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Crypto Basic Podcast: Teaching You The Basics of Bitcoin and the World of Cryptocurrency. CryptoBasicEpisode 248 - Defi Rundown - The Lost EpisodeDecentralized Finance: The future of cryptocurrency. It's time for Karim and spearhead the CryptoBasic breakdown of this space in the longest episode that CryptoBasic has ever recorded. We go over everything from Liquidity Farming, to Rug Pulls, and more.This episode spent nearly 6 months on the shelf. It's something of a swan song for the CryptoBasic team as they just couldn't keep the project afloat without sacrificing their morals.
2021-06-092h 20
Crypto Basic Podcast: Teaching You The Basics of Bitcoin and the World of Cryptocurrency. CryptoBasicEpisode 247 - It's time for Sushi... swap.Hello everybody and welcome to the Crypto Basic Podcast! Now, before you start rage-tweeting us, we know we've been away for quite some time, but people need vacation, and we're definitely people. Besides vacation though, we decided that the Crypto Basic Podcast will be releasing episodes less often, but with more concise and in-depth information. By releasing weekly episodes, we're doing a disservice to the quality of the podcast as sometimes we scramble to find interesting stuff that frankly, sometimes is just not there, and that way we're doing a disservice to you, the listener. However, we're not going...
2020-09-151h 15
Crypto Basic Podcast: Teaching You The Basics of Bitcoin and the World of Cryptocurrency. CryptoBasicEpisode 246 - Crypto Scams through Tik Tok?Welcome to the Crypto Basic Podcast!Joining you are Brent "Pump and Dump" Philbin, Adam "The TikToker" Levy, and Karim "You guys are insane" Baruque.Our issue for today is a call to action posted on TikTok, that urges users to invest 25$ in dogecoin en masse, leading to artificial inflation of its price, AKA a pump and dump. We discuss its implications, it's dangers, and what it means for the future of crypto that these kinds of things are now reaching the teen and preteen demographics. Tune in now!
2020-07-2350 min
Crypto Basic Podcast: Teaching You The Basics of Bitcoin and the World of Cryptocurrency. CryptoBasicEpisode 245 - Where are they now?Welcome to another episode of the Crypto Basic Podcast! Today the gang is doing a self-reflective session on our predictions and critique of various coins and projects throughout the time the podcast has been active. How did we do in making judgments and assumption on projects such as Substratum, Kucoin, Bitcoin Hex, Tether, Divi, Dragonchain and others? Did our scam callouts turn out to be scams? All of the above and more on today's episode of the Crypto Basic Podcast.Coins CryptoBasic called out on previous shows, how did they end up?SubstratumEpisode 1Ep...
2020-07-141h 01
Crypto Basic Podcast: Teaching You The Basics of Bitcoin and the World of Cryptocurrency. CryptoBasicEpisode 244 - Notes on the Federal ReserveWelcome to the Crypto Basic Podcast! We'd been gone for a little while (blame our editor and his "exams", yeah right) but we're back and this week we're talking about the big ol' Fed, which announced that it will start buying individual corporate bonds. What does that mean for the economy and the banking system? What the hell are SMFCCs and SPVs? And are they sexually transmitted diseases, or do they just sound like that? Tune into today's episode for the answer to this truly profound and engaging question, and many many more.Fed...
2020-07-0341 min
Crypto Basic Podcast: Teaching You The Basics of Bitcoin and the World of Cryptocurrency. CryptoBasicEpisode 243 - Bitmain Coup?Welcome to the CryptoBasic Podcast! This time around we don't go over a lot of things - we just focus on the basics, the important info, the headlines. Kung Fu, private militias, corporate coups, you know, the good stuff. If this sounds weird to you, tune in to find out what the heck has been going on with Bitmain and how the crypto space can sometimes offer stories and incidents that are truly hollywood-worthy. What is Bitmain exactly?Bitmain produces ASIC miners for the Bitcoin Blockchain. The Antminer. Basically the gold standard in mining gear...
2020-06-1936 min
Crypto Basic Podcast: Teaching You The Basics of Bitcoin and the World of Cryptocurrency. CryptoBasicEpisode 242 - US Monetary OutlookToday the gang's all here, gathered around the fireplace, eating metaphorical marshmallows as papa Karim, our resident economist, busts out the spit facts. We're going over the current economic state of the US, monetary strategies, how they affect economies and trade between them, and much, much more. So, grab a stick, poke a marshmallow and relax while Karim gets them FACTS into your brain.The U.S. Treasury Will Borrow A Record $3 Trillion This Quarter As Stimulus Spending SoarsOver last two months Congress has authorized more than $3 Trillion in emergency stimulusIn order...
2020-06-061h 17
Crypto Basic Podcast: Teaching You The Basics of Bitcoin and the World of Cryptocurrency. CryptoBasicEpisode 241 - Contact Tracing: A Crypto Solution to the Pandemic?Welcome to another episode of the Crypto Basic Podcast, where today we’ll be talking about -surprise surprise- the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s not a random commentary episode though, no general rambling, but a discussion on what we think might be a possible solution for the coronavirus crisis: Contact Tracing. Decentralized, blockchain based, anonymous and, as far as the data predicts, VERY effective. Tune in now to learn the ins and outs of it, and how it would revolutionize pandemic management.Relevant LinksNCase.me Website that has the covid play...
2020-05-2947 min
Crypto Basic Podcast: Teaching You The Basics of Bitcoin and the World of Cryptocurrency. CryptoBasicEpisode 240 - Could you get paid in Bitcoin to... walk?_Hello everybody and welcome to another episode of late capitalism, where the labor theory of value is VIOLENTLY becoming obsolete, because now you might be able to get paid in cryptocurrency to perform tasks such as walk, talk, cook (for yourself), throw a tennis ball against the wall, or even just exist. Wow. Tune in to hear the guys talk about sMiles, the weird yet intriguing project that promises all of the above, and find out a couple more unconventional ways to earn crypto on top of that._sMiles app will let you earn Bitcoin...
2020-05-2334 min
Crypto Basic Podcast: Teaching You The Basics of Bitcoin and the World of Cryptocurrency. CryptoBasicEpisode 239 - The most common crypto noob mistakesWelcome to the Crypto Basic Podcast! Today the gang is in a talkative mood and goes on tangents on several issues, but we're focusing on some stuff like Brent's BIG crypto mistake (tune in to find out) and what similar mistakes you should look out for, Adam's dating life, post-covid bailouts, cruise ships and more. Press play! It's a good one.
2020-05-1958 min
Crypto Basic Podcast: Teaching You The Basics of Bitcoin and the World of Cryptocurrency. CryptoBasicEpisode 238 - Should you trust Binance?Welcome to the show people! Today the gang assesses a hot topic - a user claimed on reddit that Binance "took" money from him and it blew up. Even CZ commented and got blasted. Also, we take a look at an admittedly cringy article listing the "7 deadly sins of CZ". What a day. Tune in now!Relevant Links:Reddit user calls out Binance for "accidentally" taking 12061.48 and won't give it back.CZ Responds to the reddit userThe user posts some so called proof proofSome more so called proofAnother user piggy backs off of...
2020-05-151h 02
Crypto Basic Podcast: Teaching You The Basics of Bitcoin and the World of Cryptocurrency. CryptoBasicEpisode 237 - Interview with Nathan Sexer and Sebastien Borget of The SandboxToday Adam is joined by Nathan Sexer and Sebastien Borget from The Sandbox, a community-driven platform where creators can monetize voxel ASSETS and gaming experiences on the blockchain. Tune in to learn what their goals are, what amazing partnerships they've managed to secure and how they're planning to bring blockchain gaming to the forefront.Check them out over at sandbox.game!
2020-05-1241 min
Crypto Basic Podcast: Teaching You The Basics of Bitcoin and the World of Cryptocurrency. CryptoBasicEpisode 236 - How would the world perform during a pandemic under blockchain?Welcome to the show! Today the gang goes over a very interesting scenario found on twitter - what would the world look like during this pandemic, but with blockchain? Would we be better or worse off? We've got a few thoughts on that. Tune in to find out!Notes: Some of the interesting points from the thread:Here's the post from Ownejj and some quotesI'm a huge advocate for crypto and have always defended it when discussing with other people. I am struggling to find an answer to the question on...
2020-04-3043 min
Crypto Basic Podcast: Teaching You The Basics of Bitcoin and the World of Cryptocurrency. CryptoBasicEpisode 235 - Oil goes negative! How, why and what it tells us.Welcome to the Crypto Basic Podcast! This time around we're going over a truly unexpected turn of events which baffled even the most economically savvy of us (Karim. That's just Karim.) Oil went negative! A never before seen event, we try to make sense of it and pose the important questions: 1. What the hell? 2. What's the reason? 3. What will the repercussions be? All of this and more on today's show, so tune in now!Interesting topic to learn about and extrapolate fromWe have just witnessed an oil price crash like never before taking prices of...
