CRYPTO 101

What's burning CryptNation?! This week's installment of The Weekly Fire is brought to you by eToro! Today we are talking about inefficient governments that can learn a thing or two from crypto, during our Smoke and Mirrors segment! We share some horror stories from the bear market, during our Scorched Earth segment. As always we have some FIRE Tweets and we breakdown the trending coins, du...

In this episode of CRYPTO 101, brought to you by eToro, we meet with Kosala Hemachandra, CEO and founder of MyEtherWallet (MEW). We thought this was a great opportunity to cover some crypto basics and gather some hot takes. Kosala has a unique vision for the future and kindly paints us a picture. By the end of this episode, you will understand the power of Ethereum and how it can empower ownership...

In today’s episode, sponsored by eToro, CRYPTO 101 dives into a topic we haven’t dived very deep into before— renewable energy. We meet with Assad Razzouk of Sindicatum and his non-profit, Reneum. Assad walks us through how blockchain is changing the way that corporations can manage their energy consumption. This is direly important. Assad says that studies show that if we don’t change our consump...

What's burning in CryptNation? In this weeks installment of The Weekly Fire, CRYPTO 101 discusses a framework for analyzing the legitimacy and upside potential of a cryptocurrency. Bryce and Pizzamind also discuss Bitcoin's hash rate hitting another all-time high, the Fed cutting interest rates and printing a shit ton of cash, "Wells Fargo Coin", and the CME offering Bitcoin option...

In this episode of CRYPTO 101, sponsored by eToro, we sit down with Matthew Finlayson, co-founder of Invictus Capital. We dive deep into the world of finance, and how platforms like Ethereum are fundamentally shifting the ways in which investment vehicles are structured. We cover the 101 on tokenized funds, traditional vs. crypto asset management, and breakdown the decentralized finance revolution...

Cosmos. Definition: “The universe seen as a well-ordered whole.” In this episode of CRYPTO 101, sponsored by eToro, we take a high level look at a future where public blockchains are fully interoperable. The implications are far-reaching, and will bring unprecedented efficiencies and security to a decentralized, global financial ecosystem. Dubbed “interblockchain communications” we unpack what Jac...

What’s burning, CryptNation? In The Weekly Fire, Bryce and PizzaMind recap the most important events of the week, and give you a piece of their mind. As always, we cover this week’s hottest topics, crypto’s most burning questions, and get into some heated debates. Recurring Show Segments: “Hot or Not”, “Smoke and Mirrors”, “Fire Tweets”, and “Scorched Earth”. “Hot or Not” is a quick look at the bi...

Getting back to the basics with Michael Rosenblat, the content manager for BRD. We discuss all things crypto at the very basic level, with a guy who’s been in the space since 2013. This is a great episode for a first time listener to start with. We talk about crypto in general, Bitcoin mining, Libra, decentralization, privacy and so much else. This all-around conversation was one of our favorites....

Find out how blockchain is changing the world of event ticketing and beyond. No longer will counterfeit tickets ruin your show. No longer can organizers and middlemen gauge artists and fans alike! Blockchain can guarantee the validity of tickets. Artists and organizers can control pricing on secondary markets, too, plus hard code resale commission into these "smart tickets". Eventchain has...

What’s burning, CryptNation? In The Weekly Fire, Bryce and PizzaMind recap the most important events of the week, and give you a piece of their mind. As always, we cover this week’s hottest topics, crypto’s most burning questions, and get into some heated debates. Recurring Show Segments: “Hot or Not”, “Smoke and Mirrors”, “Fire Tweets”, and “Scorched Earth”. “Hot or Not” is a quick look at the bi...

Today we are peeling back blockchain's "layer 2" with Kevin Wang of Nervos Network. It is the way our beloved crypto networks will try to tackle the throughput problem, until blockchain can reach the same speeds as the Visa Network some day. Researcher and co-founder of Nervos, Kevin Wang takes us on a ride into the future. We learn about State channels and side chains. We also take a...

Younow and Props Co-Founder Adi Sideman sits down with us to talk about their tokenized shares, Props, and the challenges they overcame to make it come to life. Mark Wednesday, Sept 4th at 5pm Pacific on your calendar and tune in to https://younow.com/crypto101 to see the very first of many shows we will be doing on that platform. Read full disclosure about the Props Reg A offering here: https://w...

What’s burning, CryptNation? In The Weekly Fire, Bryce and PizzaMind recap the most important events of the week, and give you a piece of their mind. As always, we cover this week’s hottest topics, crypto’s most burning questions, and get into some heated debates. This week we do our deepest insights ever into the Crypto Weather Report, and follow it up with a really good conversation that went on...

