The Bad Crypto Podcast

Old McToshi had a startup, EIEIO. And for that startup he needed cash, EIEIO. With a crowdfund here and a crowdfund there, here a block, there a chain, everywhere a blockchain. Yes, Old McToshi needed cash, but how to raise you know? In the past we’ve discussed ICOs and STOs, but today we enter the realm of the IEO, the Initial Exchange Offering. And we’re joined by Lionel Iruk, Managi...

Cryptocurrency. The promise of decentralized money that would bring power back to the people. Just imagine how much good can take place as a result? Unfortunately, anywhere financial gain makes an appearance, people with only their own profit in mind show up to capitalize on it. There’s nothing wrong with making profit. But what if you could do good by helping non-profits prosper in the new...

North America, South America, Europe, Australia, Asia and Africa. Yes, cryptocurrency is the revolution heard around the world. Ok, Antarctica too. And today we’re pleased to welcome our friend Ran Neuner to the show. Host of CNBC Africa’s wildly popular The Crypto Trader Show, Ran has a great story to tell. And a great accent with which to tell it. No matter what time of day you are l...

What’s one way to know that mainstream crypto adoption is on the way? Not only does mainstream news report on it more frequently, but some filmmakers find it fascinating and begin documenting the industry. There are a number of blockchain-related documentaries now in the works and today we welcome Shannon Grinnell to the show to discuss her project, The New Internet. Twenty years from now a...

What does decentralized governance mean for the future of humanity? How will blockchain upgrade Web 2.0 to Web 3.0? And is Coke really better than Pepsi? Today we welcome Jeremy Musighi of Immutable Capital to the show to discuss two out of three of the questions I just asked. He knows quite a bit about blockchains, but we’re not sure if he is a soda expert. As for us, well we’re just...

You don’t get the title futurist by doing what everyone else is doing. You get it by trying new things and playing with the new toys before all the other kids. So in the spirit of trying something new, today’s episode was recorded live on a very cool podcast app called Castbox.fm. Their new Livecast feature allowed us to cover the news for the week with a live studio audience. And it w...

Money can buy a lot of things. Many financial advisors will tell you to diversify and invest some of your funds in precious metals. Both Travis and I like gold, as does Andreas Kalteis, CEO of NovemGold. They are seeking to change how gold is bought, sold and stored around the world. Another thing money can buy can be purchased legally in some places… and not so much in others. While I was...

Building blockchains ain’t easy. There’s programming to be programmed. There’s coding to be coded. There’s blocking to be blockified. The truth is, I don’t understand that part of it all that well. But Ark.io does. And they’ve developed a new push-button system that allows anyone to deploy their own blockchain quickly and easily. We met with Travis Walker and Ju...

It’s a cold and rainy day in New York City, but crypto and blockchain enthusiasts from all over the world are here for the continents’ biggest crypto event of the year, Consensus 2019 We’re encased in a see-through podcast booth, almost like animals in a zoo. And we’ve got a number of fantastic guests here to discuss their blockchain projects. You’ll learn about Bravo...

Advertising, content marketing, social media marketing, e-commerce and data. What do these marketing technologies have in common? All of them are poised for serious disruption as their blockchain equivalents are beginning to surface. Today, we welcome Donny Dvorin of NeverStopMarketing to the show to examine the blockchain mar-tech landscape. We’ll also recap our experience at Consensus 2019...

It's actually a cool sunny day in New York City and Mr. Travis Wright and what's left of his voice and I are in New York for consensus. The continent's largest blockchain event and we are talked out and yet we love you so much that we're here to present an episode. Get ready for a great interview with the folks from Blueshare.io all about security tokens in this episode number 268, of The Bad Cryp...

When you think of crypto exchanges, which do you think are the best? Binance? HITBtc? Bittrex? Gemini? Wouldn’t it be good to have objective data on which crypto exchanges get the highest ratings for legitimacy and which are more on the questionable side? On Yavin of Cointelligence has some great data that will open your eyes. They’ve done some great work evaluating exchanges in some k...

Binance is the latest crypto hack victim, with over $40 million in Bitcoin stolen. Fidelity is really close to rolling out institutional Bitcoin trading. And Facebook continues to work on their own crypto. We’ve got the latest blockchain news you need to know. Regardless of your politics, religion, race, creed or hamburger preference, we welcome all to the Republic of Bad Cryptopia. It&rsquo...

