The Bad Crypto Podcast

By Joel Comm and Travis Wright

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Technologists and crypto-enthusiasts Joel Comm and Travis Wright attempt to demystify the world of bitcoin, blockchain, litecoin, ethereum, alt-coins, token generation events, and ICOs in this podcast for cryptocurrency newbies.

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Best of Bad Crypto: A Heart...

05.31.2023

Joel is on vacation, but we wanted to give a replay of our interview with Richard Heart, creator of HEX, Pulsechain, and PulseX. Pulsechain, a hard fork of Ethereum, launched on May 13. Tune in for insights into Richard Heart's ...

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05.31.2023 Best of Bad Crypto: A Heart to Heart with Richard Heart Joel is on vacation, but we wanted to give a replay of our interview with Richard Heart, creator of HEX, Pulsechain, and PulseX. Pulsechain, a hard fork of Ethereum, launched on May 13. Tune in for insights into Richard Heart's ...
05.17.2023 Teaching Kids About Bitcoin with the Tuttle Twins - Episode #683 If Bitcoin is the money of the future, the future had better be prepared for it. That means not only should they understand what it is and how to use it, but also the ideas and principles that money is ...
05.10.2023 The Rise of Bitcoin Ordinals You might think that the Bitcoin blockchain is only good for one thing. Payments. Granted, that one thing is super important and the core of what Bitcoin stands for. But the Bitcoin blockchain has been used for storing documents and ...
05.04.2023 Advancing Global Crypto Innovation with Sheila Warren Which countries around the world are welcoming towards crypto and blockchain innovation? How can we help advance these technologies both home and abroad? That’s the mission of Sheila Warren, CEO of the Crypto Council for Innovation. Formerly the Head of ...
04.26.2023 The End of US Dollar Dominance with Mati Greenspan Will DeFi replace traditional finance? Will Bitcoin Ordinals cause Bitcoin transaction fees to skyrocket? And is this the end of the US dollar as the world’s dominant currency? Today we welcome Mati Greenspan of Quantum Economics back to the show ...
04.20.2023 Gensler to Be Fired? - Bad News For April 19, 2023 Bitcoin mining is exploding as the SEC chairman, Gary Gensler, takes center stage at a congressional hearing. What he said, and didn’t say, has many calling for his resignation. Ethereum unstaking is now a thing, but it hasn’t negatively affected ...
04.12.2023 Books on Blockchain with Book.io While many are focused on the financial use cases for blockchain, others are building out tech to utilize blockchain to make things we do better. In 2019, people around the world spent over $250 billion on books. Understanding how people ...
04.05.2023 Will CZ Get Arrested? Bad News For April 4, 2023 Bank runs appear to be the in-thing for 2023, and Bitcoin seems to be holding its own as the hedge against the collapse of the US dollar. Tim Draper even recommends that startups hold Bitcoin for that very reason. Now ...
03.29.2023 Passing Common Sense Crypto Legislation with Senator Eric Brakey The Creature from Jekyll Island has fully co-opted federal and state governments. The powers-that-be want nothing more than to lord over you, the citizens, with their power. And yet, there are some in government who are not narcissistic sociopaths. They ...
03.23.2023 The Five Forces of The Next World Order with Chris J Snook These past few weeks will be noted in the history books as a turning point in both the world financial institutions and the exponential growth of AI tools. It’s like an earthquake metaphorically struck the globe. Did you feel it? ...
03.17.2023 How to Beat the Crypto Tax Crisis with Clinton Donnelly Hey ChatGPT, what are five interesting facts about the state of Texas? Size and population: Texas is the second-largest state in the United States, both in terms of area and population. As of the last census, the population of Texas ...
03.13.2023 Is the Traditional Financial World Collapsing? - Bad News For March 13, 2023 Silvergate Bank. Silicon Valley Bank. Signature Bank. All three of them totally screwed the pooch. And all three of them are on and off ramps for crypto. What’s the moral of the story? Don’t trust your money at any bank ...
03.10.2023 US Government Doesn’t Want to Stifle Crypto - Bad News For March 8, 2023 The Fed says they don’t want to stifle crypto, but according to some the crypto industry is already exiting from the United States. $1 billion in Silk road bitcoin may be for sale by the government. And ambulance chasers are ...
03.06.2023 The Bad AI Show is Coming! After the great response to Episode #669, featuring mind-blowing AI tools, we've decided to create a spinoff show focused exclusively on artificial intelligence! Travis and Joel are pleased to announce The Bad AI Show, featuring the latest AI news and ...
03.06.2023 How to Get Your Crypto from Bankruptcy We don’t know exactly how many people were impacted by the crypto scandals of the past year, but retail investors have lost billions of dollars that were tied up in FTX, Celsius, Luna and 3 arrows. Today we are joined ...
