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

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The CryptoBasic Podcast is an educational, honest, and entertaining exploration of the fascinating world of cryptocurrencies. Join hosts Brent Philbin, Karim Baruque, and Michael Laake as they explore concepts and cryptos such as Bitcoin, NEO, Ethereum, Litecoin, Blockchain, Cardano and much more. How does Bitcoin actually work? Should I use Coinbase or Bittrex? What in the world is an ICO? Listen to our 101 episodes on each topic for an in-depth, beginner friendly discussion to find out. Join this trio of professional poker players and lifelong friends as they learn, teach, and joke their way into serious crypto knowledge.

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Episode 248 - Defi Rundown - The Lost Episode

June 09, 2021 18:56 - 2 hours - 129 MB

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.

Episode 247 - It's time for Sushi... swap.

September 15, 2020 07:50 - 1 hour - 69.1 MB

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 frank...

Episode 246 - Crypto Scams through Tik Tok?

July 23, 2020 11:33 - 50 minutes - 46.5 MB

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. ...

Episode 245 - Where are they now?

July 14, 2020 14:06 - 1 hour - 56.3 MB

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 c...

Episode 244 - Notes on the Federal Reserve

July 03, 2020 17:39 - 41 minutes - 37.8 MB

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 en...

Episode 243 - Bitmain Coup?

June 18, 2020 22:42 - 36 minutes - 33 MB

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 Blockch...

Episode 242 - US Monetary Outlook

June 05, 2020 23:38 - 1 hour - 70.6 MB

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 Over las...

Episode 241 - Contact Tracing: A Crypto Solution to the Pandemic?

May 29, 2020 12:49 - 47 minutes - 43.1 MB

Welcome to another episode of the Crypto Basic Podcast, where today we’ll be talking about -surprise surprise- the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s not a random commentary episode though, no general rambling, but a discussion on what we think might be a possible solution for the coronavirus crisis: Contact Tracing. Decentralized, blockchain based, anonymous and, as far as the data predicts, VERY effective. Tune in now to learn the ins and outs of it, and how it would revolutionize pandemic management...

Episode 240 - Could you get paid in Bitcoin to... walk?

May 23, 2020 13:42 - 34 minutes - 31.7 MB

_Hello everybody and welcome to another episode of late capitalism, where the labor theory of value is VIOLENTLY becoming obsolete, because now you might be able to get paid in cryptocurrency to perform tasks such as walk, talk, cook (for yourself), throw a tennis ball against the wall, or even just exist. Wow. Tune in to hear the guys talk about sMiles, the weird yet intriguing project that promises all of the above, and find out a couple more unconventional ways to earn crypto on top of th...

Episode 239 - The most common crypto noob mistakes

May 19, 2020 10:38 - 58 minutes - 53.7 MB

Welcome to the Crypto Basic Podcast! Today the gang is in a talkative mood and goes on tangents on several issues, but we're focusing on some stuff like Brent's BIG crypto mistake (tune in to find out) and what similar mistakes you should look out for, Adam's dating life, post-covid bailouts, cruise ships and more. Press play! It's a good one.

Episode 238 - Should you trust Binance?

May 15, 2020 11:27 - 1 hour - 57.6 MB

Welcome to the show people! Today the gang assesses a hot topic - a user claimed on reddit that Binance "took" money from him and it blew up. Even CZ commented and got blasted. Also, we take a look at an admittedly cringy article listing the "7 deadly sins of CZ". What a day. Tune in now! Relevant Links: Reddit user calls out Binance for "accidentally" taking 12061.48 and won't give it back. CZ Responds to the reddit user The user posts some so called proof proof Some more so called pro...

Episode 237 - Interview with Nathan Sexer and Sebastien Borget of The Sandbox

May 11, 2020 23:35 - 41 minutes - 37.9 MB

Today Adam is joined by Nathan Sexer and Sebastien Borget from The Sandbox, a community-driven platform where creators can monetize voxel ASSETS and gaming experiences on the blockchain. Tune in to learn what their goals are, what amazing partnerships they've managed to secure and how they're planning to bring blockchain gaming to the forefront. Check them out over at sandbox.game!

Episode 236 - How would the world perform during a pandemic under blockchain?

