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Crypto Curious
by Bamboo App
Are you crypto curious? Do you hear NFT and think WTF? Heard about Bitcoin and Ethereum but not sure where to begin? Then this is the podcast for you! Every Wednesday, Tracey and Blake break down the basics, unpack the latest trends, and share what’s catching their attention in the fast-moving world of crypto. Whether you want to keep up with the news, join the chat at the pub, or take your first steps into investing, this show is your go-to guide for all things crypto. Go from crypto curious to crypto caught-up with this weekly podcast — brought to you by Bamboo Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
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254 - AI, spy wallets & 82 million digital dollars
Welcome to the Crypto Curious podcast, brought to you by the Bamboo App. If you're new to crypto, check out our early episodes, where we break down the basics and help you get your head around the crypto world. Big week in crypto. And this time, the question is whether AI could crack the…
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253 -💥BONUS EPISODE : He built 1inch in a weekend. What happened next?
This week, we’re joined by Sergej Kunz, co-founder of 1inch and one of the early builders in DeFi. Sergej built the first version of 1inch at a hackathon in New York over a single weekend in 2019. Before crypto, he worked as a security engineer in Germany, including at Porsche. Now he’s launched...
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252 - Uptober: Banks Go Onchain, Blockchains Go Offline
This week we've got a pretty good snapshot of where crypto is heading, because while the banks are finally getting serious about blockchain, some of the blockchains that promised to change finance are discovering that staying alive is actually quite difficult. First up, SWIFT; the system that…
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251 - The $387M Hack, Stocks on Aave & Europe's Digital Euro
Welcome back to the Crypto Curious. This week we've got 3 big stories to cover - starting with a $387 million attack on Bitget, allegedly linked to North Korean hackers — but the really interesting part might be what Bitget did next, and the crisis playbook it had ready to go. Then, your stocks...
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250 - Bitcoin's $85K Breakout, The AI Scam & DeFi's Wall Street Door
Before we get into this week's stories… we need to talk about Bitcoin, because the group chats are ON FIRE. Bitcoin has smashed through $85,000, with both Bitcoin and Ethereum up around 10% this week — and technical traders are getting very excited about what that breakout could mean. But while…
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249 - The $320M Bitcoin Heist, Dorsey's Bank & LAPTOP's 98% Crash
This week in crypto we've got hackers who stole $320 million in Bitcoin… then gave most of it back and asked for a $47 million thank-you payment. Yep. Apparently even crypto criminals are negotiating their bounties now. We've also got Jack Dorsey making the ultimate establishment move — Block has...
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248 - Bitcoin, Hunter Biden & The Return of the Memecoin Casino
It's never a dull week in crypto, folks. First up, Hunter Biden is launching a memecoin called LAPTOP — aimed squarely at people who've lost money on the Trump memecoin. And the timing is pretty extraordinary, because memecoin trading is roaring back, with Robinhood Chain posting record volumes....
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247 - From Bitcoin to Goat Insurance With Peter Stanhope of Nexo
This week, we've got a very special guest joining us for this week's crypto news — Peter Stanhope, General Manager Australia at Nexo. Peter has spent almost a decade at IG Australia, co-founded superannuation startup GigSuper, ran Capital.com's Australian operations, jumped the fence into crypto...
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246 - Bitcoin Rips 22% - $64K to $80K in One Week
I'm Blake, and Tracey is taking a break this week, but you're not stuck with just me. We've got two great co-hosts joining us. First, a returning favourite, seasoned digital asset investor Ben Ritchie is back on the show. And making his debut behind the mic, James Brannan. And before we get into...
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245 - XRP Breaks a Dollar, $36 Billion Showdown & Trump's Crypto Bank
This week on Crypto Curious, we're fresh off our 1 million download celebration - and what a week to get back to the news desk. Thank you again for all the love on the reunion episode; now the crypto world has served up one of the wildest news weeks of the year. 👉🏼 First, XRP has fallen below…
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244 - From $69K Bitcoin to 1 Million Downloads
This is not a normal week...Because Crypto Curious has just hit 1 million downloads — and you can't have a celebration like that without getting the gang back together. So joining us this week is the one and only Craig Jackson, our original partner in crypto, who was here for more than half of…
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243 - Can Your Bitcoin Ever Be Truly Safe?
