Crypto Hipster
The X-Factor Weekend Roundup | The Burden of Trust — November 9, 2026
Who protects the financial system—and who holds the protectors accountable? In this week's edition of The X-Factor Weekend Roundup, Jamil Hasan, the Crypto Hipster, examines five developments chal...
The X-Factor | Week 3: The Responsibility of Power
Who gets to establish the truth? Who is responsible when financial protection fails? And what happens when institutions exercise power without accepting responsibility for the consequences? In Week 3 ...
The Long Road to Trust | Tom Borgers, Co-Founder & CEO of Walapay
What happens when the promise of decentralized finance meets the realities of the global banking system? In this episode of Crypto Hipster, Jamil Hasan sits down with Tom Borgers, co-founder and CEO o...
The Prediction Ledger #1: The Price of Being Wrong | The X-Factor
Bitcoin price predictions are everywhere. But what happens when the deadline passes and the prediction turns out to be wrong? Welcome to the inaugural episode of The Prediction Ledger , a new Wednesda...
THE X-FACTOR — WEEKEND ROUNDUP: The Responsibility Behind the Technology | November 2, 2026
What happens when technological innovation expands our capabilities but leaves fundamental questions of responsibility unresolved? In this week's Weekend Roundup, the Crypto Hipster examines five ...
The X-Factor — Week 2: Who Is Responsible When the System Changes? | Halloween Edition
This Halloween, The X-Factor with the Crypto Hipster returns with ten stories examining the changing architecture of cryptocurrency, finance, technology, and institutional governance. Rather than simp...