Crypto: Innovation or Insanity? Meme Coins, Hacks, and Strategic Bitcoin Reserves

We consider the incongruency of a U.S. Strategic Bitcoin Reserve, the latest crypto exchange hack, and how most participants lost money on the Trump meme coin. Given all that, we review some areas where cryptocurrency is helping individuals and businesses. Topics CoveredWhat is the U.S. Strategic Petroleum ReserveWhy it makes little sense for the U.S. and individual states to create and participate in a Strategic Bitcoin ReserveWhat led to the latest and largest cryptocurrency exchange hack in historyHow financial and other data breaches impacted over 1 billion people last year, costing over $15 billionHow quantum computers could disrupt the security of cryptocurrency and traditional financial systemsWhy most speculators lose money on meme coinsWhat are some current ways cryptocurrency is helping individuals and businesses achieve greater financial stability and lower costs Episode Sponsors Delete Me – Use code David20 to get 20% off Stawberry.me Insiders Guide Email Newsletter Get our free Investors' Checklist when you sign up for the free Money for the Rest of Us email newsletter Our Premium Products Asset Camp Money for the Rest of Us Plus Show Notes All Information (Except Text) for S.4912 - BITCOIN Act of 2024—Congress.gov House Bill No. 4087—Michigan Legislature 2025 South Dakota Legislature House Bill 1202—South Dakota Legislature State of Arizona Senate SB 1025—Arizona State Legislature Quantum computers and the Bitcoin blockchain by Itan Barmes, Bram Bosch and Olaf Haalstra—Deloitte Bybit Hack, Crypto’s Biggest Ever, Spoils Coinbase’s SEC Victory Party by Olga Kharif, Muyao Shen, and Emily Nicolle—Bloomberg Cost of a Data Breach Report 2024—IBM ITRC Annual Data Breach Report—Identity Theft Resource Center Post by @realDonaldTrump—Truth Social Trump Meme Early Investors in Donald Trump’s Memecoin May Have Been Tipped Off, Experts Claim by Joel Khalili—Wired Exclusive: Trump's meme coin made nearly $100 million in trading fees, as small traders lost money by Tom Wilson and Michelle Conlin—Reuters Memecoin scandal rocks Argentina’s Javier Milei by Ciara Nugen—The Financial Times Tether Brings Its $140B USDT Stablecoin to Bitcoin and Lightning Networks by Krisztian Sandor—CoinDesk Related Episodes 488: Should You Invest in an Ethereum ETF? 462: Now Should You Buy a Bitcoin ETF? 410: Is Cryptocurrency Dead? 373: Are Stablecoins Safe? Should You Own Them? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.