Episodes
Bennett Tomlin and Cas Piancey discuss Donald Trump's new project, World Liberty Financial, as well as Justin Sun's shenanigans, the MakerDAO rebrand, and more.
This video was recorded on October 26th, 2024.
Published 11/14/24
Cas Piancey and Bennett Tomlin are joined by Andrew Bailey, author of Resistance Money, to discuss Tether on Tron and Bitcoin.
This video was recorded on September 9th 2024.
Resistance Money
Patrick McKenzie and Tyler Cowen podcast
Cas Piancey and PJ Vogt podcast
Bennett's newsletter about Craig Wright
Bennett's article about Fei
Bennett's newsletter about Terra-Luna
Published 10/26/24
Bennett and Cas discuss the tools they use to investigate various frauds and scams.
Coverage from Protos of an entity fraudulently pretending to be associated with Tether can be found here.
Here's a list of tools used in this episode:
OpenCorporates
Companies House
EDGAR
FinCEN
Crunchbase
RECAP
PACER
The New York Times
Wayback Machine
BuiltWith
Etherscan
BreadCrumbs
Some other episodes of CCC mentioned can be found here:
Episode 56 – This Man Murders Scams (Feat....
Published 07/17/24
Bennett and Cas are joined by Travis Kimmel to discuss the purpose and role of venture capital.
This video was recorded on May 9th, 2024.
Published 07/05/24
Bennett and Cas discuss DJT, which is not Donald Trump's official token, and it seems likely Barron will not even claim this mess that Martin Shkreli embroiled them all in.
Protos Reporting on DJT
Cas' Op-Ed on Pirate Wires
Daniel Kuhn's Article for The Block
This video was recorded on June 22nd, 2024.
Published 06/22/24
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.
Published 06/03/24
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.
Published 05/28/24
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.
Published 05/08/24
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.
Published 04/10/24
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.
Published 04/01/24
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.
Published 03/16/24
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.
Published 02/26/24
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.
Published 02/21/24
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.
Published 02/08/24
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.
Published 11/15/23
Bennett and Cas are joined by Elizabeth Lopatto of the Verge to discuss Sam Bankman-Fried's conviction.
Sam Bankman-Fried gambled on a trial and his parents lost
Elizabeth Lopatto's Coverage at The Verge
Cas' review of Going Infinite
Protos coverage of the trial
This video was recorded on November 6th, 2023.
Published 11/10/23
Bennett and Cas discuss Wyre, another cryptocurrency payments processor involved with fraud.
Protos coverage of Ryan Breslow's many disasters
Protos coverage of Wyre problems
This episode was recorded on October 20th, 2023.
Published 11/07/23
Bennett and Cas are joined by Molly White (@molly0xfff) to discuss the ongoing testimony of Sam Bankman-Fried.
Molly's newsletter
Web3 is Going Great
Protos Coverage of the Trial
This video was recorded on November 1st, 2023.
Published 11/03/23
Bennett and Cas are joined by Sam Kessler from CoinDesk to discuss the witnesses that the defense has been calling to the stand, including Sam Bankman-Fried.
CoinDesk trial coverage:
https://www.coindesk.com/sam-bankman-fried-trial-live-coverage-news/
Protos trial coverage:
https://protos.com/sbftrial/
SBF's Kamikaze Defense:
https://protos.com/sam-bankman-frieds-kamikaze-defense/
The Jury Finally Hears from SBF by Liz...
Published 10/30/23
Bennett and Cas are joined by Katie Baker, a journalist at The Ringer, to discuss her time spent at the trial, how social media and sh*tposting are playing a role, and her most recent article, which encapsulates the story unfolding better than anything written thus far.
Read Katie's article here: https://www.theringer.com/tech/2023/10/16/23919236/sam-bankman-fried-sbf-trial-caroline-ellison-testimony-ftx-cryptocurrency
Published 10/26/23
Bennett and Cas are joined by Danny Nelson of CoinDesk to discuss the ongoing trial of Sam Bankman-Fried and the testimony of Nishad Singh and Can Sun.
CoinDesk coverage of the trial
https://www.coindesk.com/sam-bankman-fried-trial-live-coverage-news/
Danny Nelson's newsletter about accounting Santa Clause
https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/10/19/judge-kaplans-ire-hits-all-lawyers-in-the-sam-bankman-fried-case/
Danny article about Nishad Singh...
Published 10/23/23
Bennett and Cas discuss Farmington State Bank/Moonstone Bank, the Washington State bank that Alameda Research invested in - valuing at an unbelievable $150 million.
Additional resources:
Initial Protos coverage of Moonstone
https://protos.com/the-curious-case-of-ftx-and-farmington-state-bank-aka-moonstone/
Moonstone Bank executives explain relationship with Alameda Research
https://protos.com/exclusive-moonstone-bank-explains-ties-with-alameda-research/
Federal Reserve explains...
Published 10/20/23
Bennett and Cas are joined by Nikhilesh De of CoinDesk to discuss the ongoing trial of Sam Bankman-Fried, and specifically the testimony of Gary Wang and Caroline Ellison.
Additional resources:
CoinDesk coverage of the trial
https://www.coindesk.com/tag/sbf-trial/
Nik's newsletter about the trial
https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/10/13/things-sbfs-defense-lawyers-should-be-freaking-out-about/
Bennett's newsletter about the...
Published 10/17/23
Bennett and Cas discuss the evolving banking situation in the cryptocurrency industry, and how hard it is for companies to maintain banking relationships.
Read more: https://cryptocriticscorner.com/2023/10/13/episode-134-can-crypto-companies-get-bank-accounts/
Additional resources:
CoinDesk article about Bitstamp
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/10/09/bitstamp-courts-european-banks-as-regions-incoming-crypto-rules-boost-confidence/
Protos article about Prager...
Published 10/13/23