Joon is the founder of Cryptographic Media and was one of the first journalists to join CoinDesk.

This week, Pedro Solimano chats to Joon about crypto's dominating narrative and how they're falling apart. The two dive into Malaysia's HUGE crypto scene, and how tariffs are shaping crypto economics.

Imagine getting emails from the Ethereum Foundation and saying "What sort of scam is this?" That's just one of the stories Joon's shares from CoinDesk back in the day.

Episode chapters:

• 0:00 intro
• 1:36 Geopolitics and the crypto industry
• 6:59 Nobody talks about Malaysia's footprint in crypto
• 8:32 Regions that don't matter enough for the media
• 13:00 Internet's role in the media
• 15:17 Being a part in CoinDesk's debut
• 21:54 I was interested in bitcoin's early-day aspects
• 25:50 Bitcoin's narrative didn't evolve at all
• 28:10 Memecoins are just another way to quickly mint tokens
• 31:33 Bitcoin's Blocksize War: journalist's POV
• 37:01 Professional (and neutral) watchers
• 38:47 Journalist's thoughts on crypto public relations
• 43:05 Automation in a journalism workload management
• 49:08 How important are conferences in Web3?
• 56:40 Book recommendations

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