CRYPTO 101

In this episode of CRYPTO 101, brought to you by StopSIMSwaps.com, we speak with “Red”, Community Manager and local legend at Harvest Finance (FARM). Red is a yield farming expert, and he gives us a comprehensive 101 on the subject. He also talks about how Harvest Finance is the leading solution to maximizing yield in crypto. We attack the question of “what is DeFi and why does it matter” in a few...

In this episode of CRYPTO 101, brought to you by StopSIMSwaps.com, we talk about how an evolving world is both embracing cryptocurrency like never before, and opening up new questions about the future. Dean Steinbeck of Horizen Labs joins Bryce and Aaron to discuss the regulatory side of the crypto industry, along with the potential impact of crypto-savvy people being placed in positions of power...

In this episode of CRYPTO 101, brought to you by StopSIMSwaps.com, we break down the potential future of censorship-resistant crypto networks with the co-founder and CEO of Pocket Network, Michael O’Rourke. POKTNetwork is an API software marketplace that O’Rourke established based on the concept of giving everyone a level playing field when it comes to their financial futures. We talk to him about...

In this episode of CRYPTO 101, brought to you by StopSIMSwaps.com, we were in the presence of greatness with the founder, the inventor of the 3 Commas trading software, Yuri Sorokin. 3 Commas is a non-custodial trading tool that enables the average trader to trade like a pro. It enables so many more types of trade execution and features that are not available on most retail crypto exchanges. A lot...

In this episode of CRYPTO 101, brought to you by StopSIMSwaps.com, we learn about DeFi risk from Michael Beck of Union Finance. He gives us a high level overview of how we should think about what a cryptocurrency is at a high level. Money of any type is really just a storage of energy, a unit of how much work went into creation of that money is a solid fundamental peg. Michael gives his thoughts o...

In this episode of CRYPTO 101, brought to you by StopSIMSwaps.com, Bryce begins chatting with Henri Pihkala from Streamr about the industry landscape in Switzerland. But the real story is real-time data… how it affects the world, how prices can adjust based on real-time data streams about supply, demand, weather, traffic, and so much more. Streamr is building decentralized data streams that are mo...

In this episode of CRYPTO 101, brought to you by StopSIMSwaps.com, we spoke with Annabelle Huang from Amber Group about how an investment firm handles huge volumes of money for their clients, and how they think about making profits in the crypto industry. A professional investment firm has so many different goals and risks to manage compared to the retail trader. We learned some strategies impleme...

In this episode of CRYPTO 101, brought to you by StopSIMSwaps.com, we get a deep dive on AI, machine learning, and human to machine communication in today’s age. Alex Newman and Lonnie Rae from Human Protocol (the next generation of hCaptcha) come on the podcast to explain these technologies that are impacting our lives every day, explaining what this stuff can and can’t do. PizzaMind is solo in t...

In this episode of CRYPTO 101, brought to you by StopSIMSwaps.com, we talk with Jonas Simanavicius from Syntropy about building a decentralized layer of the internet that is optimized for speed. Not only is internet traffic breaking records year after year, but common paths are congested. With the looming threat of censorship and cyber war, a need for optimized and redundant paths has never been g...

In this episode of CRYPTO 101, brought to you by StopSIMSwaps.com, we talk to the legend Avi Felman, Head of Trading at Blocktower. This might be the most informative 101-level conversation we’ve ever had. Avi broke down some common trading strategies people can use in crypto markets. He taught us how many coins are too many to hold, and great tips on portfolio construction. We learned new terms t...

In this episode of CRYPTO 101, brought to you by StopSIMSwaps.com, we learned about DeFi and the future of capital markets on the Terra network. Already so much faster and cheaper than Ethereum, and just as robust, it is no wonder Terra and their LUNA token have exploded up the market cap rankings. This episode is a must-listen all the way through. Sponsored link: https://stopsimswaps.com Guest Li...

Protect yourself from losing everything. Go to StopSIMSwaps.com now. In this episode of CRYPTO 101, we got the absolute daylights scared out of us by Haseeb Awan of Efani. Haseeb was the victim of a social engineering attack called a SIM swap, that gives a hacker control of his phone number. He tells us the honest truth about security, vulnerability, and all the data that has been collected on eve...

In this episode of CRYPTO 101, we talk with Luca Cosentino from Oasis Protocol about smart contracts. Smart contracts power the DeFi ecosystem on the backend. Even if Uniswap or other DEX front-ends were to be seized or shut down, the trading would still continue and new interfaces would pop up somewhere else the very next day (or sooner). Oasis offers private smart contracts, a potentially revolu...

