CoinTalk™️
115 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 107 ratingsThe official podcast of Bitcoin crashes. Hosted by Aaron Lammer & Jay Caspian Kang.
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#12: What is an ICO? / Interview with Coin Center's Peter Van Valkenburgh
March 05, 2018 19:44 - 1 hour - 57.5 MBJay and Aaron talk about: what an ICO (initial coin offering) is and how they might be regulated in the future handicapping betting odds for the next tiny country to issue its own cryptocurrency And then interview Peter Van Valkenburg, the director of research at Coin Center which is the "leading non-profit focused on the policy issues facing cryptocurrencies."
#11: When Strongmen ICO—Nicolás Maduro and the Petro (PTR)
February 28, 2018 19:56 - 35 minutes - 32.6 MBAaron & Jay try to wrap their heads around yet another scammy ICO—the Petro (PTR) issued by Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro. 04:25 Nicolás Maduro looks at Bitcoin miners 04:28 kimjongillookingatthings.tumblr.com 8:45 Coin Talk #5: Tether (USDT) is the New Disneybucks 33:33 The Petro Hasn't Raised a Dime (Alejandro Machado, Caracas Chronicle)
#11: When Strongmen ICO—Nicolás Maduro and the Petro (PTR)
February 28, 2018 19:56 - 35 minutes - 32.6 MBAaron & Jay try to wrap their heads around yet another scammy ICO—the Petro (PTR) issued by Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro. 04:25 Nicolás Maduro looks at Bitcoin miners 04:28 kimjongillookingatthings.tumblr.com 8:45 Coin Talk #5: Tether (USDT) is the New Disneybucks 33:33 The Petro Hasn't Raised a Dime (Alejandro Machado, Caracas Chronicle)
#10: Journalism and the Blockchain with Maria Bustillos / Telegram's ICO
February 23, 2018 20:57 - 1 hour - 62.8 MBAaron and Jay talk about Robinhood, the Telegram ICO and the TON token, and then bring on Maria Bustillos to talk about the Civil project which aims to bring the blockchain to journalism and includes her Popula publication. 8:32 Brokerage App Robinhood Thinks Bitcoin Belongs in Your Retirement Plan (Max Chafkin, and Julia Verhage, Bloomberg) 10:45 Bitcoin Thieves Threaten Real Violence for Virtual Currencies (Nathaniel Popper, New York Times) 21:19 @EricWl "Just looked through the Telegra...
#9: Privacy Coins Explained—A Deep Dive into Monero (XMR) and Zcash (ZEC)...and also SumoKoin
February 20, 2018 16:14 - 57 minutes - 52.6 MBAaron & Jay go inside the privacy altcoins Monero (XMR) and ZCash (ZEC): what coin fungibility and anonymity really mean how privacy coins differ from Bitcoin—and whether Bitcoin might add those features as a secondary layer in the future whether the association of Monero with dark net markets and money laundering is good or bad for price (and ethics?) how academic research led to defining privacy features of Monero (Ring Signatures) and Zcash (ZSnarks) and how they work (actually we don...
#8: Interview w/ Adrian Chen, the first journalist to write about Silk Road and Bitcoin
February 14, 2018 20:12 - 1 hour - 63.3 MBAdrian Chen wrote the first article about the darknet marketplace Silk Road and Bitcoin, causing the price of BTC to go from $10 to $14. Adrian discusses: why he never has owned a single Bitcoin his investigation into Satoshi Nakamoto's identity the misperception that Bitcoin is anonymous *whether crypto has scrambled Jay’s brain Plus, Aaron shills his bags HARD. 7:30 Bitgrail hacked 7:33 Nano (XRB) 14:03 "The Underground Website Where You Can Buy Any Drug Imaginable" (Adrian Chen, G...
#7: Giancarlo 2020 (The Senate Hearings on Bitcoin) / Augur (REP) Wants You To Hack Them
February 09, 2018 13:41 - 49 minutes - 46 MBOn the official podcast of Bitcoin crashes, Aaron & Jay: listen in on CFTC Chairman J. Christopher Giancarlo's hero-making comments to the Senate try to understand why exchanges like Binance are so opaque during downtime (even if they didn't actually get hacked) consider the first prediction market on the Augur (REP) platform which is a bet on "whether Augur will get hacked" 13:20 Forbes' First List Of Cryptocurrency's Richest: Meet The Secretive Freaks, Geeks And Visionaries Minting Bil...