2020-04-2939 min
Crypto Basic Podcast: Teaching You The Basics of Bitcoin and the World of Cryptocurrency. CryptoBasicEpisode 234 - Safe Haven Performance in the Age of BitcoinWelcome to the Crypto Basic Podcast! This time around we're going over one of the hottest topics of today, given the obvious circumstances: what's the safest way to handle assets during the coronavirus economic crash? What assets provide the most security, and could Bitcoin, as the flagship of the cryptoverse, be one of them? All of the above and more on today's episode. Tune in now!Report in the Economic Bulletin from the Kansa City Fed"In recent years, some have questioned whether Bitcoin could also serve as a safe haven. We compare the behavior...
2020-04-2637 min
Crypto Basic Podcast: Teaching You The Basics of Bitcoin and the World of Cryptocurrency. CryptoBasicEpisode 233 - Are Tether, Libra, and other Stablecoins a threat to Fiat?Stablecoins are a part of the crytpocurreny space for better or for worse. What happens in a future where more people are using digital assets? What does the stablecoin environment do to the US Dollar? Are stablecoins like Tether and Libra a systemic threat to fiat currency? These questions are investigated by the Crypto Basic Podcast team - what place do stablecoins have in a future, and what can Tether do to get more users? Does the podcast agree with the G20’s assessment of Stablecoins in general? Where can you go to learn mo...
2020-04-2239 min
Crypto Basic Podcast: Teaching You The Basics of Bitcoin and the World of Cryptocurrency. CryptoBasicEpisode 232 - Blockchain adoption cases review, 11 New York lawsuits against crypto companies, and more.Welcome to this week's Crypto Basic News episode! Tune in to listen to the gang talk about the progress of blockchain adoption, Cryptopia's big win in court, new lawsuits against 11 crypto companies in new York and much more! Rapid FireReddit may be devising a point system on the blockchainRedditor MagoCrypto posted the video, which is a walkthrough of a new build of the Reddit app that shows a feature with mention of community points. When delving into the FAQs of the wallet feature there appear to be pages on distribution, wallet, backup and recovery, and...
2020-04-1251 min
Crypto Basic Podcast: Teaching You The Basics of Bitcoin and the World of Cryptocurrency. CryptoBasicEpisode 231 - Microsoft's new crypto mining system patent, 2 year anniversary of Banano, and more.Hi all! Welcome to this week's edition of Crypto Basic News. This time around we're going over Microsoft's new crypto mining patent, an April fools guessing game, celebrating Banano's 2 year anniversary, and more. Tune in!Rapid FireRobert Kiyosaki, author of Rich Dad Poor Dad tweeted something regarding the current state of the economyEthereum-based game The Sandbox sells out third presaleThey recently contacted us. It seems similar to a blockchain-based Minecraft. And not gonna lie, the trailer looked pretty cool.Much like Decentraland you can buy virtual plots of land. Sold out faster than it's February...
2020-04-061h 06
Crypto Basic Podcast: Teaching You The Basics of Bitcoin and the World of Cryptocurrency. CryptoBasicEpisode 230 - Senators dumping stocks after corona briefing, Steemit devs fork into Hive, and more.Welcome to another edition of Crypto Basic News! Our editor is SO busy in quarantine that he forgot to post this episode so you're getting it with a few days of delay. We still love him though. He may or may not be the one writing this description. Anyway, today we're talking about shady senators dumping stocks after a private coronavirus briefing, Steemit developers forking into a new platform called Hive due to Justin Sun's shenanigans, and much more. Oh, and coronavirus. Surprise surprise. Tune in now!Rapid FireGlobal cryptocurrency wallet usage has tripled in...
2020-04-011h 10
Crypto Basic Podcast: Teaching You The Basics of Bitcoin and the World of Cryptocurrency. CryptoBasicEpisode 229 - Tezos into digital card games, MakerDAO smart contract "theft", and of course, CoronaRants.Hello and welcome to Crypto Basic News! This week we're cozying up in quarantine, staying calm and collected, and we're talking about all kinds of stuff like Tezos getting into digital card games, millions of dollars being usurped through the MakerDAO smart contract mechanism, and of course, we talk COVID-19, from its health risks to its massive possible socioeconomic effects. Wash your hands and then click play to tune in!Rapid FireApparently it's alt season according to that index we talked about a few weeks ago????50 Days Out From Bitcoin...
2020-03-201h 14
Crypto Basic Podcast: Teaching You The Basics of Bitcoin and the World of Cryptocurrency. CryptoBasicEpisode 228 - 101: Kyber with Loi LuuWelcome to another 101 episode, where we go over the basic aspects of a crypto project in order to get an insight into what it is and how it works. This time around, we're taking a look into Kyber with the help of Loi Luu, CEO and co-founder of the project! Loi is a researcher working on cryptocurrencies and the CEO of Kyber Network, an on-chain liquidity protocol that powers decentralized applications, including exchanges, funds, lending protocols, payments wallets and so on. Also, for the Star Wars fans out there, yes - we do address t...
2020-03-1640 min
Crypto Basic Podcast: Teaching You The Basics of Bitcoin and the World of Cryptocurrency. CryptoBasicEpisode 227 - CoronaToken, Justin Sun Drama, OkEx - Binance Beef!Welcome to the very first re-branded episode of Crypto Basic News! It's basically Flagship Friday, but without the Friday part. Blame our lazy editor for that. Just kidding, he's the best and we love him very much.This time around we talk about Justin Sun's new drama with Steemit, about the new CoronaToken (who would've thought...), about CZ's twitter beef with the CEO of OkEx and more. Tune in now!Rapid FireSupreme Court of India reversed the crypto banthe order lifted ban on trading in virtual currency, cryptocurrency and bitcoinsRobinhood...
2020-03-0948 min
Crypto Basic Podcast: Teaching You The Basics of Bitcoin and the World of Cryptocurrency. CryptoBasicEpisode 226 - Corona-mania!Welcome to Flagship Friday! This week the gang is all together and ready to talk about... mostly the coronavirus and Brent's provisions. No panic though because we also talk crypto - as we always do. We went over Warren Buffet going over crypto, fresh new hacks, and new shots being fired. Eventful week - tune in to learn more!Rapid FireCZ Talks Craig Wright“He claims to be the founder of Bitcoin, Satoshi Nakamoto, which is a lie. He hurts the credibility of Bitcoin and is a disgrace to our entire industry.”Enjin launches game deve...
2020-02-2851 min
Crypto Basic Podcast: Teaching You The Basics of Bitcoin and the World of Cryptocurrency. CryptoBasicEpisode 225 - New FinCEN requirements for crypto, Yang ditches the race, and Brave goes WikiLeaks._Welcome to this week's (bit late) Flagship Friday (Flagship Sunday just this once, sorry - our editor was on a boat. For many many hours.)This time around we go over the Trump administration's new plans for crypto, about Yang bailing out of the presidential race, and Brave's brave venture into investigative journalism, sort of. All of this and more on today's episode - tune in now!_Rapid FireBitcoin business, CoinSource, has now expanded to over 600 Bitcoin ATMsMinnesota Fed president calls crypto a giant dumpster fireVirtual reality beats blockchain as the hottest job...
2020-02-161h 11
Crypto Basic Podcast: Teaching You The Basics of Bitcoin and the World of Cryptocurrency. CryptoBasicEpisode 224 - 101 Series: Zilliqa with Amrit KumarWelcome to the Crypto Basic Podcast! Today Brent is joined by Amrit Kumar, president of Zilliqa, a high-performance, high-security blockchain platform for enterprises and next-gen applications. Amrit goes over the ins and outs of Zilliqa, how it works and what the project's goals for the future are. Tune in to find out more!Ziliqa's Website: https://zilliqa.com/Amrit's LinkedIn profile: https://sg.linkedin.com/in/amrit-kumar-6aa66151
2020-02-0749 min
Crypto Basic Podcast: Teaching You The Basics of Bitcoin and the World of Cryptocurrency. CryptoBasicEpisode 223 - The fine art world ventures into crypto, Justin Sun milks Kobe's passing, and Dubai launches a Crypto Valley.Hello everyone and welcome to this week's Flagship Friday (Saturday? Who knows at this point) where we go over the most important crypto news of the past week! This week we're talking about smART contracts (not a hard pun to figure out), Justin Sun being sort of a doofus, Dubai going full on tax haven mode on crypto, and much much more. Tune in now!Rapid FireTaxact is charging more for your service if you click "I traded crypto" and it doesn't add any steps. Don't use themIf you make under 66k the IRS lets...
