
← The Blockchain Socialist23 jul · 29 min
Yanis Varoufakis on blockchain, the digital euro and being a class traitor
Yanis Varoufakis on blockchain, the digital euro and being a class traitor
I spoke to Yanis Varoufakis, economist and former Greek finance minister, at Web3 Summit in Berlin on June 18th, 2026, about why he thinks blockchain is one of the few tools left that can actually pull power away from Big Tech and the banks. Truly a privilege that I had the chance to speak with him on such a stage. We dig into his concept of techno-feudalism and cloud capital, his monetary commons proposal for a transparent monetary system that could undercut private banks, and the digital wa...