Crypto Curious

Episodes

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  47 - We explain why its called SeptemBEAR, Merge Count Down, TicketMaster NFTs & Russia backflips on Crypto.

  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.

  12 September

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  46 - Recent Volatility Explained, Is the NFT Market Bottoming Out and a look at UniSwap King of Decentralized Exchanges

  In today's episode Trace & Craig explain why Jerome Powell's annual Jackson Hole speech was among a few other markers that contributed to the recent market volatility. They cover the downward spiral of the NFT market and go over the recent numbers published by Opensea. As always there's plenty in the short-sharp news bites for the week which includes the story of the woman who was accidentally given $10 million instead of $100 as a refund by a popular crypto exchange.

  5 September

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  45 - Regulation gets serious Down Under, Eye-watering FTX numbers leaked and an NFT Market wrap-up | w guest host Dave Haslop

  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!

  29 August

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  The Merge Speculation & Why BTC is Incomparable

  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.

  22 August

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  43 - Tornado Cash, BNPL for Gaming & What Rolex Sales and a Bear Market Have in Common

  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?

  15 August

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  42 - The Solana Hack, Regulation news and so many MAJOR partnerships you need to listen to believe it!

  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!

  8 August

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  41 - Why Tesla Sold Their Bitcoin & Ethereum is Going Bananas

  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.

  1 August

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  40 - The Ethereum Merge brings positive vibes, Binance flips Coinbase and South Park roasts celebs who love crypto

  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.

  25 July

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  39 - Why Crypto Doesn’t Have to be Taxing at EOFY | Koinly

  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.

  18 July

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  38: Bankruptcy, Scammers and Blockfi Bailed Out as 3AC Go Down

  Despite a quiet week in price action, it was a week full of fireworks as the turbulent times of the last few weeks came to somewhat of an end. The crew provide the ins and outs of Three Arrows Capital filing for bankruptcy, FTX bailing out Blockfi and provide an update on Celcius’ situation as more FUD spreads in the exchange world on the back of Vauld freezing funds. Trace, Blake and Craig recap some of crypto’s biggest scammers then share some bullish news around the behaviour of the retail consumer in this bear market as a record number of ‘whole’ wallet holder is reached. To wrap up they finish with some rapid fire headline news including Marvel entering the NFT world, Polygon announcing work on a crypto mobile and Rootstock breaking new ground in the Bitcoin smart contract world.

  11 July

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  37: Uh-oh…More Platforms in Trouble. Will Goldman Sachs or FTX Save the Day?

  It’s been a fortnight since our last news update and as always - there is never a dull moment in crypto. Crypto Winter has more Cefi Platforms in trouble leaving customers stuck with their funds frozen, questions unanswered and investments fate discussed in the boardroom battleground as some big name firms line up to pick up the pieces for pennies on the dollar. Despite this more adoption continues on the back of the NFT NYC event, which Blake attended and Solana announced that they’re launching a world first crypto mobile!

  4 July

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  36 - Stani Kulechov, DEFI KING and Founder of AAVE explains the sector and possible future

  Blake and Craig take the anchor roles this week for an iconic interview with Stani Kulechov, the founder of Defi project AAVE. As passionate Defi users themselves, Craig and Blake get Stani to recollect the early days of AAVE including how it was built then discuss how it operates and how it will run in the future. To close Stani touches on the exciting innovations happening with decentralised social media as a result of the Lens Protocol, another Web 3 project he is spearheading.

  27 June

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  Crypto Winter has Arrived! Celsius & 3 Arrows Underwater and the Liquidity Crisis Explained

  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.

  20 June

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  34 - Governance of Stable Coins Announced, Battle of the DAP’s Continues and FTX Flip Coinbase

  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!

  13 June

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  33 - The 'State of Crypto' Report Unpacked & Can NFT's Hold Their Value in a Down Market?

  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.

  6 June

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  32 - Aussie Cricket Legend Steve Smith Talks NFT's & Crypto

  Tracey and Craig could barely contain their excitement talking to cricketing legend and crypto enthusiast Steve Smith. In this episode of Crypto Curious, your hosts Tracey, and Craig speak to cricket legend Steve Smith who got into crypto and NFTs after hearing about it in 2017. He now holds about 20 NFTs, but his first purchases were from the gaming project Rumble Kong and NFTeams, which he bought on OpenSea about six months ago.

  30 May

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  31 - Crypto Adoption Continues VIA Spotify, Robinhood & Australia Zoo! What Crypto Did

  In this episode, Tracey defends the crypto space as it's made out that the recent drop together with the Luna debacle is one big disaster. Bitcoin to 0 !!!! Is being cried again, she says. But Tracey tells us how crypto is the one weathering the storm a lot better than your average tech stock! A LOT better! The guys then go through the news wrap of the week, looking at Robinhood's plans to unveil a cryptowallet like Metamask, they look at audio giant Spotify embracing NFTs for artists, as well as Australia Zoo getting amongst the NFT action!

  23 May

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  30 - Luna, The Dip & a Wild Week in Crypto - What Crypto Did

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

  16 May

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  29 - NFT Youtuber & Bored Ape holder Ravi Shama talks Crypto

  Ravi begins by recounting his unfortunate entry to the crypto industry when, in December 2017, he FOMO’d into several altcoins just before the devastating January 2018 crash. After doubling-down in mid 2018 and putting his super fund into crypto, Ravi decided it might be best to stick with what he knows: property. However, the seed was planted and in late 2020, Ravi got back into crypto and started seriously learning about the crypto market. He goes on to discuss the importance of education in the crypto industry, the risks of and benefits of regulation, and the prevailing lack of personal accountability.

  9 May

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  What Crypto Did - Elon buys Twitter, Binance has a bad day at work & Stripe embraces USDC

  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.

  2 May

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  27 - Music Industry Creatives take power back through NFTs | NFT Deep dive 3/3

  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.”

  25 April

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  26 - What Crypto Did - The News From the Month

  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.

  18 April

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  25 - Crypto Jargon - The Phrases You Hear but Don’t Understand Explained!

  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.

  11 April

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  24 - The Next Generation of Gaming - Play To Earn | NFT Deepdive 2/3

  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.

  4 April

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  Using an SMSF to Invest in Crypto

  In this episode of Crypto Curious your hosts Tracey, Blake, and Craig discuss self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) with special guest John Collignon of C2 Super. They talk about how superannuation funds in Australia have changed over the years and the various schemes that are available today. John explains the different types of super funds that Australians have access to, including Approved Deposit Funds (ADF), Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) funds, and Australian Taxation Office (ATO) funds. ATO-regulated funds allow Australians to manage their own SMSF, where you become the sole member and trustee. Listen to the full episode to learn about all the benefits you can gain from investing in cryptocurrency and other assets via an SMSF.

  28 March

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