A Plan to Tokenize Gaza, the Trumps Make a Double-Sided Deal, Elon’s Lawyer Is the New Dogefather, and Ukraine Has a Crypto Dilemma | September 1, 2025
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The Trump administration’s controversial Gaza redevelopment plan includes land tokenization and “smart city” ambitions (1:20 ). A half-billion-dollar crypto deal involves the Trump family and a newly minted token, WLFI (3:24 ). Also: a Dogecoin-linked treasury company aims to go public with backing from Elon Musk’s lawyer (5:09 ), and crypto growth explodes in Ukraine, but that growth comes with serious national security threats (6:44 ).
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More on stories and articles discussed or referenced in this episode:
Berwick, Angus and Vicky Ge Huang. “The Trumps’ New Crypto Money Maker: Deals with Themselves.” Wall Street Journal, 31 August 2025, https://www.wsj.com/finance/currencies/trump-family-crypto-investments-90e48c87.
Culverwell, Dominic. “Crypto Crimes Cost Ukraine Billions Annually in Lost Revenue, New Report Finds.” Kyiv Independent, 29 August 2025, https://kyivindependent.com/crypto-crimes-cost-ukraine-billions/.
DeYoung, Karen and Cate Brown. “Gaza Postwar Plan Envisions ‘Voluntary’ Relocation of Entire Population.” Washington Post, 31 August 2025, https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/08/31/trump-gaza-plan-riviera-relocation/.
Weiss, Ben and Leo Schwartz. “Elon Musk’s Lawyer Alex Spiro Set to Chair $200 Million Dogecoin Treasury Company, Say Sources.” Fortune, 29 August 2025, https://fortune.com/crypto/2025/08/29/elon-musk-alex-spiro-dogecoin-house-of-doge-crypto-treasury-company/.
The music in this episode was composed by Liborio Conti, and you can find more of his fantastic work at his YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/liborioconti.
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