Episode 53
Scams and Spirals
December 4th, 2022
1 hr 32 mins 25 secs
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About this Episode
Pre-show Banter
- Alameda Research,Sam Bankman-Fried’s hedge fund, took a big hit on MobileCoin, which may have started the spiral into fraud and theft
News
- Another crypto billionaire you've never heard of dies mysteriously
- Crypto CEOs' and Founders' 'Sudden Deaths'—What We Do Know, What We Don't
- Third crypto boss dies after Russian billionaire's helicopter crashes
- Prime Trust, a bitcoin custodian, fires its ceo & founder
- They custody funds for Swan Bitcoin
- Revealed: The $14M mystery behind a new crypto super PAC
Economics
Arthur Hayes writes the American history of racial politics that contextualizes the rise of SBF
Lyn Alden's November Newsletter details the US Long Term Debte spiral
CBDCs Sputnik Moment leading to experiments in the wild
Energy
- Switzerland might put bans on EVs in the midst of energy scarcity this winter
Tokenomics
Ankr defi project exploited for over $5 million
How Attackers Made $15M From Staking Platform Helio After Ankr Exploit
Technology
- Coinbase Removed NFTs from iOS App because apple is a platform monopoly
Bitcoin Education
Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #228
- Channel jamming attacks explained on bitcoinops
Hash Time Locked Contracts explained on the Bitcoin Wiki
- HTLCs Exlained in the lightning-network-paper.pdf
Adam Gibsons Adopting Bitcoin talk on the problem of identity in preventing DOS attacks
Feedback
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Sponsors and Acknowledgements
Music by Lesfm from Pixabay
Self Hosted Show courtesy of Jupiter Broadcasting