April 30, 2020 20:36 - 43 minutes - 40.2 MB

Welcome to the show! Today the gang goes over a very interesting scenario found on twitter - what would the world look like during this pandemic, but with blockchain? Would we be better or worse off? We've got a few thoughts on that. Tune in to find out! Notes: Some of the interesting points from the thread: Here's the post from Ownejj and some quotes I'm a huge advocate for crypto and have always defended it when discussing with other people. I am struggling to find an answer to the qu...

Episode 235 - Oil goes negative! How, why and what it tells us.

April 29, 2020 01:38 - 39 minutes - 35.7 MB

Welcome to the Crypto Basic Podcast! This time around we're going over a truly unexpected turn of events which baffled even the most economically savvy of us (Karim. That's just Karim.) Oil went negative! A never before seen event, we try to make sense of it and pose the important questions: 1. What the hell? 2. What's the reason? 3. What will the repercussions be? All of this and more on today's show, so tune in now! Interesting topic to learn about and extrapolate from We have just witne...

Episode 234 - Safe Haven Performance in the Age of Bitcoin

April 25, 2020 23:11 - 37 minutes - 34 MB

Welcome to the Crypto Basic Podcast! This time around we're going over one of the hottest topics of today, given the obvious circumstances: what's the safest way to handle assets during the coronavirus economic crash? What assets provide the most security, and could Bitcoin, as the flagship of the cryptoverse, be one of them? All of the above and more on today's episode. Tune in now! Report in the Economic Bulletin from the Kansa City Fed "In recent years, some have questioned whether Bitc...

Episode 233 - Are Tether, Libra, and other Stablecoins a threat to Fiat?

April 22, 2020 15:52 - 39 minutes - 35.8 MB

Stablecoins are a part of the crytpocurreny space for better or for worse. What happens in a future where more people are using digital assets? What does the stablecoin environment do to the US Dollar? Are stablecoins like Tether and Libra a systemic threat to fiat currency? These questions are investigated by the Crypto Basic Podcast team - what place do stablecoins have in a future, and what can Tether do to get more users? Does the podcast agree with the G20’s assessment of Stablecoins ...

Episode 232 - Blockchain adoption cases review, 11 New York lawsuits against crypto companies, and more.

April 12, 2020 16:36 - 51 minutes - 47.2 MB

Welcome to this week's Crypto Basic News episode! Tune in to listen to the gang talk about the progress of blockchain adoption, Cryptopia's big win in court, new lawsuits against 11 crypto companies in new York and much more! Rapid Fire Reddit may be devising a point system on the blockchain Redditor MagoCrypto posted the video, which is a walkthrough of a new build of the Reddit app that shows a feature with mention of community points. When delving into the FAQs of the wallet feature t...

Episode 231 - Microsoft's new crypto mining system patent, 2 year anniversary of Banano, and more.

April 06, 2020 20:11 - 1 hour - 60.9 MB

Hi all! Welcome to this week's edition of Crypto Basic News. This time around we're going over Microsoft's new crypto mining patent, an April fools guessing game, celebrating Banano's 2 year anniversary, and more. Tune in! Rapid Fire Robert Kiyosaki, author of Rich Dad Poor Dad tweeted something regarding the current state of the economy Ethereum-based game The Sandbox sells out third presaleThey recently contacted us. It seems similar to a blockchain-based Minecraft. And not gonna lie, t...

Episode 230 - Senators dumping stocks after corona briefing, Steemit devs fork into Hive, and more.

April 01, 2020 18:52 - 1 hour - 64.9 MB

Welcome to another edition of Crypto Basic News! Our editor is SO busy in quarantine that he forgot to post this episode so you're getting it with a few days of delay. We still love him though. He may or may not be the one writing this description. Anyway, today we're talking about shady senators dumping stocks after a private coronavirus briefing, Steemit developers forking into a new platform called Hive due to Justin Sun's shenanigans, and much more. Oh, and coronavirus. Surprise surprise...

Episode 229 - Tezos into digital card games, MakerDAO smart contract "theft", and of course, CoronaRants.

March 20, 2020 12:00 - 1 hour - 68.5 MB

Hello and welcome to Crypto Basic News! This week we're cozying up in quarantine, staying calm and collected, and we're talking about all kinds of stuff like Tezos getting into digital card games, millions of dollars being usurped through the MakerDAO smart contract mechanism, and of course, we talk COVID-19, from its health risks to its massive possible socioeconomic effects. Wash your hands and then click play to tune in! Rapid Fire Apparently it's alt season according to that index we...

