Ben Mckenzie Vs. Crypto

A fewer years ago, during nan absolute highest of nan cryptocurrency craze, a somewhat astonishing skeptic emerged. Most group cognize Ben McKenzie from his acting activity connected Southland or Gotham, or would admit him instantly arsenic Ryan Atwood from The O.C. While seemingly everyone other was buying Bitcoin, McKenzie decided to fig retired what Bitcoin was really each about. And, of course, he decided to movie it.

On this section of The Vergecast, McKenzie takes america into his galore adventures successful crypto. His documentary, Everyone Is Lying To You For Money, is retired this week, and it’s a nosy and revealing travel into nan chaos of nan crypto world. (You tin astir apt conjecture from nan title wherever McKenzie yet lands connected nan subject.) He tells america what he saw astir nan world that solidified his thoughts astir crypto’s problems, whether he sees akin issues successful nan existent emergence of prediction markets, and whether immoderate of this is really astir money astatine all.

After that, The Verge’s Victoria Song tells america of her ain long, crazy-making journey, this clip into nan world of continuous glucose monitors. After much than a twelvemonth of testing these devices, watching them move into a government- and influencer-endorsed phenomenon, and grappling pinch immoderate very existent issues that came from truthful overmuch self-quantification, Vee tells america wherever this inclination is really headed.

Finally, David answers a mobility from nan Vergecast Hotline (call 866-VERGE11 aliases email vergecast@theverge.com!) astir why each gadgets look nan aforesaid now. Where are nan big, new, bold ideas astir laptops? Or phones? Or anything? We’ve been asking that mobility for a while, too, and we person immoderate answers. But they’re not wholly satisfactory.

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