Crypto

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  • 1

    Inside Canada's Crypto Mystery

    Front Burner

    23:51 | Mar 12th, 2019

    3 recommendations

    Reporter Alex Posadzki on how the death of a Canadian cryptocurrency entrepreneur has caused the disappearance of about $180-million in digital currency.

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    This is a good summary on the Quadriga case with more info about the Quadriga cofounder Omar/Michael. Less conspiracy theory, more reporting in this one.

  • 2

    “Ugly Food” subscription boxes propose to solve a very big problem: nearly half of all the food produced in the United States is being wasted. But will delivering a box of three-legged carrots and mis...Show More

  • 3

    #115 The Bitcoin Hunter

    Reply All

    30:58 | Sep 3rd, 2020

    4 recommendations

    Writer Jia Tolentino has a new case for Super Tech Support: where are all those bitcoin she bought six years ago? This episode originally aired in January 2018. Further reading: Planet Money's bitco...Show More

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    LOVED THIS EPISODES. When the "don't buy drugs" hit home way harder when you might have hundreds of thousands of dollars of bitcoins at stake.

  • 4

    Santa's Nine

    The Truth

    21:46 | Dec 3rd, 2020

    2 recommendations

    Two best friends are part of a Christmas Eve Bitcoin heist, but things don’t go according to plan. Written by Anthony Del Col. Performed by Alex Dickson, Alex Song-Xia, Matt Jones, John Doman, and S...Show More

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    A bitcoin heist makes an unexpected turn. Fun short audio drama for the holiday seasons mixed with a bit of nerd.

  • 5

    The $69 Million JPEG

    Planet Money

    22:16 | Mar 13th, 2021

    1 recommendation

    An artist called Beeple just sold a piece at Christie's for millions. But it wasn't a painting... it was a kind of crypto. We speak with him and the others behind the first NFT auction. | Subscribe to...Show More

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    A longer version of the Indicator episode that covers NFT for art for throughly.

  • 6

    Market Power To The Beeple

    The Indicator from Planet Money

    09:56 | Mar 11th, 2021

    3 recommendations

    Digital art has been largely neglected by the traditional art market, but one artist has made millions selling his work as non-fungible tokens (NFTs). And his work is now being auctioned at Christie's...Show More

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    Wondering what this NFT for art craze is about? Hear from Beeple on where it’s creating value and where it’s a bubble.

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