The Bad Crypto Podcast

Trump breaks new ground by being the first President to speak at a Bitcoin conference. Democrats are having their #MeToo moment as they try to figure out how to get on the crypto train.  RFK Jr lays out a Bitcoin maxis dream. Senator Lummis is introducing a bill to bring 1,000,000 Bitcoin into the US Federal holdings. And Travis was at Bitcoin 2024 to see it all.   Along with how the world is reac...

How do you bring a great idea for a bitcoin-based business to market? For ten years, Bitcoin Startup Labs has been helping people build investment-ready startups in record time.  Travis is working with the team on his latest brainstorm, and today we welcome the founder, Albert Liang, to the show to discuss the steps to becoming a cohort in Bitcoin Startup Labs. Let’s get in the weeds and find out...

There’s a lot of fear in the crypto world right now. It’s almost as though it’s right on schedule, too. Bitcoin mining has become profitable once again. The US debt has exploded.  And goldbug soothsayer Peter Schiff chimes in once again with another doomsday prediction.    There’s also a lot happening around the world as far as blockchain and crypto are concerned, so we’re going to give you a whir...

Bitcoin dips below $60,000 once again and people are wondering how low we can go. Some suggest the bottom could already be in. But the charts are still tracking for the big bull run to start later this year.  Some suggest that Trump winning the presidency would be a yuge boon for crypto in the United states. Others say other things.  We just tend to not listen to them.    But you are here listenin...

It’s memecoin season once again, and apart from a few that have broken into the top 100, a solid 99% of memecoins are nothing more then rugs. However, we have encountered a memecoin with utility that just may have what it takes to succeed. Today we welcome Mirus Yeti, founder of FinkeyCoin to the show, to discuss how his new project features a live stream of a monkey in Africa trading cryptocurren...

With Ethereum ETFs now approved in the United States, many are questioning what this means for altcoins in general. Back in Spring 2020 we had the opportunity to sit down with Vitalik Buterin, the founder of Ethereum, to discuss the world’s second most popular coin. We thought this would be a good time to review our chat with Vitalik.  Let’s see if the ideals espoused and predictions made still ho...

While speaking at the National Libertarian Convention recently, President Trump said many things that would appeal to crypto-positive individuals. But beside his support for crypto, Trump said if elected he would commute the double lifetime sentence of Ross Ulbricht, founder of Silk Road.  Ross’s mother, Lynn, has been his greatest advocate, and back in October 2018 we spoke with her about her ong...

Set the wayback machine to October 2, 2017. That’s when we released episode #31 of this very podcast featuring gold bug and seemingly eternal hater of Bitcoin, Peter Schiff.  In light of Bitcoin moving into the mainstream, we thought it would be interesting to revisit this discussion. Time has a way of bringing clarity. And we wonder if Peter has seen the light yet.  This is a best of Bad Crypto e...

In our last episode, we asked the question “Are Ethereum ETFs around the corner?”  Just one day later, the SEC surprised everyone by approving the very same. Turns out it wasn’t around the corner.  It was just the next step down the road.  So what does it mean for the future of bitcoin and all other cryptos? Donald Trump goes crypto positive. WorldCoin faces biometric data scrutiny. And the belove...

The crypto markets once again took off over the past couple days as news of a potential Ethereum ETF is seeming more likely. A UK judge has said that Craig Wright has lied to the court repeatedly. And Gala Games has been hit by a $23 million coin exploit.     Want to know where the crypto whales are? We’ve got a list of the top five countries where they reside. And we’ve got a smattering, or perha...

A crypto thief has returned more than $71 million in wrapped Bitcoin. The government appears to be going after tether. And Big Brother surveillance is now a reality at Binance. Bitcoin and the crypto markets are largely going sideways, but is that just because the rocket is loading up for blast-off? We’ll discuss all the latest goings-on, happenings and shenanigans in the Bitcoin, crypto and block...

It’s a pop quiz! Let’s see how many you can get right. It took Visa 25 years to process 1 billion transactions.  How many years will it take Bitcoin to do the same thing? How many countries own as much Bitcoin as Microstrategy? And is it true that Tesla has added a well-known memecoin to their site as a payment method?  The answers to these questions, as well as the mysteries of the universe revea...

