How Much of Crypto Is a Criminal Conspiracy? | James Block

Hidden Forces

Demetri Kofinas

Government, Business

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 15 December 2022

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

In Episode 287 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with James Block. James is the author of Dirty Bubble Media, a popular substack account that publishes critical thought pieces about the crypto industry and which was recently featured in an Atlantic magazine article titled, “Crypto Was Always Smoke and Mirrors.”

In this conversation, Demetri and James discuss what they believe is a multi-billion dollar criminal conspiracy that involves money laundering, tax evasion, sanctions evasion, and other forms of illicit activity that sits at the very heart of the crypto ecosystem.

One of the challenges that comes with trying to cover the seedy underbelly of crypto is that you are forced to wade through an almost infinite amount of evidence, much of which is circumstantial. The bankruptcy of FTX however, has produced new, critical pieces of information that investigators are using to sketch out the contours of this organization, the players involved, and the extent of conspiracy in ways that had previously proven difficult or impossible.

It is a story that we have not heard discussed anywhere else, at least not in the framework that you are going to learn about today. It is precisely this framework that Demetri believes will help you better understand what is actually going on here.

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Episode Recorded on 12/14/2022

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0:00.0	What's up, everybody? My name is Demetra Gafinas and you're listening to Hidden Forces,
0:06.0	a podcast that inspires investors, entrepreneurs and everyday citizens, the challenge consensus
0:13.1	narratives, and to learn how to think critically about the systems of power shaping our world.
0:19.2	My guest in today's episode, which was originally made available to premium subscribers only,
0:24.4	is James Block. James is the author of Dirty Bubble Media, a
0:28.8	sub-stack and Twitter account that publishes critical thought pieces about the crypto industry,
0:33.9	and which was recently featured in an article published by the Atlantic, titled,
0:38.6	Crypto Was Always, Smoke and Mirrors. This conversation is awesome. It's the first episode I've done
0:46.7	on the fallout stemming from the bankruptcy of FTX and the collapse of the Luna ecosystem
0:51.9	that begins to tell the larger story of what I think is really going on here. You can gain
0:57.9	access to our premium content library, which includes early releases to episodes like this one,
1:03.6	subscriber only episodes, transcripts, and intelligence reports by going to hiddenforces.io slash
1:11.1	subscribe. All of our content tiers give you access to our premium feed, which you can listen to
1:17.1	on your phone using your favorite podcast app, just like you're listening to this episode right now.
1:24.0	If you want to join in on the conversation and become a member of the Hidden Forces Genius
1:29.0	Community, which includes Q&A calls with guests, access to special research and analysis
1:34.7	in-person events and dinners, you can also do that at hiddenforces.io slash subscribe.
1:42.0	And if you still have questions, feel free to send an email to infoathiddenforces.io
1:48.8	and I or someone from our team will get right back to you. And with that, please enjoy this
1:54.9	incredibly timely and illuminating conversation with my guest, James Block.
2:03.8	James Block, welcome to Hidden Forces. Good to be here. It's great to have you here, James.
2:09.9	So you're actually a doctor, right? Actually, it looks like not only you're a doctor, but
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