Kara and Scott talk about the Coinbase IPO and the surge for Bitcoin, Dogecoin, and other currencies. They also discuss the legacy financial Ponzi-schemer Bernie Madoff, who died in prison this week. We have a pop-in from Friend of Pivot Andrew Ross Sorkin on his interviews with the late Madoff. In listener mail, we get a question about Russia's decision to ... Show More
Yesterday
Trump vs. Canada, Paramount Settlement Saga, and Melania's Return
Kara is joined by comedian and “Have I Got News for You” host Roy Wood Jr., as Scott-Free August rolls on! They unpack Trump’s escalating trade war with Canada, his stock-trading spree, and his reunion with Michael Cohen. Then, the Paramount-Warner Bros. merger saga takes another ... Show More
1h 5m
Aug 21
Mark Cuban on High Drug Prices, Taxing Billionaires, and 2028
Scott-Free August continues, and Kara sits down with Mark Cuban — entrepreneur and co-founder of Cost Plus Drugs. They dig into why prescription drug prices are finally falling, Cuban's war with the healthcare industry, and Costco's surprising Medicare play. Then: why Cuban think ... Show More
1h 15m
Aug 18
USS Lincoln Fallout, Spotlight on Natalie Harp, and Press Secretary Succession
Kara kicks off another week of Scott-Free August! Gen Z political commentator Adam Mockler is in the guest host chair to discuss the growing fallout over conditions aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, and Jon Ossoff’s swipe at Trump and his aide Natalie Harp. Plus, Democrats shake up ... Show More
57m 40s
Apr 2021
Crypto History: Coinbase Going Public And A "$64,000 Question" For Bitcoin's Record Run, Big Bank Earnings Kickoff, Moderna Jumps On New COVID Vaccine Data In Wake Of J&J's Vaccine Pause, And Bernie Madoff Dies At 82
Carl Quintanilla, Jim Cramer and David Faber began the program with a closer look at an historic moment for cryptocurrency: Coinbase -- the largest crypto exchange in the U.S. -- going public with a direct listing on the Nasdaq, as Bitcoin surpasses $64,000 for the first time eve ... Show More
46m 26s
Dec 2019
Casualties Ahead in the Cryptocurrency Mining Arms Race | December 5th, 2019
On another down day, we're talking U.S. warnings on digital assets, a brief history of troubled but systemically important stablecoin "Tether" with Sebastian Sinclair, and a look at the arms-race in blockchain mining technology.
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11m 16s
Jun 2022
E85: SBF's crypto bailout, Zendesk sells for ~$10B, buyout targets, US diplomacy, AlphaFold & more
0:00 Bestie intros 4:09 Assessing SBF bailing out major crypto players & the state of the market 18:24 Classifying crypto assets, high-yield crypto lending 34:17 Zendesk sells for $10B, accounting for stock-based comp, evergreen standard in tech 1:01:24 Buyout targets, public mar ... Show More
1h 35m
Oct 2023
Money Talks: The future of crypto, part two
<p>Last week, we spoke to the author Michael Lewis, who was embedded with Sam Bankman-Fried, as FTX, the crypto-trading empire he built, came crashing down amid allegations of fraud, which Mr Bankman-Fried denies. Mr Lewis credits Changpeng Zhao - the boss of Binance, a rival exc ... Show More
43m 43s
Dec 2021
The Gang Launches a Crypto Index
On this week's episode of The Compound & Friends, Michael Batnick, Jeremy Schwartz, and Downtown Josh Brown discuss: the all-new RWM WisdomTree Crypto Index, "All-in" on DeFi, Crypto Sprint, Chinese Stocks, Jack Dorsey stepping down from Twitter, the Powell Pivot, and more!
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1h 16m