After the pre-halving run-up to an all-time high, it appears Bitcoin is taking a break. But crypto never sleeps. Roger Ver has been arrested in Spain for tax fraud. CZ has been sentenced to prison. And people are searching for “buy the dip”.  We’ve got a bunch of spicy news to cover to go with this dip. And you’ve got us, the two biggest dips in blockchain podcasting. We’re here for this Bad News...

According to search engine inquiries, there was more interest in the most recent halving event than four years ago. Miners are having a payoff with increased transaction fees due to Runes. And RFK, Jr wants to put the entire US budget on blockchain. FTX, Apple, and Mt Gox are all making news in the crypto world, as is the infamous “Buy Bitcoin” sign that appeared behind Janet Yellen during her con...

If we’ve said it once, we’ve said it hundreds of times. Crypto goes up, crypto goes down.  It just so happens this is one of those down times. And while it feels bad to see your portfolio shrinking, there are many reasons to be optimistic, not the least of which is the approaching halving and the largely predictable four-year cycle. The most optimistic projections still have Bitcoin hitting $1,000...

No matter where you live in the world, you are subject to authorities that tend to abuse their power. Through taxation, legislation or outright tyranny, every one of us faces consequences based on our nationality. Andrew Henderson started Nomad Capitalist as a means of determining which countries treat its citizens the best, providing the most fertile grounds for living a life free of government i...

Sam Bankman-Fried has been sentenced to 25 years in a federal prison. While odds of him serving the full sentence are in question, many are wondering what life will be like for him while behind bars.  Will it be like orange is the new black? Or will his experience be more like a white-collar country club? Today we welcome another Sam to the show, Sam Mangel, to discuss his experiences in federal p...

We have spoken to hundreds of projects over the past seven years. Many of them did not make it through the bear market. But some have not only survived the bear, but they have continued to build and prosper.  One such project is the game Upland. Commanding an average of 30,000 daily users, Upland is the most active of the games in the metaverse category and they show no signs of slowing.  Today we...

Well, it’s time to pack it in. The bull run was short-lived and it’s all over. Bitcoin is back down from it’s all-time high and there are those who are questioning if we are even going to see a pre or post-halving run now. After all, if crypto doesn’t just go up all the time, what good is it? Of course, while the price of Bitcoin and other coins are down right now, in all likelihood things are jus...

For several years, we’ve predicted that a future use case for NFTs is going to be in real estate deeds. The prognostication has become a reality and today we welcome Andrew Zapo from PropyKeys to the show to discuss precisely how you can tokenize a physical address and attach an ownership deed to it. A Dapp build on the Propy network, we explore this current use case for NFTs and demonstrate how y...

It seems like a long time ago and just yesterday that Bitcoin hit an all-time high of $69,000.  After selling off all the way to $15,000 the road back has been long and perilous. Yet, here we are once again, knocking on the door of a new all-time high.  Knock knock. Who’s there? Bitcoin, blockchain, cryptocurrency, nfts and the two baddest hosts in all of cryptodom. This is our Bad News episode #7...

Stealing from the rich and giving to the poor. That’s what Robin Hood was known for. Today, it’s what the governments of the world are known for. And Robinhood is an app that allows regular people to buy, sell and trade stocks and cryptocurrencies.  The app came upon controversy during the Gamestop debacle, and we are fortunate to have the general manager of crypto at Robinhood with us today to an...

When you look at the top 100 cryptos on Coingecko, there are a lot of familiar names. We’re all familiar with Bitcoin, Cosmos, Algorand and so many others. But there are others that we’ve never encountered before. And they are in the top 100 for a reason. Today we’re going to pick out a handful of these top 100 tokens that we’ve never heard of and ask the BadCrypto AI bot to inform us so that you...

While everyone else is talking about the Chief’s Super Bowl victory, Taylor Swift and Joe Biden’s decreasing ability to form a coherent sentence, we’re here today to discuss something really important… tax time is approaching.  Sure, you’d probably rather talk about anything other than this, but understanding the latest changes to the US tax code should be very important to all US citizens. That’s...

What if you could get paid to be part of a system that powers decentralized internet access? More than 11,000 people are already taking advantage of PKT, a proof-of-work blockchain built to disrupt and innovate the telecom industry.  Today we speak with Josh Berger, founding community member for PKT, so that you learn how to earn PKT from your unused internet on any computer with Internet, anywher...