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In this week's episode Trace & Blake discuss the FTX update which includes an arrest - finally! Plus Goldman Sachs lust for a bargain crypto businesses and Coinbase coaxing users from USDT to USDC. Plus are the celebs in hot water for promoting Board Apes?

In this weeks episode Trace, Blake & Craig discuss the exciting news around Stripe facilitating fiat to crypto payments and how this will make a big impact to the adoption of crypto. They look at the Coinbase and Apple Fee’s debate and talk more about the incoming crypto regulation. As always, there is a bunch more news around Sam Bankman Fried and the FTX saga plus a good dose of short sharp news bites.

Blake gave Trace & Craig his wrap up of the Aussie NFT Fest from last week. There’s been some very unusual updates in the FTX Saga to discuss.

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!

Trace, Blake and Craig record a special episode to take a deep dive into the spectacular demise of Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX Exchange. Exactly what happened, who was involved and why? They’ll try to answer some of these questions as best as possible in an ever evolving situation.

This week Trace and Craig are joined by a special guest and NFT Godfather here in Australia - Greg OakFord. Greg is the co-founder of NFT Fest Aus and is not only super knowledgeable in the NFT space in general, but has a good grasp on how things could shape the future for marketing and digital identity.

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, Blake and Tracey fly as a duo. They discuss the maturing Real Estate NFT market, the way FTX is taking on the regulators in Texas, and ask - is Board Apes Yaga Labs in trouble?

This week, Blake, Tracey and Craig talk about the hackers who've stolen around $570 million in tokens from Binance. They also discuss the Celsius Dox story -

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.

This week Trace & Craig are joined by co-host Dave Haslop from the Australian Crypto Con. They discuss the World First Token Mapping exercise which will bring more regulation to the Aussie crypto scene. Talk about the BendDao NFT Insolvency crisis which might flood the market with some cheap Board apes. AND Dave offers up some free tickets to the Gold Coast Crypto Con event next month!

Today Trace, Blake and Craig talk about the fact the US Treasury dropped news out of the blue that they had added Tornado Cash to their sanction list. The guys discuss what this means for crypto users everywhere. Then they give us an update on the Tiffany drop, what Mastercard is doing to bring Bitcoin to Australia, and what is Coca-Cola up to?

Today we’ll be giving you a run down on what’s been a huge month of news - plus just what happened with the Solana wallet hacks? We’ll talk about some developments in regulation as well as how NFT’s are changing the way we interact with sports and ticketing. We discuss how the gateway for institutional investors is widening with an exciting partnership that gave Coinbase shares a massive boost. Plus some big name brands Tiffany & Co, Starbucks & rock band Muse join the Web3 revolution and we tell you how. So much good stuff in this episode!

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.

This week Trace and Blake simplify the seemingly complex intersection of crypto and tax with the help of Danny Talwar who is Head of Tax at Koinly. As a crypto enthusiast, his experience as a chartered accountant and chartered tax adviser across Australia and Europe places him as a thought leader within the rapidly growing crypto taxation space.

This week Blake tells Tracey and Craig about his time at Consensus. Then the guys talk about the latest draw down, and do a wrap up of the latest news in crypto. It's been a pretty volatile time in the markets, and if you're new to the scene, it could be a bit frightening. Luckily the team has seen this before, so they talk about how they remain calm, and take a deeper look at some of the reasons why.

Craig and Tracey took the helm this week with Blake away pitching Bamboo at Consensus as one of eight finalists in the Web 3 Pitch Fest hosted by Extreme Tech Challenge. Trace opens the episode announcing that the New York State of Financial Services - who are notoriously strict, have released guidelines for issuing dollar backed stable coins. Discussion continues around Binance announcing they have invested an undisclosed amount into Pancake swap, a decentralised app (DAP) built on the BNB chain. Other headlines making news this week included market share data showing that FTX has flipped rivals Coinbase in market share with 11% despite having only been around for less than half of the amount of time as Coinbase. As a user of FTX Trace shares why she thinks more users are moving towards FTX over Coinbase and has a laugh about some of the major sponsorships they have announced in an incredible 18 month rise which has seen them reach a 32 billion dollar valuation!

In this episode of Crypto Curious, your hosts Tracey, Craig and Blake dissect the "Crypto Winter" including its effect on the landscape of NFT's and elaborate on their findings in the State of Crypto Report.

Join Tracey, Blake and Craig for a wrap up of the news in crypto this week.

There is never a shortage when it comes to news in the world of crypto, that's for sure! Today we look back at the big stories of the last week, and as always, there's been more than a few! Tracey, Blake and Craig talk about the thing that's got everyone's tongues wagging - Elon buying Twitter - but more importantly, they look at what that means for Doge, and more broadly - the implication for Crypto-Twitter. Then they talk about Binance, and how they've been plagued by a run of unfortunate PR accidents, look at the approval of ETFs in the Aussie sharemarket, and do a wrap up of the NFT market.

In this episode of Crypto, your hosts Tracey, Blake and Craig discuss how NFTs interact with and disrupt the music industry. Last year, Kings of Leon was the first band to release an album as an NFT, including front row seats and VIP access to their concerts. For many years now, musicians haven’t been fairly compensated for their music, with less than 0.8% of artists on streaming services like Spotify earning a decent wage. Listen to the rest of the episode for more news regarding music NFTs, including the Disclosure ‘face’ logo sale, a Bored Ape Yacht Club music project, and the rare and unreleased Wu Tang Clan album “Once Upon a Time in Shaolin.”

In the latest episode of Crypto Curious, your hosts Tracey, Blake, and Craig discuss all crypto-related news from the past month. After two weeks of solid increases in late March, the cryptocurrency market experienced a ‘dead cat bounce’ in early April and dropped by around 10%, losing all previous gains. The economy lacks stimulus and inflation combined with the ongoing war in Ukraine has spooked the market, but crypto could still stand out as a hedge in times of crisis. Since the U.S. inflation rate of 8.5% was announced recently, Bitcoin has enjoyed a mild 3% recovery. Listen to the full episode for more news about Goldman Sachs’ new OTC desk, 19 million Bitcoin mined, and Australia’s Blockchain Week.

In this episode, Craig and Blake take the helm while Tracey enjoys a well-deserved break. The boys discuss all the jargon that litters the crypto landscape, from FUD and HODL to PoW and PoS. Kicking off, Craig describes how HODL (hold on for dear life) came into being after a slightly drunk investor spelt 'hold' incorrectly on a chatroom. He and Blake go through explanations of more crypto jargon like mining, dumping, forking, proof-of-work (PoW), proof of stake (PoS), hot wallets, cold wallets, whales, and more.

In the second episode of our three-part series on NFTs, your hosts Trace and Craig discuss the exciting world of Play-to-Earn NFT games. Many people think of NFTs as just collectible JPEG images of apes and punks, but they actually have many other real-life use cases. Play-to-earn gaming is one way for NFT enthusiasts to make money with their NFTs in the metaverse. There are several different ways to do this, including selling items, selling characters, competing in tournaments, and building up characters for other players.