All this week, What Next and What Next: TBD are re-airing some of our favorite conversations from throughout the year and checking back with the people in those conversations to see how things have – or haven’t – changed. This episode originally aired in March.

Memecoins are a niche type of cryptocurrency with no intrinsic value. But they remain a popular form of crypto, as seen earlier this year with President Trump’s own memecoin. And if it worked for him, then why not our little podcast? 

Guests: 
<a href="https://www.azeemkhan.com/">Azeem Khan</a>, advisor to UNICEF’s crypto fund and cocreator of the blockchain Morph.
<a href="https://slate.com/author/nitish-pahwa">Nitish Pahwa</a>, Slate staff writer covering business and tech.

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