The Bad Crypto Podcast

Taking Blockchain Games to the Next Level with Animoca Blizzard/Activision, Rock Star Games, Epic Games… these are some of the behemoths of the traditional video gaming world. The one thing they all have in common is they all started with a dream and a vision. They all had dogged persistence and determination to be best of class. There are several companies in the blockchain gaming world th...

El Salvador Makes Bitcoin Legal Tender - Bad News For Wednesday, June 9th Exactly where is the bottom for the Bitcoin price? How low can it go? Anonymous is targeting Elon Musk after his alleged manipulation of the Bitcoin price. Vitalik is surprised at how long Ethereum 2.0 is taking. We are as well. El Salvador President Submits Bill to Recognize Bitcoin as Legal Tender. The U.S. DOJ has retriev...

Cryptocurrency in India with Dr. Ayush Gaur With a population of almost 1.4 billion people, India accounts for nearly 18% of the world’s population. The opportunities for cryptocurrency to better the lives of the country’s citizens are phenomenal.  And when a citizen of India reached out to us eager to discuss the future of crypto in India, and told us how amazing we were, how cou...

Crypto Spotlight: GetDiscreet  ICOs are so 2017.  In fact, there were so many of them in 2017 that we had special episodes of the show called the ICO Spotlight.  Since that time we’ve seen multiple new variations of token offerings with different names and acronyms to comply with regulations and securities laws. Yet, the principle remains the same.  A company wishes to fu...

Electric Car Mines Crypto - Bad News For 6/2/21 What’s in the news this week? Well, there’s a story about Bitcoin. There’s another story about Bitcoin. And wouldn’t you know it, there’s yet another story about Bitcoin. Pundit, investors, speculators, bears and bulls are all playing a tug of war to see which way the cryptocurrency is going to go next as the sideways ga...

Discussing Defi with Brian Kerr of Kava Labs We are the blockchain blockheads, the crypto clowns, and the defi dufi.  Defi is a big deal as Ethereum finds its sweet spot. Today we welcome Brian Kerr of Kava Labs to the show to discuss all the beautiful ways you can earn interest in your cryptos with decentralized finance. And who doesn’t like interest?  So unless you are uninterest...

 Talkin’ Tokens with Teeka Tiwari Bitcoin and crypto geniuses seem to be popping up all over the place.  That’s what happens whenever there is a bull run.  All of a sudden, everyone including your mom becomes a crypto expert. But there are some analysts who have stood the test of time.  One such person is Teeka Tiwari.  Founder of the Palm Beach Letter, a forme...

Dalio Says “Bitcoin Over Bonds” - Bad News For 5/26/21 Another Bitcoin critic has seen the light as Billionaire Ray Dalio has stated he prefers Bitcoin over bonds. Hey, we’ll take it. The US Treasury is calling for stricter cryptocurrency compliance with the IRS. And Elon Musk says he won’t sell his Dogecoin.  Around the world, China is doing what China does. Canada is...

Giving Away Bitcoin with Jeff Garzik Every now and then someone tells us that we are OGs of crypto. We have to remind them that while we have been in the space for four years, we’re relatively green compared to the real OGs. Take, for example, Jeff Garzik.  One of the earliest contributors to Bitcoin, Jeff once gave away over 15,000 Bitcoin for developer bounties. And while he isn&rsquo...

Bitcoin $hits the Bed - Bad News For May 19th Great shades of 2018! The world awoke today to see the crypto market tumble in the biggest market crash we’ve seen in three years. Hitting a low of $30,000, and bringing just about every coin downward in its wake, there are many theories about what may have caused this precipitous plummet.  Was it Elon Musk? Was it a plan to force some into...

IDOs on Binance with Michael Terpin With so many new companies in the blockchain space seeking ways to raise capital, it can often be challenging to connect with investors. And with so many investors wanting to find solid investments that aren’t going to take the money and run, if only there were a better way to connect the dots. In episode 513,  we welcome Michael Terpin back to the sh...

Vitalik Shakes the Memecoin Marketplace - Bad News For May 12th SHIB, LEASH, ELON, AKITA, KISHU. There are just some of the meme-inspired tokens which have flown up the charts following hot on the heels of DOGE hype. But Vitalik made a move today which may have taken the steam out of the memecoin movement, or fueled it to go to the moon. The Bitcoin price has wobbled a bit but rumors are that Mark...

Good Wizard? Or Bad Wizard? Producer Notes:  The guys did this episode with zero notes & this them telling the story of what happened per their experience. They are as completely transparent as they can be with their dealing with the Blue Wizard.  As Joel mentions around 45 minutes they were paid for an upcoming “spotlight” interview 5 million $WIZ each transferred to the...