This week on Crypto Curious, we're also celebrating a milestone that's just around the corner. Next week's episode marks 1 million podcast downloads, and to celebrate we're bringing back our original co-host Craig for a special reunion episode. If you've been with us since the early days—or…
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242 - Bitcoin, Bali & Bad Decisions
This week feels less like a crypto podcast... and more like the script of a Netflix crime series. 👉🏽 A night out in Bali ends with an Australian tourist allegedly losing $14,000 in crypto after handing over his unlocked phone to add someone on Instagram. But the story takes an extraordinary…
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241 - Can Bitcoin Buy You A Home?
Welcome back to Crypto Curious. Joining us in the studio this week is a very special guest, James Coombes, Chief Commercial Officer at Block Earner. James has helped lead one of Australia's biggest crypto success stories, with Block Earner launching Bitcoin-backed home loans, securing its...
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240 - The Bitcoin Custody War
This week, we're looking at three stories that all ask the same question: who really controls the money? 👉🏼 First, a crypto attacker walked away with $20 million from BonkDAO without hacking a single line of code. He simply bought enough voting power to pass a proposal that transferred the...
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239 - The Future of Crypto Ownership with Pepperstone Crypto
The crypto industry has matured rapidly over the past few years, but what's next? This week on Crypto Curious, we sat down with Tamas Szabo, Group CEO of Pepperstone Crypto, to discuss the evolution of digital assets, where the market is heading, and what it will take for crypto to become part of...
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238 - The President. The Banks. The Blockchain.
I'm Blake, and Tracey is taking a well-earned break this week, but I'm joined by a very special guest co-host, Jonno Newman from TRM Labs. If you haven't come across TRM before, they're one of the world's leading blockchain intelligence firms, working with governments, law enforcement agencies…
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237 - God, Zuck & CZ Walk Into a Bar...
This week, we begin in Europe, where Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, is being forced to wind down services across parts of the European Union after failing to meet the region's new MiCA licensing requirements. It's one of the clearest examples yet of regulators saying that...
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236 - Is Crypto Finally Going to the Moon?
This week, we're looking at three stories that all point to the same conclusion: crypto is becoming increasingly tied to the institutions it once claimed to replace. 👉🏼 We start in Washington, where newly appointed Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh has made his first major appearance — and...
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235 - Repeat: Navigating Crypto Tax with Shane Brunette of Summ
Because tax time is upon us yet again, this week we are re-sharing this BONUS 💥 episode by a special guest - Shane Brunette of Summ. Shane founded CTC back in 2018 after dealing with his own crypto tax nightmare. He has worked closely with accountants and tax lawyers to make it easy for fellow...
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234 - Bitcoin ETFs Are Bleeding. Wall Street Keeps Building.
This week, we're looking at a market that's sending two very different messages at the same time. 👉🏼 On one hand, institutional investors appear to be getting cold feet. Spot Bitcoin ETFs have just recorded their worst outflow streak since launch, billions of dollars have left the market, and…
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233 - Does The Bitcoin Sell-Off Hide A Bigger Story?
This week, we're looking at three stories that show just how quickly sentiment can change in this market. 👉🏼 First, Bitcoin has suffered one of its sharpest shocks of the year after US strikes on Iran rattled global markets. The world's largest cryptocurrency plunged below US$71,000, triggering...
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232 - Mark Cuban Dumps Bitcoin & AI Starts Spending Crypto?
This week feels like one of those episodes where you can genuinely feel the crypto industry shifting under the surface. 👉🏼 First up, billionaire investor and Shark Tank star Mark Cuban has revealed he sold around 80% of his Bitcoin holdings, calling the asset “a disappointment” and saying it’s...
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231 - CGT, SMSFs & the New Australian Tax Reality
Joining Blake and Tracey this week is a very special guest — Kate Cooper, CEO of OKX Australia. Kate’s spent more than a decade across media, financial services, and digital assets, and has become one of the most respected voices in the Australian crypto industry. There's a lot to cover this…
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230 - Bitcoin Hits $82K as BlackRock Goes Bigger With Guest Host Will Wright
I’m Blake, and this week we’re joined by crypto educator and coach Will Wright — better known online as @cryptocoachwill — who’s built a strong following helping everyday people actually understand this space, instead of just chasing headlines and memes. And honestly… this week feels like one of...
