Episode #88: 🍭 The Libra Hearings

David Z. Morris from Fortune comes on to talk about the weird viewing experience that was the Libra hearings

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Show Notes

• Congress is surprisingly crypto-literate?
• Yeah… how exactly is a Libra a non-profit?
• Can the deplatformed still use Libra?
• David Marcus’ loss is Satoshi’s gain

Transcript

Aaron Lammer: So, if you’ve been listening to Coin Talk you know that I’ve been pretty obsessed with Libra. I just think it’s a really interesting moment. It’s an interesting flashlight to shine on the whole world of crypto and bitcoin. And I never really thought that it would become so literal as watching David Marcus get grilled by Congress. I almost felt like I was in a dream where crypto Twitter and the US government just got jumbled in a can and shook up. Tell me about your overall impression of what surprised you about these.