03.01.2023 SCAM ALERT: Joel Got Phished for NFTs It seems a week doesn't go by that we don't hear about someone in the crypto space losing their crypto or NFTs to scammers, hackers and other ne'er do wells. Back in 2017 we talked about how Travis got hacked ...
02.23.2023 These AI Tools Will Blow Your Mind 2023 has been the year that artificial intelligence has gone mainstream. Not in an "everyone is using it" kind of way, but an "everyone is talking about it" kind of way. And if the ramp up on usage of tools ...
02.17.2023 Stablecoin Crackdown - Bad News For Feb 16, 2023 The thing about stablecoins is that they are designed to be stable. When all else fails in the crypto market, $1 should equal $1. That is, until they don’t. Like if you are Do Kwon and your UST collapses by ...
02.06.2023 NFT Sales Soar - Bad News For February 5, 2023 Old school investor Charlie Munger says the government should ban cryptocurrencies. Michael Saylor says that old Charlie just hasn’t taken the time to understand Bitcoin. The US Congress is going to hold a crypto crash hearing on Valentine’s Day. The ...
01.31.2023 NFTs Moving Towards Mainstream - Bad News For 1/30/23 Bitcoin is on the move again and the rest of crypto is following suit. What is causing this rise in price? The US Congress has an FTX problem, and it may not be what you think. And a major player ...
01.26.2023 Learning about Zero Knowledge Proofs A young man walks into a bar and says “gimme a vodka tonic”. Unsure of the man’s age, the bartender must ask to see his identification in order to prove he is old enough to drink. What if the bartender ...
01.19.2023 Uncovering Capitalism’s Corruption with Raymond Baker The Western world’s way of capitalism has brought about more prosperity than any other system in the history of man. But there are those who have corrupted the principles of capitalism to benefit themselves without any concern for society in ...
01.13.2023 What in the World is Happening with Teeka Tiwari What in the world is happening with the financial markets? How about the crypto markets? Are we on the cusp of a recession and dystopian hellscape? Or are there reasonable steps you can take to ensure your financial and emotional ...
12.29.2022 The State of Crypto 2022 - Bad News For 12/28/22 Crypto Billionaires lost over $116 billion in 2022. In spite of that, Microstrategy added to their portfolio. A market exploiter has been arrested here in Puerto Rico. SBF is out on bail. And the Twitter Files show that we were ...
12.27.2022 Is HEX Crypto a Scam? with Tom Gillespie One of the most controversial figures in the crypto world is none other than Richard Heart. A former guest on this show, we found him to be quite likeable and knowledgeable. And yet the question remains, is the HEX token ...
12.24.2022 A Gift from The Bad Crypto Podcast - Holiday Extra Gather 'round the fireplace and tune in for some extra gifts from us to you. Travis has created a new motion NFT and we have a bonus holiday music compilation. Share The Bad Crypto Podcast with your friends and family ...
12.20.2022 Binance FUD - Bad "Creepy Dough" News for 12/19/22 Binance rumors cause FUD around Bitcoin, sending the price under $17,000 again. Sam Bankman-Fried will be extradited to the United States. And Elon Musk asks Twitter if he should resign as CEO of the company. It’s just another crazy day ...
12.14.2022 Fan Feedback and BAD NEWS for 12/12/22 Coinbase is asking users to switch from USDT to their USDC stablecoin. Do Kwon has been spotted in Serbia. And a US Senator is calling for Gary Gensler to testify on Capitol Hill. Will Sam Bankman-Fried be making an appearance ...
12.12.2022 A Visit with Anthony Di Iorio, Ethereum Co-Founder When we mention the word Ethereum, who do you think of first? Most would default to Vitalik Buterin. While he is the most active member from the original squad of creators, many don’t know that he was not acting alone. ...
12.08.2022 The Power of the Immutable Ledger with Chairman Elijah Bowdre There are many reasons people enter the crypto space. Some are fascinated by blockchain technology. Some love the web3 aspects of play and earn, NFTs and the metaverse. Others are entranced by a new way of decentralizing finance. And of ...
12.05.2022 Covid-19, Inflation and Elon Musk Buying Twitter with G. Edward Griffin It’s time to put on your conspiracy realist hat today, because we’re going deep, deep, deep down the world financial system rabbit hole. To this day, the majority of Americans have no idea that the Federal Reserve bank is neither ...
12.01.2022 Will Tether Crash Next? There are a lot of questions surrounding Tether, the third largest crypto by market cap. With the collapse of UST, people want to be sure that there is liquid backing dollar for dollar behind USDT. Is the world’s biggest stablecoin ...
11.28.2022 On the Run with John McAfee John McAfee was without a doubt one of the most controversial guests we’ve ever had on this show. We got to interview him six times before his death, and we wish he was still around for a seventh go-round. But ...
