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Celebrities Love Cryptocurrencies - and it's lame (Feat. Ben McKenzie and Jacob Silverman)

Celebrities Love Cryptocurrencies - and it's lame (Feat. Ben McKenzie and Jacob Silverman)

FromCrypto Critics' Corner


Celebrities Love Cryptocurrencies - and it's lame (Feat. Ben McKenzie and Jacob Silverman)

FromCrypto Critics' Corner

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Length:
60 minutes
Released:
Feb 17, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Today Bennett Tomlin and Cas Piancey are joined by Ben McKenzie (star of Gotham, Southland, and The O.C.) and Jacob Silverman (author of Terms of Service and writer for The New Republic and Slate) who discuss the ideas behind their upcoming book about cryptocurrency, their issues with celebrity shilling of speculative assets, and how it really feels like corporate greed is eating our democracy.

Here are some of the books and movies mentioned during the interview:
Lying for Money by Dan Davies - https://www.amazon.com/Lying-Money-Legendary-Frauds-Workings-ebook/dp/B078WFT5JV
The Future of Money by Eswar Prasad - https://www.amazon.com/Future-Money-Revolution-Transforming-Currencies/dp/0674258444
The China Hustle - https://www.amazon.com/China-Hustle-Dan-David/dp/B07BQH2LQG

This episode was recorded on Monday, February 14th, 2022
Released:
Feb 17, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Bennett Tomlin and Cas Piancey discuss historical moments in the Bitcoin, cryptocurrency, and finance spaces, mainly focusing on frauds, exchange hacks, exit scams, and other malfeasance.