Sam Bankman-Fried has been sentenced to 25 years in a federal prison. While odds of him serving the full sentence are in question, many are wondering what life will be like for him while behind bars.  Will it be like orange is the new black? Or will his experience be more like a white-collar country club? Today we welcome another Sam to the show, Sam Mangel, to discuss his experiences in federal prison and what SBF’s experience is probably going to be like.   From one who has been there, telling us all about where another is going. Listen in closely, but don’t drop the soap, on ..read more

We have spoken to hundreds of projects over the past seven years. Many of them did not make it through the bear market. But some have not only survived the bear, but they have continued to build and prosper.  One such project is the game Upland. Commanding an average of 30,000 daily users, Upland is the most active of the games in the metaverse category and they show no signs of slowing.  Today we welcome back Dirk Lueth, CEO of Upland.me, to discuss the latest features of the game, as well as efforts to help facilitate an open metaverse, where all your digital possessions can be use ..read more

Well, it’s time to pack it in. The bull run was short-lived and it’s all over. Bitcoin is back down from it’s all-time high and there are those who are questioning if we are even going to see a pre or post-halving run now. After all, if crypto doesn’t just go up all the time, what good is it? Of course, while the price of Bitcoin and other coins are down right now, in all likelihood things are just getting started. We’ve got the latest stories from the crypto world paired with our version of keen analysis, right here on this Bad News episode #718 of The Bad Crypto Podcast. Full Show Notes at ..read more

For several years, we’ve predicted that a future use case for NFTs is going to be in real estate deeds. The prognostication has become a reality and today we welcome Andrew Zapo from PropyKeys to the show to discuss precisely how you can tokenize a physical address and attach an ownership deed to it. A Dapp build on the Propy network, we explore this current use case for NFTs and demonstrate how you can grab your physical address and put it on blockchain. It’s about to get real with real estate on our sponsored episode #717 of The Bad Crypto Podcast. Full Show Notes at: http://badco.in/717 SUB ..read more

It seems like a long time ago and just yesterday that Bitcoin hit an all-time high of $69,000.  After selling off all the way to $15,000 the road back has been long and perilous. Yet, here we are once again, knocking on the door of a new all-time high.  Knock knock. Who’s there? Bitcoin, blockchain, cryptocurrency, nfts and the two baddest hosts in all of cryptodom. This is our Bad News episode #716 of The Bad Crypto Podcast. Full Show Notes at: http://badco.in/716   SUBSCRIBE, RATE, & REVIEW:   Apple Podcast: http://badco.in/itunes Google Podcasts: http://badco.in/goog ..read more

Stealing from the rich and giving to the poor. That’s what Robin Hood was known for. Today, it’s what the governments of the world are known for. And Robinhood is an app that allows regular people to buy, sell and trade stocks and cryptocurrencies.  The app came upon controversy during the Gamestop debacle, and we are fortunate to have the general manager of crypto at Robinhood with us today to answer the tough questions, and the not-so-tough questions. There’s a slight chance for a Sherwood Forest-style serenade as well.  But only slight, because it turns out that assuming that Robi ..read more

When you look at the top 100 cryptos on Coingecko, there are a lot of familiar names. We’re all familiar with Bitcoin, Cosmos, Algorand and so many others. But there are others that we’ve never encountered before. And they are in the top 100 for a reason. Today we’re going to pick out a handful of these top 100 tokens that we’ve never heard of and ask the BadCrypto AI bot to inform us so that you can explore these opportunities as well. What coins have been building and may have a bright future?  Let’s check them out on today’s Top Coins We’ve Never Heard of episode #714 of The Bad Crypto ..read more

While everyone else is talking about the Chief’s Super Bowl victory, Taylor Swift and Joe Biden’s decreasing ability to form a coherent sentence, we’re here today to discuss something really important… tax time is approaching.  Sure, you’d probably rather talk about anything other than this, but understanding the latest changes to the US tax code should be very important to all US citizens. That’s why we are happy to welcome Clinton Donnelly back to the show for his annual update on what you need to know regarding changes in how the government looks at cryptocurrency. The taxman is back ..read more

The bear market has been difficult, not just for Bitcoin and other tokens, but also for the NFT space.  The hype around NFTs hit fever pitch in 2021 and then came crashing down in 2022. Many were saying that NFTs were dead. While many projects have been abandoned or rugged, there are a select group that have used this time to Buidl and move forward with vision. Today we welcome the founder of Supreme Kongs and Jungle Labs to the show to discuss what it looks like when you are determined to bring value to your holders. It’s an NFT-centric episode, but more a tale of resilience and determin ..read more

What if you could get paid to be part of a system that powers decentralized internet access? More than 11,000 people are already taking advantage of PKT, a proof-of-work blockchain built to disrupt and innovate the telecom industry.  Today we speak with Josh Berger, founding community member for PKT, so that you learn how to earn PKT from your unused internet on any computer with Internet, anywhere in the world. Let’s stick it to the corporate telecommunications monopoly as we discover more about building the decentralized internet with PKT.cash on this sponsored episode #711 of The Bad C ..read more