Episode 228 - 101: Kyber with Loi Luu

March 16, 2020 21:34 - 40 minutes - 37.3 MB

Welcome to another 101 episode, where we go over the basic aspects of a crypto project in order to get an insight into what it is and how it works. This time around, we're taking a look into Kyber with the help of Loi Luu, CEO and co-founder of the project! Loi is a researcher working on cryptocurrencies and the CEO of Kyber Network, an on-chain liquidity protocol that powers decentralized applications, including exchanges, funds, lending protocols, payments wallets and so on. Also, for th...

Episode 227 - CoronaToken, Justin Sun Drama, OkEx - Binance Beef!

March 09, 2020 09:10 - 48 minutes - 44 MB

Welcome to the very first re-branded episode of Crypto Basic News! It's basically Flagship Friday, but without the Friday part. Blame our lazy editor for that. Just kidding, he's the best and we love him very much. This time around we talk about Justin Sun's new drama with Steemit, about the new CoronaToken (who would've thought...), about CZ's twitter beef with the CEO of OkEx and more. Tune in now! Rapid Fire Supreme Court of India reversed the crypto banthe order lifted ban on trading ...

Episode 226 - Corona-mania!

February 28, 2020 19:48 - 51 minutes - 46.9 MB

Welcome to Flagship Friday! This week the gang is all together and ready to talk about... mostly the coronavirus and Brent's provisions. No panic though because we also talk crypto - as we always do. We went over Warren Buffet going over crypto, fresh new hacks, and new shots being fired. Eventful week - tune in to learn more! Rapid Fire CZ Talks Craig Wright“He claims to be the founder of Bitcoin, Satoshi Nakamoto, which is a lie. He hurts the credibility of Bitcoin and is a disgrace to o...

Episode 225 - New FinCEN requirements for crypto, Yang ditches the race, and Brave goes WikiLeaks.

February 16, 2020 18:53 - 1 hour - 65.7 MB

_Welcome to this week's (bit late) Flagship Friday (Flagship Sunday just this once, sorry - our editor was on a boat. For many many hours.) This time around we go over the Trump administration's new plans for crypto, about Yang bailing out of the presidential race, and Brave's brave venture into investigative journalism, sort of. All of this and more on today's episode - tune in now!_ Rapid Fire Bitcoin business, CoinSource, has now expanded to over 600 Bitcoin ATMs Minnesota Fed preside...

Episode 224 - 101 Series: Zilliqa with Amrit Kumar

February 07, 2020 21:27 - 49 minutes - 45.6 MB

Welcome to the Crypto Basic Podcast! Today Brent is joined by Amrit Kumar, president of Zilliqa, a high-performance, high-security blockchain platform for enterprises and next-gen applications. Amrit goes over the ins and outs of Zilliqa, how it works and what the project's goals for the future are. Tune in to find out more! Ziliqa's Website: https://zilliqa.com/ Amrit's LinkedIn profile: https://sg.linkedin.com/in/amrit-kumar-6aa66151

Episode 223 - The fine art world ventures into crypto, Justin Sun milks Kobe's passing, and Dubai launches a Crypto Valley.

February 01, 2020 23:22 - 48 minutes - 44.5 MB

Hello everyone and welcome to this week's Flagship Friday (Saturday? Who knows at this point) where we go over the most important crypto news of the past week! This week we're talking about smART contracts (not a hard pun to figure out), Justin Sun being sort of a doofus, Dubai going full on tax haven mode on crypto, and much much more. Tune in now! Rapid Fire Taxact is charging more for your service if you click "I traded crypto" and it doesn't add any steps. Don't use them If you make u...

Episode 222 - New Crypto bills, Peter Schiff isn't too bright, hedge fund fraudster plays the crypto game.

January 24, 2020 23:47 - 49 minutes - 45.2 MB

Hello hello hello! Welcome to another episode of Flagship Friday, our weekly show where we cover all kinds of crypto news and shenanigans. This week we're talking about things like new bills concerning taxation and crypto, as well as Canada's fresh new way of looking at things crypto related. Also, Peter Schiff's 7-step program to not making any sense will a-maze you. Finally, Venezuela is unfortunately doing worse and worse, and scammers do, in fact, still be scammin. What a life. Tune in...