Imagine believing in Bitcoin so much that you sold everything you had and pledged to live the truly decentralized life. That describes Didi Taihuttu perfectly. Sell the house! Sell the car! Sell the kids! Wait, don’t sell the kids! Today, we’ll speak with Didi about what motivated him to sell all the things and live the bitcoin life. We’ll also hit you up with a BADcoin update, a...

What if domain names were truly useful in the blockchain space? If Brad Kam of Unstoppable Domains has his way, we’ll be sending crypto to domain names, as easy as email, instead of super-long and confusing wallet addresses. And what happens when research on exchanges reveals questionable trades? It makes the crypto markets look icky. And Dmitry of Cryptointegrity isn’t pulling any pun...

How long have you been listening to Bad Crypto? Are you a card-carrying member of the Republic of Bad Cryptopia or are you new to show? We thought it would be a good time to do a refresher on some blockchain basics. And to help us out, we’ve invited Peter Kent, author of Cryptocurrency Mining for Dummies” book, to the show. We think Peter explains blockchain better than we do, so we&rs...

It started as token designed to serve our community. It was worthless. And people trading Badcoin on the bitshares exchange quickly discovered that when we said worthless… we meant it. But what started as a joke, soon became the seed of an idea that has now come to fruition. The BADcoin blockchain has officially launched, and we’re pleased to announce that it is a mineable token that...

There’s nothing like surrounding yourself with people smarter than yourself. And that’s exactly what we are experiencing now as we are onstage at the Paris Blockchain Week Summit! Attended by over 1500 people at the incomparable Station F, the team has done a great job of putting together a first-rate event packed with knowledge. Today we’re pleased to show you the future of trading crypto futures...

Mass crypto adoption will take place when it become simple and easy to buy, sell and store tokens. Viktor Radchenko, founder of Trust Wallet, intends to play a role in making this happen. Now owned by Binance, Trust Wallet is helping the massive crypto exchange continue its mission to make cryptocurrency easy to use and give users full control over their digital assets. What’s in your wallet...

While United States citizens await official approval of ETFs by the securities and exchange commission and rulings on the future of cryptos from other government agencies, some states are taking matters into their own hands. The great state of Wyoming is leading the way by passing pro-blockchain legislation that the governor is signing. Today we welcome Caitlin Long to the show. She’s been l...

Do we have fans of the hit TV show Shark Tank in the house? If so, you’re going to be as excited as we are today. We have the pleasure of welcoming one of the original sharks to the show. Kevin Harrington has gone down the crypto rabbit hole and is an advisor on a number of blockchain projects. As the pioneer of the television infomercial and an entrepreneur who has launched more than $5 bil...

Are the robots going to take over? Or can AI and blockchain calm our fears about this? Jen Greyson has thoughts on this and more. As one of the Top 8 women in Crypto, Founder of the Blockchain Sisterhood, and CEO/Founder of CO.CO--the "Airbnb" of office space, Jen proposes that women are the answer to crypto adoption. We’ll discuss why, and you aren’t likely to get an argument from us....

Here at the Republic of Bad Cryptopia, we love our Aussie listeners. Well, we love all our listeners, but we want to give a special shoutout to our friends down under. And in the spirit of this recognition, today we welcome Trader Cobb back to the show to discuss what the crypto charts are saying. It’s like looking into a crystal ball and finding fish in it. Well, that’s actually just...

How can blockchain solve real world problems? There’s so much more to it than just Bitcoin. AI, machine learning and the Internet of things are all wrapped up in this bundle of revolutionary tech. Today we are joined by Annie Qi, a blockchain and ICO marketing consultant, and podcaster, to discuss all these futury things that are happening today. We love to welcome the female gender to our s...

We just released an episode yesterday titled “Will the Crypto Winter Ever End?” So, funny story… while many of you were listening to that show Bitcoin and the crypto markets suddenly and unexpectedly came to life! In fact, at one point Bitcoin passed $5000 on one exchange. But as of this recording it is sitting at $4700.So does this mean the thaw is happening? Are we entering th...