Tapping Into Crypto

Welcome back to your fortnightly crypto catchup where your hosts Tommy Honan and Pav Hundal dig into  what’s going on in the world of crypto.  This week, we’re talking about the big news in the NFT landscape, the new kid on the Blockchain block and just what Kayne has been up to… You’ll hear: What’s happening with Bored Ape Yacht Club and what it might mean for the NFT space A new way of looking a...

How can $55 Million Dollars just vanish? This week we’re joined by Matt Leising the author of Out of The Ether to chat through the back story of Ethereum, how the merge may impact the future and explaining the heist that not many people know about.  Matt is the Co-Founder of DeCential Media and previously worked for Bloomberg News for 17 years covering crypto since 2015.  We chat: Whether people w...

Move over Axie Infinity - World of Warcraft, League of Legends and Bio Shock are just some of the games devs at Illuvium have worked on before starting on this game-changing AAA title.  Today Pav is  joined by Kieran Warwick one of the co-founders of Illuvium to discuss the pros and cons of creating gaming ecosystem on the blockchain and what’s coming up ahead for Illuvium.  Kieran is a serial ent...

Welcome back to your fortnightly crypto catchup where Tommy Honan and this week’s guest Gian Di Girolamo, break down the latest crypto news, market movers and where we’re heading for the next fortnight. With a lot of big shifts in the currency market this fortnight, some big and unexpected moves from the likes of XRP, and some exciting news from the gaming industry, you won't want to miss this epi...

What do Open Sea, Sandbox, Axie Infinity and BE Media have in common? They’re all Animoca Brands investments that are doing incredible things in the NFT and Metaverse space.  This week we’re joined by Jordan Fogarty who is the Founder and CEO of BE Media - after creating some incredible campaigns in the Web 2 space BE Medias attention is now focused on creating and generating value in the world of...

We are coming to you straight from the bean bags at the Australian Crypto Convention. Join us this week as Tommy Honan, Pav Hundal and Alycia Chapman interview some of the attendees and speakers at the Australian Crypto Convention to give you an insight into some of the chats and what they’re currently working on.   We chat: What a Chief Bitcoin Officer looks like and whether we’ll see them across...

Welcome back to your fortnightly crypto catchup where Tommy Honan and Pav Hundal break down the latest crypto news, market movers and where we’re heading for the next fortnight.  After a big fortnight with the Ethereum merge, Australian Crypto Convention and the upcoming Cardano fork there is loads to chat about this week.  You’ll hear: The surprising move from Raven coin this week  Pav & Tommy’s...

We are sitting behind the trading desk of Bloombergs crypto analyst Jamie Coutts this week to dive deep into analysis and give you an insight into what goes into creating these reports.  Jamie is a pioneering financial analyst who has transitioned from traditional markets into crypto, creating research insights for institutions assessing public blockchain assets as a part of their strategic invest...

Have you ever wanted to start day trading? This week we sit down with Pav Hundal outside of our usual crypto catchup to go through what day trading strategies are out there and some common mistakes we’ve seen play out.  We chat: The strategies that have the most success rate  Fundamentals that set you up for great trading opportunities  Whether trading in this market right now is the best idea.  …...

Welcome back to your fortnightly crypto catchup where Tommy Honan and Pav Hundal break down the latest crypto news, market movers and where we’re heading for the next fortnight.  This week there’s loads of chatter in the market around Ethereum which we of course cover along with a few other surprising updates!  You’ll hear: What cardano is doing  Something you need to be VERY careful of post merge...

We’ve been talking about the Eth Merge for a LONG time now but it finally looks like a date has been set and it’s likely to go ahead.  This week we’re handing the mic over to Pav Hundal to dive into the next layer of all things Ethereum with Cam Crossley who is an analyst at web3 venture studio NotCentralised.  We chat: Why the merge has taken so long (with a surprise answer)  If gas fees don’t go...

This week we’re bringing you a live webinar that Tommy hosted with Danny Talwar and Adam Saville-Brown from Koinly earlier in the year to go a little further into tax implications including all of those we know you still had questions on.  The webinar starts with an overview of the ATOs stance, how it’s changed and what you need to look out for with some great questions at the end.  We chat: Commo...

