146 episodes

Bennett and Cas discuss historical moments in the cryptocurrency and finance industries, focusing on frauds, hacks, exit scams, and other malfeasance.

Crypto Critics' Corner Cas Piancey and Bennett Tomlin

    • News

Bennett and Cas discuss historical moments in the cryptocurrency and finance industries, focusing on frauds, hacks, exit scams, and other malfeasance.

    Regional Banking: It's Over, Bro

    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.

    • 27 min
    Two giant river boys and their missing $1,000,000,000: the Winklevoss Twins (Feat. Ed Zitron)

    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.

    • 1 hr 11 min
    YUM YUM MONEY TIME: Deltec Bank moved customer funds from FTX to Alameda Research

    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.

    • 26 min
    Binanace and Changpeng Zhao Indicted: End of an Era

    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.

    • 29 min
    Read, Write, Owned: Broken Web3 Promises (Feat. Molly White)

    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 bulk purchased here.



    This episode was recorded on February 10th, 2024.

    • 59 min
    Tether: The $100,000,000,000 Problem in Crypto

    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.

    • 42 min

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