Episodes
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The Twisted Relationship between Jeffrey Epstein and Cryptocurrency Billionaire Brock Pierce
Cas Piancey and @bennettftomlin discuss the relationship between Jeffrey Epstein and Brock Pierce. This episode was recorded on February 3rd, 2026. Additional resources: Protos article @coffeezillaextras video
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Are prediction markets a bet against democracy?
Cas Piancey and @bennettftomlin discuss the onslaught of prediction markets. This episode was recorded on January 28th, 2026.
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Molly White on Trump's Crypto Corruption
Bennett Tomlin and Cas Piancey are joined by Molly White to discuss the $TRUMP memecoin wallet and its place in the Trump crypto corruption scheme. This episode was recorded on June 10th, 2025. Additional episodes mentioned in this episode: Episode 54 – Web3 is Wonky (Feat. Molly White) Episode…
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Crypto politics (feat. Nitish Pahwa)
Bennett Tomlin and Cas Piancey are joined by Nitish Pahwa of Slate to discuss whether or not there are actually cryptocurrency swing voters and what they mean for crypto politics and America This video was recorded on June 3rd, 2025. Additional episodes mentioned in this episode: Episode 171 – Is...
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Trump v. Powell: The Murder of the Federal Reserve
Bennett Tomlin and Cas Piancey discuss the accelerated assault on the Federal Reserve by the Trump administration. This episode was streamed live on January 12th, 2026.
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The Vile Truth of Bitcoin (Feat. Peter Ryan)
Cas Piancey and Bennett Tomlin are joined by Peter Ryan of Ryan Research to discuss the vile truth at the heart of Bitcoin. This video was streamed live on August 23rd, 2025.
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Is Elon Musk’s Starbase a good idea?
Cas and Bennett discuss whether or not SpaceX's Starbase is a good idea. Additional resources: Innovated Blockchain City "Potentially corrupt" Additional episodes mentioned in this episode: Episode 131 – Elon Musk’s ESG Con (feat. Eric Roesch the ESGHound) Episode 168 – When did you realize Elon...
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Is $TRUMP corrupt?
Bennett Tomlin and Cas Piancey discuss whether or not $TRUMP, the Donald Trump memecoin, constitutes corruption. Additional episodes mentioned: Episode 157 – Donald Trump, Justin Sun, and the grifts we missed Episode 152 – Justin Sun is probably insolvent Episode 167 – What happened to the SEC?...
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Put Congress on the Blockchain (Feat. Rohan Grey)
Bennett Tomlin and Cas Piancey are joined by Rohan Grey to discuss his proposal to create a new digital fiscal regime. Rohan's paper can be viewed here. This episode was recorded on March 17th, 2025.
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Cryptocurrency funded American Fascism
Bennett Tomlin and Cas Piancey discuss the unlawful actions of the Trump administration, including unlawful deportations. Additional episodes mentioned in this episode: Episode 21 – Bitcoin Playlist of videos about El Salvador Additional resources: Reporting on the illegal deportations This…
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The Realization™ (Elon Musk is a Fraud)
Bennett and Cas discuss when they had their personal realization that Elon Musk was a deceiver. Additional episodes mentioned in this episode: Episode 131 – Elon Musk’s ESG Con (feat. Eric Roesch the ESGHound) Additional resources: Bennett's video about robotaxis Quinn69TV video about Elon lies...
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What happened to the SEC? (Feat. Corey Frayer)
Bennett and Cas are joined by Corey Frayer to discuss Gary Gensler's SEC and the limits of regulation. Additional Resources Change in SEC rules This episode was recorded on February 8th, 2025.
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End the Fed
Bennett Tomlin and Cas Piancey discuss their fear that Elon Musk, Donald Trump, and DOGE will destroy the dollar by going after Federal Reserve independence. Additional resources: Coverage of Elon Musk imagining problems at Fort Knox Federal Reserve Audits Additional episodes mentioned in this...
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Elon Musk's St. Valentine's Day Massacre
Bennett Tomlin and Cas Piancey discuss the gutting of the Southern District of New York by an illegal and unconstitutional order to drop charges against Eric Adams so he can better cooperate with the Trump Administration. Read more here Additional resources: Initial Memo Danielle Sassoon's…
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CFPB RIP 🪦
Bennett Tomlin and Cas Piancey discuss the deteriorating situation in the United States, including the gutting of the CFPB and the attack on the full faith and credit of the United States. Read more here. Previous episodes mentioned in this episode: Episode 160 – CBDCs are Dead; Long Live $TRUMP...
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What the Elon Musk coup means for Finance
Bennett Tomlin and Cas Piancey discuss the deteriorating situation in the United States, including the press conference by David Sacks, the destruction of the SEC, the future of crypto legislation, and the ongoing takeover of the federal government by freaks. Additional resources: Wired reporting...
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Humiliate your local billionaire (feat. Ed Zitron)
Bennett Tomlin and Cas Piancey are joined again by Ed Zitron to discuss how the media and users can fight back against tech deterioration. Additional resources: Better Offline Where's your Ed at? Ed's Bluesky The article by Ed discussed during the episode This episode was recorded on January 3rd,...