Former Deputy CTO of the White House. Princeton Computer Science Professor. Chief Scientist at Offchain Labs. Ed Felten sits with CRYPTO 101 to talk about his time in the White House, and why he chose to solve cryptocurrency related problems. He presents big concepts in a super digestible way-- no technobabble, just straight shooting. Ed paints a beautiful picture of what a future running on smart...

Bryce and Pizzamind sit down with Mance Harmon, CEO and co-founder of Hedera Hashgraph. Hedera Hashgraph accomplishes the same goals as a blockchain such as distributed consensus, permissionless and irreversible transactions, asset tokenization etc., but is technically architected in an entirely new way. In fact, Facebook Libra takes a very similar approach, and Mance considers them his biggest co...

What’s burning, CryptNation? In The Weekly Fire, Bryce and PizzaMind recap the most important events of the week, and give you a piece of their mind. As always, we cover this week’s hottest topics, crypto’s most burning questions, and get into some heated debates. This week we clue you in on a huge giveaway by BRD, 1 whole BTC! Go download their app to be automatically entered to win. Show Segment...

Bryce and Pizzamind spend some time with Steve Lee, who runs marketing and strategy for Komodo. Hear the fascinating origin story of Komodo and learn about their unique approach to building out a platform so easy to use, Bryce’s Grandma could roll out her own blockchain. We talk about their mobile first strategy, and the future of the industry. **This episode is sponsored by BRD** https://www. BRD...

Today, Bryce and PizzaMind speak with Sam Radocchia, author of “Bitcoin Pizza”, the no-bullshit guide to Bitcoin and blockchain! In this episode, we talk about the culture of the crypto space, from slang to myths to meet-ups. Sam focuses not so much on “what” crypto is, but why we’re doing it, and why this is important. She dives into how crypto will change not just society on impersonal macro or...

What’s burning, CryptNation? In The Weekly Fire, Bryce and PizzaMind recap the most important events of the week, and give you a piece of their mind. As always, we cover this week’s hottest topics, crypto’s most burning questions, and get into some heated debates. This week we clue you in on the huge XRP class action lawsuit, the tragedy that is the world bond markets, Coinbase taking a huge setba...

Today we talk to Horizen CEO and co-founder, Rob Viglione, about libertarianism, privacy, and taking back control. Horizen, formerly known as Zencash, is working closely with Digital Currency Group, Grayscale Investments, and the IOHK Foundation to create a brand new way for developers to collaborate and create an open, privacy-focused internet. Will it be a throwback to the early days of the inte...

Flexa is a new company that allows people to spend cryptocurrency in over 39,000 retail locations in the US. Their CEO and Co-Founder, Tyler Spalding, talks with us about how this was made possible. He talks about why the SPEDN (not SPEND) app could be the breakthrough to mainstream adoption that we’ve been missing. Tune in to hear about the latest project status and how you can get an invite code...

What’s burning, CryptNation? In The Weekly Fire, Bryce and PizzaMind recap the most important events of the week, and give you a piece of their mind. As always, we cover this week’s hottest topics, crypto’s most burning questions, and get into some heated debates. This week we clue you in on Bitcoin hashrate hitting an all-time high, Litecoin halving done, IBM’s new blockchain partners, a new Bitc...

CRYPTO 101 speaks with a very vocal citizen of CryptNation, Oz Sultan. A polymath in the truest sense of the world, Oz has advised powerful republicans, fought cyberterrorism w/ Homeland Security, and had his fair share of startup ventures. Today, he takes us on a journey as we talk about crypto in the middle east, the cause and effect of America’s trade war with China, the devaluation of the Yuan...

Today is the Litecoin Halving, where block rewards are decreased from 25 to 12.5 LTC every block (~roughly every 2.5 minutes). This is a crucial event that algorithmically happens every 4 years and is a key part of the monetary policy behind cryptocurrencies. Today we are joined by Franklyn Richards of the Litecoin Foundation. CRYPTO 101 dives into the Litecoin Halving, miner incentives and game t...

The Weekly Fire is your hottest show for crypto news. We recap the most important events of the past week, keeping you informed on what you need to know, without all the distractions and drama. This week we clue you in about Square focusing on Bitcoin, Tether going on yet another chain, some progress from the Senate hearings, what the Federal Interest Rate cuts mean for Bitcoin, the UK financial r...