The Bad Crypto Podcast

In a world where bitcoin confusion and crypto craziness have gripped the hearts and minds of a forward-thinking people, and of those who are frightened because they can only see the past, two men stand strong in the fight to make complicated stuff easy to understand. As lightbearers of the promise for blockchain technology to bring forth decentralization and power to all the people of the world, T...

When lambo? When moon? Perhaps there are better questions we can be asking about ICOs. We’re pleased to welcome John Wise, CEO of Loci, back to the show to discuss how we should be paying attention to the business models offered by these companies. Initially intended to be a brief discussion at Crypto HQ in Davos, John’s depth of knowledge kept the recorder rolling. Ready or not, here...

You’ve heard Travis and myself do shows together, but what happens when we are interviewed by other podcast hosts? I recently was invited to be a guest on Curious with Calvin Wayman to explain blockchain and cryptocurrency. Travis was on Flip My Funnel with Sangram Varje, founder of Terminus, and he shared about the same topic. In this episode, our producer, Aaron the Tech , creates a mashup...

It’s been a sad couple weeks in the crypto markets as Bitcoin and all its children have taken an absolute pounding. With the market cap dropping more than 60% in just a few weeks, many people are beginning to ask if crypto is over?   Travis and I aren’t happy with what’s happened, but we’re also not surprised. And we’re here to provide you with some perspective t...

Do you ever wonder why United States residents can’t participate in so many ICOs? What’s the real difference between a security token and a utility token? And what happens if someone who isn’t supposed to buy a token ends up doing it? We visited with John Hensel of Seccurency while at the CryptoHQ house during our recent trip to Davos, and were intrigued by the depth of his knowl...

We got a message from Ronnie Moas this morning, and he’s steaming mad! Not at you or me, but at Paypal. So we thought we’d get him on to share what’s going on as well as catch up on his take of the current state of crypto. Looks like Ronnie is becoming a Bad Crypto Correspondent, but we may just give him the title “His Supreme Royal Prognosticator of All Things Financial.&r...

It seems like hardly a day goes by that we don’t hear about a company attempting to disrupt an industry with a new blockchain-based solution. It’s why we’re able to bring you current interviews with some of these innovators each week. Today you’ll hear from founders of companies seeking to create new solutions in healthcare and rewards, as well as another wanting to make cr...

Hundreds of millions of dollars in crypto have gone missing in what might be the biggest crypto theft ever. The exchange world is changing as Robinhood seeks to take from the very rich Coinbase and give back to all of us by eliminating trading fees. And we are pleased to welcome Brian Keen from ICORating.com to the show to discuss the ICO marketplace. We’re freshly back from Davos, Switzerla...

It’s a beautiful sunny day in Davos, Switzerland. And Travis and I have just finished a series of interviews with some of the people here at the CryptoHQ house, presented by DecentraNet and Bueno Capital. In this episode, you’ll meet a number of these movers and shakers in the blockchain space as they share their projects and visions in brief interviews. There’s several feet of f...

It’s a beautiful sunny day in Davos, Switzerland and there’s enough snow here make Santa Claus feel like he’s at the north pole. Travis and I are at CryptoHQ surrounded by movers and shakers in the blockchain space, and we’re recording this episode live before an audience of people wondering why they are sitting here when they could bathing in a pool of delicious swiss choc...

Travis thought it would be a good idea to leave the country for a week… something about a Blockchain cruise with John McAfee and Ronnie Moas.  But the show must go on, and go on it will. Way back on episode #22 we invited our friend Michael O’ Neal of the Solopreneur Hour to guest host with Travis while I was away. They discussed Michael’s journey down the rabbit hole and what it was like for a cr...

The blockchain cruise is over and Mr. Travis Wright has a lot to share about his experience aboard the USS Crypto. But, he’s lost his voice just a bit, so this should be interesting. What’s up with South Korea and the resulting fear, uncertainty and doubt? And we’re finally ready to address a coin many of you have been asking us about. With Travis still in Singapore and me i...

