Bitcoin just hit $40,000, Coinbase is up 300 per cent this year, and French bank Société Générale is rolling out a stablecoin. All this frothy news comes after a record penalty levied on Binance by the SEC and the guilty verdict against Sam Bankman-Fried. Today on the show, Ethan Wu asks Katie Martin why, and Katie asks Ethan why. Also we go short Kwasi Kwarteng and long central bank speak.

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The return of crypto