Crypto Basic Podcast: Teaching You The Basics of Bitcoin and the World of Cryptocurrency. CryptoBasic

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! Hey Karim, what's the price of Dogecoin?? Dogecoin spikes 1900% in 2 days. Global search interest in “how to buy dogecoin” also skyrocketed from a score of 25 to 100, the highest possible search popularity score, over the past few days, according to 12-month Google Trends data analyzed by CoinDesk. Why is Dogecoin spiking?? Not entirely sure the exact origin of it but a few TIk Tokkers posted a video talking about how if you invest $25 into Dogecoin you get 10k shares. if it goes to $1 we all make $10k. then people started buying it and it actually spiked 20% tuesday. Effect of Tik Tok on crypto. Gen Z is growing up. Do you think they will adopt? Could this be the start of a bull? This could also be the start of another Bitconnect with people getting hurt by a pump and dump. Could be a bunch of Dogecoiners getting together and trying to get the coin to blow up on tik tok. Things can go viral there in a hot second. Videos on videos coming out talking about how Doge is a good investment. For those who don't know, Jackson Palmer, the CEO of Dogecoin, created it as a memecoin bc Coinmarketcap and Doge memes were the two tabs open in his web browser. It has no real use case. Kid influencers ( https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/hnetus/discussing_how_doge_can_reach_1/ ) https://twitter.com/jespow/status/1281021629632352256?s=20

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? * Substratum * Episode 1 ( https://www.cryptobasicpodcast.com/home/161 ) * Episode 2 ( https://www.cryptobasicpodcast.com/home/substratum ) * Our position on the? VERY hard scam. We had 3 full episodes and talked a lot of shit with their community. * Subreddit has been dead since 9 months ago. * Highest price point AFTER the 2017 bubble - *$.82* in May of 2018. For reference we released the first episode warning listeners of the scam in November of 2018. * They raised $13M in ICO funds and delivered nada. * They announced that they were seeking private funding in September of 2019, and now it is a completely dead project. * Verdict - WE WERE RIGHT * Kucoin * Episode where we first mentioned Kucoin ( https://www.cryptobasicpodcast.com/home/exchangecoins ) * Our position on them? Lukewarm. Mike really liked them, but I didn't like their pyramid style marketing. I also had some issues with their interface. I never went so far as to call them a scam, but never trusted them with a single cent. We did pull the referral bonus from the shownotes. We called the flags "offwhite" * Hilariously shitty MLM style video. ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VM9NYqzVyWU ) * They're still operational, subreddit is booming, and they're one of the exchanges with name recognition. * Storytime about Kucoin. My first troll. * We did cover some of the red flags over the course of the time after we talked about them. They had some issues with where their location was and they got * Highest price point after the 2017 bubble - $4.99 May 2018 * Current price as of recording - $.81 * Verdict - We were basically wrong here. More risk than a high end exchange, but they're ranked just below Gemini. * Cryptopia ( https://www.cryptopia.co.nz/ ) * Our position on the scam: I wouldn't put my money on the site. Didn't call them an outright scam. * Went down on July 3, 2019. * They're still in liquidation. * People will not be made whole. * Bitcoin Hex * This is an ongoing scam - I want to do a red flags episode which we'll record next week on Bitcoin hex. * Right now, they're still kicking. * What I remember is that Trevon James, a previous Bitconnect shill, was shilling it. * I went to his Youtube. HO LEE SHIT * Some great fucking titles * "5 steps to turn $200 into $200,000 with Cryptocurrency" * Vitalik Sent me $600,000 worth of HEX * How to Make Money with Crypto (holding up stacks of USD cash) * Why HEX can EASILY reach $1 * Hex is up 315% what a scam right? * Verdict - Episode next week. * Tether * Our position - Tether is a scam. It is not backed, and you cannot trust it. * Price - $1 * Price - $1 * Stop using Tether * Tell Story about how easy DAI is * Divi * Episode on the Divi Project ( https://www.cryptobasicpodcast.com/home/divi ) * This was a coin we did a 101 on and Karim and Mike definitely disagreed on the evaluation. Karim didn't call it a scam, he just didn't like the project. Here's what I remember about Karim's negative thoughts - this was the only coin that ever had one of their team members have a rational response to it. * Coin Market cap doesn't have data that far back, oddly, but the earliest they have the price was $.009. per coin b ack in November of 2018. * Today's price - $.04 - a 440% increase * Verdict - Wrong for now, probably eat crow. * 79th in Market Cap * Dragonchain ( https://www.cryptobasicpodcast.com/home/dragonchain ) * Our positoin - Lukewarm again. Karim didn't say it was scam, he just didn't really like it. This was a project that was essentially making itself turnkey ICO launchers. Well ICOs aren't really a think anymore and their first ICO's didn't go well. * The subreddit isn't VERY active but it is actiev. * Post 2017 bubble highest price - May 2018 $1.35 * Current price $.089 * Verdict - Right to be skeptical of the project, certainly not a scam yet. * FCoin * Our stance - we released an episode called "Is Fcoin a scam" our answer was fucking yes it was. ( https://www.cryptobasicpodcast.com/home/fcoin ) * If you go there on coinmarketcap - it says "we have received reported of impeded withdrawls due to insolvency" ( https://coinmarketcap.com/exchanges/fcoin/ ) * They shutdown around February 2020 and blamed "poor auditing" for the shutdown, as they were transferring out tons of money from their cold wallets. ( https://cointelegraph.com/news/fcoin-blames-poor-auditing-for-shutdown-but-others-suspect-exit-scam )

Welcome 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 says it is going to start buying individual corporate bonds ( https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/15/the-fed-says-it-is-going-to-start-buying-individual-corporate-bonds.html ) * *The Federal Reserve said Monday it will start buying individual corporate bonds.* In order to “support market function and eases credit conditions.” they added functions to its *Secondary Market corporate Credit Facility (SMCCF)* SMCCF? - It is a Special Purpose Vehicle launched by the Fed in March * SPV? ( https://www.investopedia.com/terms/s/spv.asp ) - A subsidiary created by a parent company to isolate risk * Basically creates separate company with isolated balance sheet * SPV operations limited to acquiring and financing specific assets * SPV may be created solely to securitize debt so that investors can be assured of repayment. * Can help companies securitize assets, * create joint ventures, * isolate corporate assets, or perform other financial transactions. * Fed is trying to ensure banks continue to lend to corporations * The SMCCF then buys corporate bonds and Bond ETFs, * To encourage lending by ensuring demand for the bonds * But it was only started with bond ETFs…. So lets talk about these functions * So whereas before it was “passively” buying ETFs at fair market value is (metrics and restrictions) * Now it has $750b to buy individual corporate bonds directly (with a maturity of within 5yrs) * This is on top of ETFs in the market * The loans will be tailored to small- and medium-sized companies and can range from $250,000 to $300 million. * Dow went from down 700 to a +157pt spike after announcement * Fed has yet to launch its Primary Market Corporate Credit Facility.

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. * They also run Antpool, which is a big mining firm that has a lot of hashpower - but they aren't the biggest. * Remember when we covered this in a flagship? Lets go back over ( https://www.coindesk.com/bitmain-turmoil-co-founder-and-director-micree-zhan-ousted-from-management#:~:text=Bitmain%20Turmoil:%20Co-Founder%20and%20Executive%20Director%20Micree%20Zhan%20Ousted,internal%20email%20sent%20to%20staff. ). * This was back in October 2019. * Jihan Wu sent an e-mail to the entire Bitmain team that said that Ketuan Zhan was dismissed from the company. * Wu was then given the roles of executive director and legal representative. * Then is, Zhan still had 36% of the company in shares, and it wasn't clear what was happing with them. * Zhan then filed a lawsuit in the Cayman islands to try and stop this from happening. * They also filed to go public in the US with the SEC right before all of this. * Zhan wins a victory in April. ( https://www.coindesk.com/ousted-bitmain-co-founder-wins-partial-victory-in-latest-legal-battle ) * So the Bejing District Bureau if Justice actually went ahead and blocked Bitmain's attempt at replacing the legal representative with their current CFO. Even though Jihan Wu was the representative, Bitmain wanted to switch. * This has been in courts since Jan 2. * He was then granted the right to return to his post as legal representative. * When he tried to attend the beaureau to collect his registration, he was surrounded by those loyal to Wu, and his license was grabbed from his hands. * Then shit got physical, details are sparse. * There's now TWO official seals somehow. Zhan wasn't in possession of the real one because it was physically taken from him. I guess in Chinese law the physical seal is pretty important. So there are now two serial numbers and there's dispute as to which one is accurate. * Getting more interesting ( https://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-mining-bitmain-staff-management-feud ) * So most of the staff was working from home because of the Pandemic * On June 4 Zhan actually sent all employees a notification via wechat that he was back in the office starting the day before, and that they needed to return to the office to work. * There's literally a video out there of Zhan marchingg on the Bitmain offices with armed guards ( https://twitter.com/BlockBeatsChina/status/1268452013139824640 ) * So he used his private guard force to enter the office and has apparently seized control. * He was handing out $10,000 worth of Yuan for anyone that showed up to the office to work with him. * He made a public decree to finish the IPO and have a market cap of over $50M in 5 years. * It looks like Zhan has taken control of the company's Wechat account, and has been posting saying that the "new" seal is the official seal. ( https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/6fzhGTxBMsV6vQPMgr-WOg ) * Karim's video suggestion ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeOVbeh2yr0 )

