomlin and Cas Piancey are joined by Jonathan Reiter and Patrick Tan of ChainArgos to discuss Prime Trust, TrueUSD, stablecoins, and offshore finance.
This episode was recorded on Tuesday, June 27th, 2023
How to attack Bitcoin (Feat. Micah Warren)
Bennett Tomlin and Cas Piancey are joined by Dr. Micah Warren, a professor of mathematics, to discuss the game theory of Bitcoin and what it means for the security of Bitcoin.
This episode was recorded on June 8th, 2023.
Bennett and Cas at Consensus 2023: How to Spot a Scam
Today we present the panel that we were featured on at Consensus, entitled "How to Spot a Scam."
The panel was hosted by David Z. Morris of CoinDesk and features former Terraform Labs employee Hyungsuk Kang.
Binance, Coinbase, and the SEC (Featuring Mike Burgersburg of Dirty Bubble Media)
Today Bennett Tomlin and Cas Piancey are joined - yet again! - by Mike Burgersburg of Dirty Bubble Media to discuss the recent lawsuits brought against Binance and Coinbase by the US Securities and Exchange Commission.
Crypto Critics Cope at Consensus Conference
Cas Piancey and Bennett Tomlin discuss their takeaways from Consensus 2023, the recent cryptocurrency conference put on by CoinDesk.
This video was recorded on April 30th, 2023.
The FDIC, Infinite Insurance, and Moral Hazards (Feat. Rohan Grey)
Today Bennett and Cas are joined by Rohan Grey to discuss how the government could provide unlimited deposit insurance against banks collapsing.
This episode was recorded on March 15th, 2023.
The Whistleblower Who Exposed WorldCom (feat. Cynthia Cooper & Daren Firestone)
Cas Piancey and Bennett Tomlin are joined by Cynthia Cooper and Daren Firestone to discuss the history of one of the largest corporate frauds ever, Worldcom, and what it means to be a whistleblower.
This video was recorded on October 13th, 2022.
Additional resources:
Cooper Group
http://www.coopergroupllc.com/index.php
Extraordinary Circumstances
https://a.co/d/9O4C9Vz
Levy Firestone Muse
https:
Binance in Trouble (streamed live on March 27th, 2023)
Bennett Tomlin and Cas Piancey discuss the lawsuit filed against Binance and Changpeng Zhao by the CFTC.
This video was streamed live on March 27th, 2023.
Additional resources:
Complaint
https://www.cftc.gov/media/8351/%20en...
Coverage of the complaint
https://protos.com/cftc-lawsuit-again...
SEC sues Justin Sun, Coinbase, Celebrities; also Do Kwon arrested (recorded on March 23rd)
Bennett Tomlin and Cas Piancey discuss the lawsuit filed against Justin Sun alleging that Tron and BitTorrent token were illegal securities and that he engaged in market manipulation.
We also discuss the celebrities implicated in the promotion of these tokens including:
- Logan Paul
- Lindsay Lohan
- Lil Yachty
- Ne-Yo
- Akon
- Soulja Boy
- Austin Mahone
- Kendra Lust
This episode was recorded
Toilet Apes and other NFT Exploitation (Feat. Ed Zitron)
Bennett Tomlin and Cas Piancey are joined by Ed Zitron to discuss NFTs and why they became popular and why they are so empty.
This episode was recorded on February 1st, 2022.
Silvergategate: The Collapse of Silvergate and the Future of Cryptocurrency Banking
Bennett and Cas go live to discuss the collapse of Silvergate, the bank of choice for cryptocurrency companies and exchanges in the US.
Recorded on Wednesday, March 8th, 2023.
Tether Falsified Bank Records
Bennett Tomlin and Cas Piancey discuss the recent Wall Street Journal report that reveals that Tether and Bitfinex falsified bank records in order to try to maintain access to banking.
WSJ article discussed on the show.
This video was recorded on March 3rd, 2023.
