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0:00 Intro

0:50 Glenn takes a shot at defining “cryptocurrency”

5:28 Yaya fills in the gaps

10:15 Solving the double-spending problem

15:58 The partisan divide on crypto

21:27 North Korea’s crypto hackers

26:29 How crypto protocols create value

33:23 The case of Sam Bankman-Fried and FTX

35:13 How stablecoins can open up global financial markets to nations with weak or unstable currency

36:32 Memecoins: Buyer beware

41:07 China’s use of digital currency to expand its surveillance apparatus

47:35 Should a non-expert invest in crypto?

Recorded May 15, 2025

Links and Readings

Yaya and Emily Jin’s report, “China’s Digital Currency: Adding Financial Data to Digital Authoritarianism”

Yaya podcast’s, Designated

Yaya’s audio thriller, The Jabbari Lincoln Files

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