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.

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 bulk purchased here.

This episode was recorded on February 10th, 2024.

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.

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.