Why Crypto is Worse Than a Grift - with Ben McKenzie

Hasan sits down with former teen heart throb and current cypto skeptic, Ben McKenzie, to talk about his new documentary “Everyone is Lying To You For Money”, how the main use case for crypto is still crime, and to roast their fellow celebrities who endorsed it. You can try ZipRecruiter FOR FREE at https://ziprecruiter.com/hasan. Co-Creator & Executive Producer: Hasan Minhaj Co-Creator & Executive Producer: Prashanth Venkataramanujam Executive Producer/Director: Tyler Babin Executive Producer/Showrunner: Scott Vrooman Producer: Kayla Feng Producer/ Copywriter: Annie Fick Cinematographer: Austin Morales Editors: N/V Moore and Will Feinstein Talent Coordinator: Tanya Somanader Executive Assistant: Samuel Piland 0:00 Cold open 0:35 Opening monologue 2:10 What made Ben a crypto skeptic? 7:24 The story crypto tells about itself 13:24 The Trump crypto bubble 18:05 What is The White Paper? 19:27 Ads 21:03 Crypto’s triangular-shaped business model 23:22 Why is crypto used for crime? 29:01 NFTs 31:35 What’s the difference between crypto and gambling? 34:37 Could anything scare crypto stans off at this point? 36:25 Is this a… community? 38:12 Ben’s interview with SBF 39:58 Ad 41:03 SBF cont’d 47:17 Could there ever be a legit digital currency? 48:36 Why big banks are getting into crypto YOU CAN WATCH ON CNN.COM/WATCH OR THE CNN APP. New to HMDK? 👉🏾 Watch past episodes https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLE6linSnhLs0dd6APJS0_u12PLhQoRXD3 👉🏾 Follow HMDK on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hmdk 👉🏾 Follow Hasan on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hasanminhaj 👉🏾 Follow Hasan on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@hasanminhaj 👉🏾 Listen to the podcast https://lemonada.lnk.to/HasanMinhajDoesntKnowYT And if you haven’t yet, now is a great time to subscribe to Lemonada Premium. Just hit the 'subscribe' button on Apple Podcasts, or, for all other podcast apps head to lemonadapremium.com to subscribe. ———————— THE SHOW: Hasan Minhaj Doesn’t Know is a long-form interview podcast hosted by two-time Peabody Award-winning comedian Hasan Minhaj. The show features in-depth conversations with politicians, public figures, financial experts, scientists, intellectuals, authors and celebrities. Rather than sticking to standard talking points, Minhaj aims to ask deeper, more probing questions that reveal personal perspectives and challenge conventional narratives. The tone is direct and curious, and focused on uncovering what guests really think beyond rehearsed answers. KEYWORDS: Hasan Minhaj Doesn’t Know, Hasan Minhaj, Hasan Minhaj podcast, politics, political, political interviews, science interviews, financial interviews, politics interview, history interviews, culture interviews, interviews, political comedy, comedy, political, news, podcast, comedy podcast, politics podcast, Patriot Act, Patriot Act Netflix, issues, current affairs podcast, current events podcast, current events, talk show, trending political news, funny, satire, political satire, celebrity interviews, political videos, Democratic Party, Republican Party, us politics, American politics, long form interview, long form political, history interview, science interview