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Crypto Critics' Corner

by Cas Piancey and Bennett Tomlin

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

100 episodes
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1
The Twisted Relationship between Jeffrey Epstein and Cryptocurrency Billionaire Brock Pierce
51:41 Feb 5, 2026
2
Are prediction markets a bet against democracy?
36:13 Jan 30, 2026
3
Molly White on Trump's Crypto Corruption
49:16 Jan 22, 2026
4
Crypto politics (feat. Nitish Pahwa)
48:40 Jan 16, 2026
5
Trump v. Powell: The Murder of the Federal Reserve
24:57 Jan 13, 2026
6
The Vile Truth of Bitcoin (Feat. Peter Ryan)
1:57:15 Jan 12, 2026
7
Is Elon Musk’s Starbase a good idea?
16:23 Jun 30, 2025
8
Is $TRUMP corrupt?
21:57 May 19, 2025
9
Put Congress on the Blockchain (Feat. Rohan Grey)
1:02:06 Apr 29, 2025
10
Cryptocurrency funded American Fascism
14:00 Mar 27, 2025
11
The Realization™ (Elon Musk is a Fraud)
13:32 Mar 18, 2025
12
What happened to the SEC? (Feat. Corey Frayer)
1:16:48 Mar 12, 2025
13
End the Fed
15:59 Feb 20, 2025
14
Elon Musk's St. Valentine's Day Massacre
18:17 Feb 14, 2025
15
CFPB RIP ?
12:50 Feb 11, 2025
16
What the Elon Musk coup means for Finance
13:17 Feb 5, 2025
17
Humiliate your local billionaire (feat. Ed Zitron)
1:07:43 Feb 3, 2025
18
Is there one good regulator between the SEC and the CFTC? (feat. Sean Tuffy)
53:17 Jan 29, 2025
19
CBDCs are Dead, Long Live Trump Coin!
51:19 Jan 25, 2025
20
What Donald Trump means for Bitcoin (Feat. Joey Politano)
1:00:37 Jan 7, 2025
21
Tether wins, Skeptics lose: the end of an era
21:46 Nov 26, 2024
22
Donald Trump, Justin Sun, and the grifts we missed
47:10 Nov 14, 2024
23
Is Bitcoin good for the world? (feat. Andrew Bailey)
1:05:47 Oct 26, 2024
24
How to investigate a fraud
52:52 Jul 17, 2024
25
Is Venture Capital Good?
1:04:13 Jul 5, 2024
26
DJT: The official Trump Token?
20:26 Jun 22, 2024
27
Justin Sun is Insolvent
15:33 Jun 3, 2024
28
Is Effective Altruism Evil? (Feat. Vincent Woo)
44:51 May 28, 2024
29
CZ vs SBF
15:08 May 8, 2024
30
Regional Banking: It's Over, Bro
27:10 Apr 10, 2024
31
Two giant river boys and their missing $1,000,000,000: the Winklevoss Twins (Feat. Ed Zitron)
1:11:26 Apr 1, 2024
32
YUM YUM MONEY TIME: Deltec Bank moved customer funds from FTX to Alameda Research
26:18 Mar 16, 2024
33
Binanace and Changpeng Zhao Indicted: End of an Era
29:31 Feb 26, 2024
34
Read, Write, Owned: Broken Web3 Promises (Feat. Molly White)
59:38 Feb 21, 2024
35
Tether: The $100,000,000,000 Problem in Crypto
42:40 Feb 8, 2024
36
Why Crypto Will Never Fix Payments (Feat. Patrick McKenzie)
1:13:32 Nov 15, 2023
37
Sam Bankman-Fried Sent Himself to Prison (Feat. Elizabeth Lopatto)
45:03 Nov 10, 2023
38
Wyre: Another crypto payment processor involved in fraud
16:41 Nov 7, 2023
39
Sam Bankman-Fried's Trial is Going Great (feat. Molly White)
48:59 Nov 3, 2023
40
It's so over: Sam Bankman-Fried testifies (feat. Sam Kessler)
42:55 Oct 30, 2023
41
Tweets, Trolls, and Superstars in the Sam Bankman-Fried Trial (Feat. Katie Baker)
49:35 Oct 26, 2023
42
Sam Bankman-Fried asked FTX's lawyer to explain away stolen funds (feat. Danny Nelson)
29:13 Oct 23, 2023
43
Moonstone Bank: FTX, Deltec, and the Mission to Move Millions
24:06 Oct 20, 2023
44
Caroline Ellison Takes the Stand: the Sam Bankman-Fried Trial Week 2 (Feat. Nikhilesh De)
39:15 Oct 17, 2023
45
Can crypto companies get bank accounts?
20:44 Oct 13, 2023
46
Did Sam Bankman-Fried's Defense Blow It? (Feat. David Z. Morris)
38:29 Oct 9, 2023
47
Are NFTs securities?
12:30 Oct 4, 2023
48
Elon Musk's ESG Con (Feat. Eric Roesch)
51:15 Sep 29, 2023
49
Were SBF's parents in on it? Follow the Money
24:36 Sep 22, 2023
50
Circle is losing the stablecoin war to Tether (Feat. Leo Schwartz)
51:16 Sep 20, 2023
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