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.

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 frankly, sometimes is just not there, and that way we're doing a disservice to you, the listener. However, we're not going...

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. Tune in now!<...

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 called out on previous shows, how did they end up?

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 engaging question, and many many more.

Fed...

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.

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

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.

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_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 that._

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.

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!

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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!

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:

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!

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!

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 in general? Where can you go to learn mo...

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!

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!

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. Tune in now!

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!

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 the Star Wars fans out there, yes - we do address t...

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!

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!

_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!_

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

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!

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 now!

Dive into the cryptoverse with...

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 news for anyone involved. Tune in now!

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!

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!

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.

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 excellent episode. Tune in to discover more!

Find...

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.

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.

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!

Karim and Adam sit down with Andreas to discuss all kinds of...

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 Crypties award show! Everything's brewing in the discord, so make sure to join!

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 about Libra OR Craig Wright. This is truly an exceptional episode.

Dive...

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 this week's edition of Flagship Friday!

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 CryptoBasic community last week - we got attacked by scammers. 

Dive into the cryptoverse with u...

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 Friday.

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

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 illegitimate . "This is how the blockchain becomes more expensive to attack. If someone wants to really bring the network down, they would...

This week the team talks about cryptocurrency news regarding Libra, scams and more.  

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 (lightly) touch on the price of bitcoin (so that it doesn't trip and fall...

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 spit some fire preaching and Adam PASSIONATELY agreeing with him, put on your headphones and press...

The CryptoBasic crew is back from the dead!

Last week Brent had the amazing idea of recording an episode while sitting on the passenger seat of his car and talking to the rest of us through his mobile data connection, all while recording NOT through an actual microphone, but an external recorder. This trainwreck of a sentence itself should be, I believe, enough explanation as to why last week's Flagship didn't happen. This week however, all's set to go and we're back at it again!

Tune in to find out what's up with plagiarization accusations...

We're starting the week off with an exciting interview, as we've got Marius Kramer, number #1 writer on Quora for cryptocurrencies and fund manager on Emberfund! We talk all kinds of bitcoin, and of course, all kinds of shitcoin. Marius shares his insights on today's crypto market and its future, goes over his process of evaluating a project and -get this- goes over ALL of the top 300 coins. All of them. If your favourite kinda-red-flaggy coin is on his shit list... then you're probably gonna have to rethink your investments.

Join Brent and Marius for a trip to...

On today's show, Brent is joined by Kevin Ting, co-founder of CryptoCanary, a website focused on consolidating opinions and reviews of various projects in the cryptocurrency/blockchain world, providing users with a community-driven platform for researching before investing. Kevin talks to us about how the platform works, what shapes a crypto project's rating, how they deal with "review-bombing" issues and inaccurate reviews and what the project's near future looks like. If you wanna know how your preferred shitcoin that "will be the next ethereum, bro, I swear" fares against the rest of the space, go to cryptocanary.app. Before...

Any Flagship Friday is a happy Flagship Friday when we've got shit to talk about Craig Wright, scamlord extraordinaire, Satoshi Suck-a-moto, the douchebag to end all douchebags. And guess what: this is a happy Flagship Friday. :)

So, JOIN US on this episode to listen to us talk shit about Craig Wright and discuss his defeat in court, something that we've been longing for for quite some time. 

Also, the wonderful People's Republic of China is making a step towards transparency and democracy with launching its own cryptocurrency! Maybe...! Does something smell fishy...? 

Anyway...

FLAGSHIP FRIDAY (8/23/19)

(2020 Presidential candidate Andrew Yang is in favor of blockchain voting) - K

Join us on another Flagship Friday for your weekly dose of crypto news, shenanigans and goings-on! This week we talk about New Zealand's new step towards adoption, as it legalized using crypto as payment for employees, Moscow's Ethereum-based blockchain designed for transparently functioning city services, and Binance's coins listed for its US platform. Also, Brent never fails to remind us that there are more douchebags in the crypto scene other than Craig Wright, Karim just CANNOT stop buying Cardano and Adam almost died. Twice. Honestly.

Dive into the cryptoverse with us on this week's Flagship Friday. 