Episode 221 - Red Flags: coss.io

January 22, 2020 11:18 - 26 minutes - 24.4 MB

Today we have a new episode format for you! It's called Red Flags, and in it we're gonna be going over some of the crypto projects of the world that are, let's say... questionable. After reviewing certain events or clues that might be considered red flaggish, we'll be giving our final verdict. So, for the first installment we'll be going over coss.io, a crypto exchange with a troublesome past and worrisome present. The future still lies ahead, but we're not convinced that it's gonna be good ...

Episode 220 - Blockchain development high in demand, AkonCity, and Craig Wright... again.

January 17, 2020 22:27 - 51 minutes - 46.8 MB

Hello everyone! Welcome to Flagship Friday. This week we're going over blockchain development's rise in demand, Akon founding a city and Craig Wright... again. Tune in for more! Rapid Fire Blockchain is Most In-Demand Skill in 2020 LinkedIn ReportCompanies weren't even looking at blockchain a year ago and now it's the top in-demand hard skill—beating out other hot skills like AI and cloud computing. Warren Buffett had his worst year in a decade.Berkshire Hathaway lagged behind in 2019. W...

Episode 219 - The Crypties 2019

January 13, 2020 10:51 - 1 hour - 89.7 MB

Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, tooo... The Crypties 2019! - our YEARLY award show where we give awards out to the people, companies and even events that deserve them. We've got old categories, new categories, serious categories - like Crypto Person of the Year, and dumb categories - like the Carlos Matos Award (self-explanatory). Join us in the gala and see you in the afterparty! Favorite Person in Crypto 2019 - K Charles Hoskinson Peter McCormack CZ - WINNER Andreas Antonopoulos Andre...

Episode 218 - The decade in investing, Google targeting crypto, and more.

January 03, 2020 23:02 - 1 hour - 60.9 MB

Welcome to the first Flagship of the decade! Unfortunately Adam's preoccupied with other biznis this week, so Brent and Karim are here to start 2020 off, going over the stories that we missed over the holidays. In this episode we talk about Google possibly targeting crypto on their platforms, about the past decade's investing rundown, about Brent finally (maybe) tracking down the guy that scammed him and much, much more - only on the CryptoBasic Podcast. Rapid Fire KARIM QUESTION VICE has...

Episode 217 - CryptoConvos: Grant Blaisdell

December 24, 2019 09:26 - 53 minutes - 48.6 MB

Welcome to this episode of the CryptoConvos series of the Crypto Basic Podcast! Today we've got Grant Blaisdell of Coinfirm on the show, here to talk all about what they do and how they do it over at Coinfirm, a crypto exchange risk assessment service. He goes in depth about the mission of Coinfirm to eliminate the crypto world's tarnished, scammy reputation, as well as help people reclaim their stolen crypto. Grant was super compelling to talk to, and his chat with Brent made for an excelle...

Episode 216 - New Ethereum upgrade, India proposes banning crypto, and a vibrant week for scams.

December 14, 2019 14:00 - 1 hour - 62.8 MB

Welcome to Flagship Friday, where we go over the most important crypto news of the week. This time around we're talking about Ethereum's new Istanbul upgrade, about India proposing banning cryptocurrency, and we're going over scams. A lot of them. You'll have to tune in and see. Rapid Fire Jack Dorsey Tweet Thread For Open Sourced Social Media Standards BitMex Gets Sued By Seed InvestorBasically saying their $30k investment should be worth $50M now, so they're suing for $300M Charles Hos...

Episode 215 - CryptoSenators, CryptoConvictions and of course CryptoHacks.

December 06, 2019 22:46 - 1 hour - 59.8 MB

Welcome to this week's Flagship Friday, our weekly series where we discuss all the latest news from the cryptoverse! This episode actually covers the past two weeks, as we skipped last week due to Thanksgiving. So, tune in to hear about crypto CEOs being appointed as senators, crypto developers being arrested for working with North Korea and what the 5 biggest trends for cryptocurrency in 2020 will be. All of the above -and more- in this episode of the Crypto Basic Podcast. Rapid Fire Geo...

Episode 214 - CryptoConvos: Andreas M. Antonopoulos

November 27, 2019 20:24 - 51 minutes - 46.8 MB

Welcome to another episode of CryptoConvos, where today we have a VERY special guest who needs no introduction to most of our listeners! He is very well known in the cryptoverse for his educational work and to-the-point, in-depth analysis of various aspects of blockchain technology and cryptocurrency. He has published several books about crypto and has been attending conferences as a speaker since as early as 2012. Join us in welcoming Andreas M. Antonopoulos to the CryptoBasic Podcast! Ka...

