Crypto Critics' Corner

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.