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Issue 97 – This is hardship
Season 3 Episode 39
While slumping prices have some fearing it’s crypto winter again, Trump looks to Saudia Arabia and American retail crypto investors to fund the development of his next hotel. Originally published on …
Published on 5 hours ago
Issue 96 – Redefining solvency
Season 3 Episode 38
Sam Bankman-Fried makes his case for a retrial and aspiring crypto banks hit roadblocks. Originally published on November 7, 2025.
Published on 1 week, 5 days ago
Trump says he has “no idea” who he just pardoned
Season 3 Episode 37
President Trump reacts to condemnations of his recent pardon of Binance founder Changpeng Zhao by claiming he doesn’t know who he is. Originally published on November 3, 2025.
Published on 2 weeks, 2 days ago
Issue 95 – The pardon was the payoff
Season 3 Episode 36
Binance’s Changpeng Zhao earns a gold-plated pardon as other industry figures fund Trump’s $300 million ballroom. Originally published October 28, 2025.
Published on 3 weeks, 1 day ago
Anatomy of a crypto collapse
Season 3 Episode 35
October 2025 brought the most dramatic crypto flash crash of all time, but it was only a dress rehearsal for the systemic crisis the industry is building toward. Originally published on October 17, 2…
Published on 1 month ago
Issue 94 – Backdoor deals
Season 3 Episode 34
Trump is still corrupt, a core developer warns bitcoin won’t survive an upcoming code change, and crypto lenders are ratcheting up leverage like it’s 2022. Originally published on October 8, 2025.
Published on 1 month, 1 week ago
Issue 93 – Undermining deregulation
Season 3 Episode 33
Democratic lawmakers sound corruption alarms while crypto PACs gear up for the midterms. Originally published on September 25, 2025.
Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Prediction markets are booming. Oversight is barely there.
Season 3 Episode 32
Prediction markets once lived on the academic fringe. Now they’re trading billions on politics, sports, and celebrity gossip — under rules never designed for retail gamblers. Originally published on …
Published on 2 months ago
Issue 92 – The scam of all scams
Season 3 Episode 31
The Trumps “debank” major customers from their “anti-debanking” cryptocurrency venture, and a CFTC nominee says the Winklevosses are blackballing him. Originally published on September 12, 2025.
Published on 2 months, 1 week ago
Trump Jr.-advised prediction markets invite bets on president’s demise
Season 3 Episode 30
President Trump’s deregulatory agenda emboldened prediction markets to push boundaries around permitted event contracts. Now sites advised by his son are allowing bets on his death. Originally publis…
Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago