{"podcast":{"title":"what's this button do?","slug":"what-s-this-button-do-6698176","podcast_index_feed_id":6698176,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/dexdigi/","website_url":"https://dexdigi.captivate.fm","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/78a711e2-fe03-4349-9b37-4f506cd136d7/wtbd-logo.jpg","author":"Dexter Thomas","episode_count":30,"summary":"technology for people who think they aren't nerds","last_synced_at":"2026-06-24T06:20:59.623023+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-s-this-button-do-6698176"},"episode":{"title":"Why Trump's 'crypto reserve' is kinda un-American","slug":"why-trump-s-crypto-reserve-is-kinda-un-american","published_at":"2025-03-08T16:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-s-this-button-do-6698176/why-trump-s-crypto-reserve-is-kinda-un-american","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-s-this-button-do-6698176","url":"https://dexdigi.captivate.fm/episode/why-trumps-crypto-reserve-is-kinda-un-american","audio_url":"https://podcasts.captivate.fm/media/a2e80d67-ed58-4099-bb05-8563cfd7e939/Twitch-2025-03-04-David-Morris-podcast-shorter.mp3","summary":"David Z Morris has been covering cryptocurrency for over a decade. And now that Trump has announced a ‘crypto reserve’, you’d think he’d be excited. But a lot of crypto experts think it’s all a pretty bad idea, and David has a hunch it probably won’t happen anyway. We also talk a bit about the ‘crypto czar’, David Sacks, and what role he may play in all of this. (recorded March 4, 2025, on twitch.tv/dexdigi ) Links: David’s article on this, ‘Trump's Strategic Sh*tcoin Reserve’ https://davidzmorris.substack.com/p/trumps-strategic-shtcoin-reserve David’s 2014 article on bitcoin: https://fortune.com/2014/01/21/bitcoin-is-not-just-digital-currency-its-napster-for-finance/","meta_description":"David Z Morris has been covering cryptocurrency for over a decade. And now that Trump has announced a ‘crypto reserve’, you’d think he’d be excited. But a…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2386,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/what-s-this-button-do-6698176/episodes/why-trump-s-crypto-reserve-is-kinda-un-american/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-s-this-button-do-6698176/why-trump-s-crypto-reserve-is-kinda-un-american.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}