2020-02-0248 min
Crypto Basic Podcast: Teaching You The Basics of Bitcoin and the World of Cryptocurrency. CryptoBasicEpisode 222 - New Crypto bills, Peter Schiff isn't too bright, hedge fund fraudster plays the crypto game.Hello hello hello! Welcome to another episode of Flagship Friday, our weekly show where we cover all kinds of crypto news and shenanigans. This week we're talking about things like new bills concerning taxation and crypto, as well as Canada's fresh new way of looking at things crypto related. Also, Peter Schiff's 7-step program to not making any sense will a-maze you. Finally, Venezuela is unfortunately doing worse and worse, and scammers do, in fact, still be scammin. What a life. Tune in now!Dive into the cryptoverse with...
2020-01-2549 min
Crypto Basic Podcast: Teaching You The Basics of Bitcoin and the World of Cryptocurrency. CryptoBasicEpisode 221 - Red Flags: coss.ioToday we have a new episode format for you! It's called Red Flags, and in it we're gonna be going over some of the crypto projects of the world that are, let's say... questionable. After reviewing certain events or clues that might be considered red flaggish, we'll be giving our final verdict. So, for the first installment we'll be going over coss.io, a crypto exchange with a troublesome past and worrisome present. The future still lies ahead, but we're not convinced that it's gonna be good news for anyone involved. Tune in now!
2020-01-2226 min
Crypto Basic Podcast: Teaching You The Basics of Bitcoin and the World of Cryptocurrency. CryptoBasicEpisode 220 - Blockchain development high in demand, AkonCity, and Craig Wright... again.Hello everyone! Welcome to Flagship Friday.This week we're going over blockchain development's rise in demand, Akon founding a city and Craig Wright... again. Tune in for more!Rapid FireBlockchain is Most In-Demand Skill in 2020 LinkedIn ReportCompanies weren't even looking at blockchain a year ago and now it's the top in-demand hard skill—beating out other hot skills like AI and cloud computing.Warren Buffett had his worst year in a decade.Berkshire Hathaway lagged behind in 2019. While it did perform at a reasonable 11% in 2019, it lagged behind the S&P in 2019 which po...
2020-01-1751 min
Crypto Basic Podcast: Teaching You The Basics of Bitcoin and the World of Cryptocurrency. CryptoBasicEpisode 219 - The Crypties 2019Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, tooo... The Crypties 2019! - our YEARLY award show where we give awards out to the people, companies and even events that deserve them. We've got old categories, new categories, serious categories - like Crypto Person of the Year, and dumb categories - like the Carlos Matos Award (self-explanatory). Join us in the gala and see you in the afterparty!Favorite Person in Crypto 2019 - KCharles HoskinsonPeter McCormackCZ - WINNERAndreas AntonopoulosAndrew YangCraig Wright Award (Biggest Douche in the Cryptoverse) 2019 - ACraig WrightMark FacebookergSubstratum CommunityGerald CottenJustin SunMatos Award (THATS A SCAMMM) - BQuadriga...
2020-01-131h 38
Crypto Basic Podcast: Teaching You The Basics of Bitcoin and the World of Cryptocurrency. CryptoBasicEpisode 218 - The decade in investing, Google targeting crypto, and more.Welcome to the first Flagship of the decade! Unfortunately Adam's preoccupied with other biznis this week, so Brent and Karim are here to start 2020 off, going over the stories that we missed over the holidays. In this episode we talk about Google possibly targeting crypto on their platforms, about the past decade's investing rundown, about Brent finally (maybe) tracking down the guy that scammed him and much, much more - only on the CryptoBasic Podcast.Rapid FireKARIM QUESTIONVICE has an episode out on Crypto, I haven't watched but I love Vice.You can now send...
2020-01-041h 06
Crypto Basic Podcast: Teaching You The Basics of Bitcoin and the World of Cryptocurrency. CryptoBasicEpisode 217 - CryptoConvos: Grant BlaisdellWelcome to this episode of the CryptoConvos series of the Crypto Basic Podcast! Today we've got Grant Blaisdell of Coinfirm on the show, here to talk all about what they do and how they do it over at Coinfirm, a crypto exchange risk assessment service. He goes in depth about the mission of Coinfirm to eliminate the crypto world's tarnished, scammy reputation, as well as help people reclaim their stolen crypto. Grant was super compelling to talk to, and his chat with Brent made for an excellent episode. Tune in to discover more!Find...
2019-12-2453 min
Crypto Basic Podcast: Teaching You The Basics of Bitcoin and the World of Cryptocurrency. CryptoBasicEpisode 216 - New Ethereum upgrade, India proposes banning crypto, and a vibrant week for scams.Welcome to Flagship Friday, where we go over the most important crypto news of the week. This time around we're talking about Ethereum's new Istanbul upgrade, about India proposing banning cryptocurrency, and we're going over scams. A lot of them. You'll have to tune in and see.Rapid FireJack Dorsey Tweet Thread For Open Sourced Social Media StandardsBitMex Gets Sued By Seed InvestorBasically saying their $30k investment should be worth $50M now, so they're suing for $300MCharles Hoskinson decided he wanted to fight Chico Crypto? Jesus. I think it's not happening now.In a very...
2019-12-141h 08
Crypto Basic Podcast: Teaching You The Basics of Bitcoin and the World of Cryptocurrency. CryptoBasicEpisode 215 - CryptoSenators, CryptoConvictions and of course CryptoHacks.Welcome to this week's Flagship Friday, our weekly series where we discuss all the latest news from the cryptoverse! This episode actually covers the past two weeks, as we skipped last week due to Thanksgiving. So, tune in to hear about crypto CEOs being appointed as senators, crypto developers being arrested for working with North Korea and what the 5 biggest trends for cryptocurrency in 2020 will be. All of the above -and more- in this episode of the Crypto Basic Podcast. Rapid FireGeorgia Governor Appoints Bakkt CEO Loeffler as New US SenatorSo I'm gonna be honest...
2019-12-061h 05
Crypto Basic Podcast: Teaching You The Basics of Bitcoin and the World of Cryptocurrency. CryptoBasicEpisode 214 - CryptoConvos: Andreas M. AntonopoulosWelcome to another episode of CryptoConvos, where today we have a VERY special guest who needs no introduction to most of our listeners!He is very well known in the cryptoverse for his educational work and to-the-point, in-depth analysis of various aspects of blockchain technology and cryptocurrency. He has published several books about crypto and has been attending conferences as a speaker since as early as 2012. Join us in welcoming Andreas M. Antonopoulos to the CryptoBasic Podcast!Karim and Adam sit down with Andreas to discuss all kinds of...
2019-11-2751 min
Crypto Basic Podcast: Teaching You The Basics of Bitcoin and the World of Cryptocurrency. CryptoBasicEpisode 213 - China sets up blockchain committee, blockchain university course is launched, and interest rates hit the negatives.Welcome to this week's Flagship Friday, where we discuss all the happenings in the crypto space of the past week! Tune in to find out what China is up to again, what a political simulation revealed about the crypto-Yuan's flexibility and potential, and much, much more. Also, we've got a couple of announcements... a certain Greek SOMEONE will be joining us for an interview next week, so be sure to stay updated! Also, we're excited to announce that we're nearing this year's broadcast of the Crypties award show! Everything's brewing in the discord, so make sure to join!
2019-11-2351 min
Crypto Basic Podcast: Teaching You The Basics of Bitcoin and the World of Cryptocurrency. CryptoBasicEpisode 212 - Brave 1.0 is released, Samsung blockchain is released, CEO of CoinUp... won't really be released anytime soon.Hello, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to this week's Flagship Friday! We do apologize for last week's absence but Brent had to scramble off to NY and Karim and Adam just couldn't figure out a recording time. Lovely lads. Anyway, enough about our inability to function - today we're looking at topics like Brave 1.0 and the Samsung Blockchain being released, Bitcoin's all time highs going under investigation, scams galore (who would've thought?) and much, much more. Bonus: we don't talk about Libra OR Craig Wright. This is truly an exceptional episode. Dive...
2019-11-151h 08
Crypto Basic Podcast: Teaching You The Basics of Bitcoin and the World of Cryptocurrency. CryptoBasicEpisode 211 - China goes bullish on blockchain, Uber Money is a thing, and.. happy birthday Bitcoin!Come one, come all, to this week's Flagship Friday, where we cover the week's crypto news and happenings! Today we're taking a look at Uber getting into the crypto world with Uber Money, we're taking a look at China that, in true China fashion, goes bullish on blockchain in the most authoritarian, orwellian way possible, and finally - we're celebrating! Big Daddy Bitcoin is 11 years old as of today! All of the above and more on today's episode! Dive into the cryptoverse with us on this week's edition of Flagship Friday! Rapid F...
