The Bad Crypto Podcast

Blockchain and data go together like peas and carrots. When you think of all the industries that require their data to be secured, the list goes on and on. And today we’ve got a special Blockchain CMO segment featuring Jason Manningham, the General Manager at Blockgraph. Helping the world’s largest TV and media companies control, connect, and safely activate their data at scale is no s...

Bitcoin takes another nosedive bringing the entire crypto marketplace down with it. With halving just 5 months away, will this new 7-month low lead to the long-awaited bull run?  A crypto tycoon died leaving $145m in limbo. Now lawyers want to find out if it is really his body buried six-feet under. And Brave is onboarding verified publishers in droves. Are you drove-worthy? Finally, we&rsquo...

With over $138 billion dollars in revenue in 2018, the global video game industry is bigger then the movie industry. And like every other vertical, we are starting to see blockchain-based alternatives to traditional gaming, both on computer and mobile. Today we’re all about the future of gaming as we welcome Ryan Rodden to the show. Publisher for CastleCrypto.gg, Ryan is tuned into the block...

This just in. The hosts of this show are not financial advisors. We’re just not. No matter how we wish we were. It ain’t gonna happen. That’s why it’s good fortune that we’ve happened up Tim Picciott. He’s a living breathing financial advisor who specializes in the crypto space. What are the odds? Today Tim joins us to share his thoughts on crypto investing. &nb...

Marc Cuban says there is no way Bitcoin can ever become a reliable currency. Vinnie Lingham is about to win a Bitcoin price bet.  And Jack Dorsey does a series of tweets indicating that Twitter may be moving towards decentralization. Another alleged crypto ponzi scheme sees three people arrested, Nike has patented a system for tokenizing shoes, and a new crypto game will see people battling i...

It appears that the US Government is being slow to finalize regulation for blockchain and cryptocurrency, but that doesn’t mean progress isn’t being made. It’s said that all politics is local, and different states are moving forward with blockchain in different ways.   In the state of Michigan, a bill has been passed that would write emerging Bitcoin and blockchain technolog...

The financial industry is not the only industry to be positively impacted by blockchain. Advertising and Advertising Technology are using it in the ad space.  Irrelevant ads. Fake ads. Spam ads. Ads that send you to a fake publisher… there are some ad networks that are completely 100% fake traffic.  Now imagine those ads supply path being tracked every step of the way on blockchai...

Can you get arrested for teaching blockchain and cryptocurrency? Ask Virgil Griffith. Turns out if you are in the wrong place at the wrong time, bad things can happen. Georgia Governor Brian Kemp has appointed Kelly Loeffler, CEO of institutional Bitcoin (BTC) futures platform Bakkt, to a United States Senate seat. And the great firewall of China has blocked access to Etherscan, a popular Ethereum...

Not all heroes wear capes, but some crypto traders wear masks. And it’s not because they don’t want anyone to know who they are. Well, maybe it is partly that. But today’s guest has a special for wearing a mask over part of his face as he shares his trading strategies. He goes by the name “Crypto Face” and he’s a popular cryptocurrency Youtuber and trader, and i...

Apollo, Prometheus, Zeus, Titus. Three of these are Greek gods. One of them is a god of the digital world.  That would be Titus. I mean, did Zeus found uber-successful digital ad agencies, Razorfish and Schematic? Did Apollo sit on the board of Samsung? Did Prometheus steer the digital transformation of the BBC? Nope. Titus did that. And today he joins us to discuss his involvement in the cry...

It was May 17th, 2010, and Laszlo Hanyecz went down in history by becoming the first person to buy goods with Bitcoin. His now infamous purchase of two Papa Johns’ pizzas for 10,000 BTC has led to countless jokes about how much those Bitcoins would be worth today. But buying pizza with Bitcoin demonstrated that the new cryptocurrency truly was something that anyone can use. And that hasn&rsq...

Over the past couple years we’ve seen a number of crypto wallets designed to offer security to coin holders. We’ve been big fans of the Trezor and Ledger wallets, but some new technologies are creating opportunities for digital wallets to become even safer. Evercoin now claims to be the safest cryptocurrency wallet and exchange. Evercoin co-founders Miko Matsumura and Talip Ozturk join...