In this episode of CRYPTO 101, we found an unreleased hidden gem buried in our backlog. 1st Digital Trust has built an amazing platform for financial institutions to offer digital assets to their clients and allows them to invest through 401ks, IRAs, pensions, trusts, and really creates a gateway for the biggest money in the world to move into crypto. We take a deep dive into the future of securit...

In this episode of CRYPTO 101, we wondered what is going on with EOS? Of all the top layer one next-gen blockchains, EOS had the most hype but we haven’t seen a lot built on that platform come into the mainstream. We sought out Steven Quinn from EOSFINEX and got a really informative education on how DeFi has made its way onto EOS. EOSFINEX is one of the main users of pTokens, which allows syntheti...

In this episode of CRYPTO 101, we meet with Konstantin Richter who unveils his masterpiece, Blockdaemon. This service allows anyone to run one of dozens of blockchain nodes, for free. This not only helps secure the networks, but lets users earn revenue all at the same time. This saves the average consumer weeks and months of time, if they had an expert holding their hand through all the bash promp...

In this episode of CRYPTO 101, we spoke with Colin Pape, founder of Presearch. Presearch is a privacy-centric search engine aggregator whose advertising is powered by the PRE token. It’s a very novel approach to ad placement. Instead of an endless money pit like Google Ads, people can stake whatever keywords they want, and their ads will appear based on their stake rank. It’s one of the best token...

In this episode of CRYPTO 101, brought to you by pTokens and pNetwork, we talked with Garrick Hileman, a visiting fellow at the London School of Economics and the Head of Research at Blockchain.com. One of the things sorely missing from crypto investors is the simple basic understanding of economics, so we wanted to help shed some light on that subject. Garrick gave us a basic high level overview...

In this episode of CRYPTO 101, brought to you by pTokens, we catch up with Tyler Spalding from AMP Token, formerly known as Flexacoin. He gives us the inside scoop on why he decided to rebrand, when it makes sense for a company to consider it. He gives us an update on the project’s progress, though much still remains behind the curtain. The conversation turned to more high level insights from the...

In this episode of CRYPTO 101, brought to you by pNetwork and pTokens, we got some great insight into the future of DeFi with Band Protocol Co-Founder Soravis Srinawakoon. Soravis is our very first guest from Thailand and he gives us the insider scoop on the crypto landscape thriving in the land of Boon-nam. As an early investor in crypto oracle technology, Soravis is an expert and gives us the 10...

In this episode of CRYPTO 101, brought to you by pNetwork and pTokens (PNT), we got to know Joel Edgerton, the COO of the BitFlyer US exchange. BitFlyer is one of the largest crypto exchanges in Japan, and Joel worked overseas with them for a very long time before being tapped as the man to lead the expansion into the US and navigate the choppy waters here in North America. Joel shares with us a w...

In this episode of CRYPTO 101, brought to you by the crypto game "God's Unchained", we catch up with Kinsey Cronin, the Senior VP of sales at PrimeTrust. She gives us her insights on institutional crypto adoption in the face of the coming recession. PrimeTrust is a custodian that is one of the very select few to be entrusted with actually holding billions of dollars worth of Bitcoin. S...

In this episode of CRYPTO 101, brought to you by Gods Unchained, we sat down with Dominik Schiener from IOTA to talk about one of the most ambitious infrastructure projects going on in the world, the IOTA Tangle. If the Ethereum blockchain is like a coal power plant, the Tangle is a nuclear reactor core. Dominik gives us insights into the challenges of decentralizing something this unique and tech...

In this episode of CRYPTO 101, brought to you by Gods Unchained, we talked to Charles Hoskinson from Cardano. Charles is the founder of IOHK, the company behind the product Cardano, which is one of the most highly advanced blockchains and actively developed crypto products in the space. Part of what makes Cardano so special is the peer-review process their development goes through. We learn why th...

In this episode of CRYPTO 101, sponsored by God’s Unchained, we sat down with Evan Kuo and Brandon Iles of Ampleforth (AMPL). We first had Ampleforth on the show in late 2019, when AMPL was below a $1 million market cap. In the summer of 2020, AMPL’s market cap spiked up to over $665 million, and has since settled between $150-$200 million. Looking strictly at the numbers, the adoption and demand...