2019-11-021h 10
Crypto Basic Podcast: Teaching You The Basics of Bitcoin and the World of Cryptocurrency. CryptoBasicEpisode 210 - Google's quantum supremacy, Zuckerberg testifies, and the CryptoBasic community gets attacked.Welcome to another Flagship Friday, where we discuss the most important happenings in the crypto community weekly! Today we're talking a lot about what the big ol' giants have been up to, with Google's quantum computer running big ol' data pretty quickly, and Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg doing a big ol' testimony for like, what, the billionth time? Also, we're taking a look at a... questionable feature of the Lightning Network and talking about something very unfortunate that happened to the CryptoBasic community last week - we got attacked by scammers. Dive into the cryptoverse with u...
2019-10-261h 22
Crypto Basic Podcast: Teaching You The Basics of Bitcoin and the World of Cryptocurrency. CryptoBasicEpisode 209 - Telegram's in trouble, Libra gets ghosted, and more.Another week, another Flagship! This week, the CryptoBasic Avengers have assembled to talk shit about big tech. The roasting session begins with Telegram and ends with Libra, given the fact that all bullshit leads to the Big Zucc. Additionally, Epic Games is starting to get its feet wet with crypto and eToro is making... interesting strides in the world of bot trading. All of the above and more on today's episode, so tune in! Dive into the cryptoverse with us on this week's Flagship Friday. Rapid Fire Crypto Question Added to 1040 Form f...
2019-10-191h 14
Crypto Basic Podcast: Teaching You The Basics of Bitcoin and the World of Cryptocurrency. CryptoBasicEmergency Podcast - Scammers Impersonating UsThere are scammers out there impersonating us in the Discord arena, we need your help to find them if you can.
2019-10-1806 min
Crypto Basic Podcast: Teaching You The Basics of Bitcoin and the World of Cryptocurrency. CryptoBasicEpisode 208 - How is Gods Unchained standing up to China? What did the IRS just do for US Investors? Also some poker content. Rapid Fire UNICEF launches crypto fund UNICEF can now receive, hold, and disperse donations of ether and bitcoin cryptocurrencies. Funding open source technology benefiting children and young people around the world Median US Income by year in BTC Vitalik Buterin claimed that Ethereum will be more secure than Bitcoin after it moves to proof of stake over the next few years. POS introduces a system where validators can be questioned. So you can challenge a block for being illegitimate . "This is how the blockchain becomes more expensive to attack. If someone wants to really bring the network down, they would...
2019-10-131h 13
Crypto Basic Podcast: Teaching You The Basics of Bitcoin and the World of Cryptocurrency. CryptoBasicEpisode 207: Libra Faces Opposition, Coinbase and more rate cryptos, and yet another huge scam.This week the team talks about cryptocurrency news regarding Libra, scams and more. Rapid Fire IKEA just allowed an invoice to be paid via the Ethereum blockchain (This was a stablecoin of some kind) BlockOne was fined 24M by the SEC. Siacoin only had to pay 225k CEO of Beaxy Exchange disappears, looks like they're insolvent. (Crypto Exchanges Creating a Token Rating System) Coinbase Blog - "Introducing the Crypto Rating Council" Create system that rates tokens on how close they are to a security "Although the U.S SEC has issued helpful guidance... Analysis requires fact-intensive analysis by kn...
2019-10-0659 min
Crypto Basic Podcast: Teaching You The Basics of Bitcoin and the World of Cryptocurrency. CryptoBasicEpisode 206 - Justin Sun invites the big dogs to eat, Telegram's doing stealthy crypto moves and 640 crypto projects get EXPOSED.Another week, another flagship. This time, all 3 of the guys are on the show, as Brent's sniffles have subsided and he's pumped up to talk crypto with the crew. Today we go over how Kik's ditching its messaging service to focus on crypto, how Telegram is about to bamboozle libra, as well as the entire crypto space, in the most cool-guys-don't-look-at-explosions way possible, and we're taking a look at 640 crypto projects that haven't pubished a single line of code in over a YEAR. We also (lightly) touch on the price of bitcoin (so that it doesn't trip and fall...
2019-09-271h 00
Crypto Basic Podcast: Teaching You The Basics of Bitcoin and the World of Cryptocurrency. CryptoBasicEpisode 205 - EOS troubles brewing, N. Korea is all about that crypto, and finally... it's a bird! It's plane! It's the Federal Reserve!Welcome once again to Flagship Friday! Although one day late, we're still calling it Flagship Friday to keep our tradition alive. Flagship Extended Weekend didn't sound all that nice. Tune in as Karim and Adam (Brent's got the sniffles :') dive into EOS and its latest scandal, talk about North Korea's crypto project and the Federal Reserve's intervention on the economy, along with some juicy commentary and rants by Karim, our in-house "important things" expert. So if you wanna hear Karim spit some fire preaching and Adam PASSIONATELY agreeing with him, put on your headphones and press...
2019-09-2159 min
Crypto Basic Podcast: Teaching You The Basics of Bitcoin and the World of Cryptocurrency. CryptoBasicEpisode 204 - Binance does an oopsie, BTC transactions hit the billions, and our co-host is heartbroken.The CryptoBasic crew is back from the dead! Last week Brent had the amazing idea of recording an episode while sitting on the passenger seat of his car and talking to the rest of us through his mobile data connection, all while recording NOT through an actual microphone, but an external recorder. This trainwreck of a sentence itself should be, I believe, enough explanation as to why last week's Flagship didn't happen. This week however, all's set to go and we're back at it again! Tune in to find out what's up with plagiarization accusations...
2019-09-1355 min
Crypto Basic Podcast: Teaching You The Basics of Bitcoin and the World of Cryptocurrency. CryptoBasicEpisode 203 - CryptoConvos: Marius Kramer of Emberfund.ioWe're starting the week off with an exciting interview, as we've got Marius Kramer, number #1 writer on Quora for cryptocurrencies and fund manager on Emberfund! We talk all kinds of bitcoin, and of course, all kinds of shitcoin. Marius shares his insights on today's crypto market and its future, goes over his process of evaluating a project and -get this- goes over ALL of the top 300 coins. All of them. If your favourite kinda-red-flaggy coin is on his shit list... then you're probably gonna have to rethink your investments. Join Brent and Marius for a trip to...
2019-09-0242 min
Crypto Basic Podcast: Teaching You The Basics of Bitcoin and the World of Cryptocurrency. CryptoBasicEpisode 202 - CryptoConvos: Kevin Ting of cryptocanary.appOn today's show, Brent is joined by Kevin Ting, co-founder of CryptoCanary, a website focused on consolidating opinions and reviews of various projects in the cryptocurrency/blockchain world, providing users with a community-driven platform for researching before investing. Kevin talks to us about how the platform works, what shapes a crypto project's rating, how they deal with "review-bombing" issues and inaccurate reviews and what the project's near future looks like. If you wanna know how your preferred shitcoin that "will be the next ethereum, bro, I swear" fares against the rest of the space, go to cryptocanary.app. Before...
2019-09-0148 min
Crypto Basic Podcast: Teaching You The Basics of Bitcoin and the World of Cryptocurrency. CryptoBasicEpisode 201 - World's first crypto bank, Chinese government crypto, and Craig Wright gets owned in court?!Any Flagship Friday is a happy Flagship Friday when we've got shit to talk about Craig Wright, scamlord extraordinaire, Satoshi Suck-a-moto, the douchebag to end all douchebags. And guess what: this is a happy Flagship Friday. :) So, JOIN US on this episode to listen to us talk shit about Craig Wright and discuss his defeat in court, something that we've been longing for for quite some time. Also, the wonderful People's Republic of China is making a step towards transparency and democracy with launching its own cryptocurrency! Maybe...! Does something smell fishy...? Anyway...
2019-08-311h 05
Crypto Basic Podcast: Teaching You The Basics of Bitcoin and the World of Cryptocurrency. CryptoBasicEpisode 200 - Hong Kong, Yang Gang, and Scams galore.FLAGSHIP FRIDAY (8/23/19) Rapid Fire Pro Crypto Overstock.com CEO Patrick Byrne resigns. Banano has released their whitepaper, and I'm pissed it's not called a Yellow Paper. Holy shit I clicked on it and it's a yellow paper. Pepe is on the cover. Omg it's animated lol Horizon State (HST) Folds - maybe we should have a that's a scam rapid fire? Lumiflux and his Dust Attack Someone on reddit posted a reminder that this would not work on Monero. (2020 Presidential candidate Andrew Yang is in favor of blockchain voting) - K Running on Dem ticket, outsider ty...
2019-08-241h 13
Crypto Basic Podcast: Teaching You The Basics of Bitcoin and the World of Cryptocurrency. CryptoBasicEpisode 199 - HUGE Chinese ponzi scheme, New Zealand’s CryptoSalaries, Moscow’s blockchain and moreJoin us on another Flagship Friday for your weekly dose of crypto news, shenanigans and goings-on! This week we talk about New Zealand's new step towards adoption, as it legalized using crypto as payment for employees, Moscow's Ethereum-based blockchain designed for transparently functioning city services, and Binance's coins listed for its US platform. Also, Brent never fails to remind us that there are more douchebags in the crypto scene other than Craig Wright, Karim just CANNOT stop buying Cardano and Adam almost died. Twice. Honestly. Dive into the cryptoverse with us on this week's Flagship Friday.
