59: The Golden Age of Grift
Scam Economy is back! And just in time for The Golden Age of Grift. Host Matt Binder breaks down how the cryptocurrency industry bought the 2024 elections, how Trump's win has ushered in a golden age ...
7 Feb 202555min
58: Her: OpenAI v. Scarlett Johansson
Scam Economy host Matt Binder breaks down the latest OpenAI scandal: an AI Voice Assistant that its CEO Sam Altman not so subtly tweeted "Her" about, resulting in a cease and desist from actress Scarl...
30 Maj 202450min
57: Crypto Number Goes Up + The AI Hype Bubble (w/ Ed Zitron of Better Offline)
Ed Zitron of the new podcast Better Offline joins Scam Economy with Matt Binder to discuss Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies getting some a new life and pumping in recent weeks, what's going on with ...
7 Mars 20241h 28min
56: How MrBeast Inadvertently Revealed X / Twitter Monetization is Rigged
MrBeast made a quarter of a million dollars by uploading a video to Elon Musk's X and in doing so revealed just how rigged the monetization system is. Scam Economy host Matt Binder walks through all t...
5 Feb 202454min
55: Sam Bankman-Fried Guilty!: The FTX Fraud Trial (w/ Molly White)
Molly White of Web3 is Going Great joins Scam Economy with Matt Binder to discuss the Sam Bankman-Fried trial. Molly brings us her first hand account from the days she spent at the court about the FTX...
8 Nov 20231h 33min
54: The Tech Hype Bubble: VR Edition (w/ Paris Marx)
Paris Marx of the Tech Won't Save Us podcast joins Scam Economy with Matt Binder to discuss one of the current big tech industry hype bubbles: VR or Virtual Reality. We break down Apple's entry into t...
31 Juli 20231h 24min
53: Meta Launches Threads by Instagram as Elon Musk Wrecks Twitter
The battle between Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg officially began on Wednesday, July 5th as Meta launched Threads by Instagram, it's Twitter competitor app. On this DOOMED and Scam Economy livestream ...
7 Juli 20231h 2min
52: Unregistered Securities: SEC Sues Coinbase & Binance...Is This the End of Crypto in the U.S.? (w/ Molly White)
Molly White, the creator of Web3 is Going Great, joins Scam Economy with Matt Binder to discuss the SEC's lawsuits against Coinbase and Binance for selling unregistered securities. Molly and Matt brea...
13 Juni 20231h 10min
