Crypto for Beginners (100 episodes)

EPISODE 79 — Mantra (OM) — The Real-World Asset Blockchain Mantra is the blockchain built specifically to bring real-world assets onto the blockchain — property, bonds, commodities, private equity, tokenised funds — as regulated digital assets. It was one of the standout performers of the 2024 bull market, with the OM token rising thousands of percent before suffering one of the most dramatic toke...

EPISODE 78 — What Is DeFi? Banking Without the Bank In 2026, over one hundred billion dollars in financial activity happens every day without a single bank, broker, or institution involved. People borrow against crypto collateral from smart contracts. They earn interest on stablecoins by lending directly to other users through automated protocols. They swap any token for any other token at algorit...

EPISODE 77 — Worldcoin — The Eyeball-Scanning Crypto Sam Altman — the CEO of OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT — is simultaneously building a cryptocurrency project that wants to scan the iris of every human on Earth and give them a unique unforgeable digital identity. The metallic orbs performing the scanning have already processed tens of millions of people across dozens of countries. The WLD t...

EPISODE 76 — What Is Staking? Earn Passive Income With Your Crypto Over 33 million Ethereum — worth tens of billions of dollars — is staked, securing the network and earning holders roughly three to five percent annually. Solana stakers earn between six and eight percent. Some Cosmos-based chains offer double-digit yields. None of this requires any trading, leverage, or technical expertise beyond...

EPISODE 75 — Pepe Coin — The Meme Token That Refuses to Die Pepe the Frog has been one of the most recognisable internet memes in the world for over a decade. In April 2023, an anonymous group launched PEPE on Ethereum with no team names, no whitepaper, no utility, and no promises beyond the cultural weight of the meme. Within weeks it had a multi-billion dollar market cap. Within months it was tr...

EPISODE 74 — What Is a Bitcoin ETF — and Why Does It Matter? On January 10, 2024, the US Securities and Exchange Commission approved the first spot Bitcoin ETFs in American history after over a decade of rejected applications. Within three days, these products attracted more than four billion dollars in net inflows. Within months, BlackRock's iShares Bitcoin Trust became one of the fastest-gro...

EPISODE 73 — SUI — The Move Language Blockchain SUI is one of the fastest-growing Layer 1 blockchains in crypto. Built by Mysten Labs — a team of former Meta engineers who worked on the cancelled Diem blockchain project — SUI uses the Move programming language and an object-based data model that is architecturally different from how Ethereum and most other smart contract platforms work. By 2026 it...

EPISODE 72 — What Is a Crypto Wallet? Your Keys, Your Coins When FTX collapsed in November 2022, over eight billion dollars in customer funds disappeared overnight. Every person who held crypto on the exchange lost access to their assets — not because of anything they did wrong, but because they had trusted a platform with their money instead of holding it themselves. The same thing happened with...

EPISODE 71 — Hyperliquid — The DEX That Entered the Top 10 Hyperliquid is one of the most remarkable success stories in recent crypto history. It built a fully on-chain perpetual futures exchange on its own dedicated Layer 1 blockchain — HyperEVM — reached a top-10 market cap without taking a single cent from venture capital investors, and then distributed its HYPE token in the largest airdrop by...

Join Episode 70 of The Top 100 Cryptocurrencies For Beginners Basics Explained, your Klaytn cryptocurrency podcast unveiling the business blockchain in the blockchain financial world. Launched in 2019 by Ground X, Klaytn offers a scalable blockchain for cryptocurrency apps and enterprise use. In this 25-minute Klaytn basics explained guide, your host a 2013 crypto vet breaks down its hybrid consen...

Welcome to Episode 69 of The Top 100 Cryptocurrencies For Beginners Basics Explained, your Curve DAO Token cryptocurrency podcast exploring the stablecoin swapper in the blockchain financial world. Launched in 2020 by Michael Egorov, Curve DAO Token powers stablecoin swaps on Ethereum’s blockchain. In this 25-minute Curve DAO Token basics explained guide, your host a 2013 crypto vet explains its l...

Tune into Episode 68 of The Top 100 Cryptocurrencies For Beginners Basics Explained, your Neo cryptocurrency podcast unveiling the smart economy in the blockchain financial world. Launched in 2014 by Da Hongfei, Neo builds a blockchain for a digital cryptocurrency economy with smart contracts. In this 25-minute Neo basics explained guide, your host a 2013 crypto vet dives into its dBFT consensus a...

Step into Episode 67 of The Top 100 Cryptocurrencies For Beginners Basics Explained, your Chiliz cryptocurrency podcast exploring the sports token in the blockchain financial world. Launched in 2018 by Alexandre Dreyfus, Chiliz powers fan engagement on its blockchain with cryptocurrency fan tokens. In this 25-minute Chiliz basics explained guide, your host a 2013 crypto vet breaks down its Socios...