2019-08-1654 min
Crypto Basic Podcast: Teaching You The Basics of Bitcoin and the World of Cryptocurrency. CryptoBasicEpisode 198 - Bitcoin just can't STOP hitting milestones, N. Korea's CryptoMissiles, new exit scams and moreWhat a week for the cryptocurrency space. We've got a brand new exit scam (like we didn't have enough of those already), we've got bitcoin being traded at high volumes in Venezuela, and we've got.. Craig Wright? Again? You bet! Tune in to find out whether bitcoin is the world's eleventh largest money supply (hint: it is) and discover which four European countries are the most adoption-oriented out of all (you know you wanna invest in Europe). Dive into the cryptoverse with us on today's Flagship Friday. - Bitcoin Trading is a...
2019-08-101h 04
Crypto Basic Podcast: Teaching You The Basics of Bitcoin and the World of Cryptocurrency. CryptoBasicEpisode 197 - Bitcoin milestones, the NBA dabbles in blockchain tech, and moreToday's show is very very crypto. Not that it isn't generally, but most of the time we tend to touch on other issues too - politics, economics, business - but not today. Today's episode is all about cryptocurrency: we talk about Nano's lightning fast confirmation times, Bitcoin's new milestone of 85% of its total supply mined, as well as Litecoin's imminent halving, with the reward going down to 12.5 LTC per block. Additionally, a sort of motif is present throughout this entire episode. One not very pleasant, one could say. I mean we've got senator Crapo talking about Bitcoin's...
2019-08-0353 min
Crypto Basic Podcast: Teaching You The Basics of Bitcoin and the World of Cryptocurrency. CryptoBasicEpisode 196 - Flagship Friday #83Another Friday, another Flagship, another excuse to dive into all the crypto shenanigans and goings-on of this past week. What has Justin Sun been up to again and how is it related to the word "chicken"? What do recent stats show about the future use cases of Bitcoin? Could it become the global reserve currency of the 21st century, replacing the gold standard and becoming the basis for a worldwide system of Cyber-Keynesianism or is the person writing this just a closeted bitcoin maximalist? What more could Karim possibly have to say about macroeconomics and politics and what's his ne...
2019-07-271h 00
Crypto Basic Podcast: Teaching You The Basics of Bitcoin and the World of Cryptocurrency. CryptoBasicEpisode 195 - CryptoConvos - Colin Fausnaught of ZuckBucksOn today’s show, Brent is joined by a fellow Facebook-hating, privacy-loving comrade, namely Colin Fausnaught, creator of ZuckBucks, a memecoin designed as a joke and a protest to Facebook’s ever-growing need to have its greedy tentacles probing into more and more aspects of people’s lives - this time the financial one, with Libra. Colin created ZuckBucks on a whim, but never expected that it would actually blow up, gathering a dedicated community around it and even making it onto exchanges. Listen in as we talk about privacy, altcoin specifics, meme economies and the all...
2019-07-2346 min
Crypto Basic Podcast: Teaching You The Basics of Bitcoin and the World of Cryptocurrency. CryptoBasicEpisode 194 - US Politicians on Libra and other news Today we’re getting super political, so Karim is all excited. Don’t worry, we’re talking about it being related to Crypto. The House had a hearing and we break down some opinions of some people in Congress. We also go on to talk about a couple of scams from across the globe. It’s Flagship Friday-ish on the CryptoBasic Podcast. Rapid Fire ZCash/ YCash Fork happened today Thursday at block 570,000. If you own ZCash you'll be getting it at 1:1 ratio YCash is being made to restore mining on commodity hardware which was largely a...
2019-07-211h 06
Crypto Basic Podcast: Teaching You The Basics of Bitcoin and the World of Cryptocurrency. CryptoBasicEpisode 193 - Did Tron get raided? Maybe?Flagship Friday! We're talking about John McAfee and what he wants to do for Cuba. We cover whether or not Tron headquarters was raided by the police, and this particular episoe without Adam we talk about a lot of different tangents, and more. THIS IS OUR REFERAL LINK PLEASE SHOW EMBERFUND YOUR SUPPORT - https://emberfund.app.link/CryptoBasic Subscribe on iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/cryptobasic-podcast/id1332565102?mt=2&at=1001lJEw Join Our Discord - https://discord.gg/3EnWx6J Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/CryptoBasic L...
2019-07-1347 min
Crypto Basic Podcast: Teaching You The Basics of Bitcoin and the World of Cryptocurrency. CryptoBasicEpisode 192 - Craig Wright is STILL a TurdCraig Wright cries in court, thus proving he is Satoshi Butthurtamoto. . We go over tons of stories from across the globe, including what’s happening with Facebook’s Libra in China. Our friends Waltonchain make another cameo appearance in our “That’s a scam” Section, and we learn how Adam almost lost $10k by being cocky. # Episode 192 - Flagship 80 # Episode 192 - Flagship 80 - Rapid Fire - [Tether has a Blacklist -](https://tether.to/wallet-service-and-platform-update/) - [Netflix has an Altcoin doc coming out](https://ourbitcoinnews.com/netflix-is-all-set-to-launch-an-altcoin-and-bitcoin-documentary-show-big-names-of-the-industry-involved/) - Vitalik Buterin (Ethereum Founder) - Jihan Wu (Bitmain Founder) ...
2019-07-061h 02
Crypto Basic Podcast: Teaching You The Basics of Bitcoin and the World of Cryptocurrency. CryptoBasicEpisode 191 - Flagship FridayBitcoin's price goes to 13k, but then back to 10k. The price is on everyone's minds so the team actually sits down and talks about it. We also have some dumb CSW stuff, more of a deep dive on Libra and more. THIS IS OUR REFERAL LINK PLEASE SHOW EMBERFUND YOUR SUPPORT - https://emberfund.app.link/CryptoBasic Coinbase goes offline - https://www.ccn.com/crypto/bitcoin-price-crash-coinbase-offline/2019/06/26/ BTC Market Cap - https://i.redd.it/0rlm5f6v1o631.png Blockchain Products - https://twitter.com/DMemelines/status/1143861718918942720 Pool Together...
2019-06-2957 min
Crypto Basic Podcast: Teaching You The Basics of Bitcoin and the World of Cryptocurrency. CryptoBasicEpisode 190 - IOST 101 Series - With Terrence WangIOST is an application-friendly, next generation public blockchain infrastructure, helping decentralized app developers overcome some of the most challenging problems with mass adoption. First and foremost, IOST solves the scalability trilemma, or having to select between levels of security, scalability, and decentralization. Through a “Proof-of-Believability” consensus mechanism, IOST enables DApps to build and deploy more meaningful services on its platform, helping more everyday users experience the mass benefits of blockchain services. IOST's website: https://iost.io/ IOST's twitter page: https://twitter.com/IOStoken Terrence's Twitter Account - https://twitter.com/terrence_iost IOS...
2019-06-2546 min
Crypto Basic Podcast: Teaching You The Basics of Bitcoin and the World of Cryptocurrency. CryptoBasicEpisode 189 - Facebook's Coin vs Bitcoin and other newsToday we're talking about how the new ZuckBucks (aka Libra) stacks up to Bitcoin. Is it the same? Is it different? Is it even a crypto? We talk about all of these questions in the most basic way that we can. Today we're talking about how the new ZuckBucks (aka Libra) stacks up to Bitcoin. Is it the same? Is it different? Is it even a crypto? We talk about all of these questions in the most basic way that we can. This is a great episode for those that might know what both Bitcoin and Li...
2019-06-221h 03
Crypto Basic Podcast: Teaching You The Basics of Bitcoin and the World of Cryptocurrency. CryptoBasicEpisode 188 - Alex Wang of Emberfund.ioOn today's featured project episode we are talking with Alex Wang, the Co-Foudner of Emberfund.io. He has helped create a project that solves a need in the space, and honestly investing in general. Emberfund is a non-custodial fund that allows you to have the benefits of a managed fund, and the security of owning your own funds with your own private keys. Listen to Brent ask the questions, learn the process, and get to the bottom of this new asset of fund management. Alex is all about keeping this accessible to all investors, and e goes...