Aircoins: The Pokemon Go of Crypto Remember when Pokemon Go came out? The app became an instant sensation with people of all ages scouring the landscape to catch them all. What if that same technology was available for cryptocurrency? Imagine being able to find actual coins in the wild using augmented reality?  In this episode, we welcome Emal Safi, CEO of Aircoins, to the show to discuss how...

Will DOGE Hit $1.00? Will ETH Hit $5000? - Bad News For 5/6/21 Warren Buffet once called Bitcoin “rat-poison squared”. Now his right-hand man says Bitcoin’s success is “disgusting”.  Ha ha ha… we are laughing. Grayscale has signed a deal with the NY Giants making them the first crypto organization to sponsor an NFL team. NYDIG is making it simple for peopl...

How China Can Kill Bitcoin with Stephen Leeb Bitcoin has been declared dead more than 400 times by pundits and critics. And yet, it’s so NOT dead. And while there has been a lot of speculation about the various things that could allegedly kill Bitcoin, today’s guest brings up a scenario that we found interesting. Might we be able to change his mind? Author Stephen Leeb joins us for one...

Bitcoin is set to close its first red April for the first time in 6 years. Kansas City Chiefs player to be paid entirely in Bitcoin. Visa & Mastercard moving into crypto big-time. Elon Musk & Dogecoin in the news once again. We've got all the Bad News you need for the week in episode 508. Full Show Notes at:  http://badco.in/508 SUBSCRIBE, RATE, & REVIEW: Apple Podcast:  http...

Disrupting Music and Film with Blockchain Two of the most anticipated use cases for blockchain technology have revolved around the entertainment industry. The music and film industries have suffered greatly due to the Covid-19 shutdowns, and the field is ripe for disruption. In episode 507, we welcome two disruptors to the show to discuss how they intend to revolutionize music and film through blo...

The Fed Says Bitcoin is a Store of Value - Bad News For 4/22/21 Bitcoin slumps to $50,000 before bouncing back. Is China at fault? If so it’s okay because they are now endorsing Bitcoin investments. Sound schizophrenic? Perhaps, but not as weird as both the US dollar and Bitcoin slumping together. Cuba is adopting crypto as part of the communist party agenda, Venmo is launching crypto tradin...

Early Stage Crypto Investing with Megan Kaspar How many people have you met that were early investors in Bitcoin, Ethereum, Sia, Qtum, Cosmos Network, Polkadot, EOS and others? Megan Kaspar has spent her entire career investing in and advising companies in blockchain and related sectors. We’re privileged to have her with us today to discuss early-stage crypto investing, SPACS, NFTs and a bun...

SEC Comments on Banning Bitcoin - Bad News For 4/15/21 The bitcoin bulls continue to run as many prolific commentators foresee massive highs in the future. Binance allows users to trade tokenized stock tokens. The SEC has issued comments on what it would take to ban bitcoin. You don’t want to miss this.  People are buying real estate with Bitcoin,  people are getting paid with Bitc...

 Casual Gaming for Crypto with Gamee The gaming market has grown to be bigger than Hollywood. And it makes sense for gaming to be one of the gateways into blockchain for the masses. Gamee has been doing casual gaming right on mobile devices and now in partnership with Animoca, they are taking it the chain. Today, we welcome Bozena Rezab, CEO and co-founder of Gamee to the show to discuss toke...

$2 Trillion Crypto Market Cap - Bad News For 4/8/21 $2 Trillion dollar crypto market cap. That’s it. That’s the opening teaser for this bad news episode #502 of The Bad Crypto Podcast.  Full Show Notes at:  http://badco.in/502 SUBSCRIBE, RATE, & REVIEW: Apple Podcast:  http://badco.in/itunes Google Podcasts:  http://badco.in/google Spotify:  http://badco.in...

How Cryptocurrency Will Change Everything with Ethan Turer Happy Easter to all our friends in the Republic of Bad Cryptopia! Whether this day finds you in church, at the beach, at the local pub, skiing in the mountains or just chilling with family, we just want you to know that we are grateful that you’re part of our family.  Except for the one guy. You know who you are. While the rest...

Paypal Launches "Checkout with Crypto" - Bad News For April 1st, 2021 Hear ye, hear ye, Citizens of the Republic of Bad Cryptopia! We hereby decree this show to be the official five hundredth episode produced for your infotainment pleasure. Only it’s really not. It’s more like 600. Confused yet? That’s okay. So are we. Bitcoin has continued to hover around $58,000, Peter Schiff s...