Crypto Episodes

The latest news about crypto: currencies including Bitcoin and Ethereum, investing, blockchain technologies, NFTs, DAOs, and all the building blocks of Web3.
Aug. 16, 2019

Fri. 08/16 - Coinbase says all your bitcoin base are belong to us

Coinbase says all your bitcoin base are belong to us, Apple sues a “virtualization” company, was Amazon offering vendors a pay to play scheme with Amazon Choice, and, as always, the weekend longreads suggestions. Sponsors: M…
June 30, 2019

(Bonus) Bitcoin- What the Heck? With CoinTalk's Aaron Lammer

I didn’t cover it, but you might have noticed that this week, bitcoin did indeed cross that magical $10,000 mark, in fact, got to $13,000 a coin only to flash crash back down again almost to $10,000. But look, seemingly the …
Guest: Aaron Lammer
June 22, 2019

(Bonus) CoinDesk's Brady Dale On Libra and the "Crypto Spring"

Well, given the news of the week, I knew we needed to do a deep dive on Libra, so I called up our friend Brady Dale at CoinDesk and we get into it. What do crypto folk think of Libra? Is he surprised by the governmental back…
Guest: Brady Dale
June 19, 2019

Wed. 06/19 - The Fallout From Facebook Coin

More revelations about the horrible job that is Facebook Moderation, Best Buy now doubles as a Genius Bar—sorta, YouTube has some new AR tricks and is mulling some changes for kids, and the reaction to Facebook’s crypto play…
June 18, 2019

Tue. 06/19 – Is Facebook Now in Crypto... or Just Payments?

Facebook announces Libra, Twitch acquires Bebo, are unmanned convenience stores something people even want, Facebook wants more houses in Silicon Valley, and LA real estate is starting to look like Silicon Valley. Sponsors: …
May 3, 2019

Fri. 05/03 - Facebook Coin Is Coming For Credit Cards

This Facebook cryptocurrency is real, people, Microsoft has a blockchain product as well, Verizon is looking to unload Tumblr, Softbank is considering an IPO for the vision fund and, of course, the weekend longreads suggesti…
March 10, 2019

State of Crypto With Coindesk's Brady Dale

Sometimes the bonus episodes are for getting news in areas that I might have missed or might not have made our show, but I still find interesting. This week I reached out to Brady Dale of Coindesk, because I know he’s a list…
Guest: Brady Dale
Dec. 21, 2018

Fri. 12/21 - Facebook Goes Crypto

Facebook is developing a cryptocoin for WhatsApp, Blind was not quite anonymous enough, which is the most accurate voice assistant and of course, the weekend longreads suggestions. Sponsors: Metalab.co The Internet of Thing…
Nov. 20, 2018

Tue. 11/20 - Worse Shape: Tech Stocks or Crypto?

Storm clouds everywhere! Tech stocks in bear market territory, crypto in full-on meltdown territory… but video games might help solve science’s gender problem and this one spacebar trick might make your iPhone insanely more …
Sept. 11, 2018

Tue. 09/11 - ICOs Now Officially Securities?

ICOs now officially securities, some steps backward in the self-driving car space, parsing the Zuckerberg New Yorker profile, and did Facebook disrespect the memory of Burt Reynolds? Stories from: @eosnos Tweets: @ezraklein…
May 11, 2018

Friday, May 11, 2018 - A Facebook Cryptocurrency?

Is a Facebook cryptocurrency really possible? Can Snapchat redesign its way back into users' hearts? What's going on at Symantec? Klout strikes out. And the Weekend Longreads. Stories from: @alexeheath, @mekosoff Tweets: @om…