

The Wolf Of All Streets
Scott Melker
Host Scott Melker talks to your favorite characters from the world of Bitcoin, trading, finance, music, art, and anyone else with an interesting story to tell. Sit down, strap in, and get ready – we’re going deep.
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Aug 27, 2020 • 1h 8min
Baseball and Bitcoin – Micah Johnson on his transition to crypto artist
Micah Johnson was a baseball star, playing for multiple teams in MLB and enjoying an incredible career. While competing, he discovered that he had a talent greater than sports - painting. Micah dropped the bat and picked up paint and charcoal and began to pursue his passion, quickly finding success outside of baseball. Micah finally felt free, as he could voice his frustrations and aspirations to the world and be his own boss. Now his craft is inspiring disadvantaged youths everywhere, proving anyone can do anything.Micah Johnson and Scott Melker further discuss having one dream your entire life, learning how to play as the last man on the roster, batting for the first time in the pros, discovering a talent you never knew you had, painting black children as astronauts, balancing a newborn with a new career, painting the blockchain, battling depression during the season, learning how to compete as an artist, the stages of discovering Bitcoin, and more.---CHOICE IRA by KINGDOM TRUSTDon’t be part of the 7.1M Bitcoiners who have bitcoin and a retirement account but don’t have bitcoin in their retirement account. With Choice IRA by Kingdom Trust you can hold bitcoin in your retirement account. The first 1,000 users to open a Choice IRA will receive $62.50 in free BTC - visit RetireWithChoice.com/WOLF to join the waitlist and secure free BTC.---VOYAGERThis episode is brought to you by Voyager, your new favorite crypto broker. Trade crypto fast and commission-free the easy way. Earn up to 6% interest on top coins with no lockups and no limits. Download the Voyager app and use code “SCOTT25” to get $25 in free Bitcoin when you create your account---If you enjoyed this conversation, share it with your colleagues & friends, rate, review, and subscribe.This podcast is presented by BlockWorks Group. For exclusive content and events that provide insights into the crypto and blockchain space, visit them at: https://www.blockworksgroup.io

Aug 25, 2020 • 1h 5min
Demystifying the World of Finance With Sahil Bloom
Sahil Bloom had to make a pivot. The standout pitcher on the Stanford Baseball Team had professional baseball aspirations, but his career took a turn for the worse with a shoulder injury that derailed his big league dreams. A relentless worker, he dove head on into his new professional career in finance. Starting as an analyst, working 100+ hour weeks, he proved that hard work beats talent and steadily rose above the competition in the investment world. In addition to his “day job” as an investment professional, Sahil serves as an advisor to a number of startups and businesses (including us here at the Wolf Of All Streets!). Most recently, Sahil has been on a mission to demystify the world of finance, sharing simple lessons on finance and money through his Twitter account. Sahil has a unique ability to creatively simplify and distribute these lessons to the masses in a highly-enjoyable fashion.Sahil Bloom and Scott Melker further discuss how baseball failures taught him valuable lessons, his aspirations of a Major League career, how the grind of work prepares you for life, simplifying the world of finance, how “shooting your shot” can lead to amazing outcomes, the shortcomings of public and private education, Bitcoin 101, and more.---ROUNDLYXRoundlyX allows you to dollar-cost-average into crypto with our spare change "Roundup" investing tool, manage multiple crypto exchange accounts in one dashboard and access curated digital asset content and services. Visit RoundlyX and use promo code "WOLF" to learn more about accumulating your favorite digital assets when making everyday purchases and earn $4 in free Bitcoin.---VOYAGERThis episode is brought to you by Voyager, your new favorite crypto broker. Trade crypto fast and commission-free the easy way. Earn up to 6% interest on top coins with no lockups and no limits. Download the Voyager app and use code “SCOTT25” to get $25 in free Bitcoin when you create your account---If you enjoyed this conversation, share it with your colleagues & friends, rate, review, and subscribe.This podcast is presented by BlockWorks Group. For exclusive content and events that provide insights into the crypto and blockchain space, visit them at: https://www.blockworksgroup.io

