The Bad Crypto Podcast

Creating a Blockchain Gaming Ecosystem with 99Starz If we’ve said once we’ve said it at least a couple dozen times… 2022 will be the year of Play-2-Earn. And with the gaming nft ecosystem getting ready to explode, some businesses are building the rails to bring it all together.  99Starz seeks to create an entire blockchain gaming ecosystem that is prepared for the millions...

Running a Massive Crypto Exchange with Stephen Stonberg of Bittrex Global What does it take to run a massive crypto exchange?  In episode 572, we are going to find out as we welcome the CEO of Bittrex Global to the show. So we’ll be joined by Stephen Stonberg to discuss all things crypto and exchanges on episode #572 of the Bad Crypto Podcast.  Full show notes: Badco.in/572 SUBSCRI...

Everything You Wanted to Know About Rebasing But Were Afraid to Ask Crazy interest rates. DeFi on steroids. Massive competition. It’s all happening in a space known as Rebasing. In episode 571, we go down the Rebase rabbit hole with the lead developer on Gyro.money.  We’ll discover what rebasing is and why it so hot right now.  Get ready for some juicy content and some politi...

Giving Thanks to Our Listeners We hope you had a great Thanksgiving, and here at the Republic of Bad Cryptopia, we are thankful for you, our listeners! We’ve received a lot of phone calls to the Bad Crypto hotline, and today we want to put you front and center.  You’ve got comments, questions, and anecdotes to share.  So we’ll give a listen and respond to each one.&nbsp...

The Internet of All the Things with IoTeX There’s no shortage of things in our world. Big things, little things, fancy things, dull things, cool things, lame things. But the tech visionaries of the planet have decided that with the help of the Internet, we can connect all the things. And with the help of blockchain, we can make connecting all those things more efficient.  In episode 569...

Social Intelligence for Crypto with LunarCrush How can you learn more and increase profits from your crypto trades? Pay attention to social media and see what people are talking about.  Well with millions of tweets daily, it’s super hard to distill important information.  That’s where Lunar Crush comes in.  They have some incredible tools to help you observe the crucial...

Sports Stadiums Go Crypto - Bad News For Nov 17th Crypto moves further towards the mainstream as another major arena has been bought out for the next 20 years. A whale signals upwards move for Bitcoin as he buys $99 million more. Many think the massive run is getting closer as we approach the holidays. So much stuff is happening we just can’t. But we will because we want to. Obviously, you w...

Travala.com Disrupts the Travel Industry In an era of when lambo/when moon, many people forget that the reason Bitcoin was created was so that people would have a peer-to-peer currency that could be used to buy things and stuff. That’s why we enjoy seeing use cases that encourage people to spend their crypto.   Travala.com has been creating disruption in the travel industry for sev...

Is SuperDoge the Next Shib? Look, up in the sky! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No, it’s SuperDoge! What is that? SuperDoge is an entertainment & media-based blockchain technology project utilizing NFTs to create positive change & community enrichment. And we think you are really going to love it! As the integration of blockchain, nfts and entertainment move more towards main...

Tamagotchis for the Blockchain Age with Starchi One of the wonderful things about doing this show is all of the incredible people and projects that we encounter.  As we’ve said many times before, we believe 2022 is going to be the year of play-to-earn. One of the projects we’ve encountered could be a big deal.  So much so that we have agreed to advise AND invest in the projec...

 The Crypto Undo Button: Bad News For Nov 4th There’s nothing worse than sending a crypto transaction only to discover that you’ve made a mistake. It’s challenging enough as you are clenching your sphincter waiting for a transaction to land, but making a mistake is like double-clenching. What if there were an undo button that would make it a bit more relaxing and unclenching...

Play to Earn Crypto with MimirQuiz In episode 562, we are pleased to welcome Viktor Sodermark, CEO of MimirQuiz, to the show to discuss this exciting new game. Hopefully, he’ll give the right answers to our questions and we’ll all become stinking rich! Full show notes: Badco.in/562 SUBSCRIBE, RATE, & REVIEW: Apple Podcast:  http://badco.in/itunes Google Podcasts:  http://...

Blockchain Antitrust Law with Thibault Schrepel The law. Whether we like it or not, we have to adhere to it or people more powerful than us lock us up. And when it comes to corporate anti-trust law, you might want to lock us up for knowing so little about it. That’s why we are pleased to welcome Thibault Shrepel to the show to fill us in on all things blockchain anti-trust.  It doesn&rs...