Today 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 Soars ( https://www.forbes.com/sites/sarahhansen/2020/05/04/the-us-treasury-will-borrow-a-record-3-trillion-this-quarter-as-stimulus-spending-soars/#bc820ba5306c ) * Over last two months Congress has authorized more than $3 Trillion in emergency stimulus * In order to come up with that cash the Treasury will have to issue record breaking amount of debt * Last quarter, the Treasury borrowed about $500 billion, and it plans to borrow another $677 billion in the third quarter. * relatively cheap to borrow with record low interest rates (10 year note yielding about 0.6%) * The Treasury’s numbers only account for legislation that has been passed to date. Another stimulus package is in the works US Debt big picture * $25 Trillion threshold crossed, $7 trillion in the last 5 years * According to data from the US Treasury growth is * $1.2 million per minute * $1.7+ billion per day National Debt Clock ( https://www.usdebtclock.org/ ) * Every 15 secs our tax revenue is falling by like 100k * Debt per citizen $75,600 * Per Tax payer though that’s $200,000 * Currency Creation (M2 Money supply) +$100,000 every few seconds Who owns that debt? * Majority of US debt owned by Americans (investors, fed, banks). * 30% owned by foreign entities * China and Japan more than 1 Trillion each Debt to GDP * 2019 -publicly held federal debt was almost 80% percent, $17 trillion * According to CBO estimates ( https://www.cbo.gov/system/files/2020-03/56165-CBO-debt-primer.pdf ) then, debt was already rising faster than the economy and was projected to reach 98% by 2030 * now at 107% and projected to 108% by 2021 ( https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-national-debt-is-out-of-control/2020/05/10/4bdac9aa-916a-11ea-9e23-6914ee410a5f_story.html ) , our record was 106% year after WWII ( https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/FYPUGDA188S ) Another chart shows Gross debt to GDP after WWII at around 118% * Checked again this morning on Nat debt clock, looks like we broke this barrier as of 5/21 119.08% Saw this back of envelope simplifications 35m to 1 reduction ( https://www.titusvilleherald.com/opinion/letters_to_editor/article_83fe1ef2-95c2-11ea-bba7-1f928e1b6615.html ) US as household * Income - 100k p/yr * Debt - $714k * Unfunded liabilities (medicare,SS,VA) - $4.2m International perspective ( https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/04/29/coronavirus-downturn-likely-to-add-to-high-government-debt-in-some-countries/ ) * 06-18 * FWIW Trump said if he gets re-elected he’ll wipe the debt =) he said that last time too and it was +5Trillion going into this (last time we cleared the debt was Andrew Jackson 1835) Interesting quote though to keep this in perspective - “If the Fed didn’t take these and other emergency measures, “the system already would have blown up,The markets would have crashed 10 times over.” - Tim Duy University of Oregon (Economist, US Treasury) ( https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/money/2020/05/12/coronavirushow-u-s-printing-dollars-save-economy-during-crisis-fed/3038117001/ ) Modern Monetary Theory ( https://econofact.org/what-is-modern-monetary-theory ) , Is there a limit? * MTT points out a government that controls its own currency can't default on debt * But defecit + interest rates increase outstanding debt, is there a limit? * Sustainability does not require the government deficit to be zero, or surpluses * it requires that the debt increase at the same rate, or more slowly than, GDP growth * Parts of MMT rely on the President and Congress to fight, at some point, the inflation created by money printing * by either tax increases or reducing government spending. * But this ignores the political realities that easy for fed to print, but hard for politicians to tax more or cut spending * MMT also "ignores distributional effects of paying for borrowing" * Essentially MMT tends to consider debt payment as occruing between two players within the economy * As we mentioned before, irl USA has 30% of debt owned by foreign entities * Interest payments to those investors reduce the income flowing to U.S. residents, making Americans less well off. * This would be justifiable if today’s spending raised income and living standards in the future * So this is not just a problem of scale, but of allocation Here is the catch 22 * If we keep creating money, there is going to be inflation unless we raise interest rates (which makes borrowing /spending more expensive) * “too much money chasing too few goods” * If we raise interest rates, we exacerbate the debt problem Devaluing the currency ( https://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/090215/3-reasons-why-countries-devalue-their-currency.asp ) ? * strong currency is not necessarily in a nation's best interests. * Weak Domestic currency * makes exports more competitive, while making imports more expensive * Having more exports spurs economic growth, * pricey imports can stimulate local consumption * wealth effect also takes hold here as widely held assets prices rise, making ppl feal wealthy * Dangers * Devaluation hurts citizens purchasing power overseas * Can lower productivity by making capital equipment and machinery more expensive to import * Strategic devaluation doesn't always work though, and here we can get currency wars * Strategic reasons to devalue currency * To boost eports (as explained) * To shirnk trade defecits * If your country was importing too much and exporting too little this can be used to achieve a better balance * while Many countries run persistent imbalances, Economic theory says this isnt sustainable * The important one here, to reduce Sovereign Debt Burdens * If debt payments are fixed, a weaker currency makes these payments effectively less expensive over time. * Say you had to pay $1m each month in interest on outstanding debt… if that same $1m becomes less valuable its easier to pay it off * If we devalue currency by half we effectively owe only 500k value wise “The United States can pay any debt it has because we can always print money to do that,” former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan said on NBC in 2011. “So there is zero probability of default.” But most goverments are doing very similar things, central banking is the world standard. so as grim as this looks for the US, and arguably the dollar, the fact that it looks so much worse in other fiats creates flight to the dollar Central Bank Foreign Currency Reserves are 61% Dollars, next best is Euro at 21% Also remember that our discussion on devaluing local currencies applies to tons of countries that do business with the US, like China and Japan (the largest debt holders) * Not Unfathomable ( https://edition.cnn.com/2020/04/17/perspectives/strong-dollar-coronavirus/index.html ) * According to Juan Zarate's "Treasur Wars", Russia approached China in 2008 with a plan for a coordinated sale of government-sponsored debt to exacerbate America's financial crisis. China thankfully declined. Still Over a trillion USD countries and companies need to make interest payment on dollar-baseed debt

Decentralized 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.

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 anywhere. Sorry haters. So, expect less but better Crypto Basic goodness from now on. In today's episode we talk about Sushiswap, a decentralized exchange on the Ethereum blockchain that shows a lot of promise. There has been some drama -its creator fucking up big time, that is- that we didn't cover because we recorded this episode about a week ago and didn't release it in time, but talking about the project and its ins and outs still made for a very interesting and engaging discussion. Tune in to find out more!

Coinbase is adding a debit card - is crypto being adopted sooner than we think? Who knows?! We also go over the Wikileaks founder Julian Assange being expelled from his embassy even though we don't know anything about it - and we reiterate that Craig Wright isnt' Satoshi. 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 Ledger Nano X - https://www.ledger.com/?r=d6b6 Cash App has BTC - https://cash.me/app/RMFXXXL Cryptobasicpodcast@gmail.com Help Support the show Coinbased Debit Card - https://www.forbes.com/sites/billybambrough/2019/04/10/coinbase-and-visa-are-making-bitcoin-ethereum-ripples-xrp-and-litecoin-payments-a-reality/#6399946d5943 First black hole pic - https://www.sciencenews.org/article/black-hole-first-picture-event-horizon-telescope?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=r_science NYDFS - https://www.dfs.ny.gov/system/files/documents/2019/04/dfs-bittrex-letter-41019.pdf Bitcoin Interest - https://imgur.com/gallery/AiyVWgo China wants to ban - https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-cryptocurrency/china-says-it-wants-to-eliminate-bitcoin-mining-idUSKCN1RL0C4?feedType=RSS&feedName=businessNews&utm_source=reddit.com China again - https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-cryptocurrency/china-says-it-wants-to-eliminate-bitcoin-mining-idUSKCN1RL0C4?feedType=RSS&feedName=businessNews&utm_source=reddit.com LA Times and Wash POst -https://twitter.com/batgrowth/status/1116264266649280513 Harvard investing - https://www.notion.so/cryptobasic/Flagship-Friday-172-7ff997ae1fba44b7977dfaa9dd681d00#78295898ac844b0fbf445a942cf0201a

The SEC has made some more information public about crypto, do they narrow anything down? CNBC says don't buy Bitcoin. Bithumb was hacked for $19M (but it was in EOS and XRP so who cares) - Tron gives away a Tesla, kinda? The EU has a new blockchain consortium. Andreesen Horowitz is Blow up the VC world. 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 Ledger Nano X - https://www.ledger.com/?r=d6b6 Cash App has BTC - https://cash.me/app/RMFXXXL Cryptobasicpodcast@gmail.com Help Support the show Links from the show https://imgur.com/1tZ5FU3 Twitch removed subscrption - https://bloxlive.tv/stories/s73news/17988-20190329-nob/88916-amazons-twitch-streaming-service-removes-crypto-payments Nanex Exchange is shutting down - https://medium.com/@nanex/nanex-is-shutting-down-april-30th-9b3f48d52b7f DASH Default Privacy - https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/444548130122498049/562802731476320257/image0.png SEC Statement on Crypto - https://www.notion.so/cryptobasic/Flagship-Friday-170-4-5-19-368e54e185c24544b5f54265b3c8afdf#f95a4539759949b8ac81e4e5ef75a3cd SEC PDF - https://www.sec.gov/news/public-statement/statement-framework-investment-contract-analysis-digital-assets Don't buy Bitcoin - https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2019/04/02/dont-buy-bitcoin-says-wealth-manager-peter-mallouk.html Bithumb Hacked - https://www.coindesk.com/crypto-exchange-bithumb-hacked-for-13-million-in-suspected-insider-job Tron Video - https://archive.org/details/TodayIsTheDayCongratulationsTouzgarothForWinningTheTeslaDMMeWithYourContactInfor EU Blockchain Association - https://venturebeat.com/2019/04/03/eu-launches-blockchain-association-to-accelerate-distributed-ledger-technology-adoption/ It Crowd Clip - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9ixvD0_CmM Andreessen Horowitz VC Game - https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexkonrad/2019/04/02/andreessen-horowitz-is-blowing-up-the-venture-capital-model-again/#7bf16e347d9f Volume at all time high - https://coinrivet.com/cryptocurrency-trade-volume-hits-new-all-time-high/ Waves taunts Justin - https://twitter.com/wavesplatform/status/1112683718882328577?s=19 Elon Shits on Btc - https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1113009339743100929 Elon Shits on SEC - https://www.forbes.com/sites/billybambrough/2019/04/03/as-bitcoin-soars-teslas-elon-musk-reveals-his-surprise-fav-cryptocurrency/#5ea08dc169ba Become a patron - https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=9506233

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# 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 the pipeline that needs to be laid for mainstream mass adoption](https://twitter.com/aridavidpaul/status/1110824390646743041?s=21) [Ari Paul ⛓️ on Twitter](https://twitter.com/aridavidpaul/status/1110824390646743041?s=21) [Initial Exchange Offering -](https://www.reddit.com/r/ethtrader/comments/b6b2ev/initial_exchange_offering_a_new_alternative_to_ico/?st=JTSBN1LZ&sh=fd4021d2) [r/ethtrader - Initial Exchange Offering: A New Alternative to ICO?](https://www.reddit.com/r/ethtrader/comments/b6b2ev/initial_exchange_offering_a_new_alternative_to_ico/?st=JTSBN1LZ&sh=fd4021d2) [Tether had 100% of the Stablecoin market this time last year. Now it's 75%](https://twitter.com/ceterispar1bus/status/1109782306372255744?s=20) [r/ethereum - The Samsung Galaxy S10 has shipped but only users in Germany, Korea and the U.S. are able to use its crypto features for now. Not a bad start!](https://www.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/b6660y/the_samsung_galaxy_s10_has_shipped_but_only_users/) - [Formula One is getting into blockchain](https://www.trustnodes.com/2019/03/27/formula-one-enters-partnership-to-launch-ethereum-based-blockchain-game). - Adam - They will have nfts in the game. Makes me think you’ll be able to collect cars old and new - What are some of the best games you’ve seen in the blockchain space so far? - Formula One, or their parent company Liberty Media, has not yet responded to confirm the partnership, with it unclear at this stage whether they’ve just bought the branding rights or whether there is closer collaboration. - This is actually a big deal for blockchain gaming [Formula One Enters Partnership to Launch Ethereum Based Blockchain Game](https://www.trustnodes.com/2019/03/27/formula-one-enters-partnership-to-launch-ethereum-based-blockchain-game) - [Metamask has been in the news](https://twitter.com/metamask_io/status/1110989506134446081?s=19) - Brent - Metamask has a setting that makes it non-private. It basically does this to communicate with DApps, but in doing so it basically broadcasts your public ETH address to every website that you access. - They've always had a private mode, but it would make it a little clunkier to operate with the sites that it integrates with (imagine like using radar relay, they already know you have metamask when you go there). - Well the community started to have an outcry about this and doesn't want their address broadcast like this by default. - What would other coins do? - What metamask did. - [Weiss ratings](https://weisscrypto.com/en/cryptos/screener/shared/coins-by-market-cap) are out! Lets play ESPNnnn - Karim - 3 Categories - Overall rating - B- Bitcoin, Ripple, EOS, Binance - C+ ETH, LTC, Stellar, Cardano, Tron, NEO - C Monero - Technology/Adoption Rating - A Btc, Ripple, EOS - A- Eth - B+ Stellar, Litecoin, Cardano, Neo, Zcash, Bitshares, Steem - Investment Risk/Reward Rating - B Binance - C- Litecoin, Holo - No one got an Overall A, - [Imagine having to convince your grandmother to start using cryptocurrency.](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-crypto-currencies-compliance-idUSKCN1R90FR) - Adam [Compliance officers wary of switch to 'Wild West' crypto sector](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-crypto-currencies-compliance-idUSKCN1R90FR) - Thats loosely what these head hunters are going through. - The crypto world is burgeoning and these companies are looking to recruit employees from comfy positions while making them understand the importance of cryptocurrency as an innovation. Could unexpectedly be very tough - [Saw some bullish news about crypto.com and decided to see what their MCO card is all about](https://help.crypto.com/mco-visa-card/mco-visa-card-limits-and-fees) - Brent - Shady af. - So they have a bunch of card tiers and a bunch of cool cash back stuff. - I had to give them a picture of my ID before I could even find their fees. Literally the FAQ says you have to look in the app for fees - On their website everything looks so good - free spotify, 1% cash back bla bla bla. - The fees are 3.5% per purchase, and that's without the exchange fee / rate. - [Nearly all bitcoin trades are fake???](https://www.technologyreview.com/the-download/613201/nearly-all-bitcoin-trades-are-fake-apparently/?utm_medium=tr_social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=site_visitor.unpaid.engagement) - Adam (With a little side of Brent) - Somewhat of a clickbait title but apparently a lot of exchanges participate in something called “wash trading” where most of the volume on the exchanges are fake. Trading back and forth between the same exchange [Nearly all Bitcoin trades are fake, apparently](https://www.technologyreview.com/the-download/613201/nearly-all-bitcoin-trades-are-fake-apparently/?utm_medium=tr_social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=site_visitor.unpaid.engagement) - Shots Fired! [Half of Justin Sun's followers are revealed as Fake](https://www.trustnodes.com/2019/03/24/close-to-half-of-justin-suns-new-followers-revealed-as-fake) - Well..his new followers. Basically a standard account should have around 1% of its followers be new users each month. Justin's are 50%. [Jack on BCH - "Hell no!"](https://twitter.com/jack/status/1092970006462160896) - Patreon - Master Node Andrew Giles Marcel "Bitcoin Mexico" Bosio Robert Laverty Simon Gordon thebiggerboat - Secure Node Ameya "Degenerate Brahmin" Vaidya DisDangus InYaMouth Jeff Steven "Steve Staples" Stapelton the zman - Node Boris "Early Adopter310" Boychev Crypto Tytan Fanc1dan Laze Peter Stewart SamMcCallum Simon Stokes Tyler "The Big Cohoonah" Cohoon