There’s much more to the blockchain revolution than cryptocurrency. We are living in an era of decentralization that is creating a new economic order designed to work for all humanity, to honor innovation and to secure sovereignty.   And that’s one of the missions of The World Tokenomic forum, an international organization created to enable public-private cooperation and innovatio...

Can you believe this show has been around for six months already? We can’t. And on today’s episode, we’re going to discuss where crypto was at when we recorded the first episode and where it is today. Hop into the time machine with us and let’s see where the first six months have taken all who are card-carrying citizens of The Republic of Bad Cryptopia in this “time f...

This week found many people freaking out as the recent dips in crypto turned into a nosedive with bitcoin dipping into the 8000’s and altcoins tanking 40, 50 and 60 percent. I guess it’s time to shut the doors. Close down the store. And forget about this blockchain thing. The fat lady has sung. Or perhaps this kind of so-called “crash” is nothing new in the crypto space. Have no fear, citizens of...

It may look and feel like magical internet money, but the truth is that cryptocurrency is personal property. At least that is the statement from the United States Internal Revenue service. With so many questions surrounding crypto and taxes, we thought we’d invite a certified public accountant to the show. While no one likes to think about paying taxes, we’re here to help you stay legi...

If you met a cypherpunk in a dark alley, what would you say to him? If that cypherpunk was Jameson Lopp , you’d probably invite him to have a beer and discuss cryptocurrency. As luck we have it, we didn’t meet Jameson in a dark alley. We invited him to join us on the show to glean from his knowledge of the blockchain world. He’s a software engineer that speaks regular people lang...

The Financial technology world is changing faster than a newborn baby’s diaper.. There are some in the industry who are keeping their eye on how the financial sector will be affected by artificial intelligence, roboadvisors, neobanks and blockchain. We recently sat down with Lex Sokolin of Autonomous.com to discuss these issues and it led to a fascinating conversation that will really get yo...

The number of ICOs hitting the cryptocurrency space seems to multiply faster than bunny rabbits. And in this episode, we’re bringing you two new companies seeking to change their industries by crowdfunding and launching their projects. BeeToken aims to disrupt the home sharing space, and Gatcoin is taking on merchant rewards programs. It’s going to be an enlightening and entertaining show as we di...

Just ten episodes ago we had the opportunity to meet Ronnie Moas of Standpoint Research.  With one of the best track records in the investing space, episode #60 educated, inspired and entertained us and our listeners, becoming one of our most-listened to episodes. We’re glad to say that Ronnie was gracious enough to come back to the show for his latest thoughts on Bitcoin, Ripple, the a...

2018 is in full swing and the crypto markets are on fire! The market cap has passed 700 billion and people all over the world are now sitting up and paying attention to magical internet money. So what will the year bring? We know for sure that there will be plenty of drama, and we’re here to help make sense of it all. And when that fails, we’ll just make fun of ourselves for being bad....

What is growth hacking and is it possible you know someone who is a growth hacker, but you didn’t know it? Well, we just spent time with Justin Wu, Blockchain evangelist and growth hacker with Coincircle.com and you are going to dig it. Should you have a different email address for each crypto account? We’ll discuss that and whatever else comes to our minds in the highly anticipated ep...

More than three billion people are now connected online. But the payment infrastructure is still stuck in the 20th century. The people at Ripple hope to change that by creating the world’s only enterprise system for global payments. And today, we welcome the CEO of Ripple.com, Brad Garlinghouse to the program. It’s a fascinating discussion about all things blockchain, as well as XRP, t...

HAPPY NEW YEAR! Yes, it’s a new year and we’re excited about what is going to take place in the blockchain space in 2018. As crypto continues to enter the mainstream and real blockchain technologies begin bringing real solutions to real problems, we anticipate very exciting days ahead. We’ll talk about that and give a rundown on the top 10 countries where you are hearing this show. It’s a New Year...

How do you earn over $1,000,000 / day selling digital cats on the ethereum blockchain? The team at Axiom Zen has cracked the code with CryptoKitties . We’ve talked about these crypto-felines on a previous episode, and apparently we aren’t the only ones. With over 1500 articles on the web about this sensation, we wanted to hear directly from some of the people responsible.  They&rs...