Crypto Island
By PJ Vogt
Crypto IslandJun 28, 2022
Introducing: Weekly, with PJ Vogt
The End
A trip to Greenland, a chance encounter with Coolio, and the end of the world.
Sole Proprietor
Is it going to be OK?
(Here's a link to that Bad Bets trailer I mentioned.)
The Kidnapping of Ape #8398
An art heist in the crypto world plunges us headfirst into another mystery — why did so many celebrities suddenly start selling us on NFTs last year? (To help support the show or subscribe to the free newsletter, check out http://www.pjvogt.com)
The Drug Trader
The Lunatic Who Crashed Crypto
This week, a story of about how crypto just imploded due to one risky, financial product. And the fight-loving, Twitter-addicted founder who invented that product for his adoring army of lunatics.
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Genesis
This week: Bitcoin. We trace it from its humble origins in a .PDF to the movement it has spawned, all over three days at an enormous Bitcoin conference in Miami.
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The Skeptic
The strange journeys of Cas Piancey, a baker turned crypto skeptic. (For notes & further reading on this episode, check out my newsletter at pjvogt.com).
Miguel
A conversation with Miguel Piedrafita. Why would a 19-year-old from Spain want to buy the US Constitution?
ConstitutionDAO
A story about a strange auction for perhaps the most valuable piece of paper in America. (Listen to introduction episode before this one, if you haven't! Also for notes & further reading on this episode, check out my newsletter at pjvogt.com).
Welcome to Crypto Island
An introduction to this limited series. A video of a mysterious tropical island populated entirely by Bitcoin dynasts and Dogecoin princelings sends a reporter on a new journey.