This episode Brent did a special crossover with Vlad from the Bitcoin Takeover podcast. Obviously based on the name we needed to keep it Bitcoin, and of course say good things about it.  That didn't stop Brent he got some good information in there about altcoins, and even admits he was too harsh on Bitcoin itself. Find out how they feel about BTC across the pond, and maybe learn about some political views along the way.  LINKS TOP TOPICS Bitcoin-Takeover.com HELP SUPPORT THE PODCAST! Patreon - $1 an episode would be the best thing ever and keeps us afloat. Join our Discord right here Subscribe Via iTunes Binance Jersey referral link - Well we don’t technically use this, because we can’t. Non-US only. Ledger Nano S or Ledger Nano X - This is where you buy the hardware wallet that we're always talking about on the show - we all use a Ledger Nano S. Cash App has Bitcoin - If you sign up through that link the show gets $5 and so do you! Stop the presses. The easiest to use money transfer application (yes it's easier than Venmo) now as a built in way to buy and sell Bitcoin. They even have a no - fee debit card you can use. CryptoBasic Podcast Email

# 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 and, from time to time, may include other assets and receivables from loans made by Tether to third parties, which may include affiliated entities (collectively, “reserves”). Every tether is also 1-to-1 pegged to the dollar, so 1 USDâ‚® is always valued by Tether at 1 USD." - They also made a proof of funds page, to make it seem like they're on par with other stable coins that show what they have in reserve...It's the same document from months ago that says they totally had the funds on a specific day. - **[Binance Lite Becomes the Firm’s First Fiat-to-Crypto On-Ramp in Australia](https://www.newsbtc.com/2019/03/19/binance-crypto-cryptocurrency/) - Adam** - Over 1300 newsagents (whatever that is) will have access to bitcoin - In order to remain compliant with Australian regulations, users need to register with Binance Lite. There's already a map charting all the newsagents in Australia where you can utilize this. - Binance is making strides to make their presence known world-wide. Pretty insane for a company less than 3 years old. - They also have plans to do the same thing in Singapore. - [IBM Partners With Stellar](https://www.ibm.com/blockchain/solutions/world-wire) - Brent - 72 Countries, 47 currencies, 44 banks. - It's called the IMB Blockchain World Wire. - This is basically IBM entry and exit points as a trusted gateway on the Stellar Network. - I know they have their own internal Blockchain services. - Reddit hates IBM - It's already live. - Discuss - why didn't they choose XRP? - [Facebook’s blockchain cryptocurrency could kill 'fake news'](https://www.computerworld.com/article/3373506/facebooks-blockchain-cryptocurrency-could-mean-big-money-and-kill-fake-news.html)? Or just make them money - Karim - As we've covered before FB has begun developing their own cryptocurrency (bloomberg and NYT) - FB has not confirmed reports, just admitted to exploring DLT, so the rest of the story is from unamed sources - First they claim the crypto would allow you to send money to your WhatsApp contacts, so taking on venmo & paypal - - NYT report claimed they already talked to crypto exchanges about it, others argue theyd use a stable coin - Barclay's internet analyst Ross Sandler said FB coin would make the company $19b by 2021 - For funzies - [TipRanks has his 'succes rate' at 61% (145/239)](https://www.tipranks.com/analysts/ross-sandler) - Avg return listening to him since 2009 - 7.7% (Ranked 511/5249) - S&P in that time? Any guesses?  - For funzies =)  - part of the idea here is higher customer conversion rates, you already have currency on the platform and FB keeps payments in their own network - FB could also use cryptography to authenticate users through hash keys, and making sure people posting new are people and not bots (dont think this really handles it) - Could also help with General Data Protection Regulation (GDRP) since users could control data and delete it by for example deleting their hash, making info not accessible - n order to authenticate them; it means Facebook now becomes the repository for a lot of personally identifiable information.... - [Cisco Reports: By 2027 Blockchain Will Capture 10 Trillion of the Worlds Wealth](https://toshitimes.com/by-2027-blockchain-will-capture-10-trillion-of-the-worlds-wealth/](https://toshitimes.com/by-2027-blockchain-will-capture-10-trillion-of-the-worlds-wealth/)) - Adam - By 2027 blockchain will capture 10 trill of the world's wealth. - This is from Cisco, not just anyone talking about blockchain - Joe Lubin believes in twenty years half of the world's wealth will be on blockchain - True innovation is the ability to automate trust between two parties using it - Cisco report claims 83% of execs believe trust is the cornerstone of the digital economy - SHOTS FIRED! (There's one of these big enough for a story) - [Craig Wright Leaves Twitter!](https://www.longhash.com/news/craig-wrights-twitter-account-disappears-along-with-10000-tweets) (Bullish or Bullshit?) - Brent - [He deleted 10,000 Tweets in about 24 hours.](https://ambcrypto.com/craig-wrights-twitter-account-gets-suspended-following-threatening-tweets/) - He decided to say he'd sue anyone that copied his tweets or harassing him. - As you know the internet usually responds well to this. - Bots were popping up left and right with his name on them. - Even Jihan Wu from Bitmain was following the fake CSW account. - Some stupid Tweets by CSW. - He complained about not being in CoinDesk's most influential people in Crypto. Coindesk responded. "But...but...'Satoshi Nakamoto' IS on the list! ;p" - in 2017 he said 2018 was the year of BCH. - He said Bitcoin isn't Trustless earlier in 2018. - Told people who thought Bitcoin was permission-less to go work on EOS. - Said BTC would go down to 1000. - He answered the question "Will you attack your enemies or let them all on their own" with "Yes" - This is it. Screw you Toddler. I am going to undelete my writings. You want competition... screw you. I am going full billionaire mode. You want this. You get it. You asked for this. You will not like what is coming! You think I cannot choose what I prove, to whom.... watch - June 2018 - He tweeted in August 2018 some code out as a response to someone saying he couldn't print hello world - it was copy pasted. - Remember that one of Craig's proof attempts that he's Satoshi are from a paper he wrote in "2001" that was very similar to the Bitcoin whitepaper...but it was similar to the 2nd draft that was released not the first lol. - And of course his "signature" was just public information as well. - Mailbag - Patreon - Exit Please join the conversation in the Discord. We're in there all the time. Rate us on iTunes. Follow CryptoBasicBrent on Reddit. We are not Financial advisers.

- 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/a-multibillion-dollar-cryptocurrency-based-on-lies-us-arrests-alleged-onecoin-leader) - [This Stupid Ass Movie](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYZut3DWvek&t=10s) - Shoutout @anthony in the CB Discord. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYZut3DWvek](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYZut3DWvek) - [The NEO Blockchain was DOWN for over an hour.](https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/azfiuz/the_neo_blockchain_is_down_for_over_1_hour/) (BULLISH OR BULLSHIT) - Brent - This was because of ONE node. - Obviously the response was "centralized POS" - But, this is what we're supposed to get. - The way their consensus works is that if they do have a downed node, they keep trying until they get consensus. If they don't get it, they try 15 seconds later, then 30, then 60, then 120, then 240 etc. - They is actually based on probability - once a node goes down this starts firing and most of the time it happens on the first try, but it COULD go as high as 10 retrys in a very unlucky scenario which would be over 4 hours. - NEO is still centralized, and that's part of your tradeoff. - [Binance adding Ripple to their Trust Wallet. Also, credit card support available.](https://decryptmedia.com/5841/binance-trust-wallet-xrp-credit-card) Brent - Their trust wallet is similar to other offerings by coinbase, ENJ, etc. It's in the app store. - They have plans for web, desktop, and hardware wallets. - There's a bunch of coins in this one - ETH, ETH Classic, Gochain, POA Network, Vechain, Tron, Wanchain, Callisto, ICON, Bitcoin, Litecoin, BitcoinCash, TomoChain, Dash, Zcash, Zcoin, XRP - Legit don't even know what half of those are. - The person that nails this first could be the paypal. - Metamask is continually improving their experience though. - Coinbase has something similar. - [ETH Is not a security](https://coincenter.org/link/sec-chairman-clayton-just-confirmed-commission-staff-analysis-that-ethereum-and-cryptos-like-it-are-not-securities) @Karim Baruque this looks like it's all you - Story starts with a comment back in June of 2018 from the SECs Director of Corporate Finance (William Hinman) - "[Based on my understanding of the present state of Ether, the Ethereum network and its decentralized structure, current offers and sales of Ether are not securities transactions](https://coincenter.org/link/a-top-sec-official-said-that-ether-is-not-a-security)." - Remember the Howey test? - Citrus farmers in FL 1946, went to the supreme court after SEC sued - SC developed landmark test. :A transaction is an investment contract if... - 1. It is an investment of money - 2. There is an expectation of profits from investment - 3. the investment of money is in a common enterprise - 4. Any profit comes from the efforts of a promoter or 3rd party - "When the efforts of the third party are no longer a key factor for determining the enterprise’s success, material information asymmetries recede. ... the ability to identify an issuer or promoter to make the requisite disclosures becomes difficult, and less meaningful." - A group wrote a letter to the SEC Chairman to see if this was just an opinion or represents position of the SEC - "I agree with Director Hinman's explanation of how a digital asset transaction may no longer represent an investment contract if, for example, purchasers would no longer reasonably expect a person or group to carry out the essential managerial or entrepreneurial efforts. Under those circumstances, the digital asset may not represent an investment contract under the Howey framework." - [Adoption Segment.](https://www.reddit.com/r/sandiego/comments/ax9sq4/gas_station_now_accepting_bitcoin_at_governor/) @Adam Levy - Implementation of crypto in the real world. - $0.40 off per gallon if you use btc. What other use cases are there? - Austria has advertisements in subways for Bitcoin (bitpanda) - there is a website called [shitexpress.com](http://shitexpress.com) where you can buy a pile of dung and send it to someone you don't like using bit coin. - yoga studios, restaurants, coffee shops, escape rooms—basically savvy business owners are starting to pop up with more options of payment—some crypto over credit cards - first time seeing payment in an SF coffee shop in 2014 - can any business use Cash app for bitcoin? - [Cool chart of crypto ownership in America](https://www.reddit.com/r/ethtrader/comments/b0gwlr/8_of_americans_own_cryptocurrencies/) @Adam Levy - 8% of Americans own crypto—think it was closer to 1-2% in early 2017 - too difficult to understand and too complicated to understand is a solid portion of . I can sympathize as it is not intuitve at all but once you learn it, it becomes second nature. Think going from windows to ios - most are just "not interested" - some say it's too high risk which, fair enough - During the 2017 boom, there were roughly 40k new CB users a week signing up. I'd say 8% seems about right. - [https://cointelegraph.com/news/us-state-of-colorado-passes-crypto-exemptions-bill-into-law](Colorado Crypto Exemptions Bill) - Colorado Digital Token Act. Colorado is "trying to provide clarity for the sector. That doesn't mean charlatans can violate security laws" - "digital token" as “a digital unit with specified characteristics, secured through a decentralized ledger or database, exchangeable for goods or services, and capable of being traded or transferred between persons without an intermediary or custodian of value ## Crypto Around the World - Mailbag From the zman in CB Discord: with all the hype surrounding game of thrones return in april, the BBs were wondering: 1. which GOT character do you believe you are most like? and 2. which GOT character reminds you the most of your co-host(s)? - Rants Brent hates Enjin (not quite) Samsung Blockchain Wallet Less Shitty - ETH, TUSD, BAT, REP, REVAIN, Chainlink, Aeternity, Paxos, Maker, USDC, PundiX, BNB, CosmoCoin, Bytom, OMG, Pupulous, Vechain, ZRX (NO TETHER) - Patreon - Exit Please join the conversation in the Discord. We're in there all the time. Rate us on iTunes. Follow CryptoBasicBrent on Reddit. We are not Financial advisers.

