James and Shanif go over the de-pegging of UST and the subsequent downfall of LUNA. The unusual mechanism by which UST was pegged to the dollar, combined with the way it was tightly linked to LUNA, previously the 8th largest cryptocurrency by market cap, led to a massive crash in both.

In this episode, James and Shanif discuss the recent hacks that stole hundreds of millions of dollars worth of crypto from the Axie Infinity game and the Beanstalk DeFi network.

James and Shanif go over the upcoming Ethereum merge and how the future of Ethereum might shape up.

James and Shanif analyze each of the key bullet points from the recent cryptocurrency executive order. Follow along with each bullet point on the page shown below:

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/03/09/fact-sheet-president-biden-to-sign-executive-order-on-ensuring-responsible-innovation-in-digital-assets/

James and Shanif go over downturns in crypto, asset allocation, inflation, and general investing

James and Shanif go over the basics of Dapps

James and Shanif go over privacy on the blockchain. Topics include:

How public and private keys work on the blockchain

Use cases for privacy-specific blockchains

New privacy techniques that coins are using to obfuscate data

Privacy-specific coins

James and Shanif dive deeper into DAOs, DeFi, NFTs, the creator economy, and privacy infrastructure.

James and Shanif discuss how they think of crypto when it comes to investing. They discuss how to prepare for the inevitable volatility that comes with crypto, trading vs. investing, diversification, and asset allocation.

In this podcast, James and Shanif go over the original cryptocurrency: Bitcoin. They discuss its origins, its key benefits, whether it's a currency or store of value, and they debunk several common misconceptions. The conversation gets intense but it's all fun and provides a lot of good information about the first crypto.