Aug 20, 2020 • 1h 12min
Going All-In On Bitcoin: Didi Taihuttu On His "Bitcoin Family."
Didi Taihuttu was a workaholic business owner in need of change. After a series of life-altering events, he sold everything he owned including his house, cars, shoes, and childrens' toys to go all-in on Bitcoin in 2017. Dubbed the “Bitcoin Family,” all 5 members set out to travel the world becoming an internet sensation along the way. Having broken free of harmful old financial systems, the Bitcoin Family lives minimally rather than materialistically, accumulating happiness over wealth.Scott Melker and Didi Taihuttu further discuss what sparked Didi’s radical transformation, telling his wife that they were going all-in on Bitcoin, selling everything he owned, watching the price of Bitcoin when it is all you have, living with 4 women in a van, buying everything with Bitcoin, beingstuck on a tropical island during Covid, giving to charity, zooming out on Bitcoin and in on life, and so much more.---CHOICE IRA by KINGDOM TRUSTDon’t be part of the 7.1M Bitcoiners who have bitcoin and a retirement account but don’t have bitcoin in their retirement account. With Choice IRA by Kingdom Trust you can hold bitcoin in your retirement account. The first 1,000 users to open a Choice IRA will receive $62.50 in free BTC - visit RetireWithChoice.com/WOLF to join the waitlist and secure free BTC.---VOYAGERThis episode is brought to you by Voyager, your new favorite crypto broker. Trade crypto fast and commission-free the easy way. Earn up to 6% interest on top coins with no lockups and no limits. Download the Voyager app and use code “SCOTT25” to get $25 in free Bitcoin when you create your account---If you enjoyed this conversation, share it with your colleagues & friends, rate, review, and subscribe.This podcast is presented by BlockWorks Group. For exclusive content and events that provide insights into the crypto and blockchain space, visit them at: https://www.blockworksgroup.io

Aug 18, 2020 • 1h
Breaking Down The Payment Wall With Bitcoin: Ray Youssef, CEO of Paxful
Ray Youssef is the CEO of Paxful, a people-powered marketplace allowing people to send, receive and transact in Bitcoin all around the world. After Ray failed 11 times to build a successful startup, he noticed the one thing in common among his attempts was worldwide payment walls that were impossible to avoid. He set out to design a Bitcoin solution, opening world markets regardless of location, government, oppression or education. Scott Melker and Ray Youssef further discuss starting life as a 1st generation Egyptian immigrant, being an activist in the Egyptian Revolution and Occupy Wallstreet, the walled gardens blocked by payments, failing at 11 different startups before Paxful, Nigerian Princes and overcoming scams, building 100 schools in Africa, teaching Bitcoin to the people of Africa, an imminent golden age of humanity and more.---ROUNDLYXRoundlyX allows you to dollar-cost-average into crypto with our spare change "Roundup" investing tool, manage multiple crypto exchange accounts in one dashboard and access curated digital asset content and services. Visit RoundlyX and use promo code "WOLF" to learn more about accumulating your favorite digital assets when making everyday purchases and earn $4 in free Bitcoin.---VOYAGERThis episode is brought to you by Voyager, your new favorite crypto broker. Trade crypto fast and commission-free the easy way. Earn up to 6% interest on top coins with no lockups and no limits. Download the Voyager app and use code “SCOTT25” to get $25 in free Bitcoin when you create your account---If you enjoyed this conversation, share it with your colleagues & friends, rate, review, and subscribe.This podcast is presented by BlockWorks Group. For exclusive content and events that provide insights into the crypto and blockchain space, visit them at: https://www.blockworksgroup.io

Aug 13, 2020 • 1h 10min
Retiring With Digital Gold: Ryan Radloff, CEO of Kingdom Trust
Ryan Radloff, CEO of Kingdom Trust built his name in the crypto space as the CEO and Co-Founder of CoinShares. Now he is revolutionizing the way millions of Americans are preparing to retire. With over 13 billion dollars in assets under management, he is working to connect a multi-trillion-dollar retirement market to the Bitcoin ecosystem. Ryan Radloff and Scott Melker further discuss having Bitcoin in your retirement account, zombie mutual funds, the Fed rat trap, cattle and firetrucks in your IRA, beating crusty old Wall Streeters, Bitcoin outcompeting every other asset, targeting 28 trillion in retirement money, a massive community and investment awakening and more.---CHOICE IRA by KINGDOM TRUSTDon’t be part of the 7.1M Bitcoiners who have bitcoin and a retirement account but don’t have bitcoin in their retirement account. With Choice IRA by Kingdom Trust you can hold bitcoin in your retirement account. The first 1,000 users to open a Choice IRA will receive $62.50 in free BTC - visit RetireWithChoice.com/WOLF to join the waitlist and secure free BTC.---VOYAGERThis episode is brought to you by Voyager, your new favorite crypto broker. Trade crypto fast and commission-free the easy way. Earn up to 6% interest on top coins with no lockups and no limits. Download the Voyager app and use code “SCOTT25” to get $25 in free Bitcoin when you create your account---If you enjoyed this conversation, share it with your colleagues & friends, rate, review, and subscribe.This podcast is presented by BlockWorks Group. For exclusive content and events that provide insights into the crypto and blockchain space, visit them at: https://www.blockworksgroup.io