There's a special guest on the show - Adam "Roothlus" Levy. He's going to help us navigate these murky waters of scams, bullshit stories, and more. Why is Coinbase losing good will? Why is Kraken gaining it? Why wasn't Brent hired at Kraken? Also - Brent got hacked on this edition. # Episode 165 - Flagship Friday [QuadrigaCX Granted 45 More days to repay funds](https://u.today/quadrigacx-granted-45-more-days-to-recover-lost-140-mln-exchange-may-be-sold-later-on) [Bitgrail CEO must repay 170mil](https://whichblockchain.com/news/bitgrail-ceo-must-repay-170-million-in-missing-funds/) [XRP and XLM were approved by Thailand SEC](https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/aw52k8/xrp_xlm_approved_by_thailand_sec/) [IOTA Released a Testnet without the COO - AND they went fully discord transparent.](https://blog.iota.org/a-coo-less-testnet-879ad17ca1af) [ENJ Released their SDK for Unity](https://twitter.com/enjin/status/1102362183462195200?s=09) - They're not on Samsung though. - You know we gotta do our weekly QuadrigaCX Update. - [First of all last week Kraken offered a $100k reward](https://blog.kraken.com/post/2155/were-offering-a-100000-reward-for-discovery-of-quadriga-coins/) for any information regarding the QCX situation that leads to the discovery of funds. - They also put out two full podcast episodes about it. ([Their 3rd](https://www.kraken.com/#episode3) and [4th episode](https://www.kraken.com/en-us/learn/podcast#episode4)). They're combined almost 3 hours worth of information. I didn't listen. - [It fuckin worked somehow.](https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/avwzce/breaking_over_600k_ethereum_belonging_to/) They found over 600k in ETH the next day. Roughly 90-100M depending on the ETH price at the time. - Some of it was on Kraken lol. Most of it was on Bitfinex. - Even though some was found, this doesn't necessarily mean that it was QCX or that it can be recovered. - There's somehow more. - ***[Their cold wallets were found empty.](https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/ax6i7q/quadrigacx_plot_thickens_as_cold_wallets_are/)*** - Guess who was never audited before now? - Guess who else still hasn't been audited? - Guess where most of that found ETH was? - [New Bitcoin Betting Game Adds Thousands of Waitlisted Users](https://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-betting-game-hxro) - You can bet on MOON (up) or REKT (down) with a new card where you can place bets starting every five minutes. - The company is called HXRO (Hero) and they plan on releasing new betting games down the road. - Beta started Jan 1st and over 115k people on the waiting list - Guess this is a simplified version of Augur? - Seems popular thus far. - COINBASE IS SCUM!!! - [So Coinbase acquired a team called Neutrino](https://www.coindesk.com/what-coinbase-needs-to-learn-from-the-neutrino-scandal). - They had a team that all worked on a project called [Hacking Team](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacking_Team#Controversies), which was a startup that specifically aided some shady governments in some authoritarian practices. - They helped surveillance of citizens by selling its project to - Sudan, Bahrain, Venezuela, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, and Kazakhstan - The UN actually got involved and told them they were selling weapons to Sudan, and they were worried about them being used to target Darfur belligerents. Hacking Team said they never had dealings with Sudan. - After the UN Got involved the Italian government froze any exports that the team could make. - Someone hacked them and their Twitter and release a 400GB data dump, which Wikileaks even retweeted. Dealings with Sudan confirmed, and there was even an invoice to Lebanon. How did "Hacking Team" get hacked? Well their password was P4ssword, and they also used wolverine and universo. - Standard response - don't download that leak it has a virus and it's also all not true (paraphrasing Christian Pozzi, team member). His Twitter was immediately hacked. - As of 2016 they were still allowed to sell spyware...just not outside of the EU. They had 70 clients as of 2015. - They won an award in 2013 - One of 5 Corporate Enemies of the Internet! - Coinbase original statement -It was “aware that Neutrino’s co-founders previously worked at Hacking Team, which we reviewed as part of our security, technical and hiring diligence,” adding that “Coinbase does not condone nor will it defend the actions of Hacking Team,” but “it was important for Coinbase to bring this function in-house to fully control and protect our customers’ data and Neutrino’s technology was the best we encountered in the space to achieve this goal.” - [But they got their act together and fired them all, except the board.](https://www.coindesk.com/coinbase-pushes-out-ex-hacking-team-employees-following-uproar) - [They were also aware that whoever Neutrino was supposed to replace was selling user data.](https://messari.io/article/coinbase-executive-says-customer-data-was-resold-by-analytics-vendors) - The quote was plain as day ""We are aware of the backgrounds of some of the folks that were involved in Neutrino and we are looking into that,” said Christine Sandler, Coinbase’s head of sales." - [Coinbase clarified that she totally misspoke.](https://www.coindesk.com/coinbases-reputation-crisis-crypto-client-data) - They say they're totally not sharing *personally identifiable data* with 3rd party vendors. I wonder if there's a thin legal definition for that? - **[Thread on Worst Investment You Made](https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/axxy5p/bag_holders_whats_been_your_worst_investment_what/)** - Bullish or Bullshit? - Thailand's SEC Approves Bitcoin, Bans Bitcoin Cash First of all the link was literally to a [BCH/USD Technical Analysis](https://www.fxstreet.com/cryptocurrencies/news/bitcoin-cash-technical-analysis-bch-usd-within-potentially-deadly-ascending-channel-201903011416) blog post One little bullet point that says 'News flow - Thailand SEC removed BCH, LTC, & ETC from ICO Fundraising....that's it lol Found the actual statement from Thai SEC [here](https://www.sec.or.th/en/Pages/News/Detail_News.aspx?tg=NEWS&lg=en&news_no=23&news_yy=2019) They just update the list regularly, last paragraph really hypes it down TLDR didnt affect anything and the rest are definitely not legal tender lol. BS ## Crypto Around the World - **[Argentina Blockchain Adoption](https://www.binance.com/en/blog/309988869718880256/Binance-Labs-BUIDLing-Argentinas-Crypto-Future](https://www.binance.com/en/blog/309988869718880256/Binance-Labs-BUIDLing-Argentinas-Crypto-Future))** - Argentina is committed to matching the investment up to $50k USD for every Argentine blockchain project that receives funding from Binance Labs. - Argentina already allows you to top up train cards with Bitcoin. - [Leaked Transactions Link Major Banks to $8.8 Billion Money Laundering Scheme](https://news.bitcoin.com/leaked-transactions-banks-billion-money-laundering/) - The Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) non-profit - published a set of reports this week detailing a complex money laundering scheme “to channel billions of dollars out of Russia” - over 1.3 million leaked transactions from 238,000 companies, - OCCRP Executive Director Paul Radu elaborated > *Among the counterparties on these transactions were major Western banks such as Citigroup Inc., Raiffeisen, and Deutsche Bank. The dozens of companies in the system also generated $8.8 billion of internal transactions to obscure the origin of the cash.* - Citigroup did not respond to a request for comment, Raiffeisen declined to comment, and Deutsche Bank refused to comment for legal reasons, claiming to have limited access to information on the transactions in question. - Troika Laundromat. “The Laundromat wasn’t just a money laundering system. It was also a hidden investment vehicle, a slush fund, a tax evasion scheme, and much more - Goes deep son - [Death in Vienna](https://www.occrp.org/en/troikalaundromat/death-in-vienna) the story of Erich Rebasso - OCCRP gives out a Corrupt Actor of the Year award. Notable winners - 2013 - Entire Romanian Parliament - 2014 - Putin "Putin has been a finalist every year so you might consider this a lifetime achievement award" - 2016 - Nicolas Maduro - 2017 - Rodrigo Duterte - 2018 [Danske bank](https://www.occrp.org/en/poy/2018/) - "In the past 20 years, they’ve globalized organized crime and autocracy and helped everyone from Mexican drug cartels to Russian President Vladimir Putin to terrorists, autocrats, and almost every global threat," - Runnerups - Putin, Hungarian President viktor Orban, Mohammed bin salman, & Donald Trump - SHOTS FIRED! [Ripple CEO says JPM coin won't be used. LOL](https://www.coindesk.com/ripple-ceo-brad-garlinghouse-on-jpm-coin-other-banks-wont-use-it) [Kraken blasts Coinbase](https://twitter.com/jespow/status/1102346122138333184?s=21) - Rants Getting Hacked Samsung Wallet sucks - Mailbag - Patreon - Exit Please join the conversation in the Discord. We're in there all the time. Rate us on iTunes. 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It'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 XRP Governance 99 Bitcoins Article Site for standard XRP Fud that's basically links to tweets. HELP SUPPORT THE PODCAST! Patreon - $1 an episode would be the best thing ever and keeps us afloat. Join our Discord right here Subscribe Via iTunes Binance Jersey referral link - Well we don’t technically use this, because we can’t. Non-US only. Ledger Nano S or Ledger Nano X - This is where you buy the hardware wallet that we're always talking about on the show - we all use a Ledger Nano S. Cash App has Bitcoin - If you sign up through that link the show gets $5 and so do you! Stop the presses. The easiest to use money transfer application (yes it's easier than Venmo) now as a built in way to buy and sell Bitcoin. They even have a no - fee debit card you can use. CryptoBasic Podcast Email 405.440.3260 Theme Music - Neledrax by Earradiate (2017)