Episode 213 - China sets up blockchain committee, blockchain university course is launched, and interest rates hit the negatives.

November 23, 2019 17:16 - 51 minutes - 47.4 MB

Welcome to this week's Flagship Friday, where we discuss all the happenings in the crypto space of the past week! Tune in to find out what China is up to again, what a political simulation revealed about the crypto-Yuan's flexibility and potential, and much, much more. Also, we've got a couple of announcements... a certain Greek SOMEONE will be joining us for an interview next week, so be sure to stay updated! Also, we're excited to announce that we're nearing this year's broadcast of the Cr...

Episode 212 - Brave 1.0 is released, Samsung blockchain is released, CEO of CoinUp... won't really be released anytime soon.

November 15, 2019 20:40 - 1 hour - 62.4 MB

Hello, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to this week's Flagship Friday! We do apologize for last week's absence but Brent had to scramble off to NY and Karim and Adam just couldn't figure out a recording time. Lovely lads. Anyway, enough about our inability to function - today we're looking at topics like Brave 1.0 and the Samsung Blockchain being released, Bitcoin's all time highs going under investigation, scams galore (who would've thought?) and much, much more. Bonus: we don't talk ab...

Episode 211 - China goes bullish on blockchain, Uber Money is a thing, and.. happy birthday Bitcoin!

November 02, 2019 01:03 - 1 hour - 64.5 MB

Come one, come all, to this week's Flagship Friday, where we cover the week's crypto news and happenings! Today we're taking a look at Uber getting into the crypto world with Uber Money, we're taking a look at China that, in true China fashion, goes bullish on blockchain in the most authoritarian, orwellian way possible, and finally - we're celebrating! Big Daddy Bitcoin is 11 years old as of today!  All of the above and more on today's episode! Dive into the cryptoverse with us on thi...

Episode 210 - Google's quantum supremacy, Zuckerberg testifies, and the CryptoBasic community gets attacked.

October 26, 2019 19:12 - 1 hour - 75.7 MB

Welcome to another Flagship Friday, where we discuss the most important happenings in the crypto community weekly! Today we're talking a lot about what the big ol' giants have been up to, with Google's quantum computer running big ol' data pretty quickly, and Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg doing a big ol' testimony for like, what, the billionth time? Also, we're taking a look at a... questionable feature of the Lightning Network and talking about something very unfortunate that happened to the...

Episode 209 - Telegram's in trouble, Libra gets ghosted, and more.

October 19, 2019 18:47 - 1 hour - 68.2 MB

Another week, another Flagship! This week, the CryptoBasic Avengers have assembled to talk shit about big tech. The roasting session begins with Telegram and ends with Libra, given the fact that all bullshit leads to the Big Zucc. Additionally, Epic Games is starting to get its feet wet with crypto and eToro is making... interesting strides in the world of bot trading. All of the above and more on today's episode, so tune in! Dive into the cryptoverse with us on this week's Flagship Frid...

Episode 209 - Telegram's in trouble, Libra gets ghosted, and more.

October 19, 2019 18:46

Another week, another Flagship! This week, the CryptoBasic Avengers have assembled to talk shit about big tech. The roasting session begins with Telegram and ends with Libra, given the fact that all bullshit leads to the Big Zucc. Additionally, Epic Games is starting to get its feet wet with crypto and eToro is making... interesting strides in the world of bot trading. All of the above and more on today's episode, so tune in! Dive into the cryptoverse with us on this week's Flagship Frid...

Emergency Podcast - Scammers Impersonating Us

October 18, 2019 19:44 - 6 minutes - 7.81 MB

There are scammers out there impersonating us in the Discord arena, we need your help to find them if you can.    

Episode 208 - How is Gods Unchained standing up to China? What did the IRS just do for US Investors? Also some poker content.

October 13, 2019 04:02 - 1 hour - 93.9 MB

Rapid Fire UNICEF launches crypto fund UNICEF can now receive, hold, and disperse donations of ether and bitcoin cryptocurrencies. Funding open source technology benefiting children and young people around the world Median US Income by year in BTC Vitalik Buterin claimed that Ethereum will be more secure than Bitcoin after it moves to proof of stake over the next few years. POS introduces a system where validators can be questioned. So you can challenge a block for being ill...

