- Back to menuPrices
- Back to menuResearch
- Back to menu
- Back to menu
- Back to menu
- Back to menu
- Back to menuWebinars
BREAKDOWN: State Power After Coronavirus, Feat. Peter McCormack
An off-the-cuff conversation about state power, nuance in an age of tribalism, and where bitcoin meets politics
ABOUT
Peter McCormack is the host of What Bitcoin Did and the Defiance podcast. He recently returned from travel to a number of countries in South America including Venezuela and Colombia as well as the Turkey-Greece border.
In this off-the-cuff and wide ranging conversation, Peter and @NLW discuss
- Bitcoiner politics and the bitcoin community’s reaction to the potential for increased state power in the wake of Coronavirus
- Which types of state power growth we should be most concerned with
- How to push governments to retract power growth on the other side of crisis
- How travel around the world has informed Peter’s perspective on bitcoin and politics
- Why nuance is both disincentivized and sorely needed in times of crisis
HOST
CoinDesk is the world leader in news, prices and information on bitcoin and other digital currencies.
We cover news and analysis on the trends, price movements, technologies, companies and people in the bitcoin and digital currency world.

EPISODES
BITCOIN SEASON 2: Not Just Coinbase, Everyone’s Leaking Crypto User Data
We explore the Coinbase customer data breach, vulnerabilities in KYC systems, and the increasing risk of physical att...
May 17, 2025
THE MINING POD: American Bitcoin is Going Public, IREN’s $100M Tariff Bill, Bitdeer Deploys Sealminers
American Bitcoin is gunning to go public via a merger with Gryphon Digital.
May 16, 2025
BITCOIN SEASON 2: What the Samourai Case Means for the Future of BTC Privacy
Seth for Privacy breaks down the Samurai Wallet legal case, Bitcoin's current privacy limitations, and solutions like...
May 14, 2025
Bitcoin to Replace U.S. Dollar in '10 Years': CoinDesk Spotlight with Tim Draper
Insights into the past, present and future of the crypto industry with Tim Draper.
May 13, 2025

The Mining Pod
Feb 10, 2025

CoinDesk Podcast Network
The top stories and best shows in the blockchain world, delivered daily from the team at CoinDesk.
Dec 20, 2023

Markets Daily Crypto Roundup
Tune in as CoinDesk runs down daily action in bitcoin markets and some of the most important recent industry development.
Dec 19, 2023

Unchained
Unchained, your no hype resource for all things crypto by former Forbes senior editor Laura Shin, author of The Cryptopians.
Dec 18, 2023