The Decrypting Crypto Podcast

In this week's episode of Off Chain, we do a deep dive discussion into The Merge. We break everything down so that you can understand the following: What is The Merge? The environmental benefits of The Merge. The economic benefits of The Merge. What won't get better post-Merge? What happens to staked ETH post-Merge? Do you need to do anything if you hold ETH pre-Merge? What's next after The Merge?...

In this week's episode of Off Chain, we cover the following stories: Ragnarok (metaverse gaming company) founder admits he lost $1.8mm of treasury funds speculating on ETH (essentially gambling with the treasury). Crypto.com accidentally sent woman $10.5M instead of $100, and didn't notice for 7 months. Arbitrum executed its much anticipated Nitro upgrade to increase speed and efficiency (on Wedne...

In this week's episode of Off Chain, we cover the following stories: Emergency changes to the BendDAO protocol could result in 600+ liquidations of blue chip NFTs. Telegram CEO proposes auctioning usernames & links as NFTs. FTX grew revenue 1,000% during the bull market (as shown by leaked financials). Crypto Lender Hodlnaut announces police inquiry and 80% staff cut. Mercado Libre has launche...

In this week's episode, I speak with Preston Johnson, the founder of WAGMI United and co-Chairman of Crawley Town Football Club. Why am I interviewing the chairman of a professional sports team? Well, they’re doing something a little different. Very different, in fact. This is the story of how a web3 project raised funds to buy an English football team and has grand plans to take them from the fou...

In this week's episode of Off Chain, we cover the following stories: Acala Stablecoin aUSD Collapses After Parachain Exploit Are the Tornado Cash sanctions a good thing or an attack on privacy? Do Kwon gives his first interview since the Luna crash Robinhood, Genesis, and Crypto.com make more layoffs.

Bennett Collen, CEO and cofounder of Endstate, is on a mission to bridge the gap between physical and digital goods. In tandem with his cofounder and renowned sneaker designer, Stephanie Howard, they've built beautifully designed sneakers paired with a digital NFT. Not only does this serve as a proof of ownership but can get you access to exclusive events, give you a digital representation of your...

In this week's episode of Off Chain, we cover the following stories: U.S. imposes sanctions on virtual currency mixer Tornado Cash. Coinbase posts a $1B net loss in Q2. Tiffany's sells out custom Cryptopunk 'NFTiff' pendants for $50,000 each. MoonDAO sent someone to space last week. Canada’s second largest pension is tangled up in the Celsius collapse. Plus more.

I speak with Gwendolyn Regina, the Investment Director at Binance's BNB Chain. We discuss how the current macro environment is shaping her investment strategy, which sectors Binance is looking to continue to invest in, and what she's most excited for over the next 9-12 months.

In this week's episode of Off-Chain, we cover the following stories: A major exploit on the Solana blockchain resulted in ~$6mm worth of SOL/USDC being drained from individual wallets. ZB Exchange has lost nearly $5M in suspected hack; pauses withdrawals. The Nomad bridge was hacked and $190mm in funds were lost. Meta’s Metaverse division lost $2.8B in Q2; What does this mean for their Metaverse v...

In this week's episode of Off-Chain, we cover the following stories: Lido faces runway issues and calls on the DAO (unsuccessfully) to raise more funds. US Stablecoin bill has been pushed out until after August recess. The UK Government is taking steps on making stablecoins a form of payment. The NFT Worlds project is sent into chaos as Minecraft rugs them. More bad news for Coinbase, plus much mo...

In this week's episode of Off-Chain, we cover the following stories: The news of The Merge being locked in for September 19th. The 3AC contagion continues, and this time it's Genesis. Binance flips Coinbase (and so does Uniswap). OpenSea layoffs & more.

In this week's episode of Off-Chain, we cover the following stories: Celsius files for chapter 11 bankruptcy. The Mt. Gox case is finally reaching a settlement, with 150,000 BTC (~$3bn) set to be paid out to creditors A deeper look into the current state of the crypto market. WZRDS Project Punishes Flippers By Burning Listed NFTS. GameStop launched its NFT marketplace 48 hours ago. It's done over...

