Episode

Crypto’s False Freedom: How Decentralised Are You Really?

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Coin Bureau
Published
Apr 16, 2026
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Summary

These questions have popped up a lot lately, in large part because of the recent Drift protocol exploit. Not only was it the biggest DeFi exploit of 2026 (so far), but it also raised deeply philosophical questions about how much intervention centralized entities (namely stablecoin issuers) should have in the event of a crisis. Today, we tackle one of the most controversial questions in crypto: is crypto still the decentralized system Satoshi envisioned, or are we simply too far gone?