HELP SUPPORT THE PODCAST! Patreon - $1 an episode would be the best thing ever and keeps us afloat. Join our Discord right here Subscribe Via iTunes Binance Jersey referral link - Well we don’t technically use this, because we can’t. Non-US only. Ledger Nano S or Ledger Nano X - This is where you buy the hardware wallet that we're always talking about on the show - we all use a Ledger Nano S. Cash App has Bitcoin - If you sign up through that link the show gets $5 and so do you! Stop the presses. The easiest to use money transfer application (yes it's easier than Venmo) now as a built in way to buy and sell Bitcoin. They even have a no - fee debit card you can use. CryptoBasic Podcast Email 405.440.3260 Theme Music - Neledrax by Earradiate (2017) LINKS TO TOPICS FROM THE SHOW EPISODE 163 Date of Release: 3/1/19 What have we released? Substratum Delisting Round Table Interview #2 with Luke Mulks from Brave Rapid Fire NASDAQ BTC and ETH indices went Live. Elon Musk says whoever owns the early BTC deserves a Nobel prize in delayed gratification. But he still only owns .25 BTC so don't get too excited. Cryptopia releases its final hack estimates at 9.4% of its total assets. Maybe there's hope? There was a sweet bull market as BTC rose above 4k. ANNNNND It's gone. BAT Announces partnership with TAP Network Coinomi Wallet situation Coinomi Response A reddit named Warith Al Maawali came forward with claims that his entire life savings was lost on Coinomi. He isn't the only reddit user, there's 3 others that all had the same thing happen. Coinomi is a wallet for anyone not familiar. Their tagline is "Your Trusted Blockchain Interface" He actually made a website that has all of his proof, screenshots, research, and findings. The end result is that they were sharing your passphrase with a third party on Google's servers, for spell checking purposes. In plain text. Coinomi claims that it wasn't plain text, and that it was encapsulated inside a HTTPS request. The user claims that this can only be exploited by whoever created the exploit or anyone else that uses the backend at Google. Coinomi only says Google. They also say that it was only if you restored a desktop wallet. Also it totally wasn't a bug in their code (what?!) it was a plugin issue. Based on the screenshot of their e-mail, they did in fact admit that this was a problem. They even told the user he was eligible for a bounty, but they haven't taken any responsibility (at this time) to give him his crypto yet. This guy says he did everything right - he had it only running on a virtual machine behind a firewall with Anti-Malware and Anti-Virus protection. It was still compromised by a bug. They even went as far as to say "Don't worry we've blacklisted the funds they'll never get to exchanges". Guess what? The code wasn't open source. Coinomi also suggests he saw the problem and stole his own funds, and say that he was holding them ransom by threatening to go public. They also mention Luke Childs, Jonathan Sterling going public with their findings as irresponsible. (again what?!) They call him a blackmailer. They also admit there's an issue. Coinomi released the entire chat log of their support ticket. Warith was a dick, but they were asking him for a bunch of dumb shit and stalling too. Over-Under? Money Laundering Cases in Japan Involving Crypto December last year Report suggested Japan had over 6,000 money laundering cases involving cryptocurrency in first 9 months of the year (+1000 from regualtors). 7096 Between Apr-Dec 2017 only 669 cases so 10 fold increase What % of Japans money laundering cases in 2018 do you think that 7096 represents? SPOILER DONT PEEK =) 1.6%, 417,465 Cases Bullish or Bullshit - Epic Games (Fortnite) CEO Shows Support for EOS on Twitter. Well, since we're on the topic of EOS - Two Stories Their Github commits have gone wayyyy down. Longhash reports that less than 3% of their total commits have happened in the last 3 months. 4000 commits in a year - but 114 in the last 3 months. This isn't unique to EOS, it's just way worse there. ETH is at a 20%ish ratio, and Tron is at around 15%. One argument - they don't need to update as frequently because the blockchain has matured. EOS has failed to build a Byzantine fault tolerant blacklist, so someone stole $7M So basically, in order to blacklist bad actors there's a centralized authority called the ECAF. The ECAF wasn't democratically elected, they were just assigned at inception. I assume that's the "power vested in me" people. Basically the 21 block producers were getting annoyed at all the blacklisted addresses that were being submitted and decided it wasn't salable, so they were looking for an alternate solution. Apparently, this was a vulnerable solution if even ONE of the 21BPs incorrectly setup their blacklist. Games.eos did set it up wrong. So one of the blacklisted accounts with around $7M US was able to spread that money around indiscriminately. ONE So much for that. So what's their solution? They don't have one yet, but they're considering nulling out the keys on blacklisted accounts. Apparently they've discarded the ECAF - and are getting a new one. Well, since we're on the topic of EOS - "Another Story Ft. TRON & Sun" Chinese Government body ranks TRON 2nd Best Cryptocurrency...behind EOS. Story starts with a tweet from Sun braging about the rating from The Center for information and Industry Development (CCID) Apparently some of this rating is because of TRONs large transactions per day & tps Appropriate Vitalik Quote "When a blockchain project claims ‘We can do 3,500 TPS because we have a different algorithm,’ what we really mean is ‘We are a centralized pile of trash because we only have 7 nodes running the entire thing.’” Upside should be getting lots of Dapps and apparently TRON going aggro on it spending $100 million on TronArcade and launched a "$2 billion initiative called Project Genesis" to grow its Dapp market. One more before Mailbag. Mailbag What are your top useful use cases and top useful projects as of February 2019? in the sense that they're providing value to the crypto space just by developing and/or don't look like they'll collapse in a strong breeze. thebiggerboat

Today we have a discussion about the broken ad ecosystem with returning guest Luke Mulks, Director of Business Development at Brave. This time our audio is MUCH better and we discuss everything from the changing Ecosystem of Brave, to Uphold concerns. There’s definitely some hard core Brave shilling here, but overall we do get some great discussions about the advertising industry, and what Brave can do to break it. Luke definitely did not mention the TAP Network Announcement, but I’ve included it in the show notes. LINKS TO TOPICS FROM THE SHOW Brave Subreddit Luke Mulks Twitter CryptoBasic Brave Download BAT Rocket Chat BAT Telegram Blogs Brave announcement Luke NEGLECTED to mention HELP SUPPORT THE PODCAST! Patreon - $1 an episode would be the best thing ever and keeps us afloat. Join our Discord right here Subscribe Via iTunes Binance Jersey referral link - Well we don’t technically use this, because we can’t. Non-US only. Ledger Nano S or Ledger Nano X - This is where you buy the hardware wallet that we're always talking about on the show - we all use a Ledger Nano S. Cash App has Bitcoin - If you sign up through that link the show gets $5 and so do you! Stop the presses. The easiest to use money transfer application (yes it's easier than Venmo) now as a built in way to buy and sell Bitcoin. They even have a no - fee debit card you can use. CryptoBasic Podcast Email 405.440.3260 Theme Music - Neledrax by Earradiate (2017)

Brian Li of [Decrypto.Net](https://decrypto.net/) and William McKenzie of getting attacked by Substratum fame are back on the show again since Substratum was recently delisted from Binance. We unpack their delisting, their assertions to each of the delisting points, and what it means to the crypto space. Brian and William are basically the boogeymen for the entire SUB community. They’ve been called everything from Chinese government shills to Russian spies. In the end, there is a massive intersection of the SUB community that blames these two individuals for their own shortcomings as a project. We discuss that as well in this episode. # LINKS TO TOPICS FROM THE SHOW * [Substratum Response to Deslisting – Short Version](https://substratum.net/substratum/response-to-binance-token-delisting/) * [Response to Binance Delisting – Long Version](https://substratum.net/binance/binance-delisting-factors-explained/) * [Brian’s detailed response](https://decrypto.net/2019/02/16/sayonara-substratum/) * [Brian on possible Security Fraud](https://decrypto.net/2018/11/07/did-substratum-commit-securities-fraud/) * [William talks about Substratum Securities Fraud](https://medium.com/@williammckenzie1997/is-substratum-a-security-and-did-substratum-commit-u-s-securities-fraud-cdd10622d392) * [William talks about the smart contract update](https://medium.com/@williammckenzie1997/substratums-recent-smart-contract-update-and-treasury-management-fe9f9b770955) * [Brian Tracks down missing ICO funds](https://decrypto.net/2019/01/06/substratums-missing-ico-funds/) * [SEC on Filing a form D Notice](https://www.sec.gov/smallbusiness/exemptofferings/formd) * [SEC Form D Search](https://www.sec.gov/edgar/searchedgar/companysearch.html) * [SEC Talks about ICOs](https://www.sec.gov/news/press-release/2018-264) * [SEC injunction against Blockvest](https://www.sec.gov/litigation/litreleases/2019/lr24400.htm) * [Substratum community upset with Justin](https://www.reddit.com/r/SubstratumNetwork/comments/atkv1h/the_impact_of_justins_actions/?st=JSI9OSV8&sh=eaea887b) * [Substratum community has turned on Justin](https://www.reddit.com/r/SubstratumNetwork/comments/arjsro/will_justin_quit_tomorrow/) * [More top Sub posts](https://www.reddit.com/r/SubstratumNetwork/comments/arfcec/does_the_substratum_development_and_engineering/) * [Community finally taking notice](https://www.reddit.com/r/SubstratumNetwork/comments/arzc4v/a_look_at_the_facts/)   # HELP SUPPORT THE PODCAST!   * [Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/CryptoBasic) - $1 an episode would be the best thing ever and keeps us afloat. * [Join our Discord right here](https://discordapp.com/invite/cQe8wGf) * [Subscribe Via iTunes](https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/cryptobasic-podcast/id1332565102?mt=2) * [Binance Jersey referral link](https://www.binance.je/?ref=35026922) - Well we don’t technically use this, because we can’t. Non-US only. * [Ledger Nano S or Ledger Nano X](https://www.ledger.com/?r=d6b6) - This is where you buy the hardware wallet that we're always talking about on the show - we all use a Ledger Nano S. * [Cash App has Bitcoin](https://cash.me/app/RMFXXXL) - If you sign up through that link the show gets $5 and so do you! Stop the presses. The easiest to use money transfer application (yes it's easier than Venmo) now as a built in way to buy and sell Bitcoin. They even have a no - fee debit card you can use. * [CryptoBasic Podcast Email](mailto:Cryptobasicpodcast@gmail.com) 405.440.3260   Theme Music - Neledrax by Earradiate (2017)

This week the boys are at it again to talk about the usual updates on the Quadriga CX fiasco, it gets even weirder believe it or not. They talk about the Samsug blockchain project, get into what they’re going to be doing at the SXSW event, and even get their minds blown when they find out that Vitalik Buterin is rich. Find out what happens when someone accidentally sends 2100 ETH as a transaction fee, and just how much of the world is actually interested in crypto currency? # LINKS TO TOPICS FROM THE SHOW   * [Samsung announces the release of a blockchain phone](https://news.samsung.com/us/samsung-galaxy-s10-more-screen-cameras-unpacked-2019/) * [Someone accidentally sent 2100 ETH as a transaction fee](https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/asapta/someone_just_paid_2100_eth_for_transaction_fees/ ) * [Vitalik is rich](https://cryptoslate.com/vitalik-buterin-discloses-his-cryptocurrency-holdings-corporate-investments-and-other-potential-conflicts-of-interest/) * [Binance delists a bunch of coins](https://support.binance.com/hc/en-us/articles/360023570292-Binance-Will-Delist-CLOAK-MOD-SALT-SUB-and-WINGS) * [FBI is interested in talking to Bitconnect victims](https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/local-news/cleveland-metro/fbi-looking-for-investors-who-lost-money-in-cryptocurrency-ponzi-scheme) * [zerononcense report on Quadriga](https://blog.zerononcense.com/2019/02/16/report-shows-quadrigacx-cold-wallets-actively-involved-in-significant-criminal-activity-ties-to-silk-road-hacked-funds-identity-theft-and-drug-human-trafficking) * [Reddit post about the QuadrigaCX situation](https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/ar92v4/report_shows_quadrigacx_cold_wallets_actively/) * [The internet around the world](https://blockonomi.com/south-africa-most-popular-place-cryptocurrency/) * [More stats about the internet](https://p.widencdn.net/kqy7ii/Digital2019-Report-en)     # HELP SUPPORT THE PODCAST!   * [Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/CryptoBasic) - $1 an episode would be the best thing ever and keeps us afloat. * [Join our Discord right here](https://discordapp.com/invite/cQe8wGf) * [Subscribe Via iTunes](https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/cryptobasic-podcast/id1332565102?mt=2) * [Binance Jersey referral link](https://www.binance.je/?ref=35026922) - Well we don’t technically use this, because we can’t. Non-US only. * [Ledger Nano S or Ledger Nano X](https://www.ledger.com/?r=d6b6) - This is where you buy the hardware wallet that we're always talking about on the show - we all use a Ledger Nano S. * [Cash App has Bitcoin](https://cash.me/app/RMFXXXL) - If you sign up through that link the show gets $5 and so do you! Stop the presses. The easiest to use money transfer application (yes it's easier than Venmo) now as a built in way to buy and sell Bitcoin. They even have a no - fee debit card you can use. * [CryptoBasic Podcast Email](mailto:Cryptobasicpodcast@gmail.com) 405.440.3260   Theme Music - Neledrax by Earradiate (2017)

It’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) * [More from QuadrigaCX](https://www.ccn.com/quadrigacx-sent-400000-dead-ceo-bitcoin-wallet) * [Is JP Morgan the New Ripple](https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/13/jp-morgan-is-rolling-out-the-first-us-bank-backed-cryptocurrency-to-transform-payments--.html) * [BitcoinFundManager Still Scammin](https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/aor3xk/bitcoinfundmanager_scam_channel_banned_buys_more/) * [Canadian Regulators rule about Mining Contracts](https://www.newsbtc.com/2019/02/13/quebec-cryptocurrency-mining/) * [Nasdaq Crypto Octopi](https://blockmanity.com/news/bitcoin/nasdaq-will-add-bitcoin-btc-and-ethereum-eth-indexes-to-its-global-index-service/) * [NASDAQ Official Source](http://www.nasdaqtrader.com/TraderNews.aspx?id=fpnews2019-3) * [Craig Wright Wikileaks Feud](https://chainbulletin.com/wikileaks-doubles-down-on-craig-wright-accusations-calls-him-the-bernie-madoff-of-bitcoin/) * [Craig Wright more stuff](https://medium.com/@craig_10243/careful-what-you-wish-for-c7c2f19e6c4f) * [Video that Karim mentioned is a good watch, about 7 min](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqKGREZs6-w) # HELP SUPPORT THE PODCAST!   * [Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/CryptoBasic) - $1 an episode would be the best thing ever and keeps us afloat. * [Join our Discord right here](https://discordapp.com/invite/cQe8wGf) * [Subscribe Via iTunes](https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/cryptobasic-podcast/id1332565102?mt=2) * [Binance Jersey referral link](https://www.binance.je/?ref=35026922) - Well we don’t technically use this, because we can’t. Non-US only. * [Ledger Nano S or Ledger Nano X](https://www.ledger.com/?r=d6b6) - This is where you buy the hardware wallet that we're always talking about on the show - we all use a Ledger Nano S. * [Cash App has Bitcoin](https://cash.me/app/RMFXXXL) - If you sign up through that link the show gets $5 and so do you! Stop the presses. The easiest to use money transfer application (yes it's easier than Venmo) now as a built in way to buy and sell Bitcoin. They even have a no - fee debit card you can use. * [CryptoBasic Podcast Email](mailto:Cryptobasicpodcast@gmail.com) 405.440.3260

