The Decrypting Crypto Podcast

In this week's episode, we discuss the following stories: The CFTC is suing Binance, and it’s a pretty big deal Date confirmed for the Ethereum Shanghai Update The RESTRICT Act, and How it Could Be Used to Ban Bitcoin

Aki Balogh is the co-founder and CEO of DLC.Link, a company building Discreet Log Contracts (DLCs) on Bitcoin that enable bitcoins to be stored onchain and then utilized via smart contracts across other chains. Lending is an obvious use case here as it removes the third-part risk of requiring a custodian to manage your bitcoin that you borrow against (or via a wrapped BTC token). DLCs solve this a...

In this week's episode of Off Chain, we cover the following stories: The outlook for the markets based on the Fed’s latest rate decision The much-anticipated Arbitrum airdrop is happening today (as we record) SEC Warns Coinbase of Enforcement Over Its Staking Rewards Products

In this week's episode, we do a deep dive into the future of banking in the crypto space. We discuss: First Silvergate collapses, then SVB, and now Signature Bank. A primer on why SVB failed. What this could mean for the future of banking in the crypto space and what we really need from it. What will the Fed do on March 22 at the next rate review announcement?

In this week's episode of Off Chain we cover the following stories: Silvergate is shutting operations and liquidating Tensor Plans Massive Airdrop for Solana NFT Traders Yuga Labs, “TwelveFold” Ordinals collection auction ends FCA, Met Police Continue Bitcoin ATM Crackdown in East London

In this week's episode of Off Chain, we discuss the following stories: Coinbase announces L2 chain, Base. Voyager Clients Vote 97% in Favor of $1B Restructuring Plan Yuga Labs announces a 300-piece generative art collection on Bitcoin (Ordinals) IMF: Banning Crypto 'Should Not Be Taken Off The Table' Nishad Singh, FTX’s Director of Engineering, pleaded guilty to wire fraud, conspiracy to commit wi...

In this week's episode of Off Chain, we cover the following stories: OpenSea drops fees and reduces creator royalties (temporarily) Rep. Tom Emmer Says Fed Must Not Create Digital Currency 'Surveillance State' Solana Spaces shuts down NYC and Miami retail stores after just one year Yuga Labs accused of IP theft for trademarking BAYC wolf skull logo

In this week's episode of Off Chain, we cover the following stories: Kraken settles with SEC and shuts down staking service, plus pays $30m fine Norwegian Authorities Recoup $5.9M From Axie Infinity Ronin Exploit Paxos ordered to stop issuing new BUSD stablecoins Who guaranteed Sam Bankman-Fried’s $250 million bond?

We speak with Karel Vuong, COO and cofounder of Treasure, the #1 marketplace for gaming and NFTs on Arbitrum. There's been a lot of excitement around Arbitrum in general, and many interesting new projects are choosing to deploy there. Karel has a unique insight into the growing gaming and NFT ecosystem that's developed there.

In this week's episode of Off Chain, we discuss the following: The UK release more information on their plans for a digital Pound CBDC. Robinhood Wants to Buy Its Shares Back from Sam Bankman-Fried Arbitrum announces the launch of “Stylus”, it’s next-gen programming environment Signature Bank Lawsuit Alleges It 'Substantially Facilitated' FTX Fraud Binance Will Temporarily Suspend US Dollar Bank T...

Ordinals, an innovative and divisive new project has brought NFTs to Bitcoin. Coined as “Digital Artifacts” by Ordinals founder, Casey Rodarmor, the NFTs have been the topic of much debate. On one side, there’s the argument that Bitcoin should be exclusively used for financial transactions, with anything outside of this being a deviation from its mission. On the other side, Ordinals is paving the...