#6: How Low Can You Go? / Jameson Lopp Interview
February 02, 2018 20:48 - 1 hour - 56.5 MBAaron and Jay answer some Twitter questions at the entire crypto market crashes before their eyes, then find some solace in an interview with Bitcoin veteran Jameson Lopp. @Lopp Lopp.net Show Notes (1 hr) 13:08 The Worst Crashes in Bitcoin History 30:35 Lightning Network 35:37 Statoshi 36:23 BitGo
#5: Tether (USDT) is the new Disneybucks
January 30, 2018 21:05 - 53 minutes - 48.9 MBAaron and Jay try to understand how Tether works and whether its collapse could bring down the entire crypto house of cards. Plus the Coincheck hack and some listener questions from Twitter. (Since this episode was taped last night, it was reported that Tether and Bitfinex had received a subpoena from the CFTC on December 6th.) "U.S. Regulators Subpoena Crypto Exchange Bitfinex, Tether" (Matthew Leising, Bloomberg) 7:50 Tether (USDT) 17:09 Tweet by @Nouriel 25:13 "Japan’s Cryptocurrenc...
#5: Tether (USDT) is the new Disneybucks
January 30, 2018 21:05 - 53 minutes - 48.9 MBAaron and Jay try to understand how Tether works and whether its collapse could bring down the entire crypto house of cards. Plus the Coincheck hack and some listener questions from Twitter. (Since this episode was taped last night, it was reported that Tether and Bitfinex had received a subpoena from the CFTC on December 6th.) "U.S. Regulators Subpoena Crypto Exchange Bitfinex, Tether" (Matthew Leising, Bloomberg) 7:50 Tether (USDT) 17:09 Tweet by @Nouriel 25:13 "Japan’s Cryp...
#4: "Do You Guys Even Believe in Crypto?" / Own Your Own Casino w/ Buzzfeed's Charlie Warzel
January 23, 2018 19:50 - 56 minutes - 52.3 MBIn this episode: -Aaron & Jay answer a provocative mailbag question as to whether they even fundamentally believe in Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies -The crypto “long winter -Mining and electricity consumption -Ethereum’s hacky-sack mentality vs Bitcoin’s scorched earth =Buzzfeed tech reporter Charlie Warzel comes in for a new deep dive segment on the ERC-20 casino token Funfair (FUN). Send us mailbag questions: [email protected] @CWarzel 4:40 RaiBlocks (XRB) 11:19 "What It's Like To Be...
#3: We Survived the Crash w/ Doug Kim
January 19, 2018 14:40 - 41 minutes - 38.6 MBThe biggest Bitcoin crash in over 2 years has come and gone—and we still don't totally understand what happened. We talk hodling, panic selling, and why each successive crash in your own crypto history is easier (and funnier?) than the last with professional poker player and actor Doug Kim. @SweetJustice Just Doug on Facebook Watch 6:54 @Matthew_D_Green 27:27 Zoin (ZOI) 28:34 "A Theory About the Recent Crypto Price Plunge" (Matthew C. Klein, FT Alphaville) 36:11 Storm (Storm) & BLOCKv...
#2: Korean Crypto-Mania and the Kimchi Spread
January 16, 2018 16:02 - 48 minutes - 44.4 MBAn interview with Nathan Park, an attorney who has been active in crypto regulations in the Korean market, about: —why Korea caught crypto fever —the massive "Kimchi Premium" paid on Korean exchanges like Bithumb and its ties to Chinese mining and money-laundering —what to expect from Korean regulators in 2018 Plus San Francisco's crypto-rich and the J-Pop band "Virtual Currency Girls." This episode was taped Monday, January 15th and 11am EST. The Bitcoin Price Index was $14,066. "Eve...
#1: @Ledgerstatus on Learning and Teaching Trading
January 11, 2018 20:27 - 1 hour - 58.7 MBAaron and Jay ask one of their favorite Twitter trader @ledgerstatus what every crypto noob should know, plus C.E.S.' saddest product the "Kodak Kashminer," blockchain dentistry, Toshi serfdom and highlights from a Warren Buffett interview on Bitcoin. 3:30 Kodak Kashminer 11:48 Dentacoin 15:22 Toshi 27:02 Warren Buffett on CNBC 33:00 @Ledgerstatus 57:52 The Ledgercast 1:01:30 ledgerstatus.com
#0 Preview / Ripple Mania and Sumokoin Feudalism
January 08, 2018 20:29 - 32 minutes - 30.2 MBIntroducing COIN TALK —a new show for crypto-noobs. An overview of the show, plus a bonus chat about Ripple mania, how Aaron became a Sumokoin ($SUMO) baron, and why Jay draws no distinction between altcoin buying and sports gambling. READ THE FULL TRANSCRIPT HERE Show Notes 9:30 This Cryptocurrency Inventor Has Suddenly Become One of the World's Richest Men (Time) 9:48 Meet The Crypto Billionaires Getting Rich From Ripple's XRP (Laura Shin, Forbes) 9:55 @NathanielPopper: On the rise ...