Join Episode 66 of The Top 100 Cryptocurrencies For Beginners Basics Explained, your Decentraland cryptocurrency podcast unveiling the virtual realm in the blockchain financial world. Launched in 2017 by Esteban Ordano, Decentraland creates a virtual world on Ethereum’s blockchain for cryptocurrency land and events. In this 25-minute Decentraland basics explained guide, your host a 2013 crypto vet...

Welcome to Episode 65 of The Top 100 Cryptocurrencies For Beginners Basics Explained, your Axie Infinity cryptocurrency podcast exploring the gaming goldmine in the blockchain financial world. Launched in 2018 by Sky Mavis, Axie Infinity blends cryptocurrency gaming with NFTs on Ethereum’s blockchain. In this 25-minute Axie Infinity basics explained guide, your host a 2013 crypto vet dives into it...

Tune into Episode 64 of The Top 100 Cryptocurrencies For Beginners Basics Explained, your AIOZ Network cryptocurrency podcast unveiling the media mover in the blockchain financial world. Launched in 2021 by Erman Tjiputra, AIOZ Network uses blockchain for decentralized cryptocurrency media streaming and storage. In this 25-minute AIOZ Network basics explained guide, your host a 2013 crypto vet exp...

Step into Episode 63 of The Top 100 Cryptocurrencies For Beginners Basics Explained, your KuCoin Token cryptocurrency podcast exploring the trading perk in the blockchain financial world. Launched in 2017 by KuCoin, KuCoin Token KCS offers cryptocurrency trading benefits on the KuCoin exchange. In this 25-minute KuCoin Token basics explained guide, your host a 2013 crypto vet breaks down its fee d...

Join Episode 62 of The Top 100 Cryptocurrencies For Beginners Basics Explained, your Synthetix cryptocurrency podcast unveiling the synthetic asset maker in the blockchain financial world. Launched in 2018 by Kain Warwick, Synthetix creates synthetic cryptocurrency assets on Ethereum’s blockchain for trading. In this 25-minute Synthetix basics explained guide, your host a 2013 crypto vet dives int...

Welcome to Episode 61 of The Top 100 Cryptocurrencies For Beginners Basics Explained, your GateToken cryptocurrency podcast exploring the exchange gatekeeper in the blockchain financial world. Launched in 2019 by Gate.io, GateToken GT powers the Gate.io exchange with cryptocurrency trading perks and benefits. In this 25-minute GateToken basics explained guide, your host a 2013 crypto vet explains...

Welcome to Episode 60 of The Top 100 Cryptocurrencies For Beginners Basics Explained, your Conflux cryptocurrency podcast exploring the high-speed chain in the blockchain financial world. Launched in 2020 by Fan Long, Conflux offers a fast, scalable blockchain for cryptocurrency transactions with its Tree-Graph system. In this 25-minute Conflux basics explained guide, your host a 2013 crypto vet e...

Tune into Episode 59 of The Top 100 Cryptocurrencies For Beginners Basics Explained, your Flare cryptocurrency podcast unveiling the smart contract bridge in the blockchain financial world. Launched in 2020 by Hugo Philion, Flare brings smart contracts to blockchains like XRP with cryptocurrency interoperability. In this 25-minute Flare basics explained guide, your host a 2013 crypto vet dives int...

Step into Episode 58 of The Top 100 Cryptocurrencies For Beginners Basics Explained, your Helium cryptocurrency podcast exploring the wireless wonder in the blockchain financial world. Launched in 2019 by Amir Haleem, Helium builds a decentralized blockchain network for cryptocurrency-powered IoT devices. In this 25-minute Helium basics explained guide, your host a 2013 crypto vet breaks down its...

Join Episode 57 of The Top 100 Cryptocurrencies For Beginners Basics Explained, your FLOKI cryptocurrency podcast unveiling the meme monarch in the blockchain financial world. Launched in 2021, FLOKI is a meme coin inspired by Elon Musk’s dog, blending cryptocurrency fun with blockchain utility. In this 25-minute FLOKI basics explained guide, your host a 2013 crypto vet explains its Ethereum and B...

Join Episode 57 of The Top 100 Cryptocurrencies For Beginners (Basics Explained), your FLOKI cryptocurrency podcast unveiling the meme monarch in the blockchain financial world. Launched in 2021, FLOKI is a meme coin inspired by Elon Musk’s dog, blending cryptocurrency fun with blockchain utility. In this ~25-minute FLOKI basics explained guide, your host—a 2013 crypto vet—explains its Ethereum an...

Join Episode 55 of The Top 100 Cryptocurrencies For Beginners (Basics Explained), your Fantom cryptocurrency podcast unveiling the speedy finance chain in the blockchain financial world. Launched in 2019 by Michael Kong, Fantom offers a fast layer-1 blockchain for cryptocurrency finance and apps. In this ~25-minute Fantom basics explained guide, your host—a 2013 crypto vet—explains its Lachesis co...