What a week for the cryptocurrency space. We've got a brand new exit scam (like we didn't have enough of those already), we've got bitcoin being traded at high volumes in Venezuela, and we've got.. Craig Wright? Again? You bet!

Tune in to find out whether bitcoin is the world's eleventh largest money supply (hint: it is) and discover which four European countries are the most adoption-oriented out of all (you know you wanna invest in Europe).

Dive into the cryptoverse with us on today's Flagship Friday.

- Bitcoin Trading is a...

Today's show is very very crypto. Not that it isn't generally, but most of the time we tend to touch on other issues too - politics, economics, business - but not today. Today's episode is all about cryptocurrency: we talk about Nano's lightning fast confirmation times, Bitcoin's new milestone of 85% of its total supply mined, as well as Litecoin's imminent halving, with the reward going down to 12.5 LTC per block.

Additionally, a sort of motif is present throughout this entire episode. One not very pleasant, one could say. I mean we've got senator Crapo talking about Bitcoin's...

Another Friday, another Flagship, another excuse to dive into all the crypto shenanigans and goings-on of this past week. What has Justin Sun been up to again and how is it related to the word "chicken"? What do recent stats show about the future use cases of Bitcoin? Could it become the global reserve currency of the 21st century, replacing the gold standard and becoming the basis for a worldwide system of Cyber-Keynesianism or is the person writing this just a closeted bitcoin maximalist? What more could Karim possibly have to say about macroeconomics and politics and what's his ne...

On today’s show, Brent is joined by a fellow Facebook-hating, privacy-loving comrade, namely Colin Fausnaught, creator of ZuckBucks, a memecoin designed as a joke and a protest to Facebook’s ever-growing need to have its greedy tentacles probing into more and more aspects of people’s lives - this time the financial one, with Libra. 

Colin created ZuckBucks on a whim, but never expected that it would actually blow up, gathering a dedicated community around it and even making it onto exchanges. Listen in as we talk about privacy, altcoin specifics, meme economies and the all...

Today we’re getting super political, so Karim is all excited. Don’t worry, we’re talking about it being related to Crypto. The House had a hearing and we break down some opinions of some people in Congress. We also go on to talk about a couple of scams from across the globe. It’s Flagship Friday-ish on the CryptoBasic Podcast.

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Flagship Friday! We're talking about John McAfee and what he wants to do for Cuba. We cover whether or not Tron headquarters was raided by the police, and this particular episoe without Adam we talk about a lot of different tangents, and more.

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Craig Wright cries in court, thus proving he is Satoshi Butthurtamoto. . We go over tons of stories from across the globe, including what’s happening with Facebook’s Libra in China. Our friends Waltonchain make another cameo appearance in our “That’s a scam” Section, and we learn how Adam almost lost $10k by being cocky.

# Episode 192 - Flagship 80 # Episode 192 - Flagship 80 
- Rapid Fire    - [Tether has a Blacklist -](https://tether.to/wallet-service-and-platform-update/)    - [Netflix has an Altcoin doc coming out](https://ourbitcoinnews.com/netflix-is-all-set-to-launch-an-altcoin-and-bitcoin-documentary-show-big-names-of-the-industry-involved/)        - Vitalik Buterin (Ethereum Founder)        - Jihan Wu (Bitmain Founder)     ...

Bitcoin's price goes to 13k, but then back to 10k. The price is on everyone's minds so the team actually sits down and talks about it. We also have some dumb CSW stuff, more of a deep dive on Libra and more. 

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Coinbase goes offline - https://www.ccn.com/crypto/bitcoin-price-crash-coinbase-offline/2019/06/26/
BTC Market Cap - https://i.redd.it/0rlm5f6v1o631.png
Blockchain Products - https://twitter.com/DMemelines/status/1143861718918942720
Pool Together...

IOST is an application-friendly, next generation public blockchain infrastructure, helping decentralized app developers overcome some of the most challenging problems with mass adoption. First and foremost, IOST solves the scalability trilemma, or having to select between levels of security, scalability, and decentralization. Through a “Proof-of-Believability” consensus mechanism, IOST enables DApps to build and deploy more meaningful services on its platform, helping more everyday users experience the mass benefits of blockchain services. 

