Cas and Bennett discuss whether or not SpaceX's Starbase is a good idea.
Additional resources:
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 Musk was a fraud?
Episode 55 – Company Towns – Past, Present, and Future (feat. Dr. Ángela Vergara)
Episode 171 – Is $TRUMP corrupt?
This episode was recorded on May 12th, 2025.
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? (feat. Corey Frayer)
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.
Bennett Tomlin and Cas Piancey discuss the unlawful actions of the Trump administration, including unlawful deportations.
Additional episodes mentioned in this episode:
Playlist of videos about El Salvador
Additional resources:
Reporting on the illegal deportations
This episode was recorded on March 16th, 2025.
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
Bonhoeffer's Theory of Stupidity
This episode was recorded on February 14th, 2025.
Bennett and Cas are joined by Corey Frayer to discuss Gary Gensler's SEC and the limits of regulation.
Additional Resources
This episode was recorded on February 8th, 2025.
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
Additional episodes mentioned in this episode:
Episode 163 – What the Elon Musk coup means for Finance
Episode 165 – Elon Musk’s Valentine’s Day Massacre
Episode 55 – Company Towns – Past, Present, and Future (feat. Dr. Ángela Vergara)
This episode was recorded on February 19th, 2025.
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.
Additional resources:
Emil Bove's response to Danielle Sassoon's resignation
Reporting on additional resignations
Additional episodes mentioned in this episode:
Episode 163 – What the Elon Musk coup means for Finance
Playlist of videos about Sam Bankman-Fried trial
This episode was recorded on February 14th, 2025.
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.
Previous episodes mentioned in this episode:
Episode 160 – CBDCs are Dead; Long Live $TRUMP
Episode 163 – What the Elon Musk coup means for Finance
Additional Resources:
Bloomberg Reporting on the DOGE takeover of CFPB
Bloomberg reporting on Pam Bondi memo
Reporting on threat of US default
This episode was recorded on February 10th, 2025.
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:
Reuters reporting on the SEC:
Additional episodes mentioned in this episode:
Episode 161 – Is there one good regulator between the SEC and the CFTC? (feat. Sean Tuffy)
Episode 162 – 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:
The article by Ed discussed during the episode
This episode was recorded on January 3rd, 2025.
Bennett Tomlin and Cas Piancey are joined by Sean Tuffy to discuss the theoretical basis of merging the SEC and the CFTC.
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 missed
Episode 158 – How Tether avoids prosecution with this one simple hack
Episode 159 – What Donald Trump’s election means for Bitcoin (feat. Joseph Politano)
This episode was recorded on December 2nd, 2024.
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.
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:
Additional resources:
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.
Additional resources:
Bloomberg reporting on Bank Fraud
Wall Street Journal reporting on Tether sanctions violation
This video was recorded on November 23rd, 2024.
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.
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.
Patrick McKenzie and Tyler Cowen podcast
Cas Piancey and PJ Vogt podcast
Bennett's newsletter about Craig Wright
Bennett's newsletter about Terra-Luna
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:
Some other episodes of CCC mentioned can be found here:
Episode 56 – This Man Murders Scams (Feat. ZachXBT)
Episode 100 – A Skeptic’s Guide to Skepticism
Episode 127 - Let's Talk About Number Go Up (Feat. Zeke Faux)
Playlist of videos about Bitfinex and Tether
This episode was recorded on July 11th and 16th, 2024.
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.
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.
Daniel Kuhn's Article for The Block
This video was recorded on June 22nd, 2024.
