Is $TRUMP corrupt?

About this episode

Bennett Tomlin and Cas Piancey discuss whether or not $TRUMP, the Donald Trump memecoin, constitutes corruption.

Bennett Tomlin and Cas Piancey discuss whether or not $TRUMP, the Donald Trump memecoin, constitutes corruption. Additional episodes mentioned: Episode 157 – Donald Trump, Justin Sun, and the grifts we missed Episode 152 – Justin Sun is probably insolvent Episode 167 – What happened to the SEC? (feat. Corey Frayer) Episode 165 – Elon Musk’s Valentine’s Day Massacre Additional resources: New York Times coverage "Potentially corrupt" Coverage of HTX being the entity that signed for Justin Sun

People in this episode

Hosts: Bennett Tomlin, Cas Piancey

Topics covered

• corruption
• memecoins
• Donald Trump
• Justin Sun
• crypto news

Keywords

• $TRUMP
• Donald Trump
• Justin Sun
• corruption
• memecoin

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: New York Times, HTX

Products: $TRUMP

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