2019-06-1847 min
Crypto Basic Podcast: Teaching You The Basics of Bitcoin and the World of Cryptocurrency. CryptoBasicEpisode 187 - Binance in the US, Facebook's Libra, and moreFLAGSHIP 76 - 6/14/19 Brent is back on the show just in time to get hacked. Binance is coming to the US, but weren't they already there? Facebook announces more plans for the Libra and announces the help of some serious tech giants. Giants that gave them $10M of course. There's a lot more news to cover on this edition of the flagship. Rapid Fire r/CryptoCurrency - Uber, MasterCard, Visa and other big companies have reportedly signed on to Facebook's blockchain efforts https://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-enlists-uber-mastercard-visa-back-cryptocurrency-2019-6?utm_source=reddit.com
2019-06-1558 min
Crypto Basic Podcast: Teaching You The Basics of Bitcoin and the World of Cryptocurrency. CryptoBasicEpisode 186 - Facebook coin, Vitalik on BSV, and moreApple said tey're going to be pushing something called the CryptoKit. What's that? What is Facebook doing? Where the hell did Brent go? Find out about all of this and more in the cryptospace on Flagship Friday-ish. Binance DEX to geo-block 28 countries including US - https://www.notion.so/cryptobasic/Flagship-Friday-75-cfb287e07feb4bad8497716f6f1c97bf#6489d4ba7932446c83b9e5b1bf941081 Vitalik Says BSV is a scam - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggyABjicZt8 Facebook's Cryptocurrency Plans Revealed - https://www.forbes.com/sites/billybambrough/2019/06/06/facebooks-radical-bitcoin-beating-cryptocurrency-plans-revealed/#1da1f25c3564
2019-06-0953 min
Crypto Basic Podcast: Teaching You The Basics of Bitcoin and the World of Cryptocurrency. CryptoBasicEpisode 185 - Karim is BackKarim is back on the show after his trip to Europe, and he's brought a bunch of crypto aroudn the world news with him. He's talking Africa, he's talking Europe, and he's calling Brent out for being wrong on stuff. Karim is back on the show after his trip to Europe, and he's brought a bunch of crypto aroudn the world news with him. He's talking Africa, he's talking Europe, and he's calling Brent out for being wrong on stuff. EOS and CSW appear on every show at this point, but the news is never good. Wh...
2019-05-3152 min
Crypto Basic Podcast: Teaching You The Basics of Bitcoin and the World of Cryptocurrency. CryptoBasicEpisode 184 - Brett Richey on Gaming and CryptoIt's a round Table episode: Poker, Gambling, Crypto. These names can be synonymous. Today we've got Brett Richey on the show - he's the founder of a company called Blitz Predict and he has a lot of interesting information to share about what he feels is a match made in heaven of Crypto and Gaming. Their company didn't build their own coin, they actually USED another existing platform to create their content. Augur provides the frame work, Blitz Predict provides the app, and you provide the action. Blitz Predict - https://www.blitzpredict.io/ B...
2019-05-3051 min
Crypto Basic Podcast: Teaching You The Basics of Bitcoin and the World of Cryptocurrency. CryptoBasicEpisode 183 - Monica Quaintance From Kadena.ioIt's time for another Crypto Convo episode - and today we're going to be having a chat with Monica Quaintance from the Kadena Project. It's an open ended conversation Where we discuss anything and everything blockchain and beyond. Learn about how Kadena developed a language that you can read, even if you can't code. Kadena Website - https://kadena.io/ Kadena Twitter - https://twitter.com/kadena_io Monica's Twitter - https://twitter.com/quaintm Monica's Linked in - https://www.linkedin.com/in/monica-quaintance/ Monica's Medium - https://medium.com/kadena-io Pact L...
2019-05-2855 min
Crypto Basic Podcast: Teaching You The Basics of Bitcoin and the World of Cryptocurrency. CryptoBasicEpisode 182 - Scams, Craig Wright, and more newsScams. So many of these projects are turning out to be scams, and we knew it was coming. This space is perfect for scammers, and perfect for seizing control from the bankers. HitBTC, Cobinhood, Cryptopia, yo never know which exchange is next. Find out what we’ve seen, as well as some other news from across the land. DAI On Coinbase - https://twitter.com/coinbase/status/1131614714113527808 ETH raises $30M - https://www.coindesk.com/ethereum-foundation-funding-development-upgrade-plasma?hootPostID=baacd72a28d0318ddb1429b0e59447c6 Tim Draper talks BTC - https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/bi...
2019-05-2455 min
Crypto Basic Podcast: Teaching You The Basics of Bitcoin and the World of Cryptocurrency. CryptoBasicEpisode 181 - The Bulls are Back?Yeah right you thought we were going to talk about price on a CryptoBasic episode? We talk about all the goings on of the week. From Cryptopia closing and bring liquidated to Bakkt getting clearer with their direction we cover it all this week. Are Whole Foods and Starbucks really taking CryptoCurrency? What is the Adam Levy Effect? Is it real? Brent roasts a portfolio, and more. Subscribe on iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/cryptobasic-podcast/id1332565102?mt=2&at=1001lJEw Join Our Discord - https://discord.gg/3EnWx6J Patreon - h...
2019-05-1743 min
Crypto Basic Podcast: Teaching You The Basics of Bitcoin and the World of Cryptocurrency. CryptoBasic101 Series - Decred Featuring Ricuard RedDecred means Decentralized Credits, and this was a tough nut to crack. The team decided to bring in the big guns and have Richard Redd on the show - he's a part of the Decred Team, in so far as he has Decred's DAO pay him for many many things. He has answers to all of Brent's questions as Brent takes him through the 101 series - Decred, and finds a new coin that he likes a lot. Links - Richard's Medium - https://medium.com/@richardred Richard's Github - https...
2019-05-161h 20
Crypto Basic Podcast: Teaching You The Basics of Bitcoin and the World of Cryptocurrency. CryptoBasicEpisode 179 - More on Binance, Polls, and TronEPISODE 179 - FLAGSHIP Rapid Fire Bitcoin has reached 6k!! Regulators Ready to Approve Ethereum Futures Regulators Ready to Approve Ethereum Futures, CFTC Insider Says - CoinDesk A futures contract might bring in fresh institutional funding to the crypto space The CFTC is willing to let an ether futures contract go to market after soliciting market feedback last year Microsoft Azure Blockchain DK For Ethereum Has been released Azure Blockchain Development Kit for Ethereum Released - Build Azure provides developers an enhanced experience for...
2019-05-111h 03
Crypto Basic Podcast: Teaching You The Basics of Bitcoin and the World of Cryptocurrency. CryptoBasicEpisode 178 - Binance Hack Basic BlitzBinance was hacked, this is not a drill. Guess what? Everything is fine. Adam and Brent decide to talk abou this for a quick episode of the podcast, and of course, there's some Jutin Sun bullshit thrown in on the top of it all. CZ Twitter Live - https://twitter.com/binance/status/1125959459782553600?s=20 Binance Blog Post - https://binance.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360028031711 Binance SAFU Funds - https://www.binance.vision/glossary/secure-asset-fund-for-users Reddit Thread - https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/bly0dd/funds_are_safe_but_still_binance_hacked/
2019-05-0823 min
Crypto Basic Podcast: Teaching You The Basics of Bitcoin and the World of Cryptocurrency. CryptoBasicEpisode 177 - Tether's Legal Trouble and MoreEPISODE 177 - FLAGSHIP 70 This week's top story - Tether is in trouble again. Is this a tale of sound and fury signifying nothing like the Bitcoin Maximalists such as Adam Back would like you to believe? Or is there something more going on here? Before we get to that story we talk about Vitalik, Elon, some scams and more. Rapid Fire Coinbase Custody now offers their first chain swap with KIN. Offline storage and insurance coverage Mainnet KIN is now available on Coinbase Custody NYTimes is now routinely reporting...
2019-05-041h 08
Crypto Basic Podcast: Teaching You The Basics of Bitcoin and the World of Cryptocurrency. CryptoBasicEpisode 169 - Metamask, Fake Trades, and more# Episode 169 - Flagship Friday Today we talk about everything from Formula One Racing to Metamask. Karim, Adam, and Brent are hardly able to even get through a rapid fire section without some commentary, and they go over the dumb and dumber that is the Weiss Ratings on this edition. - Rapid Fire [Fidelity has so many people at the firm on board with crypto. The MOST RELEVANT real money firm is turning into a crypto culture. How great is it that the work culture is beaming with crypto enthusiasts. It’s a part of th...
2019-03-301h 03
Crypto Basic Podcast: Teaching You The Basics of Bitcoin and the World of Cryptocurrency. CryptoBasicEpisode 167 - XLM and IBM, SXSW, Tether and more.# Episode 167 - Flagship Friday - Rapid Fire [Co-Founder of Wikipedia says that you should use Brave.](https://larrysanger.org/2019/01/how-im-locking-down-my-cyber-life/) [Coinbase Pro ends 0% maker fees.](https://blog.coinbase.com/coinbase-pro-market-structure-update-fbd9d49f43d7) [Presidential Candidate Andrew Yang was tweeting about bitcooin corrections in 2013!](https://bitcoinist.com/andrew-yang-2020-president-bitcoin/) - [Tether is not fully backed by fiat](https://breakermag.com/tether-now-admits-its-not-fully-backed-by-dollars/) (Bullish or Bullshit?) - Brent - From Tether's New Terms - "Every Tether is always 100% backed by our reserves, which include traditional currency and cash equivalents a...
