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What Next TBD: Why Does Matt Damon Want Me to Buy Crypto?

2022/1/21
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A recent advertisement for crypto.com, featuring Matt Damon, was met with widespread mockery online. But Damon’s ad is only the most visible example of a much broader—and more insidious—trend of celebrity cryptocurrency endorsements. Is the partnership between crypto and Hollywood really dangerous? And what separates the trend from run-of-the-mill salesmanship?

**Guests: **Jacob Silverman), staff writer for the New Republic and Ben McKenzie), actor, writer, and director.

**Host: **Lizzie O’Leary

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