Aug 11, 2020 • 1h 2min
Bitcoin, Hip Hop and Cancel Culture: Zuby, British Rapper, Author and Life Coach
Zuby is a well known British rapper, author, podcaster, fitness instructor and life coach. Growing up in Saudi Arabia, he gained a unique life perspective and set out to share his beliefs with the world. Best known for a desire to break the mold, stay true to himself, and think freely, Zuby garnered a massive following in and out of the music industry for his hot takes and music hits.Zuby and Scott Melker further discuss the transition from Oxford computer science major to making rap videos, countering the cancel culture, the desire to impact 10 million lives, Kanye as the blueprint, the dangers of hip hop culture and being "real," Bitcoin changing the world, an imminent wave of cryptocurrency awakening, defeating "the culture" and more.---ROUNDLYXRoundlyX allows you to dollar-cost-average into crypto with our spare change "Roundup" investing tool, manage multiple crypto exchange accounts in one dashboard and access curated digital asset content and services. Visit RoundlyX and use promo code "WOLF" to learn more about accumulating your favorite digital assets when making everyday purchases and earn $4 in free Bitcoin.---VOYAGERThis episode is brought to you by Voyager, your new favorite crypto broker. Trade crypto fast and commission-free the easy way. Earn up to 6% interest on top coins with no lockups and no limits. Download the Voyager app and use code “SCOTT25” to get $25 in free Bitcoin when you create your account---If you enjoyed this conversation, share it with your colleagues & friends, rate, review, and subscribe.This podcast is presented by BlockWorks Group. For exclusive content and events that provide insights into the crypto and blockchain space, visit them at: https://www.blockworksgroup.io

Aug 6, 2020 • 54min
Preparing for Mainstream Adoption: Andrew Elliott, CEO of RoundlyX
Andrew Elliott, CEO of RoundlyX, has changed the way that people buy Bitcoin. His unlikely introduction to Bitcoin began in between military intelligence patrols in Iraq and Afghanistan. As he witnessed a failing, poverty-stricken government, he realized that crypto could help bank the unbanked. His passion for the crypto space led to the founding of RoundlyX, the simplest and most accessible app to invest in crypto.Andrew Elliott and Scott Melker further discuss military intelligence and high-value targets, Iraq’s high-speed internet via satellite, fly-ridden meat and SIM cards for sale, the simplest tool for mainstream adoption, a digital cold war, Bitcoin only being the size of Comcast, poverty at the root of all issues, Peter Schiff’s emotional hatred toward Bitcoin, kids being inherently inflationary, a honeybee business, and so much more.---CHOICE IRA by KINGDOM TRUSTDon’t be part of the 7.1M Bitcoiners who have bitcoin and a retirement account but don’t have bitcoin in their retirement account. With Choice IRA by Kingdom Trust you can hold bitcoin in your retirement account. The first 1,000 users to open a Choice IRA will receive $62.50 in free BTC - visit RetireWithChoice.com/WOLF to join the waitlist and secure free BTC.---VOYAGERThis episode is brought to you by Voyager, your new favorite crypto broker. Trade crypto fast and commission-free the easy way. Earn up to 6% interest on top coins with no lockups and no limits. Download the Voyager app and use code “SCOTT25” to get $25 in free Bitcoin when you create your account---If you enjoyed this conversation, share it with your colleagues & friends, rate, review, and subscribe.This podcast is presented by BlockWorks Group. For exclusive content and events that provide insights into the crypto and blockchain space, visit them at: https://www.blockworksgroup.io

