Logically.ai UK editor Ernie Piper and Senior OSINT Analyst Nick Backovic join Matt Binder on Scam Economy to discuss the tech-based anti-misinformation firm's report on the QAnon influencers scamming their followers with crypto pump-and-dump schemes. We discuss the QAnon conspiracy theory and how its conspiratorial right wing beliefs fit perfectly into the cryptocurrency scams, the Stellar network which makes minting of these tokens extremely easy, who are WhipLash347 and PatriotQakes (aka Emily Tang): the influencers involved in promoting these schemes to their followers, the real financial losses as well as the story of one individual who took their life after losing their money and business, and much more.  

Also available as Scam Economy episode #21: Coinspiracy: How QAnon Influencers Conned Their Followers with Crypto

Read the Logically.ai report: https://www.logically.ai/articles/qanon-crypto-lose-followers-2-million  
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225: The QAnon Crypto Grift (w/ Ernie Piper & Nick Backovic of Logically.ai)

QAnon, white supremacists, Proud Boys, the alt-right...host Matt Binder guides you through all the conspiracy theories, far right groups, fake news, misinformation, reactionary movements, and more on DOOMED, a leftist politics and culture show for our terrible times.

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Last week, on April 24, DOOMED host Matt Binder interview independent journalist Talia Jane on his livestream show about her on-the-ground coverage of the pro-Palestine, anti-war encampments at Columbia and NYU campuses and how they were spreading across the country. Here's that interview with a real first-hand account of what these encampments were like and what the student protesters were doing, uploaded to this feed just one day after police and college admins cracked down on encampments at Columbia. (Episode from the 4/24/24 livestream show.) Support the show: http://www.patreon.com/mattbinder

267: Anti-war, Pro-Palestine Protests Spread on College Campuses (w/ Talia Jane)

Director of Development for American Muslims for Palestine and Palestinian-American community organizer Mohamad Habehh joins DOOMED with Matt Binder to discuss the latest Gaza and the changing public opinion on Israel - Palestine. (Episode from the 2/13/24 livestream show.) Support the show: http://www.patreon.com/mattbinder

266: Rafah, Gaza, Palestine (w/ Mohamad Habehh of American Muslims for Palestine)

On this episode of DOOMED with Matt Binder, Matt breaks down the recent migrant hysteria...something that only seems to happen in an election year. Plus, we take a look at a disturbing Fox News clip featuring right winger Curtis Sliwa and the Guardian Angels assaulting someone live on the air with Sean Hannity. (Episode from the 2/7/24 livestream show.) Support the show: http://www.patreon.com/mattbinder

265: Migrant Hysteria (Again)

Vince McMahon resigned from WWE (and its parent company, TKO) for good after disturbing sexual assault allegations. How did he force his way back into the company to begin with? Who knew what? Is the toxic culture in WWE and across pro wrestling facing a reckoning? What happens next? Journalist David Bixenspan joins DOOMED with Matt Binder to discuss. (Episode from the 1/31/24 livestream show.) Support the show: http://www.patreon.com/mattbinder

264: The Cult of Vince McMahon (w/ David Bixenspan)

MrBeast made a quarter of a million dollars by uploading a video to Elon Musk's X and in doing so revealed just how rigged the monetization system is. Scam Economy host Matt Binder walks through all the details of X Monetization, the little known X Amplify program, how Elon Musk and company pushed the famous YouTuber's content into social media feeds, and how basically no other creator can replicate MrBeast's earnings on the platform. (Episode from the 1/24/24 livestream show.) Support the show: http://www.patreon.com/mattbinder

225: The QAnon Crypto Grift (w/ Ernie Piper & Nick Backovic of Logically.ai)

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