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Is there one good regulator between the SEC and the CFTC? (feat. Sean Tuffy)
Bennett Tomlin and Cas Piancey are joined by Sean Tuffy to discuss the theoretical basis of merging the SEC and the CFTC. Sean's Bluesky Additional episodes mentioned in this episode: Episode 39 – Fuck the SEC, all my friends hate the SEC Episode 157 – Donald Trump, Justin Sun, and the grifts we...
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CBDCs are Dead, Long Live Trump Coin!
Cas Piancey and Bennett Tomlin discuss the executive order signed by Donald Trump. You can read the executive order yourself here. This episode was livestreamed on January 24th, 2024.
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What Donald Trump means for Bitcoin (Feat. Joey Politano)
Bennett and Cas are joined by Joseph Politano to discuss what Donald Trump's election will mean for cryptocurrency. This video was recorded on November 26th, 2024. Read more: https://cryptocriticscorner.com/2025/01/06/episode-159-what-trump-means-for-bitcoin/ Where to find Joseph: Apricitas…
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Tether wins, Skeptics lose: the end of an era
Bennett Tomlin and Cas Piancey discuss Tether's ability to survive and grow, as well as how they have found safety in Donald Trump's future administration. Read more here. Additional resources: Bloomberg reporting on Bank Fraud Wall Street Journal reporting on Tether sanctions violation This…
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Donald Trump, Justin Sun, and the grifts we missed
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.
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Is Bitcoin good for the world? (feat. Andrew Bailey)
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...
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How to investigate a fraud
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...
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Is Venture Capital Good?
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.
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DJT: The official Trump Token?
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,...
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Justin Sun is Insolvent
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…
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Is Effective Altruism Evil? (Feat. Vincent Woo)
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.
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CZ vs SBF
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.
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Regional Banking: It's Over, Bro
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.
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Two giant river boys and their missing $1,000,000,000: the Winklevoss Twins (Feat. Ed Zitron)
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...
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YUM YUM MONEY TIME: Deltec Bank moved customer funds from FTX to Alameda Research
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...
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Binanace and Changpeng Zhao Indicted: End of an Era
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.
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Read, Write, Owned: Broken Web3 Promises (Feat. Molly White)
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...
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Tether: The $100,000,000,000 Problem in Crypto
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.
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Why Crypto Will Never Fix Payments (Feat. Patrick McKenzie)
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...
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Sam Bankman-Fried Sent Himself to Prison (Feat. Elizabeth Lopatto)
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…
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Wyre: Another crypto payment processor involved in fraud
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.
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Sam Bankman-Fried's Trial is Going Great (feat. Molly White)
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.
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It's so over: Sam Bankman-Fried testifies (feat. Sam Kessler)
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:...
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Tweets, Trolls, and Superstars in the Sam Bankman-Fried Trial (Feat. Katie Baker)
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:...
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Sam Bankman-Fried asked FTX's lawyer to explain away stolen funds (feat. Danny Nelson)
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...
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Moonstone Bank: FTX, Deltec, and the Mission to Move Millions
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...
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Caroline Ellison Takes the Stand: the Sam Bankman-Fried Trial Week 2 (Feat. Nikhilesh De)
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...
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Can crypto companies get bank accounts?
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…
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Did Sam Bankman-Fried's Defense Blow It? (Feat. David Z. Morris)
Bennett Tomlin and Cas Piancey are joined by David Z. Morris to discuss the trial of Sam Bankman-Fried, and the testimony against him so far. This includes longtime friend Adam Yedidia, FTX leader Gary Wang, and investor Matt Huang. Additional resources: Protos coverage of the trial...
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Are NFTs securities?
Today Bennett and Cas discuss the SEC's settlement with the creators of an NFT called Stoner Cats and whether or not it means any NFTs offering royalties to creators could be considered securities.
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Elon Musk's ESG Con (Feat. Eric Roesch)
Today Bennett and Cas are joined by Eric Roesch to discuss Elon Musk, ESG (environmental, social, governance), and the Golden Age of Fraud. Roesch, an environmental policy expert, tells us about the history of ESG, why it doesn't effectively combat the issues it claims to, and how Elon Musk - the...
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Were SBF's parents in on it? Follow the Money
Today Bennett and Cas talk about Sam Bankman-Fried's parents, Joseph Bankman and Barbara Fried, who are alleged to be holding onto property and money that the FTX and Alameda Research estates are looking to claw back. Read more about it here. This episode was recorded on September 20th, 2023.
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Circle is losing the stablecoin war to Tether (Feat. Leo Schwartz)
Today Bennett and Cas are joined by Leo Schwartz from Fortune to discuss his feature article about Circle, USDC, and why the stablecoin can't seem to overtake Tether in marketcap or volume. Read the article here.
About this show
Bennett and Cas discuss historical moments in the cryptocurrency and finance industries, focusing on frauds, hacks, exit scams, and other malfeasance.
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Cas Piancey and Bennett Tomlin
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