IOST's website: https://iost.io/

IOST's twitter page: https://twitter.com/IOStoken

Terrence's Twitter Account - https://twitter.com/terrence_iost

IOS...

Today we're talking about how the new ZuckBucks (aka Libra) stacks up to Bitcoin. Is it the same? Is it different? Is it even a crypto? We talk about all of these questions in the most basic way that we can. Today we're talking about how the new ZuckBucks (aka Libra) stacks up to Bitcoin. Is it the same? Is it different? Is it even a crypto? We talk about all of these questions in the most basic way that we can. 

This is a great episode for those that might know what both Bitcoin and Li...

On today's featured project episode we are talking with Alex Wang, the Co-Foudner of Emberfund.io. He has helped create a project that solves a need in the space, and honestly investing in general. Emberfund is a non-custodial fund that allows you to have the benefits of a managed fund, and the security of owning your own funds with your own private keys.

Listen to Brent ask the questions, learn the process, and get to the bottom of this new asset of fund management. Alex is all about keeping this accessible to all investors, and e goes...

FLAGSHIP 76 - 6/14/19

Brent is back on the show just in time to get hacked. Binance is coming to the US, but weren't they already there? Facebook announces more plans for the Libra and announces the help of some serious tech giants. Giants that gave them $10M of course. There's a lot more news to cover on this edition of the flagship.

Rapid Fire

r/CryptoCurrency - Uber, MasterCard, Visa and other big companies have reportedly signed on to Facebook's blockchain efforts

https://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-enlists-uber-mastercard-visa-back-cryptocurrency-2019-6?utm_source=reddit.com<...

Apple said tey're going to be pushing something called the CryptoKit. What's that? What is Facebook doing? Where the hell did Brent go? Find out about all of this and more in the cryptospace on Flagship Friday-ish.

Binance DEX to geo-block 28 countries including US - https://www.notion.so/cryptobasic/Flagship-Friday-75-cfb287e07feb4bad8497716f6f1c97bf#6489d4ba7932446c83b9e5b1bf941081 
Vitalik Says BSV is a scam - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggyABjicZt8 
Facebook's Cryptocurrency Plans Revealed - https://www.forbes.com/sites/billybambrough/2019/06/06/facebooks-radical-bitcoin-beating-cryptocurrency-plans-revealed/#1da1f25c3564  Duration: 00:53:47

Karim is back on the show after his trip to Europe, and he's brought a bunch of crypto aroudn the world news with him. He's talking Africa, he's talking Europe, and he's calling Brent out for being wrong on stuff. Karim is back on the show after his trip to Europe, and he's brought a bunch of crypto aroudn the world news with him. He's talking Africa, he's talking Europe, and he's calling Brent out for being wrong on stuff. 

EOS and CSW appear on every show at this point, but the news is never good. Wh...

It's a round Table episode: Poker, Gambling, Crypto. These names can be synonymous. Today we've got Brett Richey on the show - he's the founder of a company called Blitz Predict and he has a lot of interesting information to share about what he feels is a match made in heaven of Crypto and Gaming.

Their company didn't build their own coin, they actually USED another existing platform to create their content. Augur provides the frame work, Blitz Predict provides the app, and you provide the action.

Blitz Predict - https://www.blitzpredict.io/ 
B...

It's time for another Crypto Convo episode - and today we're going to be having a chat with Monica Quaintance from the Kadena Project. It's an open ended conversation Where we discuss anything and everything blockchain and beyond. Learn about how Kadena developed a language that you can read, even if you can't code.

Kadena Website - https://kadena.io/ 
Kadena Twitter - https://twitter.com/kadena_io 
Monica's Twitter - https://twitter.com/quaintm 
Monica's Linked in - https://www.linkedin.com/in/monica-quaintance/ 
Monica's Medium - https://medium.com/kadena-io  
Pact L...

Scams. So many of these projects are turning out to be scams, and we knew it was coming. This space is perfect for scammers, and perfect for seizing control from the bankers. HitBTC, Cobinhood, Cryptopia, yo never know which exchange is next. Find out what we’ve seen, as well as some other news from across the land.

DAI On Coinbase - https://twitter.com/coinbase/status/1131614714113527808
ETH raises $30M - https://www.coindesk.com/ethereum-foundation-funding-development-upgrade-plasma?hootPostID=baacd72a28d0318ddb1429b0e59447c6
Tim Draper talks BTC - https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/bi...