Today 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   * [Enron Scam Movie](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enron:_The_Smartest_Guys_in_the_Room) * [Bernie Maddoff](https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/l1zgi/eli5_bernie_madoffs_ponzi_scheme/) * [Charles Ponzi](https://www.biography.com/people/charles-ponzi-20650909) * [Tiffany’s Miner Scam](https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-great-diamond-hoax-of-1872-2630188/) * [Pretorian Guard sale scam](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Didius_Julianus) * [The daddy of them all – count Victor Von Lustig](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Lustig) # HELP SUPPORT THE PODCAST * [Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/CryptoBasic) - $1 an episode would be the best thing ever and keeps us afloat. * [Join our Discord right here](https://discordapp.com/invite/cQe8wGf) * [Subscribe Via iTunes](https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/cryptobasic-podcast/id1332565102?mt=2) * [Binance Jersey referral link](https://www.binance.je/?ref=35026922) - Well we don’t technically use this, because we can’t. Non-US only. * [Ledger Nano S or Ledger Nano X](https://www.ledger.com/?r=d6b6) - This is where you buy the hardware wallet that we're always talking about on the show - we all use a Ledger Nano S. * [Cash App has Bitcoin](https://cash.me/app/RMFXXXL) - If you sign up through that link the show gets $5 and so do you! Stop the presses. The easiest to use money transfer application (yes it's easier than Venmo) now as a built in way to buy and sell Bitcoin. They even have a no - fee debit card you can use. * [CryptoBasic Podcast Email](mailto:Cryptobasicpodcast@gmail.com) 405.440.3260   Theme Music - Neledrax by Earradiate (2017)

Wow, there’s a massive theft in the crypto markets and Brent goes down the rabbit hole to cover it. QuadrigaCX, the biggest crypto exchange in Canada has taken everyone’s money and the owner might have faked his death. Also, the podcast has a new sponsor that they go over on the show. LINKS TO TOPICS FROM THE SHOW   This month’s sponsor – Token Talks podcast by Zachary DeWitt Quadriga Problem Good Youtube about Quadriga Twitter Kraken CEO Binance CC Mining problems overstated Gemini deny New Scam Network Chain Lightning 2 Lightning Doc Decoder   HELP SUPPORT THE PODCAST!   PATREON! Join our Discord here   PLEASE Subscribe and give us an honest rating on iTunes. These links are all referral links for us, but we use every one of these exchanges and wallets.   Binanace.Je – Binance Jersey referral link. - Well we don’t technically use this, because we can’t. Non-US only.   Ledger Wallet Website This is where you buy the hardware wallet that we're always talking about on the show - we all use a Ledger Nano S. CASH APP HAS BITCOIN! If you sign up through that link the show gets $5 and so do you! Stop the presses. The easiest to use money transfer application (yes it's easier than Venmo) now as a built in way to buy and sell Bitcoin. They even have a no - fee debit card you can use. CryptoBasicPodcast@gmail.com 405.440.3260   Theme Music - Neledrax by Earradiate (2017)

It’s the first CryptoBasic 102 episode! We’re going back over bitcoin, examining what we said about it over a year ago, how our opinions have changed, and what new things Bitcoin has provided the world since then. In the shownotes you’ll find all of the links that we’ve ever used to cover Bitcoin, as well as links to our previous shows on the topic. Has the CryptoBasic team matured? What does Brent think about Bitcoin now? Find out today. LINKS TO TOPICS FROM THE SHOW Bitcoin 101 Episode Bitcoin and the Lightning Network Episode Video on examining blockchain Original Whitepaper Bitmex overview of the lightning network Bitcoin and the lightning network you should know Bitcoin Transaction pricing history Unconfirmed transaction count Lightning network statistics Small World Network HELP SUPPORT THE PODCAST! PATREON! Join our Discord here PLEASE Subscribe and give us an honest rating on iTunes. These links are all referral links for us, but we use every one of these exchanges and wallets. Binanace.Je – Binance Jersey referral link. - Well we don’t technically use this, because we can’t. Non-US only. Ledger Wallet Website This is where you buy the hardware wallet that we're always talking about on the show - we all use a Ledger Nano S. CASH APP HAS BITCOIN! If you sign up through that link the show gets $5 and so do you! Stop the presses. The easiest to use money transfer application (yes it's easier than Venmo) now as a built in way to buy and sell Bitcoin. They even have a no - fee debit card you can use. CryptoBasicPodcast@gmail.com 405.440.3260   Theme Music - Neledrax by Earradiate (2017)

Brent decides he’s gonna talk about sex, and then follows it up with some juicy details about Bakkt. Are they related? I’m not sure find out on this Flagship Friday. What else is in this episode – NASDAQ and Crypto, Cryptopia is still getting hacked, NEM Foundation was dissolved, Hacking groups explained, and a Bitcoin backed Token on ETH LINKS TO TOPICS FROM THE SHOW Sex, but on blockchain Bakkt Details NASDAQ information is not readily available to crypto NEM Foundation Letter Hackers mostly responsible for crypto theft Bitcoin Backed ETH Token HELP SUPPORT THE PODCAST! PATREON! Join our Discord here PLEASE Subscribe and give us an honest rating on iTunes. These links are all referral links for us, but we use every one of these exchanges and wallets. Binanace.Je – Binance Jersey referral link. - Well we don’t technically use this, because we can’t. Non-US only. Ledger Wallet Website This is where you buy the hardware wallet that we're always talking about on the show - we all use a Ledger Nano S. CASH APP HAS BITCOIN! If you sign up through that link the show gets $5 and so do you! Stop the presses. The easiest to use money transfer application (yes it's easier than Venmo) now as a built in way to buy and sell Bitcoin. They even have a no - fee debit card you can use. CryptoBasicPodcast@gmail.com 405.440.3260   Theme Music - Neledrax by Earradiate (2017)

Is Waves Platform a decentralized exchange done right? Mike and Brent dig deep into the project to see what it is, why it works, and see what they like about it. From harrowing tales of some idiot named DC in their Telegram, to support form the community and almost buying the coin – the team goes on a roller coaster ride of learning about this project. In the end, will they consider it a reasonable project? Find out. LINKS TO TOPICS FROM THE SHOW Whitepaper Subreddit Website FAQ Vote Site HELP SUPPORT THE PODCAST!   PATREON! Join our Discord here PLEASE Subscribe and give us an honest rating on iTunes. These links are all referral links for us, but we use every one of these exchanges and wallets. Binanace.Je – Binance Jersey referral link. - Well we don’t technically use this, because we can’t. Non-US only. Ledger Wallet Website This is where you buy the hardware wallet that we're always talking about on the show - we all use a Ledger Nano S. CASH APP HAS BITCOIN! If you sign up through that link the show gets $5 and so do you! Stop the presses. The easiest to use money transfer application (yes it's easier than Venmo) now as a built in way to buy and sell Bitcoin. They even have a no - fee debit card you can use. CryptoBasicPodcast@gmail.com 405.440.3260   Theme Music - Neledrax by Earradiate (2017)

The team has a couple of throwback issues: IOTA’s hack has some closure in the way of an arrest. The team talks about a coin possibly pump and dump that the Apollo team may have just done, including inviting their CEO on the show. We go over some political thoughts, and then as always make sure to thank all of the Patreon members on the last Flagship of the week. LINKS TO TOPICS FROM THE SHOW IOTA Arrest Samsung possible leak Samsung more information Apollo from Cryptoslate Reddit Post Apollo CEO responds China Social shaming Bangkok Excahnge listing HELP SUPPORT THE PODCAST! PATREON! Join our Discord here PLEASE Subscribe and give us an honest rating on iTunes. These links are all referral links for us, but we use every one of these exchanges and wallets. Binanace.Je – Binance Jersey referral link. - Well we don’t technically use this, because we can’t. Non-US only. Ledger Wallet Website This is where you buy the hardware wallet that we're always talking about on the show - we all use a Ledger Nano S. CASH APP HAS BITCOIN! If you sign up through that link the show gets $5 and so do you! Stop the presses. The easiest to use money transfer application (yes it's easier than Venmo) now as a built in way to buy and sell Bitcoin. They even have a no - fee debit card you can use. CryptoBasicPodcast@gmail.com 405.440.3260 Theme Music - Neledrax by Earradiate (2017)

Welcome to the first ever CryptoBasic Panel Discussion After moderating some panels overseas, Brent thinks he can do it all the time. Is he right? I dunno it sounds like he is – he’s gotten some of the best in the business together for the first panel of the new year. Today Joel Comm, Matthew Aaron, and Forrest AKA Hashoshi talk about everything from Ronnie Moas to Censorship on Patreon. Join them as they talk about the difficulties and responsibilities of being content Creators in this market. LINKS TO TOPICS FROM THE SHOW Bad Crypto Podcast Website Joel Comm Twitter Crypto 101 Media Matthew Aaron Twitter Hashoshi Youtube Hashoshi Twitter Hashoshi Website HELP SUPPORT THE PODCAST! PATREON! Join our Discord here PLEASE Subscribe and give us an honest rating on iTunes. These links are all referral links for us, but we use every one of these exchanges and wallets. Binanace.Je – Binance Jersey referral link. - Well we don’t technically use this, because we can’t. Non-US only Ledger Wallet Website This is where you buy the hardware wallet that we're always talking about on the show - we all use a Ledger Nano S. CASH APP HAS BITCOIN! If you sign up through that link the show gets $5 and so do you! Stop the presses. The easiest to use money transfer application (yes it's easier than Venmo) now as a built in way to buy and sell Bitcoin. They even have a no - fee debit card you can use. CryptoBasicPodcast@gmail.com 405.440.3260 Theme Music - Neledrax by Earradiate (2017)

Today’s episode we talk a lot about the SEC, bash on Tron a little bit, and then talk about the Cryptopia Hack. Have we ever mentioned how much Cryptopia sucks? Well it does, and the hack is not surprising. Ethereum had Constantinople delayed, and we go over a quick mailbag question. LINKS TO TOPICS FROM THE SHOW SEC Story #1 Cryptopia hacked CZ stops the funds Updates on Cryptopia Hack Wallet Addresses Bittorrent Exec pissed SEC pro crypto members of congress Constantinople Delayed HELP SUPPORT THE PODCAST!   PATREON! Join our Discord here PLEASE Subscribe and give us an honest rating on iTunes. These links are all referral links for us, but we use every one of these exchanges and wallets. Binanace.Je – Binance Jersey referral link. - Well we don’t technically use this, because we can’t. Non-US only. Ledger Wallet Website This is where you buy the hardware wallet that we're always talking about on the show - we all use a Ledger Nano S. CASH APP HAS BITCOIN! If you sign up through that link the show gets $5 and so do you! Stop the presses. The easiest to use money transfer application (yes it's easier than Venmo) now as a built in way to buy and sell Bitcoin. They even have a no - fee debit card you can use. CryptoBasicPodcast@gmail.com 405.440.3260 Theme Music - Neledrax by Earradiate (2017)