Satire in Cryptocurrency: West Ham (feat. Josh Cincinnati and Laurence [Insert Last Name Here])
Cas Piancey and Bennett Tomlin are joined by Laurence and Josh Cincinnati to dis1cuss the value of satire in cryptocurrency, ordinals, Justin Sun and more.
This was recorded on January 30th, 2023.
The El Salvador Volcano Token (feat. Domingo Flores)
Cas Piancey and Bennett Tomlin are joined by Domingo Flores to discuss the Salvadoran Bitcoin Token being developed in partnership with Bitfinex.
Domingo's Website, Patreon, YouTube, and Twitter.
This video was recorded on January 20th, 2022.
Harmony Horizon Exploit, Lazarus Group, and Cryptocurrency Bridges
Bennett and Cas revisit the Harmony Horizon bridge exploit from last year, discuss why the Lazarus Group is targeting cryptocurrency so much, and go over the billion plus lost on cryptocurrency bridges over the past year.
Special thanks to ZachXBT, who uncovered the movements of Lazarus exploit funds as they were happening.
Nexo Raided, SBF Lies, and Genesis and Gemini Charged
Bennett Tomlin and Cas Piancey discuss the raid executed against Nexo, SBF's lies in his Substack, and the unregistered security charges brought against Genesis and Gemini.
Kentucky Cease and desist against Nexo
Protos On SBF's Lies
This video was streamed live on January 12th, 2022.
Cryptocurrency Banks Give Up
Cas Piancey and Bennett Tomlin discuss Silvergate, Signature, Metropolitan, and other cryptocurrency banks in light of their massive deposit outflows and increasing regulatory issues.
American Banker Post about Silvergate using Home Loan bank advances: https://www.americanbanker.com/news/silvergate-bank-loaded-up-on-4-3-billion-in-fhlb-advances
OCC, Federal Reserve, and FDIC statement on risks to
Did Satoshi run a drug cartel? The Paul Le Roux Story (Feat. Evan Ratliff)
Cas Piancey and Bennett Tomlin are joined by Evan Ratliff to discuss Paul Le Roux, an international criminal who some believe may have been Satoshi Nakamoto. We also discuss Evan's new podcast Persona, and the similarities between the crimes of Gilbert Chikli and cryptocurrency hacks and scams.
Additional resources:
Persona podcast
The Mastermind
Vanish for one month
This e
Auditors, Binance, and Global Regulation
Today Bennett and Cas are recording an IN-PERSON(!!!) episode of CCC together!
We discuss auditors exiting the cryptocurrency industry en masse, what's next for Binance, and how regulators will or won't take on the new global financial industries.
Recorded on Tuesday, December 21, 2022.
The Skeptic's Guide to Skepticism
Today Bennett and Cas discuss walking the fine line between beneficial and frank skepticism and full-blown conspiracy theorist, and how sometimes the line can get a little blurry.
This episode was recorded on November 4th, before everything spiraled into an utter sh*tshow.
FTX and Alameda are dead, long live cryptocurrency
Today Bennett and Cas are talking about the collapse of FTX, one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges, and its sister trading firm, Alameda Research.
Shadow Banking 2.0 in Web3 and DeFi (Feat. Hilary Allen)
Today Cas and Bennett are joined by law professor at American University Hilary Allen to discuss whether or not web3 and DeFi are shadow banking 2.0, and if they will lead to another 2008 financial crisis.
Hilary's paper available here: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4038788
Read more: https://cryptocriticscorner.com/2022/10/27/episode-97-defi-as-shadow-banking-2-0-feat-hilary
Binance Smart Chain is Dumb and Mango Markets, Too
Today Bennett and Cas discuss two recent major cryptocurrency problems: one via Binance Smart Chain, a "DeFi" protocol built by CZ and the Binance team, that suffered a $100 million hack, and Mango Markets, a DeFi marketplace, that suffered a $100 million exploit. Another fun week in cryptocurrency.
Other resources mentioned in this episode:
Unchained Interview with CZ: https://youtu.be/J0XJesFkdl
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