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A unconventional & philosophical take on the #cryptocrash and why #crypto #blockchain & #bitcoin narratives don't make sense to this grizzled, recovering payments & finance executive.







EPISODE CONTENTS:







* 01:18 Paying Our Disrespects * 03:48 How Govt Created Crypto * 05:19 Beautiful Believers * 05:57 Useless Dopaminers * 07:59 Cynical Alchemists * 09:24 Dorsey's War on "Decentralization" * 10:48 How Capitalism Trumps Web3 * 12:37 Rebranding Bitcoin & Blockchain * 14:23 The Amazing Race...is Lost * 16:49 The Dirty Secret of Middlemen * 19:37 Real Reason VCs Love Crypto * 20:34 What's The Maximum Value of Bitcoin? Is it still worth the gamble? * 22:35 Dupe Capital * 23:35 Is Crypto A Ponzi Scheme? * 24:04 Crypto's Biggest Losers: El Salvador * 24:40 Crypto's Biggest Losers: Michael Saylor * 26:20 Why Crypto is a Trojan Horse * 28:20 Two Biggest Lessons From The Cryptocrash * 29:22 What's Next? Maybe, Worst of Both Worlds * 30:12 Better Solutions Ahead? * 30:55 The Achille's Heels in Vitalik Buterin's "Soulful Crypto" — And All Crypto Visions * 34:41 Bonus: Tardy To The Crypto Party * 36:06 Bonus: Saylor's Shipwreck







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