Episode 208 - How is Gods Unchained standing up to China? What did the IRS just do for US Investors? Also some poker content.

October 13, 2019 04:02 - 1 hour - 93.9 MB

Rapid Fire UNICEF launches crypto fund UNICEF can now receive, hold, and disperse donations of ether and bitcoin cryptocurrencies. Funding open source technology benefiting children and young people around the world Median US Income by year in BTC Vitalik Buterin claimed that Ethereum will be more secure than Bitcoin after it moves to proof of stake over the next few years. POS introduces a system where validators can be questioned. So you can challenge a block for being ill...

Episode 207: Libra Faces Opposition, Coinbase and more rate cryptos, and yet another huge scam.

October 06, 2019 04:23 - 59 minutes - 43.8 MB

This week the team talks about cryptocurrency news regarding Libra, scams and more.   Rapid Fire IKEA just allowed an invoice to be paid via the Ethereum blockchain (This was a stablecoin of some kind) BlockOne was fined 24M by the SEC. Siacoin only had to pay 225k CEO of Beaxy Exchange disappears, looks like they're insolvent. (Crypto Exchanges Creating a Token Rating System) Coinbase Blog - "Introducing the Crypto Rating Council" Create system that rates tokens on how c...

Episode 206 - Justin Sun invites the big dogs to eat, Telegram's doing stealthy crypto moves and 640 crypto projects get EXPOSED.

September 27, 2019 21:17 - 1 hour - 55.9 MB

Another week, another flagship. This time, all 3 of the guys are on the show, as Brent's sniffles have subsided and he's pumped up to talk crypto with the crew. Today we go over how Kik's ditching its messaging service to focus on crypto, how Telegram is about to bamboozle libra, as well as the entire crypto space, in the most cool-guys-don't-look-at-explosions way possible, and we're taking a look at 640 crypto projects that haven't pubished a single line of code in over a YEAR. We also (li...

Episode 205 - EOS troubles brewing, N. Korea is all about that crypto, and finally... it's a bird! It's plane! It's the Federal Reserve!

September 21, 2019 19:51 - 59 minutes - 54.6 MB

Welcome once again to Flagship Friday! Although one day late, we're still calling it Flagship Friday to keep our tradition alive. Flagship Extended Weekend didn't sound all that nice. Tune in as Karim and Adam (Brent's got the sniffles :') dive into EOS and its latest scandal, talk about North Korea's crypto project and the Federal Reserve's intervention on the economy, along with some juicy commentary and rants by Karim, our in-house "important things" expert. So if you wanna hear Karim s...

Episode 205 - EOS troubles brewing, N. Korea is all about that crypto, and finally... it's a bird! It's plane! It's the Federal Reserve!

September 21, 2019 19:51

Welcome once again to Flagship Friday! Although one day late, we're still calling it Flagship Friday to keep our tradition alive. Flagship Extended Weekend didn't sound all that nice. Tune in as Karim and Adam (Brent's got the sniffles :') dive into EOS and its latest scandal, talk about North Korea's crypto project and the Federal Reserve's intervention on the economy, along with some juicy commentary and rants by Karim, our in-house "important things" expert. So if you wanna hear Karim s...

Episode 205 - EOS troubles brewing, N. Korea is all about that crypto, and finally... it's a bird! It's plane! It's the Federal Reserve!

September 21, 2019 19:51

Welcome once again to Flagship Friday! Although one day late, we're still calling it Flagship Friday to keep our tradition alive. Flagship Extended Weekend didn't sound all that nice. Tune in as Karim and Adam (Brent's got the sniffles :') dive into EOS and its latest scandal, talk about North Korea's crypto project and the Federal Reserve's intervention on the economy, along with some juicy commentary and rants by Karim, our in-house "important things" expert. So if you wanna hear Karim s...

Episode 205 - EOS troubles brewing, N. Korea is all about that crypto, and finally... it's a bird! It's plane! It's the Federal Reserve!

September 21, 2019 19:51

Welcome once again to Flagship Friday! Although one day late, we're still calling it Flagship Friday to keep our tradition alive. Flagship Extended Weekend didn't sound all that nice. Tune in as Karim and Adam (Brent's got the sniffles :') dive into EOS and its latest scandal, talk about North Korea's crypto project and the Federal Reserve's intervention on the economy, along with some juicy commentary and rants by Karim, our in-house "important things" expert. So if you wanna hear Karim s...

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