Why Crypto is Worse Than a Grift – with Ben McKenzie

Hasan sits down with former teen heart throb and current cypto skeptic, Ben McKenzie, to talk about his new documentary “Everyone is Lying To You For Money”, how the main use case for crypto is still crime, and to roast their fellow celebrities who endorsed it.

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Co-Creator & Executive Producer: Hasan Minhaj
Co-Creator & Executive Producer: Prashanth Venkataramanujam
Executive Producer/Director: Tyler Babin
Executive Producer/Showrunner: Scott Vrooman
Producer: Kayla Feng
Producer/ Copywriter: Annie Fick
Cinematographer: Austin Morales
Editors: N/V Moore and Will Feinstein
Talent Coordinator: Tanya Somanader
Executive Assistant: Samuel Piland

0:00 Cold open
0:35 Opening monologue
2:10 What made Ben a crypto skeptic?
7:24 The story crypto tells about itself
13:24 The Trump crypto bubble
18:05 What is The White Paper?
19:27 Ads
21:03 Crypto’s triangular-shaped business model
23:22 Why is crypto used for crime?
29:01 NFTs
31:35 What’s the difference between crypto and gambling?
34:37 Could anything scare crypto stans off at this point?
36:25 Is this a… community?
38:12 Ben’s interview with SBF
39:58 Ad
41:03 SBF cont’d
47:17 Could there ever be a legit digital currency?
48:36 Why big banks are getting into crypto

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