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What Grinds My Gears

From Meltem Demirors and Jill Carlson, welcome to What Grinds My Gears, a podcast about the bizarre and buzzworthy happenings in the world of cryptocurrency. Each week, we delve into one key theme in ... Read more

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Episode 18: Tarred and Tethered

Episode 18: Tarred and Tethered

Episode Description: What the heck is a tether and why is everyone always talking about it? This week, we untangle what’... Read more

30 Apr 2019

1hr 29mins

Ranked #2

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Episode 5: Venezuela: Living in a Powder Keg

Episode 5: Venezuela: Living in a Powder Keg

One of crypto’s favorite narratives has always been that it can help people in places where their local currency is bein... Read more

29 Jan 2019

1hr 4mins

Ranked #3

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Episode 21: Bonus Round: Blockchain Week Recap

Episode 21: Bonus Round: Blockchain Week Recap

Every May, the blockchain and crypto industry gets together for a week of announcements, hype, and lambo giveaways. In t... Read more

21 May 2019

51mins

Ranked #4

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Episode 14: This is Water: A Story about Liquidity

Episode 14: This is Water: A Story about Liquidity

This week, we dive into liquidity, a word whose blatant abuse really grinds our gears! We break down what liquidity *act... Read more

2 Apr 2019

1hr 6mins

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Episode 3: DeFi, Same as the OldFi

Episode 3: DeFi, Same as the OldFi

Crypto revolution or evolution? Regulatory arbitrage, cat and mouse games, and decentralization theater are all core par... Read more

24 Jan 2019

53mins

Ranked #6

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Episode 20: ETF, F No?

Episode 20: ETF, F No?

You can’t talk about bitcoin for ten minutes without having someone bemoan the lack of a bitcoin ETF. In this live episo... Read more

14 May 2019

45mins

Ranked #7

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Episode 19: It’s All about DEX, Baby

Episode 19: It’s All about DEX, Baby

Markets are the beating heart of the financial system. As new asset classes emerge and markets get built, the questions ... Read more

7 May 2019

1hr 18mins

Ranked #8

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Episode 4: Square Peg Round Hole

Episode 4: Square Peg Round Hole

The story around crypto is broken. For many investors crypto has been about pattern matching, but the search for the “ne... Read more

28 Jan 2019

51mins

Ranked #9

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Episode 10: Surveillance Capitalism

Episode 10: Surveillance Capitalism

This week, we're diving deep into the rise of surveillance capitalism, it’s slow and steady creep into the heart of the ... Read more

5 Mar 2019

1hr 8mins

Ranked #10

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Episode 17: Fact or FUD: Crypto in the Media

Episode 17: Fact or FUD: Crypto in the Media

Media about crypto has been at best confusing and at worst blatantly and deliberately wrong. It bounces back and forth b... Read more

23 Apr 2019

1hr 3mins

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