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Live-streamed on November 25, 2024 Jacob Silverman, co-author of his latest book Easy Money: Cryptocurrency, Casino Capitalism, and the Golden Age of Fraud, and writer at the AM Quickie newsletter, discusses Trump’s nomination of Howard Lutnick to be Commerce Secretary, and his associations with crypto. https://x.com/SilvermanJacob https://am-quickie.ghost.io/ Jacob Silverman then walks Sam and Emma through the major influx in crypto spending in the 2024 election cycle, despite the industry’s recent stutters, and touches on the potential issue of an industry dominated by criminal conspiracy and transactions shaping US politics, before zeroing in on the particular role of one Tether, perhaps the largest cryptocurrency on the international level and a central investment of incoming Trump Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick. After expanding on the incredibly shady, and fully not evidence-backed dealings of Tether, Jacob wraps up by unpacking the ultimate goal of the crypto industry in completely liberating the movement of money, freeing it from the shackles of absurd concepts like “fraud” and government regulations, and the role the Trump administration can play in making this goal a reality. Watch the Majority Report live Monday–Friday at 12 p.m. EST on YouTube OR listen via daily podcast at http://www.Majority.FM https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative https://www.senate.gov/senators/senators-contact.htm #SamSeder #EmmaVigeland #MajorityReport #politics #news Support the show by becoming a member: https://www.fans.fm/majority/join Get all your MR merch at our store: https://www.shop.majorityreportradio.com/ Gift a Majority Report subscription here: https://www.fans.fm/majority/gift Subscribe to the AMQuickie newsletter here: https://www.am-quickie.ghost.io/ Join the Majority Report Discord! http://www.majoritydiscord.com/ Get the free Majority Report App!: http://www.majority.fm/app CHECK OUT MORE from the MR crew: Matt Binder DOOMED https://www.youtube.com/MattBinder Brandon Sutton DISCOURSE https://www.youtube.com/@Th3Discourse Emma Vigeland ESVN https://www.youtube.com/ESVNShow Matt Lech LEFT RECKONING https://www.youtube.com/LeftReckoning OTHER LINKS: Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/themajorityreport TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@majorityreportfm Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/MajorityReport Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/MajorityFM Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/majorityreport.fm/ Check out Ava Raiza's music here! https://www.avaraiza.bandcamp.com/ The Majority Report with Sam Seder - https://www.majorityreportradio.com/ Image Credit, Rūdolfs Klintsons https://www.pexels.com/photo/grayscale-photo-of-dogecoin-7767492/ https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/ Image has been cropped and color has been altered.