2019-03-231h 11
Crypto Basic Podcast: Teaching You The Basics of Bitcoin and the World of Cryptocurrency. CryptoBasicEpisode 166 - CRYPTO Movie, and some more fun stuff.- Rapid Fire - [Stellar (XLM) Listed on Coinbase pro](https://www.coindesk.com/stellar-lumens-is-about-to-begin-trading-on-coinbase-pro) - [Someone posted on reddit that the sites CrashDoge, CrashingBitcoin, and CrashingCrypto are scams](https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/azh66t/crashdoge_crashingbitcoin_and_crashingcrypto_are/)...WOW that was a hard one to figure out. Also they are run but someone named HERPES. - [You actually can earn BAT now on the developer Brave Browser](https://brave.com/ad-platform-enters-second-phase/), we incorrectly reported you could before. - [OneCoin leader arrested for scamming in the US.](https://www.coindesk.com...
2019-03-1551 min
Crypto Basic Podcast: Teaching You The Basics of Bitcoin and the World of Cryptocurrency. CryptoBasicEpisode 164 - XRP (Ripple) RevisitedIt's time for a revisit of a classic villian. Ripple, XRP, Banks, it's known by many names and it was just released on Coinbase. It's had a hell of a year, and honestly has performed less bad than a lot of these coins. Has Brent changed his tune? Will his hatred go down further? Is this a sympathetic villian? How much did Karim call Brent Fat the last time this coin was in the spotlight? Find out now. LINKS TO TOPICS FROM THE SHOW Previous Episode Whitepaper Subreddit Website Block Explorer FAQ Article on McCaleb's Freezing...
2019-03-0653 min
Crypto Basic Podcast: Teaching You The Basics of Bitcoin and the World of Cryptocurrency. CryptoBasicEpisode 159: Quadriga CX again, Craight Wright vs Wikileaks, and RantsIt’s Flagship Friday and we’re talking about everything from Quadriga CX (again) to the curiosity Rover dying on Mars and why. We discuss the NASDAQ and more flirting with crypto, and we go on a long rant with Craig Wright and Wikipedia. Mike was absent from this one, but that’s OK we let Karim go off the handle, and he even says toward the end of the episode that he’s Triggered. Love it. # LINKS TO TOPICS FROM THE SHOW * [QuadrigaCX says oopsie](https://www.scribd.com/document/399507173/EY-QuadrigaCX-Report#from_embed)
2019-02-1450 min
Crypto Basic Podcast: Teaching You The Basics of Bitcoin and the World of Cryptocurrency. CryptoBasicEpisode 158: Round Table on ScamsToday CryptoBasic talks about something near and dear to their hearts – scams. This isn’t just crypto, but knowing what scams we’ve seen in the past and where they might be going in the future is very important in this unregulated market. Listen to Karim and Brent talk about the red flags you should be on the lookout for, and learn about this insane con man that had 10 commandments written about him. There’s plenty of crypto content, plenty of scams, and it’s all here on this episode. # LINKS TO TOPICS FROM THE SHOW
2019-02-141h 14
Crypto Basic Podcast: Teaching You The Basics of Bitcoin and the World of Cryptocurrency. CryptoBasicEpisode 149: Norwegian Billionaires, ETC 51% Attack, Jordan Peterson and more.It’s Flagship Friday! The team is excited about the fringe ideas around each story this week apparently. Brent talks about the specifics of why platforms like Gab end up being a cesspool, Karim is upset about the stuff he’s usually upset about, and Mike...like Jordan Peterson. We also discuss the 51% attack that happened to Ethereum Classic, how it worked, and what they’re doing about it going forward. LINKS TO TOPICS FROM THE SHOW Coinbase Bans Gab founder Andrew Toba Epic games takes Monero…annnnnd its gone. Norwegian millionaire kidnapped. Ethereum Classic Atttack - Ether...
2019-01-111h 08
Crypto Basic Podcast: Teaching You The Basics of Bitcoin and the World of Cryptocurrency. CryptoBasicEpisode 147: Horizen, Time Magazine, and a new ScammerIt’s the first Flagship of the year, and the team is ready and raring to go. First they teas the Crypties, an award show coming out in a couple of days. They talk about the Horizen DAO paper, realize that they know nothing and decide maybe they need to call up Rob Viglione to talk about it. Karim goes over the Time Magazine Bitcoin article about how important it is for freedom, why it won’t matter in places like the US for longer than we thought. And what it has to do with Venezuela. Brent, then, goes over...
2019-01-0458 min
Crypto Basic Podcast: Teaching You The Basics of Bitcoin and the World of Cryptocurrency. CryptoBasicKarim gets animated - Flagship Friday 49The team is all back in the good ol US and A and they have another Flagship Friday for you. Among the topics this week – Pomp, Banks, Scams, and they notice the falling markets in the middle of the show. They don’t even talk about it though because this show is about the tech! Check out this week’s news in cryptocurrency. LINKS TO TOPICS FROM THE SHOW Humboldt Broncos Teens want BTC Pomp is betting on crypto Bank of America fines Tether new fees structures Bitfinex is agnostic Forbes talking about the 0x stuff...
2018-12-081h 04
Crypto Basic Podcast: Teaching You The Basics of Bitcoin and the World of Cryptocurrency. CryptoBasicOyster Scam, Substratum Scam, and more news - Flagship 44Brent spends half of this episode going off on the Oyster and Substratum scams, but Karim and Mike find some ways to get legitimate information in there. Karim geeks out about the Five Deeps misison, Mike talks about the Ethereum Cassic and Ethereum donation, and the team wraps it up with some fun rants (do you know what 0x is?) and mailbag questions. LINKS TO TOPICS FROM THE SHOW Oyster Scam on Reddit Oyster CEO Medium Oyster CEO Medium 2 Redditor calls out oyster months ago Substratum contract is similar to Oyster. Warren bu...
2018-11-031h 03
Crypto Basic Podcast: Teaching You The Basics of Bitcoin and the World of Cryptocurrency. CryptoBasicWhat is Initiative Q? Bitcoin turns 10, and a new stablecoin.What is Initiative Q? Bitcoin turns 10 years old this week. Square is coming up with a cold storage solution. The team talks about another shady guy named Justin in the crypto space, and they tackle a really fun mailbag section where Karim brings back the 4th grader from a few weeks ago, which he still has as a weapon. Square Cash has been a fun way to interact with Bitcoin for a while now. The CEO of Square is VERY pro Bitcoin, and now he's releasing a system to the open source that will facilitate the use...
2018-10-261h 24
Crypto Basic Podcast: Teaching You The Basics of Bitcoin and the World of Cryptocurrency. CryptoBasicFidelity Crypto, Tether and Cardano DramaKarim is off galavanting the nation so Brent and Mike try to take care of things without him. They do a fantastic job, talking about how Fidelity is getting involved with Bitcoin and Ethereum, breaking down all the Cardano Foundation drama. Also, did you know the Ledger Nano S was 20% off? Better grab one with the link below! LINKS TO TOPICS FROM THE SHOW Fidelity Rolls out a Crypto Service Tether is all over the place Decred is making their DAO Cardano Drama Open Letter Ethereum Classic Dapps The D wants the B Gun shop takes...
2018-10-191h 07
Crypto Basic Podcast: Teaching You The Basics of Bitcoin and the World of Cryptocurrency. CryptoBasicBlockstream, Binance, Bittrex, Brents. So many B's!This is an extra large episode of the podcast. Binance and Blockstream are the words of the day, and we even talk about Bittrex too. Listen to Mike, Brent, and Karim argue live about what the implications of a Blockstream technology might be to a consumer. The team goes on rants, Brent invites multiple people on to the show to argue with him, and the team even gets to a very difficult to answer mailbag section. LINKS TO TOPICS FROM THE SHOW Binance is Donating Listing Fees Monero Origin related to Bytecoin scam. Blockstream talks about...
2018-10-121h 27
Crypto Basic Podcast: Teaching You The Basics of Bitcoin and the World of Cryptocurrency. CryptoBasicBrent is Mad about Facebook and Coinmarketcap - and all the crypto NewsBrent is back and the team has a lot to pack into today’s episode. They’re talking about everything from Coinbase starting the equivalent of an ETF, to how scummy coinmarketcap can be when it comes to how they work out their advertisements. Karim has a very clear opinion on the leadership in Malta, and Stellar has launched the StellarX decentralized exchange! LINKS TO TOPICS FROM THE SHOW Facebook was hacked Coinbase has a bundle for purchase – and here is some more information about it. Sir Tim Berners-Lee creates a protocol called solid – It is backed b...
