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0:00 Intro
0:50 Glenn takes a shot at defining “cryptocurrency”
5:28 Yaya fills in the gaps
10:15 Solving the double-spending problem
15:58 The partisan divide on crypto
21:27 North Korea’s crypto hackers
26:29 How crypto protocols create value
33:23 The case of Sam Bankman-Fried and FTX
35:13 How stablecoins can open up global financial markets to nations with weak or unstable currency
36:32 Memecoins: Buyer beware
41:07 China’s use of digital currency to expand its surveillance apparatus
47:35 Should a non-expert invest in crypto?
Recorded May 15, 2025
Links and Readings
Yaya’s audio thriller, The Jabbari Lincoln Files
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