Building a Better NFT Marketplace with Niftify Since 2021 is the Year of the NFT, it’s been impossible to go on Twitter or listen to the news and not hear people talking about digital collectibles. This year, OpenSea has emerged as the leading marketplace for people to mint, buy, sell and trade NFTs. But as much as OpenSea has contributed to the space, there are some serious problems with th...

Intelligent NFTs are Coming with Altered State Machine Since 2021 is the Year of the NFT, it’s been impossible to go on Twitter or listen to the news and not hear people talking about digital collectibles. And this year, OpenSea has emerged as the leading marketplace for people to mint, buy, sell and trade NFTs.  But as much as OpenSea has contributed to the space, there are some seriou...

Getting Local with the Puerto Rico Blockchain Trade Association Here on the beautiful island of Puerto Rico, we are surrounded by lush mountains, sandy beaches, and legions of incredibly successful entrepreneurs. And among those entrepreneurs are many crypto-savvy people. We thought we’d put the focus on the island today and speak with the founder of The Puerto Rico Blockchain Trade Associat...

 Jihan Wu: Mining His Own Business After doing this show for almost 4 ½ years, some consider us OGs in the space. We aren’t unless OG means “old guys”. In episode 557, we speak with an actual OG in the Bitcoin world.  Jihan Wu has been into Bitcoin for more than ten years and founded Bitmain, a multi-billion dollar semiconductor company specializing in chips for...

Overcoming a Rigged Market with Patrick McConlogue If there’s one thing we know to be true, it’s that traditional financial markets don’t care about you. Whether we’re talking about banks or brokers, the system is rigged to favor the super-wealthy at the cost of everyone else. You know it’s true. They know it’s true.  With blockchain and crypto offering the...

A Chat with Diamond Hands, Jaime Rogozinski of Wall Street Bets Earlier this year, it was impossible to turn on the news without hearing about Gamestop, Wall Street and Wall Street Bets. The rogue group of investors in the infamous Reddit group turned the markets on their ear as traditional investors were left scratching their heads.  In episode 555, we welcome the original Diamond Hands of W...

Decentralizing dApps with the Internet Computer How does one transform the public internet into a powerful decentralized cloud to host the next generation of software and services? If you are Dominic Williams of the DFinity Foundation, you build the Internet computer blockchain. Rapidly growing to over 250,000 users in the ten weeks since launch, ICP is becoming a home for developers around the wo...

Ready Player One with Lex Sokolin of ConsenSys Some people come on our show to talk about blockchain tech. Some come on the show to discuss DeFi. Some are here to share their tokenomics. Others want to talk NFTs.  Among all the topics that can be discussed, today’s guest wants to talk about all the things. We’re pleased to welcome Lex Sokolin of Consensys back to the Republic of B...

Magic Dust Miners Come to Ethereum Crypto. Mining. Defi. NFTs. While all different segments of the same blockchain space, we are seeing more of these segments intersecting to create greater value. This feature takes all four of these areas and unites them in a unique way that we believe is going to be big.  In episode 552, we welcome Big Mike, COO of the Magic Dust team, to discuss how NFTs c...

Is This the End or Just the Beginning? Bad News For Sept 22nd Did anyone notice that Bitcoin dumped this week? People new to the space may have panicked. But we didn’t, because crypto goes up and crypto goes down.  Most true believers are in it for the long haul and have their sites set beyond the moon. Novogratz says we are in good shape as long as Bitcoin stays above $40,000. A hacker...

Cross Chain Functionality with Sergey Gorbunov of Axelar In the beginning, there was Bitcoin. One chain to rule them all. Until more chains started popping up. Ethereum, Binance Smart chain, Solana, Cardano, just to name a few. We see a future where cross-chain interoperability is a regular thing. And we’re not alone. Sergey Gorbunov was on the founding team at Algorand, and today is the co-...

Crypto is Useless Bad News For Sept 15th Ask anyone which buffet in Las Vegas is the best and you are bound to hear The Venetian again and again. Episode 549 is like a buffet, but it’s not the Venetian. It’s more like The Tropicana. First, we revisit Chainge.finance and share the private keys for a wallet containing 100 bitcoin, and challenge you to hack it. Then, we’ve got a pre...