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229 - The Week Crypto Split in Three Directions
This week… crypto feels like it’s being pulled in three completely different directions at once. 👉🏼 We’re starting with Meta — yes, Meta — quietly stepping back into crypto, four years after the Libra collapse. This time, it’s not a grand announcement or a new coin… it’s stablecoin payments to...
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228 - BTC Goes Green And A Blockchain Just Rewound
Welcome back to the Crypto Curious podcast brought to you by the Bamboo App - the easiest way to start investing small amounts in crypto! 👉🏼 This week we’re kicking off with Bitcoin, which is quietly putting together its strongest month in over a year, up 13% in April. After everything we’ve…
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227 - $292M Hack. Apple Gets Bitten. Freezing Bitcoin?
Welcome back to the Crypto Curious podcast! This week… it feels like crypto just stress-tested itself — and not everything held up. 👉🏼 We’re starting with the biggest hack of 2026 so far — a single exploit that drained $292 million from Kelp DAO, froze parts of Aave, and triggered a $5.4…
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226 - Iran, Morgan Stanley, a $10M Fine & Jonno's back!
Welcome back to the Crypto Curious podcast! Trace is away this week, so we have Blake and Jonno Newman from TRM Labs on the mic. 👉🏼 This week is one of those weeks where crypto is colliding with the real world in a big way: geopolitics, global finance, and regulation all hitting at once. 👉🏼…
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225 - Ceasefires, Scams & Quantum Chaos
This week, crypto didn’t just move… it reacted. 👉🏼 A potential ceasefire sent markets flying — then reality tapped everyone back on the shoulder. 👉🏼 A $285 million “April Fool’s joke” turned out to be anything but funny. 👉🏼 And just when you thought things couldn’t get more futuristic……
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224 - Power, Policy & the Future of Markets with David Menz
This week’s episode is all about power — who has it, who’s fighting for it, and how it’s reshaping the future of crypto. We 👉🏼 We start in the US, where one of the most important pieces of crypto legislation — the CLARITY Act — is now at risk of falling apart. Not because the industry disagrees...
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223 - Three Signals You Don’t Want to Ignore Right Now
By the end of the weekend, we were back below $69K, all triggered by a single geopolitical curveball. A post from Donald Trump on Truth Social referencing Iran was enough to rattle global markets, and with a key deadline expiring today, the uncertainty isn’t exactly behind us. But while prices…
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222 - BlackRock Builds, Saylor Buys, Boris Attacks
This week feels like one of those moments where crypto takes another step toward the mainstream while still attracting just as much criticism as ever. 👉🏼 We start with BlackRock, which has just launched a new kind of crypto ETF — one that actually pays investors to hold it. It’s a major shift…
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221 - Wall Street Moves In as Bitcoin Hits 20 Million
This week’s episode is all about a shift in power, from institutions stepping further into crypto, to global markets reminding us why Bitcoin exists in the first place. 👉🏼 First up, Wall Street makes another serious move into the industry. The New York Stock Exchange has taken a stake in a…
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220 - The $65K Test: Conspiracy, Congress & Cheap Bitcoin
Welcome back to the Crypto Curious podcast — brought to you by the Bamboo App. I’m Tracey, and as always, I’m joined by Blake. This week feels like a stress test for the entire space. 👉🏼 Bitcoin dumped to $65,000 in the middle of a macro storm — tariffs, inflation data, no rate cuts — and…
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219 - Hassan Ahmed: The Man Scaling Coinbase Across Southeast Asia
🩵 Special episode today with Hassan Ahmed, Country Director and CEO of Coinbase Singapore. With an impressive background coming from roles at Merrill Lynch Wealth Management (VP Strategy) & Venmo (Head of Business Operations), to eToro USA (launched their regulated crypto trading platform in the...
