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Aug 2021
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The Crypto Episode

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This week, cryptocurrency expert Maya Zehavi joins Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Stacy-Marie Ishmael to answer all their questions about the world of crypto. (And they have a lot.) 


In the Plus segment: CBDCs.


Email: slatemoney@slate.com


Podcast production by Jessamine Molli.


Twitter: @felixsalmon, @s_m_i, @EmilyRPeck 

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