Mike sits down with Simon Harman from Loki to talk about all things cryptocurrency. They talk about everything under the sun, Privacy, messaging apps, and more. Just check out the episode and you’ll hear some great things from a knowledgeable person in the crypto space. LINKS TO TOPICS FROM THE SHOW Loki Project Twitter Loki Github Loki Subreddit Linked iN HELP SUPPORT THE PODCAST! PATREON! Join our Discord here PLEASE Subscribe and give us an honest rating on iTunes. These links are all referral links for us, but we use every one of these exchanges and wallets. Ledger Wallet Website This is where you buy the hardware wallet that we're always talking about on the show - we all use a Ledger Nano S. CASH APP HAS BITCOIN! If you sign up through that link the show gets $5 and so do you! Stop the presses. The easiest to use money transfer application (yes it's easier than Venmo) now as a built in way to buy and sell Bitcoin. They even have a no - fee debit card you can use. CryptoBasicPodcast@gmail.com 405.440.3260 Theme Music - Neledrax by Earradiate (2017)

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 - Ethereum Classic Response - DX Exchange issues DX Exchange issues 2 DX Exchange issues 3 BitTorrent / Justin Sun ICO Jordan Peterson Bittube HELP SUPPORT THE PODCAST!   PATREON! Join our Discord here PLEASE Subscribe and give us an honest rating on iTunes. These links are all referral links for us, but we use every one of these exchanges and wallets. Ledger Wallet Website This is where you buy the hardware wallet that we're always talking about on the show - we all use a Ledger Nano S. CASH APP HAS BITCOIN! If you sign up through that link the show gets $5 and so do you! Stop the presses. The easiest to use money transfer application (yes it's easier than Venmo) now as a built in way to buy and sell Bitcoin. They even have a no - fee debit card you can use. CryptoBasicPodcast@gmail.com 405.440.3260 Theme Music - Neledrax by Earradiate (2017)

Favorite Person in Crypto 2018 Charles Hoskinson Vitalik Buterin Carlos Matos CZ Andreas Antonopoulos Doug Polk Biggest Douche in the CryptoVerse 2018 John Mcafee Roger Ver Justin Sun Justin Tabb Justin Sunerok Craig Wright Bruno Blocks Brock Pierce Matos Award (THATS A SCAMMM) Oyster Pearl Bitgrail HoweyCoins PureBit Stox (Mayweather) FCoin Exitscam.io Biggest Disappointment 2018 EOS Spankchain Decentraland Tezos Bitcoin Private Telegram ICO The Brent Philbin Award For Usablility 2018 Brave Cashapp Steemit CryptoKitties Ethereum Name Service Nexo Favorite (non-bitcoin) Crypto Project 2018 Cardano Ethereum Horizen Stellar Basic Attention Token Weather the storm 2018 Tezos Horizen Cardano Walton Nano Tether Bitcoin Cash Cmon Mannnn Walton Chain employee Verge Accidental Hardfork Substratum Second ICO Petro Horizen Pornhub Charles Twitter DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM CryptoBasic Lowest Lows 2018 Karim: Monero / Money Brent: I’ll take Bitcoin Private Mike: Keyboard Problems Karim: Constant Bathroom breaks Brent: I own 0% Bitcoin Mike:  Shooting condiments Favorite Episode 2018 Game Theory Roundtable with Robert Viglione Cognitive Biases 101 FireSide Chat 1 Terms 101 FS 624 Worst episode 2018 Trump Twitter Rant Flagship 1 Dash 101 Bitcoin DREP Jason Award - Behind the Scenes Champ 2018 PeaStew from Ultimate Nodes CryptoCandor Lumiflux Brent CryptoJeronimo HELP SUPPORT THE PODCAST! PATREON! Join our Discord here PLEASE Subscribe and give us an honest rating on iTunes. These links are all referral links for us, but we use every one of these exchanges and wallets. Ledger Wallet Website This is where you buy the hardware wallet that we're always talking about on the show - we all use a Ledger Nano S. CASH APP HAS BITCOIN! If you sign up through that link the show gets $5 and so do you! Stop the presses. The easiest to use money transfer application (yes it's easier than Venmo) now as a built in way to buy and sell Bitcoin. They even have a no - fee debit card you can use. CryptoBasicPodcast@gmail.com 405.440.3260 Theme Music - Neledrax by Earradiate (2017)

It’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 this stupid scammer named Bitcoin-Fund-Manager and what a rabbit hole that is. From being a monk to a wedding planner, this guy knows scams. Finally the team goes around the world talking about the Thai government and blockchain, how it could be affecting voting. They go over Overstock.com’s crypto investments – why they believe in Bitcoin, Ravencoin, and others. We play some Bullish or Bullshit with Bitcoin in space, and then roast a portfolio from one of our newest Patreon members.   LINKS TO TOPICS FROM THE SHOW Horizen Link 1 Horizen Link 2 Horizen Link 3 Time Magazine Article Bitcoin-Fund-Scammer Thai Government Voting Overstock BITCOIN IN SPACE HELP SUPPORT THE PODCAST!   PATREON! Join our Discord here PLEASE Subscribe and give us an honest rating on iTunes. These links are all referral links for us, but we use every one of these exchanges and wallets. Ledger Wallet Website This is where you buy the hardware wallet that we're always talking about on the show - we all use a Ledger Nano S. CASH APP HAS BITCOIN! If you sign up through that link the show gets $5 and so do you! Stop the presses. The easiest to use money transfer application (yes it's easier than Venmo) now as a built in way to buy and sell Bitcoin. They even have a no - fee debit card you can use. CryptoBasicPodcast@gmail.com 405.440.3260 Theme Music - Neledrax by Earradiate (2017)

On today’s flagship Brent spends a bunch of unnecessary time talking about the shitcoin Bitcoin Private. Remember when McAfee was talking about that thing? Also we discuss inflation rates in Turkey, answer some mailbag questions, and go around the world more than once. Enjoy this edition of the CryptoBasic Podcast.   LINKS TO TOPICS FROM THE SHOW   Bitcoin metrics for correlations US Securities Law BTCP Secret Premine BTCP Team response CFTC Talks about ETH Rules Crypto v Lira Indian Legalization HELP SUPPORT THE PODCAST!   PATREON! Join our Discord here   PLEASE Subscribe and give us an honest rating on iTunes. These links are all referral links for us, but we use every one of these exchanges and wallets.   Ledger Wallet Website This is where you buy the hardware wallet that we're always talking about on the show - we all use a Ledger Nano S. CASH APP HAS BITCOIN! If you sign up through that link the show gets $5 and so do you! Stop the presses. The easiest to use money transfer application (yes it's easier than Venmo) now as a built in way to buy and sell Bitcoin. They even have a no - fee debit card you can use. CryptoBasicPodcast@gmail.com 405.440.3260   Theme Music - Neledrax by Earradiate (2017)

It’s almost the 1 year anniversary of the CryptoBasic podcast, and this is Flagship Friday. We’re talkin about Substratum, Venezuela, Bitcoin, Ethereum, and everything in between. Brent tries to roast a portfolio in the end as a quick throw in, and it might not go so well. Find out if the team thinks Brent is on God’s good side! LINKS TO TOPICS FROM THE SHOW Substratum CO decides to Day Trade Syncing Data on Bitcoin Nodes easier? Is Tether actually backed? The Ethereum Foundations thought process. Western Union Evaluating Venezuela UK Tax resources HELP SUPPORT THE PODCAST! PATREON!!!!!!!!!!! Join our Discord here PLEASE Subscribe and give us an honest rating on iTunes. These links are all referral links for us, but we use every one of these exchanges and wallets. Ledger Wallet Website This is where you buy the hardware wallet that we're always talking about on the show - we all use a Ledger Nano S. CASH APP HAS BITCOIN! If you sign up through that link the show gets $5 and so do you! Stop the presses. The easiest to use money transfer application (yes it's easier than Venmo) now as a built in way to buy and sell Bitcoin. They even have a no - fee debit card you can use. CryptoBasicPodcast@gmail.com 405.440.3260   Theme Music - Neledrax by Earradiate (2017)

It’s time for another Crypto Basic 101 series episode. Today we’re tackling the Tezos project, which we’ve been putting off for some time. Mike was all ready for Brent to have tons of bad things to say about this one, but you might be surprised by his answer. Tezos comes with a lot of baggage, and they’ve moved on from it and learned from the ordeal. Can this coin recover and get back to the Ethereum Killer it was once hailed as? Find out on this episode. LINKS TO TOPICS FROM THE SHOW Whitepaper Subreddit Website Block Explorer More tezos info Baking pools The infamous “Wired” article Interview on Tezos   HELP SUPPORT THE PODCAST! Join our Discord here   PLEASE Subscribe and give us an honest rating on iTunes. These links are all referral links for us, but we use every one of these exchanges and wallets. Ledger Wallet Website This is where you buy the hardware wallet that we're always talking about on the show - we all use a Ledger Nano S. CASH APP HAS BITCOIN! If you sign up through that link the show gets $5 and so do you! Stop the presses. The easiest to use money transfer application (yes it's easier than Venmo) now as a built in way to buy and sell Bitcoin. They even have a no - fee debit card you can use. CryptoBasicPodcast@gmail.com 405.440.3260 Theme Music - Neledrax by Earradiate (2017)

Become a Patron on Patreon Today we talk about the drama at the ETC community, some interesting Bullish or Bullshit from Venezuela, and then we talk about the future of the podcast, what you can expect next year, some of the new things we’re trying, and what our values are as a podcast. We round it out with a Roast a Portfolio and see if that might be a segment you might be interested in!   LINKS TO TOPICS FROM THE SHOW   Ethereum Classic situation explained on Redit Ethereum Classic situation 12 year old explains their position Tom Lee is annoyed at Target Prices Proof of Keys Movement Bitwalla Information Empowering? Or getting slammed?   HELP SUPPORT THE PODCAST! Join our Discord here PLEASE Subscribe and give us an honest rating on iTunes. These links are all referral links for us, but we use every one of these exchanges and wallets. Ledger Wallet Website This is where you buy the hardware wallet that we're always talking about on the show - we all use a Ledger Nano S. CASH APP HAS BITCOIN! If you sign up through that link the show gets $5 and so do you! Stop the presses. The easiest to use money transfer application (yes it's easier than Venmo) now as a built in way to buy and sell Bitcoin. They even have a no - fee debit card you can use. CryptoBasicPodcast@gmail.com 405.440.3260   Theme Music - Neledrax by Earradiate (2017)

Today we have a unique show for you. In previous flagships we’ve discussed whether or not Substratum is a scam. When we did that we cited an article written by Brian Li. He reached out to us and was willing to present his research process, his evidence, and his thoughts on the show. He also invited William McKenzie as well to talk about his research, his insights, and his thoughts. The end result is a long episode that shows the process of trying to do due diligence on a coin. LINKS TO TOPICS FROM THE SHOW Article on vision and focus of SUB Crowdsale Wallet activity AMPX ICO revelations SUB Token burn issues AMP Exchange Thoughts NCF Partnership or no? The Technology Headlines Possible legal consequences? Did someone lie about web hosting? AMP Exchange money grab? Oyster vs Sub Sub Team issues 2nd ICO Concerns HELP SUPPORT THE PODCAST! Join our Discord here PLEASE Subscribe and give us an honest rating on iTunes. These links are all referral links for us, but we use every one of these exchanges and wallets. Ledger Wallet Website This is where you buy the hardware wallet that we're always talking about on the show - we all use a Ledger Nano S. CASH APP HAS BITCOIN! If you sign up through that link the show gets $5 and so do you! Stop the presses. The easiest to use money transfer application (yes it's easier than Venmo) now as a built in way to buy and sell Bitcoin. They even have a no - fee debit card you can use. CryptoBasicPodcast@gmail.com 405.440.3260 Theme Music - Neledrax by Earradiate (2017)

The 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 Blockchain Brief HELP SUPPORT THE PODCAST! Join our Discord here PLEASE Subscribe and give us an honest rating on iTunes. These links are all referral links for us, but we use every one of these exchanges and wallets. Ledger Wallet Website This is where you buy the hardware wallet that we're always talking about on the show - we all use a Ledger Nano S. CASH APP HAS BITCOIN! If you sign up through that link the show gets $5 and so do you! Stop the presses. The easiest to use money transfer application (yes it's easier than Venmo) now as a built in way to buy and sell Bitcoin. They even have a no - fee debit card you can use. CryptoBasicPodcast@gmail.com 405.440.3260   Theme Music - Neledrax by Earradiate (2017)

