Asset Class: Ethereum

Tracey and Craig are holding down the fort as Blake is away at NFT Fest with half of the Aussie Crypto scene.

In this week's episode Trace, Blake and Craig give the most up to date information in the FTX / Sam Bankman Fried saga - and there is a LOT to cover off on!

Starting with a few confessions from both Bryce and Alec ... it reminds us of that infamous investing meme, "what do you call a stock that fell 90%? "

The cryptocurrency market is in meltdown after the collapse of FTX, one of the world’s largest crypto exchanges. In 2022, it felt like we'd already seen the worst... several crypto companies went bankrupt in the first half of the year. And after months of subsequent price falls, it felt like stability had returned to the market.

On this week's episode Trace, Blake & Craig give you a market update with some key dates to look out for this November.

This week it’s Blake and Trace again and they talk about the newly launched Aptos Blockchain, FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried’s published thoughts on the future of regulation and the success of Reddits users NFT profile pictures. Plus, how much have NFT creators been paid out in royalties since inception?

Trace, Blake & Craig happened to be recording with the Ethereum Merge only an hour away! Join in the excitement as they’re not sure what to expect. Can it be done? … well, we know now it was a success! They explain what this now means for the crypto landscape. Those in it and those not.

One of the biggest events in cryptocurrency’s short history is happening this week. The Ethereum Merge. Today Sascha and Alec are joined by Tracey Plowman, from Crypto Curious, who helps them get their heads around this Merge... and why should we care about it? Listen to Crypto Curious here.

Coming up in this episode we explain why we call September the peak of bear season. We look at how the Merge is progressing… and Ticketmaster is finally unveiling their NFTs rollout. We touch on Russia looking to legalize the use of crypto for international trade and explain the DXDY exchange doxing promotion which didn't going down well with the public.

Coming up in this episode we explain the Ethereum Triple Halving phenomenon that is the talk of the crypto-town. We put Bitcoin & Gold side by side to see who comes up shinier. We talk a little about Alternative coin Monero and we share a problem that a Crypto Curious listener had so you don’t have the same one.

In this week’s episode, we discuss where Ethereum heads after The Merge, on the back of Vitalik announcing it will still only be 55% done. We touch on an important new crypto bill that was passed in the US. We’ll also spend some time talking about the Metaverse where Zuckerberg & Neil DeGrasse Tyson awkwardly fist-bump. There’s a Gamestop development to discuss as well and we have a laugh about Elon Musk having paper-hands as Tesla sells their Bitcoin. We wrap up with an incredibly interesting story (perhaps it's a future movie?) about a lost fortune, robot dogs and dumpster diving.

It's positive vibes on the episode this week, as at the time of recording ETH has been on an awesome run and has put on 48% in the last 7 days!! Even BTC’s has had a pump of 22%! Blake explains the positive sentiment around The Merge, and breaksdown the chatter about that movement. The team also discuss Binance flipping Coinbase to become the exchange with the most BTC held globally, examine Dubai's plans to unveil a Metaverse Strategy, which promotes Dubai’s ambitions to support more than 40,000 virtual jobs by 2030. Then the team finishes with their quick fire round of news.