Yeah right you thought we were going to talk about price on a CryptoBasic episode? We talk about all the goings on of the week. From Cryptopia closing and bring liquidated to Bakkt getting clearer with their direction we cover it all this week. Are Whole Foods and Starbucks really taking CryptoCurrency?

What is the Adam Levy Effect? Is it real? Brent roasts a portfolio, and more. 

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Decred means Decentralized Credits, and this was a tough nut to crack. The team decided to bring in the big guns and have Richard Redd on the show - he's a part of the Decred Team, in so far as he has Decred's DAO pay him for many many things. 

He has answers to all of Brent's questions as Brent takes him through the 101 series - Decred, and finds a new coin that he likes a lot. 

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EPISODE 179 - FLAGSHIP

Rapid Fire

Regulators Ready to Approve Ethereum Futures

Regulators Ready to Approve Ethereum Futures, CFTC Insider Says - CoinDesk

A futures contract might bring in fresh institutional funding to the crypto space

The CFTC is willing to let an ether futures contract go to market after soliciting market feedback last year

Microsoft Azure Blockchain DK For Ethereum Has been released

Azure Blockchain Development Kit for Ethereum Released - Build Azure

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Binance was hacked, this is not a drill. Guess what? Everything is fine. Adam and Brent decide to talk abou this for a quick episode of the podcast, and of course, there's some Jutin Sun bullshit thrown in on the top of it all.

CZ Twitter Live - https://twitter.com/binance/status/1125959459782553600?s=20
Binance Blog Post - https://binance.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360028031711
Binance SAFU Funds - https://www.binance.vision/glossary/secure-asset-fund-for-users
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EPISODE 177 - FLAGSHIP 70

This week's top story - Tether is in trouble again. Is this a tale of sound and fury signifying nothing like the Bitcoin Maximalists such as Adam Back would like you to believe? Or is there something more going on here? Before we get to that story we talk about Vitalik, Elon, some scams and more.

Rapid Fire

Coinbase Custody now offers their first chain swap with KIN. Offline storage and insurance coverage

Mainnet KIN is now available on Coinbase Custody

NYTimes is now routinely reporting...

FLAGSHIP FRIDAY 176

Rapid Fire

Yelp added a filter for whether a place accepts cryptocurrency or not.

BRAVE ADS ARE LIVE! Butttttttt not in my region. Damnit.

https://cryptocurrencynews.design/nike-releases-patent-for-cryptokicks-cryptocurrency/

Anthony Lusardi is back on the show and he's here to explain all the different ways that we can attack a blockchain. They're not perfect yet, and there's a lot of work to be done. We're so glad he's back on the show to really drive home some of these points.

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You’ve seen the drama. We’re a little late to the party but we weight in on the ridiculous Craight Wright and Calvin Ayre antics. We stand with Hodlnaut, we stand with Peter McCormack, and we can’t wait to see this court battle for the ages. We also talk about the Satoshi Treasure prize that’s out there, the US states rulings with regards to crypto laws, and talk about Forbes articles because we can.

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Adam "Roothlus" Levy. He's famous in the poker world and he's about to be famous in the Crypto World. Why do you ask? Because he's joining the ranks of the CryptoBasic Podcast. And it's time to talk with him and see what he's like, who he is, and what stories he has to bring to the table in this edition of the cryptobasic podcast.

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Coinbase is adding a debit card - is crypto being adopted sooner than we think? Who knows?! We also go over the Wikileaks founder Julian Assange being expelled from his embassy even though we don't know anything about it - and we reiterate that Craig Wright isnt' Satoshi.

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The SEC has made some more information public about crypto, do they narrow anything down? CNBC says don't buy Bitcoin. Bithumb was hacked for $19M (but it was in EOS and XRP so who cares) - Tron gives away a Tesla, kinda? The EU has a new blockchain consortium. Andreesen Horowitz is Blow up the VC world.

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Peter McCormack is a podcaster with a particular love for Bitcoin in the space. He's flown around the globe to interview some of the most important people in cryptocurrency, and he's really done well along the way.