2018-10-051h 07
Crypto Basic Podcast: Teaching You The Basics of Bitcoin and the World of Cryptocurrency. CryptoBasic101: Maker DAO / DAILearn how to create stablecoins with unstable assets. After the Stablecoins 101 Brent wanted to look a lot deeper into Maker, and how it works and why it might be a good solution. Karim joins him this time to prod him with questions on how and why Maker works, what concerns there are for the future, and if it could ever replace Tether. Karim does a few basic flip flops on whether this Cryptocurrency replacement for the USD will work out. Check out Maker 101 now. LINKS TO TOPICS FROM THE SHOW Whitepaper Website Subreddit FAQ M...
2018-10-0359 min
Crypto Basic Podcast: Teaching You The Basics of Bitcoin and the World of Cryptocurrency. CryptoBasicRound Table Episode: Greece and Greek Financian Crisis Featuring Jason KyriakosToday is a special day for the CryptoBasic Team. Jason Kyriakos is on the show with Brent and Karim to talk about the economics of Greece, and how it affects his everyday life. Jason is the editor of the CryptoBasic podcast, and he is responsible for the clean, crisp sound that you all hear on a daily basis. Join us as we have a frank discussion about the Greek culture, about how that movie was really terrible, and about what questions Greeks may have about cryptocurrency and how it affects their everyday life. L...
2018-09-2657 min
Crypto Basic Podcast: Teaching You The Basics of Bitcoin and the World of Cryptocurrency. CryptoBasic101 Series: GoChainMike noticed a coin called GoChain won the Binance monthly contest to get listed for free and decided to take a look at the project. GoChain is an interesting concept where they aren’t as interested in immutability as other coins, but see it as something that should be changed when necessary. Brent wasn’t here to yell at Mike and Karim about decentralization, so get a look at how this project might fare in the crypto world. Find out if Proof of Authority is something that you’d be interested in during this episode on GoChain. ...
2018-09-2444 min
Crypto Basic Podcast: Teaching You The Basics of Bitcoin and the World of Cryptocurrency. CryptoBasicWhy the NASDAQ is better than crypto Youtubers, and is Coinbase joining BlackRock?Today on the show the boys talk about what punishment Mike needs to do for sucking so much. We draw the winner of the portfolio contest and talk about why Bitcoin Private was such a stupid choice. In the news we tackle the rumors that Coinbase and Black Rock are joining forces, check out spending DASH in Venezueala, and go into the NASDAQ creating a platform that will try and predict Cryptocurrency pricing. Then Karim goes on a long tangent about Brazil museums that has nothing to do with crypto and Brent complains about a dogleash.
2018-09-141h 16
Crypto Basic Podcast: Teaching You The Basics of Bitcoin and the World of Cryptocurrency. CryptoBasicAnthony Lusardi Round Table: Immutability and CensorshipAnthony Lusardi from the Ethereum Classic Cooperative is back again on the show. This time it’s a less formal scenario where we kicked Karim out. Mike and Brent talk with Anthony about immutability and how it can equate to censorship when that immutability is broken. The conversation goes all over the place, Anothony’s cat tries to stop him from making an announcement of an announcement at the end of the episode, but fails. Learn about the upcoming conference that will be live streamed at some ungodly hours where Anthony will be moderating a panel on this...
2018-09-051h 02
Crypto Basic Podcast: Teaching You The Basics of Bitcoin and the World of Cryptocurrency. CryptoBasicFS35 - Square Patent, Student Debt, & Ian BalinaOn this week’s Flagship Friday the whole team gets together to discuss some recent headlines. A new Bitcoin documentary highlights Jordan Belfort’s criticisms, Square lands a cryptocurrency patent, and Karim sneaks in a story about student debt. The Mt.Gox story may actually have a decent ending, Ian Balina reminds us shills still exists, and an Italian Football team... makes history? Yeah, kinda. LINKS TO TOPICS FROM THE SHOW Article - Dear Wolf of Wall Street: Nobody Cares What You Think Article - Square Wins Patent for Crypto...
2018-08-3155 min
Crypto Basic Podcast: Teaching You The Basics of Bitcoin and the World of Cryptocurrency. CryptoBasicRoundtable #5 - Cardano Icarus Release, VeChain Vaccine Tracing, & AstroturfingThis week our Roundtable discussion will be more of a heads-up discussion between Karim and Brent as Mike decided it was more important to try to win poker tournaments! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ We kick things off with some cryptocurrency updates for Cardano, Nano, Ethereum's Casper, and Vechain. Our RT topic was inspired by John Oliver’s recent “Astroturfing” episode, a topic we’ve discussed on the podcast before. Can we believe anything anymore? And why does Brent finish the episode feeling that Karim destroyed his childhood? Well we can’t say its mostly good news…..but we had fun debating! LINKS TO TOPICS F...
2018-08-2059 min
Crypto Basic Podcast: Teaching You The Basics of Bitcoin and the World of Cryptocurrency. CryptoBasicFlagship Friday 32Falgship Friday time, let’s see what’s in store for is in this week in the world of crypto! The owner of the NYSE exchange says Bitcoin can be the first worldwide currency… and they intend to help make this happen. Apple makes history as it reaches $1 trillion and Karim goes on a not so unexpected rant about big corporations (◔_◔) IOTA leaked emails reveal behind the scenes drama, Vitalik and Charles plan a debate via blog, Berlin prepares to host a truly crypto themed hackathon, and the Chinese retaliate to Trump’s tariffs. And Brent goes on a rant about t...
2018-08-101h 16
Crypto Basic Podcast: Teaching You The Basics of Bitcoin and the World of Cryptocurrency. CryptoBasicLoom Network 101It’s time to explore a new coin and today Mike sits down with Karim to break down one of his favorite cryptocurrency projects, Loom Network. While on the surface this may just look like a gaming platform, Loom is actually pursuing the broader vision of creating scaling solutions for Ethereum. Have you ever heard of a coin which had a kick-starter but no ICO? And what exactly is a Zombie Chain? You know what I’m going to say next… tune in to find out! LINKS TO TOPICS FROM THE SHOW Loom...
2018-08-081h 07
Crypto Basic Podcast: Teaching You The Basics of Bitcoin and the World of Cryptocurrency. CryptoBasicFlagship Friday #30This week we start things of by re-evaluating the Ross Ulbricht story after news came out that his murder-for-hire charges are being dropped. This is a story we have discussed before on the podcast, but with new information, the guys shift their stances. We also discuss FOMO 3D and Karim takes us off topic for some out of this world news… we found liquid water on mars! Facebook allows Coinbase ads again, a new site tracks “cryptocurrency experts” predictions, the G20 weighs in on crypto, and someone in China uses blockchain to circumvent censorship. LINKS TO TOPI...
2018-07-271h 08
Crypto Basic Podcast: Teaching You The Basics of Bitcoin and the World of Cryptocurrency. CryptoBasic101 Series: AugurTell me crypto wanderers, have you ever wanted to predict the future? The betting and prediction platform that is Augur has finally launched, so what better time for an Augur 101 CryptoBasic breakdown! Brent and Karim sit down to discuss how prediction markets on Augur are created, wagered on, and closed. We also discuss the recent launch, how the project has grown, the Forecast Foundation’s role in the project, it’s main competitors, and explore how prediction markets could evolve. LINKS TO TOPICS FROM THE SHOW Augur: a Decentralized, Open-Source Platform for Pr...
2018-07-2559 min
Crypto Basic Podcast: Teaching You The Basics of Bitcoin and the World of Cryptocurrency. CryptoBasicFlagShip Friday: Episode 29The Flagship is ready to sail! This week we kick off the show with Karim getting all fired up about corruption and a certain US Congressman… looking at you Brad Sherman. ಠ╭╮ಠ Brent has some words of approval for Coinbase and its handling of its upcoming coin considerations (ADA, XLM, ZEC, ZRX, BAT). We also look at a cryptocurrency study from Croatia (good job boys!), Brent defends EOS (yup, seriously) and has to eat some crow, Vitalik has some tough questions for the community, and the new CEO of Goldman Sachs sets his eyes on cryptocurrency, and the boys go on some of...
2018-07-201h 15
Crypto Basic Podcast: Teaching You The Basics of Bitcoin and the World of Cryptocurrency. CryptoBasic101 Series: Investment Theories & StrategiesLets be honest, for most of us the world of blockchain is experienced through an investing lens… so why don’t we learn a little bit about investing! For this episode Brent and Karim are reminded that there is much they still don’t know as they explore different investment theories and strategies. Why do prices seem to move at random? Are markets really efficient? How does Dollar Cost Averaging compare to Value Averaging? If you loved our Cognitive Biases 101 episode you’re in for a treat, but remember – WE ARE NOT FINANCIAL ADVISORS! ಠ_ಠ LINKS TO TOPICS FROM...
2018-07-111h 29