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Issue 48 – Bitcoin has "no chance" of going to the moon
Season 2 Episode 7
Bitcoin ETF fakeouts, imaginary CEOs, and a bridge hack make for an eventful start to the new year.
Originally published on January 9, 2024.
2 years, 2 months ago
Issue 47 – Residual garbage
Season 2 Episode 6
All my "absolute top tier apes" gone, anti-rug-pull rug pulls, and an update on this newsletter. Originally published on December 26, 2023.
2 years, 3 months ago
Issue 46 – Checkmate, crypto
Season 2 Episode 5
Cheating chess-players, cursed mansions, and more defi centralization. Originally published on December 15, 2023.
2 years, 3 months ago
Issue 45 – I'm the director now
Season 2 Episode 4
Rising bitcoin prices bring echoes of the crypto mania from years past, and an ambitious hacker decides to manifest a new job for themselves. Origina…
2 years, 3 months ago
Effective obfuscation
Season 2 Episode 3
Silicon Valley's "effective altruism" and "effective accelerationism" only give a thin philosophical veneer to the industry's same old impulses. Orig…
2 years, 4 months ago
Issue 44 – Four
Season 2 Episode 2
The Justice Department's interest in Binance isn't just "FUD" anymore. Originally published on November 21, 2023.
2 years, 4 months ago
Issue 43 – Laser eyes
Season 2 Episode 1
Two crypto firms emerge from bankruptcy, and a Bored Ape party turns out even worse than it sounds. Originally published on November 9, 2023.
2 years, 4 months ago
The stones left unturned in the Sam Bankman-Fried trial
Season 1 Episode 18
From billions of mysterious Tethers to the apparent identity theft of Thai sex workers, many questions remain about what happened at Bankman-Fried's …
2 years, 4 months ago
Sam Bankman-Fried: guilty on all charges
Season 1 Episode 17
Jurors spent less than five hours deliberating before returning the verdict. Originally published on November 2, 2023.
2 years, 4 months ago
The FTX trial, days 15–16: Sam Bankman-Fried doesn't recall
Season 1 Episode 16
Bankman-Fried comes off as sullen and cagey in his cross-examination in front of the jury. Originally published on November 1, 2023.
2 years, 4 months ago