In this week's episode of Off-Chain, we cover the following stories: How hackers of the Ronin bridge tricked a Sky Mavis employee into fake job. Voyager Capital is the latest casualty in the web3 VC space along with 3AC filing for bankruptcy. Has North Korea's crypto losses impacted their nuclear program?! The latest on the Roger Ver / CoinFlex debacle.

In this week's episode of Off-Chain, we cover the following stories: The latest $100mm bridge hack. The drama unfolding with Solend. 3AC's implosion. The Solana smartphone. Plus a whole lot more in our news roundup.

In this week's episode of Off-Chain, we cover the following stories: US Senators Introduce Crypto Bill Outlining Sweeping Plan for Future Rules . The Case Against The PoolTogether Inc Co-Founder And Pooly NFTs. Started on June 15th, an anonymous individual is sharing 137.21GB of private Telegram group chats and messages that were gained via an exploit. PayPal now allows the transfer of crypto to e...

In this week's episode of Off-Chain, we cover the following stories: Tron Becomes DeFi’s Third-Largest Blockchain (in TVL) Thanks to Terra-Like Stablecoin LUNA reboot (Terra 2.0) fell over 70% just hours after its launch Goblin Town NFT collection explodes in popularity and claims the second spot in OpenSea’s 7-day volume rankings behind BAYC Block’s 2022 Bitcoin Report is out, and makes an intere...

In this week's episode of Off-Chain, we cover the following stories: FTX moves into stock trading. The LUNA hard fork proposal passes. OpenSea loses its place as the top NFT marketplace by daily trading volume. a16z launches a $4.5bn web3 fund. GameStop launches... an Ethereum wallet (wut?). Will the Merge ever happen? And the Portugal crypto tax drama continues.

In this week's episode of Off-Chain, we cover the biggest stories of the past week in web3. This includes: The governance proposal that's targeting a hard fork of the Terra blockchain. The state of Bitcoin mining in China. Do Kwon's legal battles. How Stablegains has lost $48mm of investor's cash and has no way to pay them back. Robinhood launching a web3 wallet.

If you listened to our episode on STEPN back in March, you’re probably familiar with the term “move-to-earn”. It’s a subset of play-and-earn and it’s gaining a lot of traction. Put simply, these web3 games center around you doing physical activity in exchange for crypto-based rewards. STEPN has arguably been the category creator here and now boasts over 300,000 DAUs, but there are a lot of new pro...

Markets have been in turmoil this past week, triggered by rising inflation concerns and then the monumental de-pegging of the Terra stablecoin, $UST. We dig into exactly what happened, including how someone has walked away with around $800mm in profit as a result. All this and more in this week's episode of Off Chain, your weekly roundup of the biggest stories happening in web3.

We sit down with Shane Mac, the cofounder of XMTP, which aims to become the communication network for web3. We discuss the evolution of communication and how there's a huge gap in web3 for wallet-to-wallet communication that requires an infrastructure layer like SMTP to power it.  

In this week's episode of Off-Chain, we dig into the biggest web3 stories of the week, including: The $320mm Otherside land sale. Square Enix goes all-in on GameFi. The $55mm Fantom liquidation that's been causing chaos on the network. Tennessee is legally recognizing the formation of DAOs. Fort Worth is running a small Bitcoin mining experiment. Coinbase takes out the first Bitcoin-backed loan. K...

I speak to Bumzy, one of the early contributors to the Crabada ecosystem, and now leading growth at CrabaDAO. We take a look under the shell of the play & earn game that's accounting for over 60% of the Avalanche network's transactions. Bumzy's Twitter . Crabada website . CrabaDAO website .

This is the first episode of our new weekly series, Off-Chain, that covers the biggest stories in web3 from the past week. In this week's episode, we cover: Stripe launching crypto payments. Fidelity offers Bitcoin as a 401(k) investment option. Optimism has announced its token launch (plus airdrop). Coinbase announces beta of NFT marketplace.

I speak with Palmer, the cofounder of Monster Champions, a brand new play and earn game that's just launched. The game looks to create an exciting experience both on and off chain for players, with some interesting tokenomics to keep things growing sustainably. Palmer's Twitter. Monster Champions website .