Cory Klippsten is the founder and CEO of Swan Bitcoin. In this interview, we discuss the exploitation of retail markets by crypto VCs. Cory called out many of the crypto ventures that have recently collapsed, but he saves his biggest criticism for the firm that is still active within the industry: a16z.

TIMESTAMPS: 00:00:00 Introduction 00:02:40 FTX red flags; more shoes to drop 00:12:56 a16z and Ponzi schemes 00:21:55 a16z pump & dumps 00:29:44 Securities regulation 00:39:24 ‘Race to avoid the war’ 00:45:01 Swan Bitcoin as a media company 00:52:06 ‘Avoid the war’ pt 2; adoption