Tom Lee says Bitcoin must hit $150,000 before ETFs can work. And if that happens, Millennials may be set to be the wealthiest generation yet.  That is, if massive debt doesn’t get them first. Today we’ll take a look at the percent of world debt by country, and we’ll examine how the Federal Reserve or any central bank “prints money” by adding credit to banks&rsquo...

You’ve most likely heard of newest Financial Action Task Force guidelines from this past summer which include new anti-money-laundering standards as well as the Travel Rule. It seems the crypto industry is sweating and gnashing its collective teeth trying to figure out the next move. The deadline for compliance is June 2020 and time is quickly ticking away. No one is really explaining the wh...

The IRS has issued new tax guidance for 2019. What does it mean to you? What regulatory challenges exist for crypto companies in 2020. And will smart cities lead to a smarter government?   These and many more questions will be answered today by someone far more knowledgeable than us. Maureen Murat, Esq is a principal at Crowdie Advisors, LLC. She knows things that we don’t know. And may...

Crypto price sentiment seems to turn on a dime. After seeing Bitcoin approach $10,000 we find ourselves once again in the $8700 zone. Some are bullish and some are bearish. And some people say Bitcoin isn’t even real. Samsung, Safeway and Alibaba enter the blockchain fray, China is spending billions on blockchain development and there’s a rumor going round that Satoshi donated 50 BTC t...

What kind of assets are there? There’s liquid assets. There are personal assets. There are goodwill assets. Gold and silver assets. There are smart assets. That’s us.  In the 21st century, now we’ve got Crypto Assets, and that’s what this show is all about.  First we’ll be joined by Kevin Seqniki, co-founder of AVA Labs. AVA is a platform for new assets, mar...

It’s tomorrow “down under”, but neither long flights nor weeks on the road will stop Trader Cobb from providing us with a crypto trader update. He’s here today to give us the lay of the land as we are in early November.  We don’t make too many jokes at his expense, but there are definitely a few goods one in there.  Why he agrees to come on this show is a my...

Was the big Bitcoin run of 2017 caused by just one person? We’ve got a story that says it was… and another that says it wasn’t. Hey, we report, you decide. CZ predicts Bitcoin will hit $16,000 “soon”. Roger Ver says B-Cash could be worth $5000 some day. And Stellar Lumens stuns the alt-coin world by burning nearly half of their supply.  China appears to be embra...

What do you get when you cross 2000 crypto geeks with Las Vegas? We don’t have a good punchline, but I guarantee it looks a little something like us to coming to you live from World Crypto Con 2019! Today we welcome William Quigley of WAX to the show. We’ll discuss the future of digital assets and utility tokens. Then we’ve got a panel of luminaries to discuss the hot topics of t...

On our last episode we introduced you to a number of great people we spoke with at World Crypto Con in Las Vegas. Today we bring you part II of these interviews, and it is a packed show. We’ve got a crypto newbie who attended his first conference, a blockchain artist who’s gotten over 30 signatures on the piece he debuted at last year’s WCC, Nick Sapanaro from Divi is back to upd...

As we’ve been spending the week in Las Vegas for Vegas Blockchain Week and we’ve had opportunities to speak to so many blockchain-minded people. In fact we’ve got so much great content that the next 3 episodes will feature interviews from World Crypto Con. Today’s show is a mashup of personalities and opinions you don’t want to miss. The Divine Doctor M does some tech...

Crypto won’t go mainstream until people are using crypto. So if people aren’t using crypto, how can it go mainstream? That’s why we’re glad there are some who aren’t just concerned about hopping in a jet-fueled lambo and going to the moon, but want to see people using their cryptos. One such individual is Deana Burke. Deana is the creator of the Gracias app, a mission...

With blockchain becoming a part of societies around the world, getting the legal implications straightened out is a top priority. With big banks entering the crypto space (the new Wells Fargo Digital Cash, JPM Coin cryptocurrency and big banks' use of Ripple) what legal and regulatory issues— both in the U.S. and globally— should people be aware of? Today we welcome Felix Shipkevich to...

Once again, Bitcoin and crypto have taken a sudden downturn. Have we hit a new bottom? A fake Tor browser has been stealing Bitcoin for years. And an AT&T customer is suing the company because an employee aided in crypto theft totalling more than $1.8 million dollars. Yikes! Are you ready to get your Masters in Blockchain. You can, and we’ll tell you from where. Who does CZ is the most i...