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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 publ…
8 months, 2 weeks 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, 20…
8 months, 3 weeks 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 buil…
9 months 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…
9 months, 2 weeks 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.
9 months, 4 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 desi…
10 months, 1 week 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…
10 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…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Issue 91 – GDP on the blockchain
Season 3 Episode 29
The regulator set to take on primary crypto oversight is down to a single Commissioner, and new pro-crypto PACs focus on installing more Republicans …
10 months, 3 weeks ago
As he builds US power, Justin Sun fights to control his story
Season 3 Episode 28
A crypto billionaire who once feared arrest in the US is now a Trump business adviser and White House guest. His lawsuit against Bloomberg reveals wh…
11 months ago