November 3, 2023 Lyn Alden: Our Money Is Broken This is the audio version of The Reason Livestream, which takes place every Thursday at 1 p.m. Eastern. “At its core, money is a ledger,” writes…
April 5, 2023 A TikTok Ban Would Set a Dangerous Precedent. Live With Taylor Lorenz and Peter Van Valkenburgh “Your platform should be banned,” Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R–Wash.) said to TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew during her opening statement at a March…
March 29, 2023 Balaji's Bet: Bitcoin Hits $1 Million in 90 Days. Live With Balaji Srinivasan, Lawrence White, and Zach Weissmueller “You buy 1 BTC. I will send $1M USD.” Those were the stakes that venture capitalist Balaji Srinivasan proposed over Twitter to pseudonymous writer…
March 15, 2023 Blame the Government for the New Banking Crisis? Live With Lyn Alden, Arnold Kling and Zach Weissmueller “We have learned over the last few days that many small and mid-sized banks in this country are Zombies,” writes Arnold Kling, a senior…
February 21, 2023 Nostr and the Decentralized Future of Social Media Is Here: Live with NVK, Will Casarin, Nick Gillespie, and Zach Weissmueller What is Nostr, the fledgling software project to which Twitter founder and former CEO Jack Dorsey gave 14 bitcoin (worth approximately $245,000 at the…
February 15, 2023 Renegade SEC Commissioner Wants To Save Crypto: Live With Hester Peirce, Nick Gillespie, and Zach Weissmueller The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged Kraken—America’s third-largest cryptocurrency exchange by volume—with offering an unregistered security last Thursday. As part of a settlement,…