He's interviewed people that won't sit down with anyone else, and he's done so consistently for years. Peter decided he would come on the CryptoBasic Podcast and have a chat with Brent about podcasting, the pressures, the problems, and of course - how he wouldn't trade it for anything else.

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# Episode 169 - Flagship Friday

Today we talk about everything from Formula One Racing to Metamask. Karim, Adam, and Brent are hardly able to even get through a rapid fire section without some commentary, and they go over the dumb and dumber that is the Weiss Ratings on this edition.

- Rapid Fire

[Fidelity has so many people at the firm on board with crypto. The MOST RELEVANT real money firm is turning into a crypto culture. How great is it that the work culture is beaming with crypto enthusiasts. It’s a part of th...

This episode Brent did a special crossover with Vlad from the Bitcoin Takeover podcast. Obviously based on the name we needed to keep it Bitcoin, and of course say good things about it. 

That didn't stop Brent he got some good information in there about altcoins, and even admits he was too harsh on Bitcoin itself. Find out how they feel about BTC across the pond, and maybe learn about some political views along the way. 

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# Episode 167 - Flagship Friday

- Rapid Fire

[Co-Founder of Wikipedia says that you should use Brave.](https://larrysanger.org/2019/01/how-im-locking-down-my-cyber-life/)

[Coinbase Pro ends 0% maker fees.](https://blog.coinbase.com/coinbase-pro-market-structure-update-fbd9d49f43d7)

[Presidential Candidate Andrew Yang was tweeting about bitcooin corrections in 2013!](https://bitcoinist.com/andrew-yang-2020-president-bitcoin/)

- [Tether is not fully backed by fiat](https://breakermag.com/tether-now-admits-its-not-fully-backed-by-dollars/) (Bullish or Bullshit?) - Brent
- From Tether's New Terms - "Every Tether is always 100% backed by our reserves, which include traditional currency and cash equivalents a...

- Rapid Fire
- [Stellar (XLM) Listed on Coinbase pro](https://www.coindesk.com/stellar-lumens-is-about-to-begin-trading-on-coinbase-pro)
- [Someone posted on reddit that the sites CrashDoge, CrashingBitcoin, and CrashingCrypto are scams](https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/azh66t/crashdoge_crashingbitcoin_and_crashingcrypto_are/)...WOW that was a hard one to figure out. Also they are run but someone named HERPES.
- [You actually can earn BAT now on the developer Brave Browser](https://brave.com/ad-platform-enters-second-phase/), we incorrectly reported you could before.
- [OneCoin leader arrested for scamming in the US.](https://www.coindesk.com...

There's a special guest on the show - Adam "Roothlus" Levy. He's going to help us navigate these murky waters of scams, bullshit stories, and more. Why is Coinbase losing good will? Why is Kraken gaining it? Why wasn't Brent hired at Kraken? Also - Brent got hacked on this edition.

# Episode 165 - Flagship Friday

[QuadrigaCX Granted 45 More days to repay funds](https://u.today/quadrigacx-granted-45-more-days-to-recover-lost-140-mln-exchange-may-be-sold-later-on)

[Bitgrail CEO must repay 170mil](https://whichblockchain.com/news/bitgrail-ceo-must-repay-170-million-in-missing-funds/)

[XRP and XLM were approved by Thailand SEC](https://www.reddit.com...

It's time for a revisit of a classic villian. Ripple, XRP, Banks, it's known by many names and it was just released on Coinbase. It's had a hell of a year, and honestly has performed less bad than a lot of these coins. Has Brent changed his tune? Will his hatred go down further? Is this a sympathetic villian? How much did Karim call Brent Fat the last time this coin was in the spotlight? Find out now.

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Today we have a discussion about the broken ad ecosystem with returning guest Luke Mulks, Director of Business Development at Brave. This time our audio is MUCH better and we discuss everything from the changing Ecosystem of Brave, to Uphold concerns. There’s definitely some hard core Brave shilling here, but overall we do get some great discussions about the advertising industry, and what Brave can do to break it. Luke definitely did not mention the TAP Network Announcement, but I’ve included it in the show notes.

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Brian Li of [Decrypto.Net](https://decrypto.net/) and William McKenzie of getting attacked by Substratum fame are back on the show again since Substratum was recently delisted from Binance. We unpack their delisting, their assertions to each of the delisting points, and what it means to the crypto space.