During the recent Beyond blocks conference the team sat down with Steve, an OTC trader with lots of experience that has some interesting points about Tether’s legitimacy. From our off the record conversations with Steve we also ended up with some other skeptical views of the space and this was a good chat.   HELP SUPPORT THE PODCAST! Join our Discord here   PLEASE Subscribe and give us an honest rating on iTunes. These links are all referral links for us, but we use every one of these exchanges and wallets. Ledger Wallet Website This is where you buy the hardware wallet that we're always talking about on the show - we all use a Ledger Nano S. CASH APP HAS BITCOIN! If you sign up through that link the show gets $5 and so do you! Stop the presses. The easiest to use money transfer application (yes it's easier than Venmo) now as a built in way to buy and sell Bitcoin. They even have a no - fee debit card you can use. CryptoBasicPodcast@gmail.com 405.440.3260   Theme Music - Neledrax by Earradiate (2017)

During the recent Beyond blocks conference the team sat down with Sam Bankman-Friend from Alameda research and discussed the issues they have with Tether, and why he thinks they may not be founded.  Sam is the co-founder and CEO of the crypto research Firm Alameda Research.  LINKS TO TOPICS FROM THE SHOW Alameda Research Sam’s Linked In HELP SUPPORT THE PODCAST! Join our Discord here   PLEASE Subscribe and give us an honest rating on iTunes. These links are all referral links for us, but we use every one of these exchanges and wallets. Ledger Wallet Website This is where you buy the hardware wallet that we're always talking about on the show - we all use a Ledger Nano S. CASH APP HAS BITCOIN! If you sign up through that link the show gets $5 and so do you! Stop the presses. The easiest to use money transfer application (yes it's easier than Venmo) now as a built in way to buy and sell Bitcoin. They even have a no - fee debit card you can use. CryptoBasicPodcast@gmail.com 405.440.3260   Theme Music - Neledrax by Earradiate (2017)  

After not speaking to each other since the previous Friday Flagship Recording, the team gets together to share their experiences so far at the Beyond Blocks Conference in Bangkok, Thailand. There won't be the usual style with News and Mailbag, but there will be plenty of Crypto related conversations and stories to be shared by the crew. Enjoy!

Brent and Mike are here for the Friday Flagship, Thanksgiving Edition! On this week's edition of the Black Friday Flagship, they admit how sometimes price does matter, a crypto ETF in Switzerland, IOHK moving to Wyoming, and Bakkt being pushed off when? Plus some rants and mailbag!

So the Bitcoin Cash fork is still somewhat undecided. We weren’t really sure how to update the audience, so it’s TIME for a Basic Blitz. We have Brant Tudor back on the show to discuss what exactly is going on with BAB, BSV, BCH, BCHABCDEFGHIJLKMNO, and more. Brant touches on some mining topics, and this ends up being a longer episode than anticipated! Enjoy! LINKS TO TOPICS FROM THE SHOW What to mine Fork Coin Dance HELP SUPPORT THE PODCAST! Join our Discord here PLEASE Subscribe and give us an honest rating on iTunes. These links are all referral links for us, but we use every one of these exchanges and wallets. Ledger Wallet Website This is where you buy the hardware wallet that we're always talking about on the show - we all use a Ledger Nano S. CASH APP HAS BITCOIN! If you sign up through that link the show gets $5 and so do you! Stop the presses. The easiest to use money transfer application (yes it's easier than Venmo) now as a built in way to buy and sell Bitcoin. They even have a no - fee debit card you can use. CryptoBasicPodcast@gmail.com 405.440.3260 Theme Music - Neledrax by Earradiate (2017)

The CryptoBasic team is headed to Thailand for a conference with Beyond Blocks. They spend a bunch of time in the front of the show talking about that – and then move on to the usual. EOS still irks the team, Mike talks about the different types of ERC tokens, some Cardano drama has concluded in a very positive way, and the team responds to a rant.   LINKS TO TOPICS FROM THE SHOW   Beyond Blocks speaker list EOS is totally decentralized right? EOS Constitution Bullish or Bullshit - Funfair 5 Types of ERC tokens Cardano Foundation Resignation Charles Hoskinson Video Private Blockchains Bloodbath Rant HELP SUPPORT THE PODCAST! Join our Discord here PLEASE Subscribe and give us an honest rating on iTunes. These links are all referral links for us, but we use every one of these exchanges and wallets. Ledger Wallet Website This is where you buy the hardware wallet that we're always talking about on the show - we all use a Ledger Nano S. CASH APP HAS BITCOIN! If you sign up through that link the show gets $5 and so do you! Stop the presses. The easiest to use money transfer application (yes it's easier than Venmo) now as a built in way to buy and sell Bitcoin. They even have a no - fee debit card you can use. CryptoBasicPodcast@gmail.com 405.440.3260   Theme Music - Neledrax by Earradiate (2017)

Alright, we admit it. The CryptoBasic team was slacking on covering this Bitcoin Cash fork. So what do we do since the fork is tomorrow? Well we went and found a person that we respect that ACTUALLY knew what was going on, and brought him on the show to talk about it. Brant Tudor is a doctoral candidate with the Department of Chemistry at the University of South Florida. He has B.S. degrees in Chemistry and Computer Science and currently works as part of a research team developing molecular simulation software. He has been interested in crypto for a few years, invested for two, and his favored Bitcoin is BCH. HELP SUPPORT THE PODCAST! Join our Discord here PLEASE Subscribe and give us an honest rating on iTunes. These links are all referral links for us, but we use every one of these exchanges and wallets. Ledger Wallet Website This is where you buy the hardware wallet that we're always talking about on the show - we all use a Ledger Nano S. CASH APP HAS BITCOIN! If you sign up through that link the show gets $5 and so do you! Stop the presses. The easiest to use money transfer application (yes it's easier than Venmo) now as a built in way to buy and sell Bitcoin. They even have a no - fee debit card you can use. CryptoBasicPodcast@gmail.com 405.440.3260   Theme Music - Neledrax by Earradiate (2017)

Its Flagship Friday! We’re talking about some of the most important topics this week such as: Coinbase getting richer, Tether totally having all the money they said they would, Blockchain.com giving away XLM, Apple shutting down the most popular crypto podcast, EOS still being terrible, some politicians, and finally someone got caught doing something in the principal’s office.   LINKS TO TOPICS FROM THE SHOW   Coinbase Gets Money Tether Letter Blockchain.com Stellar Giveaway Apple Shuts down Pomp EOS not a blockchain? Gavin Newsom and Jared Polis elected Mining in school CAUGHT     HELP SUPPORT THE PODCAST! PLEASE Subscribe and give us an honest rating on iTunes. These links are all referral links for us, but we use every one of these exchanges and wallets.   Ledger Wallet Website This is where you buy the hardware wallet that we're always talking about on the show - we all use a Ledger Nano S. CASH APP HAS BITCOIN! If you sign up through that link the show gets $5 and so do you! Stop the presses. The easiest to use money transfer application (yes it's easier than Venmo) now as a built in way to buy and sell Bitcoin. They even have a no - fee debit card you can use. CryptoBasicPodcast@gmail.com 405.440.3260   Theme Music - Neledrax by Earradiate (2017)

Decentraland. The virtual world where dreams come true and whales reign supreme. Do you have what it takes to walk from parcel to parcel? Will you open a casino or maybe a night club? A shell game perhaps? Mike and Brent talk about this unique project in the crypto space, as well as have some musing about the future. LINKS TO TOPICS FROM THE SHOW Whitepaper ICO Drama 1 ICO Drama 2 Decentraland FAQ Subreddit Website HELP SUPPORT THE PODCAST! PLEASE Subscribe and give us an honest rating on iTunes. These links are all referral links for us, but we use every one of these exchanges and wallets. Ledger Wallet Website This is where you buy the hardware wallet that we're always talking about on the show - we all use a Ledger Nano S. CASH APP HAS BITCOIN! If you sign up through that link the show gets $5 and so do you! Stop the presses. The easiest to use money transfer application (yes it's easier than Venmo) now as a built in way to buy and sell Bitcoin. They even have a no - fee debit card you can use. CryptoBasicPodcast@gmail.com 405.440.3260 Theme Music - Neledrax by Earradiate (2017)

Brent 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 buffet u-turn Five Deeps mission Eth donates to ETH classic   HELP SUPPORT THE PODCAST! PLEASE Subscribe and give us an honest rating on iTunes. These links are all referral links for us, but we use every one of these exchanges and wallets. Ledger Wallet Website This is where you buy the hardware wallet that we're always talking about on the show - we all use a Ledger Nano S. CASH APP HAS BITCOIN! If you sign up through that link the show gets $5 and so do you! Stop the presses. The easiest to use money transfer application (yes it's easier than Venmo) now as a built in way to buy and sell Bitcoin. They even have a no - fee debit card you can use. CryptoBasicPodcast@gmail.com 405.440.3260 Theme Music - Neledrax by Earradiate (2017)

Welcome to another Crypto Convos – the series where we get up close and personal in a one on one setting with some of the best in the business. Today we’re talking with Matthew Aaron from the Crypto 101 Podcast! We talk about the challenges involved in podcasting, some of our favorite people and stories from the space – and about how Matthew has an interview coming with the one and only John McAfee! Check out all the links below to find Matthew’s episodes on his channel. LINKS TO TOPICS FROM THE SHOW Matthew’s Motivation Episode Crypto 101 Website ICO 101 Website Subscribe to them on iTunes Check out their E-Book Facebook Twitter Instagram Youtube HELP SUPPORT THE PODCAST! PLEASE Subscribe and give us an honest rating on iTunes. These links are all referral links for us, but we use every one of these exchanges and wallets. Ledger Wallet Website This is where you buy the hardware wallet that we're always talking about on the show - we all use a Ledger Nano S. CASH APP HAS BITCOIN! If you sign up through that link the show gets $5 and so do you! Stop the presses. The easiest to use money transfer application (yes it's easier than Venmo) now as a built in way to buy and sell Bitcoin. They even have a no - fee debit card you can use. CryptoBasicPodcast@gmail.com 405.440.3260 Theme Music - Neledrax by Earradiate (2017)

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 of the payment processor Square. Justin Tabb from substratum is a very interesting guy. He definitely has a checkered past, and SOMEONE really has it out for him. We look at all of the evidence thrown out there to say that this guy isn't really on the up and up. Initiative Q is the newest viral spam that you're getting on Facebook from your friends. Those that aren't in the know might even be coming to you as their "crypto guy" and asking you about it like it's a cryptocurrency. Coinbase and Circle have teamed up to come up with a new stablecoin that should be able to rival the controversial Tether. It joins all of the other options as a strictly better Stablecoin than Tether is - when will these exchanges come around? Bitcoin turns 10 years old on October 31. I know many of us are barely looking at ONE year of learning what Bitcoin is, but it's been here, and it's going to keep being here. Find out what Lawrence H White, the Austrian School economist that works for the Cato institute, had to say on the topic. LINKS TO TOPICS FROM THE SHOW Coinbase releases a Stablecoin Etherscan Address for it Original Centre FAQ Tether Burns Half of its reserve Wtf is Initiative Q Justin Tabb for Substratum announces NCF partnership NCF says they are not partnered with Substratum This guy hates Justin Tabb Bitcoin turns 10 – Cato institute checks it out. Square’s Open source cold wallet   HELP SUPPORT THE PODCAST! PLEASE Subscribe and give us an honest rating on iTunes. These links are all referral links for us, but we use every one of these exchanges and wallets. Ledger Wallet Website This is where you buy the hardware wallet that we're always talking about on the show - we all use a Ledger Nano S. CASH APP HAS BITCOIN! If you sign up through that link the show gets $5 and so do you! Stop the presses. The easiest to use money transfer application (yes it's easier than Venmo) now as a built in way to buy and sell Bitcoin. They even have a no - fee debit card you can use. CryptoBasicPodcast@gmail.com 405.440.3260 Theme Music - Neledrax by Earradiate (2017)