Aug 4, 2020 • 1h 7min
The Death Of Paper Money: Anthony “Pomp” Pompliano, Founder of Morgan Creek Digital
Anthony “Pomp” Pompliano is arguably the most well-known figure in the bitcoin community. He is the co-founder of Morgan Creek Digital and runs a massive media platform, anchored by his Twitter, Podcast, Newsletters, and YouTube account. From serving in the military to interviewing some of the world's wealthiest, smartest and most innovative people, Pomp cannot be "put in a box." He consistently stays ahead of the curve and competition.Anthony Pompliano and Scott Melker further discuss Twitter as Tik-Tok for intellectuals, eating ice cream in the Iraqi desert, the intellectual dark web, truth over consensus, the great financial education awakening, mining ethereum at $10, bitcoin evolving from arcade money to hard currency, the death of paper money, beating the cards you were dealt, bitcoin’s multi-decade plan and so much more.---ROUNDLYXRoundlyX allows you to dollar-cost-average into crypto with our spare change "Roundup" investing tool, manage multiple crypto exchange accounts in one dashboard and access curated digital asset content and services. Visit RoundlyX and use promo code "WOLF" to learn more about accumulating your favorite digital assets when making everyday purchases and earn $4 in free Bitcoin.---VOYAGERThis episode is brought to you by Voyager, your new favorite crypto broker. Trade crypto fast and commission-free the easy way. Earn up to 6% interest on top coins with no lockups and no limits. Download the Voyager app and use code “SCOTT25” to get $25 in free Bitcoin when you create your account---If you enjoyed this conversation, share it with your colleagues & friends, rate, review, and subscribe.This podcast is presented by BlockWorks Group. For exclusive content and events that provide insights into the crypto and blockchain space, visit them at: https://www.blockworksgroup.io

Jul 30, 2020 • 1h 4min
Being Defiant With Bitcoin: Peter McCormack, Host of the “What Bitcoin Did Podcast”
Peter McCormack is the host of the “What Bitcoin Did Podcast,” “Defiance Podcast,” and “Defiance TV.” As a journalist and filmmaker he has covered some of the most pressing global issues such as tyranny, corrupt monetary systems, inequality and technological advancement. After accruing millions of downloads and views, he is currently setting out to be the best filmmaker he can be.Scott Melker and Peter McCormack further discuss, bitcoin as monetary defiance, traveling to Venezuela, impending stock market doom, Stockholm Syndrome, American politics at its best and worst, the Craig Wright defamation lawsuit, a personal letter from Ross Ulbricht, spending bitcoin to make a movie, overcoming hardship, making the best of life, and so much more.---CHOICE IRA by KINGDOM TRUSTDon’t be part of the 7.1M Bitcoiners who have bitcoin and a retirement account but don’t have bitcoin in their retirement account. With Choice IRA by Kingdom Trust you can hold bitcoin in your retirement account. The first 1,000 users to open a Choice IRA will receive $62.50 in free BTC - visit RetireWithChoice.com/WOLF to join the waitlist and secure free BTC.---VOYAGERThis episode is brought to you by Voyager, your new favorite crypto broker. Trade crypto fast and commission-free the easy way. Earn up to 6% interest on top coins with no lockups and no limits. Download the Voyager app and use code “SCOTT25” to get $25 in free Bitcoin when you create your account---If you enjoyed this conversation, share it with your colleagues & friends, rate, review, and subscribe.This podcast is presented by BlockWorks Group. For exclusive content and events that provide insights into the crypto and blockchain space, visit them at: https://www.blockworksgroup.io

Jul 28, 2020 • 1h 6min
Having 99% Of Your Net Worth in Bitcoin: Zoran Kole, Founder Of Crypto Insiders
Zoran Kole, Founder of popular Telegram group ‘Crypto Insiders’ and trading course ‘Tools of the Trade’ is a professional derivatives crypto trader. During boring college classes, he picked up crypto trading and became a Bitmex all-star. With 99% of his net worth in Bitcoin and a goal to accumulate 100,000 coins, he lives the mantra 'go big or go home.'Scott Melker and Zoran Kole further discuss Bitcoin as a Swiss Bank in your head, entering the market at the Mt. Gox top, aggressively revenge trading, meditation and journaling to improve trading, the Bitmex liquidity engine, Pepe memes and crypto twitter, how to hold 99% of your net worth in Bitcoin, teaching people how to trade, generational wealth transfer, and so much more.---ROUNDLYXRoundlyX allows you to dollar-cost-average into crypto with our spare change "Roundup" investing tool, manage multiple crypto exchange accounts in one dashboard and access curated digital asset content and services. Visit RoundlyX and use promo code "WOLF" to learn more about accumulating your favorite digital assets when making everyday purchases and earn $4 in free Bitcoin.---VOYAGERThis episode is brought to you by Voyager, your new favorite crypto broker. Trade crypto fast and commission-free the easy way. Earn up to 6% interest on top coins with no lockups and no limits. Download the Voyager app and use code “SCOTT25” to get $25 in free Bitcoin when you create your account---If you enjoyed this conversation, share it with your colleagues & friends, rate, review, and subscribe.This podcast is presented by BlockWorks Group. For exclusive content and events that provide insights into the crypto and blockchain space, visit them at: https://www.blockworksgroup.io