What happens if crypto fails?

In this episode, we explore some of the most pressing issues facing the crypto space.

It's podcast inception: The basis of our conversation today is a deep dive into "The Most Thorough Case Against Crypto I've Heard," a recent episode of New York Times  podcast "The Ezra Klein Show. " Klein hosted Dan Olson, a noted crypto skeptic and YouTuber, to chat about what could go wrong if crypto doesn't work out. (Everything we chat about is contextualized in the episode so there's no need to listen before listening to our episode, but the link is here in case you do.) We were joined by Nicole Bennett, a copywriter and well-versed crypto skeptic – aka, she's done her research and does not buy into the hype.

We talk about the shift that caused the crypto world to go from taking on big banks to taking on big tech, why market speculation is a potentially harmful hallmark of the space, and whether or not blockchain technology is actually revolutionary. Also in this episode: A further exploration of Moonbirds, the pixelated owls driving the biggest crypto Twitter controversy of the last two weeks.

You can follow Nicole on Twitter + LinkedIn ... or find her trolling a Discord group near you :) 

A few outside resources that were mentioned: 

• "It's official: Elon Musk buys Twitter," Jack Morse, Mashable
• "The Most Thorough Case Against Crypto I've Heard," The Ezra Klein Show
• "The Blockchain Bachelorette," Katie Rothstein, Vulture (hi yes this is the piece in NY Mag Dylan mentions) 
• MyBFF Bracelet + community
• "Why you can’t rebuild Wikipedia with crypto," Molly White, The Verge

Other crypto skeptics Nicole mentions: Amy Castor, Ed Zitron, Stephen Diehl 

Vocab words: BFF bracelet, Moonbirds, FOMO