Brian and William are basically the boogeymen for the entire SUB community. They’ve been called everything from Chinese government shills to Russian spies. In the end, there is a massive intersection of the SUB community that blames these two individuals for their own shortcomings as a pr...

This week the boys are at it again to talk about the usual updates on the Quadriga CX fiasco, it gets even weirder believe it or not. They talk about the Samsug blockchain project, get into what they’re going to be doing at the SXSW event, and even get their minds blown when they find out that Vitalik Buterin is rich. Find out what happens when someone accidentally sends 2100 ETH as a transaction fee, and just how much of the world is actually interested in crypto currency?

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It’s Flagship Friday and we’re talking about everything from Quadriga CX (again) to the curiosity Rover dying on Mars and why. We discuss the NASDAQ and more flirting with crypto, and we go on a long rant with Craig Wright and Wikipedia. Mike was absent from this one, but that’s OK we let Karim go off the handle, and he even says toward the end of the episode that he’s Triggered. Love it.

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* [QuadrigaCX says oopsie](https://www.scribd.com/document/399507173/EY-QuadrigaCX-Report#from_embed) Duration: 00:50:27

Today CryptoBasic talks about something near and dear to their hearts – scams. This isn’t just crypto, but knowing what scams we’ve seen in the past and where they might be going in the future is very important in this unregulated market. Listen to Karim and Brent talk about the red flags you should be on the lookout for, and learn about this insane con man that had 10 commandments written about him. There’s plenty of crypto content, plenty of scams, and it’s all here on this episode.

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Wow, there’s a massive theft in the crypto markets and Brent goes down the rabbit hole to cover it. QuadrigaCX, the biggest crypto exchange in Canada has taken everyone’s money and the owner might have faked his death. Also, the podcast has a new sponsor that they go over on the show.

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It’s the first CryptoBasic 102 episode! We’re going back over bitcoin, examining what we said about it over a year ago, how our opinions have changed, and what new things Bitcoin has provided the world since then. In the shownotes you’ll find all of the links that we’ve ever used to cover Bitcoin, as well as links to our previous shows on the topic.

Has the CryptoBasic team matured? What does Brent think about Bitcoin now? Find out today.

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Brent decides he’s gonna talk about sex, and then follows it up with some juicy details about Bakkt. Are they related? I’m not sure find out on this Flagship Friday. What else is in this episode – NASDAQ and Crypto, Cryptopia is still getting hacked, NEM Foundation was dissolved, Hacking groups explained, and a Bitcoin backed Token on ETH

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Is Waves Platform a decentralized exchange done right? Mike and Brent dig deep into the project to see what it is, why it works, and see what they like about it. From harrowing tales of some idiot named DC in their Telegram, to support form the community and almost buying the coin – the team goes on a roller coaster ride of learning about this project.

In the end, will they consider it a reasonable project? Find out.

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The team has a couple of throwback issues: IOTA’s hack has some closure in the way of an arrest. The team talks about a coin possibly pump and dump that the Apollo team may have just done, including inviting their CEO on the show. We go over some political thoughts, and then as always make sure to thank all of the Patreon members on the last Flagship of the week.

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Welcome to the first ever CryptoBasic Panel Discussion After moderating some panels overseas, Brent thinks he can do it all the time. Is he right? I dunno it sounds like he is – he’s gotten some of the best in the business together for the first panel of the new year. Today Joel Comm, Matthew Aaron, and Forrest AKA Hashoshi talk about everything from Ronnie Moas to Censorship on Patreon. Join them as they talk about the difficulties and responsibilities of being content Creators in this market.

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Today’s episode we talk a lot about the SEC, bash on Tron a little bit, and then talk about the Cryptopia Hack. Have we ever mentioned how much Cryptopia sucks? Well it does, and the hack is not surprising. Ethereum had Constantinople delayed, and we go over a quick mailbag question.

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Mike sits down with Simon Harman from Loki to talk about all things cryptocurrency. They talk about everything under the sun, Privacy, messaging apps, and more. Just check out the episode and you’ll hear some great things from a knowledgeable person in the crypto space.

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