The Decrypting Crypto Podcast

In this week's episode of Off-Chain, we discuss: FTX’s Collapse Was a Crime, Not an Accident Apple blocks Coinbase Wallet app release over 30% royalty demands DeFi/web3 companies raised $3bn in Q3. Winamp (yes… Winamp - the classic music player for windows) now supports music NFT playback

In this week's episode of Off-Chain, we discuss: Coinbase Wallet will no longer support XRP (or BCH, XLM, and ETC) BlockFi has filed for bankruptcy OpenSea’s market share is getting eaten up by Blur.io ApeCoin has been rallying ahead of staking rollout SBF says the FTX hacker may have been a former employee Brazil Legalizes Crypto as a Method of Payment Crypto Remains Largest Investment Sector in 2022, Outpacing Fintech And Biotech

In today's episode, we speak with the incredible TommyD. Tommy Danvers AKA TommyD has had a wildly successful career in the music industry. He’s a multi-platinum award-winning music producer, a songwriter, and a DJ. On top of that, he’s the creator of a whiskey brand (8O8 Whisky) as well as Tokentraxx, a company leading the way in web3 adoption in the music space. We discussed this in a fascinating interview where Tommy shares his experience of the industry's inner workings and how web3 technology will play a role in its future. While there’s still a long way to go until we see mainstream adoption, Tommy’s explanation on how web3, and more specifically, NFTs, will change how fans form relationships with their favourite artists and become even greater advocates was an eye-opener for me. If you’re interested to hear what the next phase of evolution within music might look like, tune in for the full interview. More about Tommy “TommyD” Danvers: https://twitter.com/TommyDanvers https://www.linkedin.com/in/tommy-danvers-993b1b1b/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TommyD

In this week's episode of Off-Chain, we discuss: The state of the market: the grizzliest of bears The FTX wallet hacker dumping ETH on the market An overview of the Genesis bankruptcy situation and contagion Grayscale's Bitcoin Investment Trust - a great discount or alarm bells for the path ahead?

In this week's episode of Off-Chain, we discuss: The current state of things in the FTX situation. The cult problem in crypto. What are the lessons to be learned and where do we go from here?

In this week's episode of Off Chain, we cover the following stories: The implosion of FTX & Alameda Research. The market is testing Tether's peg (USDT).

In this week's episode of Off Chain, we cover the following stories: Reddit NFTs have taken the market by storm FTX may be launching a stablecoin in the not-too-distant future Apple just updated its App Store terms to give guidance on NFT sales within apps Mango Markets attacker has outed himself, and is now offering some hot tips for crypto trading on Aave (lol) Meta’s Metaverse Division Reports $3.67B Quarterly Loss Justin Sun has somehow sold ETH at the peak of the market consistently through the bull market

In this week's episode of Off Chain, Matt flies solo and digs into the following stories: Magic Eden is the latest NFT marketplace to make creator royalties optional, leaving just OpenSea as the last major marketplace standing that enforces them. Matt walks through the argument for and against creator royalites. A house was bought using the Ethereum blockchain. Matt explains how the buyer used a decentralized lending platform to finance the deal and then purchased a single-family home in the US for 175,000 USDC.

In this week's episode of Off Chain, we cover the following stories: A deep dive into the current macroeconomic environment with a look more specifically at what's happening in the UK economy and how it's bleeding into the global economy. The Mango Markets $100mn exploit. Damien Hirst begins burning art from his project, "The Currency". Google is using Coinbase Commerce to accept crypto from its Cloud customers.

In this week's episode of Off Chain, we do a deep dive discussion into The Merge. We break everything down so that you can understand the following: What is The Merge? The environmental benefits of The Merge. The economic benefits of The Merge. What won't get better post-Merge? What happens to staked ETH post-Merge? Do you need to do anything if you hold ETH pre-Merge? What's next after The Merge? We then discuss the following questions: Is The Merge short and/or long term bullish for Ethereum? Does this put more pressure on Bitcoin to transition to an energy-efficient consensus mechanism in the future? Could this lead to the eventual flippening of ETH/BTC? The Merge addresses a lot of things, but it still doesn’t address the issue of decentralization and governance. PoS means that those with the deepest pockets have the largest say in the future of the network, and benefit the greatest from it. Is this acceptable over the long term?