Ben McKenzie vs Crypto| Edge

A few years ago, during the absolute peak of the cryptocurrency craze, a rather surprising skeptic emerged. Most people know Ben McKenzie from his acting work Southland or gotham, Or will instantly recognize him as Ryan Atwood from okay While everyone seemed to be buying Bitcoin, Mackenzie decided to find out what Bitcoin actually is. And of course he decided to photograph it.

on This episode of vertcastMcKenzie takes us through his many adventures in the cryptocurrency space. His documentary, Everyone lies to you for moneycoming out this week, is a fun and revealing journey into the chaos of the cryptocurrency world. (You can probably guess from the title where McKenzie eventually landed on this topic.) He tells us what he saw around the world that reinforced his thoughts about the problems with cryptocurrencies, whether he sees similar problems in the current rise of prediction markets, and whether any of this is actually about money at all.

after that, Edge‘s Victoria song She tells us about her long and crazy journey this time Into the world of continuous glucose monitors. After more than a year of testing these devices, watching them morph into a government- and influencer-backed phenomenon, and dealing with some very real problems that come from too much self-measurement, Vee tells us where this trend is really headed.

Finally, David answers a question from the Vergecast hotline (call 866-VERGE11 or email vergecast@theverge.com!) about why all the widgets look the way they do. Where are the big, new, bold ideas about laptops? Or phones? Or anything? We’ve been asking this question for a while too, and we have some answers. But it is not entirely satisfactory.

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