11.24.2022 Web Pioneer Legend Brendan Eich A long time ago in a galaxy the same as this one, pointy-headed nerds built the foundation of the Internet. One of those pointed-headed nerds was the CEO of Mozilla, a co-founder of the Firefox browser and the creator of ...
11.22.2022 Grim Outlook for Bitcoin - Bad News For 11/21/22 Is Bitcoin in big trouble? Many say we are in danger of much lower prices because of the continued fallout from the FTX scandal. More than 3500 Bitcoin that have slumbered for more than 10 years are now awake. And ...
11.21.2022 Is ALL DeFi Bullsh*t? with Brad Mills If you had been paying attention to the guest on today’s show, you may have gotten out of Luna or Celcius before they came crumbling down. His take on DeFi back on our April show got our attention. And with ...
11.17.2022 Using Data to Predict Bitcoin Price with Continuum Market While the world is focused on the FTX debacle, there are many things happening in the broader economic, political and cultural marketplaces. How can we assimilate all the happenings to determine how to best position ourselves for success? Today we ...
11.15.2022 The FTX Collapse - Bad News For 11/14/2022 If you’ve not been living in a cave this past week, you’re aware of the massive scandal surrounding FTX and Alameda research. The name Sam Bankman-Fried is the talk of crypto Twitter. And his cryptic tweets make for even more ...
11.12.2022 ‘Monumental Step’ for Blockchain - Bad News for Nov 11, 2022 The new British Prime Minister is pushing for Central Bank Digital Currencies, but down in Africa Nigerians are rejecting their governments’ push for the same. The SEC says Trade Coin Club members are part of a ponzi scheme. And there ...
11.10.2022 $3 Billion in Bitcoin Seized - Bad News for Nov 9 2022 The US DOJ has seized over 3.36 billion in Bitcoin tied to Silk Road. CZ has made an investment to Twitter, and you can tell him what you think about it for $8. And Vitalik has unveiled the next phase ...
11.08.2022 FTX WTF? SBF & CZ = LOL - BAD NEWS for Nov 7, 2022 Bitcoin is now less volatile than the S&P; 500 and the Nasdaq, as BTC seems to come to life just before the US elections. Sam Bankman-Fried of FTX is under fire from the public and CZ as there may be ...
11.07.2022 Decentralizing the Film Industry with Alveena Khalid of Filmio The entertainment industry is a global multi-billion dollar sector. Video games, television and movies help us to escape and recharge. But there are some serious problems with the film industry as it is. While there are plenty of creative projects ...
11.04.2022 Tips to Get Through the Bear Market - BAD NEWS for Nov 4, 2022 What changes can we expect from Twitter and how will crypto be involved? VISA has some new crypto and blockchain patents. And more news from the SEC vs Ripple case. It’s a mishmash of badassery. Plus, we’ve got some expert ...
11.03.2022 The Future of The Metaverse - Bad News for Nov 3, 2022 There’s so much talk about the Metaverse right now as brands and platforms are hustling to find their place in the brave new world that is coming. Interpol, Nike and Nokia are just a few of the names you’ll hear ...
11.03.2022 Tinder Founder Builds Web3 Social Platform Swipe technology has changed the way we consume content. Whether flipping through reels on Instagram, the vacuous communist hellhole known as Tik-Tok, or swiping left or right for dates on Tinder, how you swipe determines your choice. Today we welcome ...
11.01.2022 Bitcoin Whitepaper 14th Anniversary - Bad News For October 31, 2022 It’s Halloween once again but the crypto markets aren’t very spooky. In fact, it appears that we’ve got a tiny Halloween bounce that isn’t blood red.. It’s green like money. It’s fortuitous that the little bounce coincides with the 14th ...
10.30.2022 Jim Cramer Cries It’s a great day for the social media world as Elon Musk fires top Twitter execs and promises big changes. And just when you think it can’t get any better, Zuckerberg’s Meta is deep in the hole and so-called pundit ...
10.28.2022 Elon Musk Buys Twitter - Bad News For October 26, 2022 Bitcoin and crypto have had an up day and we think we know why. Green is always better than red, unless you are a short-seller. Meanwhile, there’s a bunch of bitcoin miners just sitting in boxes, Reddit has out-NFT’d OpenSea, ...
10.26.2022 Dogecoin Finds Utility on Dogechain with Roc Zacharias Nine years ago, Jackson Palmer and Billy Markus founded Dogecoin. Initially intended as a joke memecoin, Doge has taken on a life of its own. Doge culture is very real, with many people using Dogecoin as a currency for buying, ...
10.24.2022 Rich Dad Author Says US Dollar is “Toast” - Bad News For October 24, 2022 UK Prime Minister of the Month Club has a new featured member, Google is sued over biometric data collection that took place without consent, and financial guru Robert Kiyosaki says the US dollar is “toast”. The Dogechain token price has ...

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