Samsung and Alphabet made some moves this week that you’re going to want to know about Tommy and Pav break down this story along with the latest news, biggest movers and what’s the charts are saying.  They cover: Whether the ETH merge will actually happen and what you can expect if it does Why we’re looking at the Euro and US dollar  And the adventures of regulation continue, but what it means for...

Ted Coaldrake, SEO and Content Lead at Swyftx joins us this week to break down Bitcoin’s price history explaining what has influenced price movements up and down over the last few years and how understanding the history can help you today. We chat: Key Bitcoin events that have triggered bull runs  The events that are already underway over the next few years which may impact price  Who is still pur...

Have you ever wondered what Blockchain Australia actually does?  This week we’re chatting with Steve Vallas the previous CEO of Blockchain Australia and we’re going to be getting answers to some of the questions you’ve all been asking including WHY is everyone talking about scams. We chat: Heading to the states and their interest in Australia’s blockchain and crypto activities  Steve’s thoughts on...

No one wants to call it early but have you seen a shift in the market this week? This is a crypto catch up you don’t want to miss especially as the asset the boys spoke about last catchup is now up 262%! Join Tommy and Pav to break down the latest news, biggest movers and what’s the charts are saying.  They chat: What the key levels of resistance are coming up and some key dates to add to your cal...

This week Dave Haslop Founder of The Crypto Den and Australian Crypto Convention joins us on the pod.   After getting into Antshares and seeing some wild gains Dave wanted to understand more about trading and technical analysis and invested his time into learning all he could before starting The Crypto Den, a community and training platform with over 50,000.  Dave went on to create the Australian...

We’re chatting this week with Rafael Cosman who is the co-founder and CEO of Trust Token, the company behind TrueFi which has over $1.67 Billion in loans originated and over $27.5million in interest repaid.  Rafael has been a leader in the space of DeFi and speaking out about stable coins, he has a background in Computer Science from Stanford and went on to work at companies including Google. It’s...

We saw some green in the market over the last couple of weeks and Pav and Tommy are on the mics to talk about WHY it’s disappeared again, WHAT it could mean and the biggest news articles and market movers from the last fortnight.  They chat: Some huge investments happening in the space Tesla’s recent sell off of assets New crypto firms going under and what it means for their users  Whether the Eth...

This week we are joined by Lisa Teh to talk about how Web3, NFts are disrupting digital marketing and how brands can utilise these today to stand out.  Lisa was named in the 40 under 40 most influential Australians in 2021 and is the co-founder of Mooning a web3 marketing agency and founder of Codi a digital marketing agency.  We chat: What it actually means to use Web3 and NFTs as a marketing too...

This week we are joined by Senator Andrew Bragg who is Liberal Senator elected into parliament in 2019. Senator Bragg has been an active part of the crypto community and advocated for progress and innovation in this sector  In 2021 Andrew was appointed as Chair of the Senate Select Committee on Australia as a Technology and Financial Centre. The Committee’s final report contained 12 recommendation...

Tommy Honan is back on the mic with Pav Hundal and they unpack everything thats happened over the last month including the state of the wider market and some interesting trends in crypto.  They chat: Crypto firms that have folded and what this could mean What IS Mt Gox and whether this could have a huge impact on the market The concept of burgernomics and what it shows us about inflation What we’r...

We asked you what you wanted to hear more of and understanding cryptocurrency tax 101 was the most requested topic so far!  So today we’re joined by Shane Brunette from Crypto Tax calculator to run through everything you need to know about crypto tax rulings in Australia and HOW they might apply to you.  A reminder again that everything discussed in this episode is NOT tax or financial advice and...

Paul Willey is the co-founder of the Imagine Room Group: an immersive media production business, based in Australia that was formed to serve the growing need for content across augmented, virtual and mixed reality platforms - with a specific focus on the challenges of integrating 3D human performances into virtual worlds, games and immersive environments; both on and off-chain. Prior to Imagine Ro...

Brandy Vath joins Pav back on the podcast for this weeks fortnightly market update where they unpack the latest crypto news, happenings and movers in the market. They chat: Shorting BTC and a new fund thats set up for exactly that  Central Africa endorsing Bitcoin as legal tender  Elon Musk getting sued over Doge coin  The NFT that got away  … and a whole lot more! Ready to start? Get $10 of FREE...