Crypto Critics' Corner
Bennett and Cas discuss historical moments in the cryptocurrency and finance industries, focusing on frauds, hacks, exit scams, and other malfeasance.
Episodes
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
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
Addi...
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:
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:
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/secs-republican-led-commission-tightens-oversight-probes-s...
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 (fea...
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 b...
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.
Bennett and Cas discuss Justin Sun's empire, and the fact that he does not seem to have enough money.
Additional resources:
Protos coverage of Poloniex and WBTC
Protos coverage of USDD reserves at HTX
Protos coverage of TrueUSD market-cap collapse
Protos coverage of false Diplomatic Immunity
This episode was recorded on May 1st, 2024.
Popular Podcasts
I’m Jay Shetty host of On Purpose the worlds #1 Mental Health podcast and I’m so grateful you found us. I started this podcast 5 years ago to invite you into conversations and workshops that are designed to help make you happier, healthier and more healed. I believe that when you (yes you) feel seen, heard and understood you’re able to deal with relationship struggles, work challenges and life’s ups and downs with more ease and grace. I interview experts, celebrities, thought leaders and athletes so that we can grow our mindset, build better habits and uncover a side of them we’ve never seen before. New episodes every Monday and Friday. Your support means the world to me and I don’t take it for granted — click the follow button and leave a review to help us spread the love with On Purpose. I can’t wait for you to listen to your first or 500th episode!
The World's Most Dangerous Morning Show, The Breakfast Club, With DJ Envy And Charlamagne Tha God!
The official podcast of comedian Joe Rogan.
The latest news in 4 minutes updated every hour, every day.
The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show. Clay Travis and Buck Sexton tackle the biggest stories in news, politics and current events with intelligence and humor. From the border crisis, to the madness of cancel culture and far-left missteps, Clay and Buck guide listeners through the latest headlines and hot topics with fun and entertaining conversations and opinions.