In this week's episode of Off-Chain, we discuss: Bitcoin NFTs Elon is making a push toward enabling crypto payments via Twitter Solana shared details on the Solana dApp Store Liquid Staking on Ethereum continues to grow

In this week's episode of Off-Chain, we discuss: Binance admits it commingled customer funds with token reserves BlockFi accidentally revealed a $1.2B exposure to FTX & Alameda Research Celsius, the bankrupt crypto lender, might be launching a token FTX Creditors Include Apple, Netflix and Coinbase, Court Documents Reveal Mango Labs Sues Avi Eisenberg Over Mango Markets Exploit An update on Po...

In this week's episode of Off-Chain, we discuss: Liquid Staking Derivative Tokens (why they’re pumping and what you need to know) A history of the Winklevoss Twins & Gemini The 3AC crew are launching a new startup called GTX and they’re trying to raise $25m

In this week's episode of Off-Chain, we discuss: Gemini, DCG, and the web of lies… FTX Restructuring Team Has Clawed Back $5B in Lost Assets Binance sees $12B withdrawn in 60 days Coinbase lays off another 950 people (20%) in their 2nd round of layoffs NFTs have been on a tear since the start of the year Shanghai Ethereum Upgrade set for March

In this week's episode of Off-Chain, we discuss: Unpacking Sam Bankman-Fried's arrest Unpacking inflation and the economic outlook for 2023

In this week's episode of Off-Chain, we discuss: FTX’s Collapse Was a Crime, Not an Accident Apple blocks Coinbase Wallet app release over 30% royalty demands DeFi/web3 companies raised $3bn in Q3. Winamp (yes… Winamp - the classic music player for windows) now supports music NFT playback

In this week's episode of Off-Chain, we discuss: Coinbase Wallet will no longer support XRP (or BCH, XLM, and ETC) BlockFi has filed for bankruptcy OpenSea’s market share is getting eaten up by Blur.io ApeCoin has been rallying ahead of staking rollout SBF says the FTX hacker may have been a former employee Brazil Legalizes Crypto as a Method of Payment Crypto Remains Largest Investment Sector in...

In today's episode, we speak with the incredible TommyD. Tommy Danvers AKA TommyD has had a wildly successful career in the music industry. He’s a multi-platinum award-winning music producer, a songwriter, and a DJ. On top of that, he’s the creator of a whiskey brand (8O8 Whisky) as well as Tokentraxx, a company leading the way in web3 adoption in the music space. We discussed this in a fascinatin...

In this week's episode of Off-Chain, we discuss: The state of the market: the grizzliest of bears The FTX wallet hacker dumping ETH on the market An overview of the Genesis bankruptcy situation and contagion Grayscale's Bitcoin Investment Trust - a great discount or alarm bells for the path ahead?

In this week's episode of Off-Chain, we discuss: The current state of things in the FTX situation. The cult problem in crypto. What are the lessons to be learned and where do we go from here?

In this week's episode of Off Chain, we cover the following stories: The implosion of FTX & Alameda Research. The market is testing Tether's peg (USDT).

In this week's episode of Off Chain, we cover the following stories: Reddit NFTs have taken the market by storm FTX may be launching a stablecoin in the not-too-distant future Apple just updated its App Store terms to give guidance on NFT sales within apps Mango Markets attacker has outed himself, and is now offering some hot tips for crypto trading on Aave (lol) Meta’s Metaverse Division Reports...

In this week's episode of Off Chain, Matt flies solo and digs into the following stories: Magic Eden is the latest NFT marketplace to make creator royalties optional, leaving just OpenSea as the last major marketplace standing that enforces them. Matt walks through the argument for and against creator royalites. A house was bought using the Ethereum blockchain. Matt explains how the buyer used a d...

In this week's episode of Off Chain, we cover the following stories: A deep dive into the current macroeconomic environment with a look more specifically at what's happening in the UK economy and how it's bleeding into the global economy. The Mango Markets $100mn exploit. Damien Hirst begins burning art from his project, "The Currency". Google is using Coinbase Commerce to accept crypto from its C...