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218 - X Becomes a Trading Desk & Canberra Talks The Bitcoin Reserve
Welcome to the Crypto Curious podcast, brought to you weekly by the Bamboo App. This week we’re looking at how power in crypto is shifting, from social platforms to billionaire investors, to policymakers. 👉🏼 First up, Elon Musk is turning X into something that looks a lot like a live trading...
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217 - Bitcoin’s Brutal Week, MegaETH & Canberra Talks Reserves
I’m Tracey, and this week feels like one of those defining moments where crypto shows its true colours. 👉🏼 Bitcoin has just had one of its most brutal weeks in years — billions liquidated, sentiment crushed, and a lot of newer investors getting a very real lesson in volatility. We unpack what...
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216 - When Bitcoin, Saylor and Politics Collide
Welcome back to the Crypto Curious podcast — brought to you by the Bamboo App. We'll get straight into it - this week’s episode is all about conviction — who really has it, who thinks they do, and what happens when the market pushes back. 👉🏼 We start with Bitcoin sliding lower as markets react…
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215 - Memes, Hacks & AI This Week In Crypto
On this week’s Crypto Curious podcast, we break down three stories that say a lot about where the market is right now: speculation, security, and what’s coming next. Here’s what we cover: 👉🏼 How the meme coin PENGUIN rocketed to a $170M market cap — and what that says about attention…
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214 - From MrBeast to the US Treasury: With Matthew Fraser of Crypto Collective
Welcome to the Crypto Curious podcast — brought to you by the Bamboo App. I’m Tracey, and this week we’re looking at a set of stories that all point to one big shift: crypto adoption isn’t coming from where people expected. 👉🏼 We start with a $200 million Ethereum-backed bet on MrBeast — not a...
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213 - From Trump-Backed Bitcoin to Frozen Stablecoins: A Reality Check for Crypto
This week we’re looking at a set of stories that all circle the same uncomfortable question: who really has the power in crypto right now? 👉🏼 We start with a Trump-backed Bitcoin mining company that’s seen a brutal sell-off — followed by insider buying that’s raising eyebrows and forcing...
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212 - ETF flows return, Ethereum evolves, and the Ledger data breach
Welcome to the Crypto Curious podcast, and our first episode for the year! I’m Tracey, and today Blake and I are unpacking a week that feels quietly important as we settle into 2026. 👉🏼 We’re starting with the return of ETF inflows into Bitcoin — not in a euphoric rush, but in a much calmer…
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211 - The 2025 Crypto Wrap: Craig Jackson Returns to Break It All Down
Welcome back to the Crypto Curious podcast - our final for 2025! Today’s episode is a special one as our O.G crew is back together. I’m Tracey and joining me in the hot seat are Blake and Craig Jackson for our end-of-year wrap. We’re looking back at the year that was in crypto, the all-time…
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210 - AI, DeFi, MSCI & MetaMask: A Deep-Dive With Michael Prendiville
This week on Crypto Curious, Tracey and Blake are joined by special guest Michael Prendiville — CEO of JellyC and fresh off a DECA award recognising his contribution to the Australian crypto industry. Michael brings his trademark pragmatic, risk-aware lens to a big week of news: 👉🏼 how AI tools...
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209 - BTC Slips, ETH Levels Up, and Kalshi Makes Its On-Chain Debut
Welcome back to the Crypto Curious podcast 👋🏼 Every Wednesday we break down the biggest stories in crypto and help you make sense of the week — whether you’re brand new to the space or already deep in the ecosystem. 👉🏼 This week, we’re kicking off December with a small market shake as Bitcoin...
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208 - Solo Miner Jackpot, Kraken’s $20B Play & Jonno’s Big Case Study
Welcome back to the Crypto Curious podcast! 👉🏼 This week, we’re kicking things off with one of the wildest Bitcoin stories we’ve heard in a while: a solo hobby miner who beat million-to-one odds and walked away with more than $266,000 USD in BTC. 👉🏼 We then shift gears into big industry news…
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207 - Bitcoin Pullback, Aave's Big Move, and This Week in Crypto
Welcome back to the Crypto Curious podcast. This week, Tracey and Blake are diving into one of the biggest questions on everyone’s mind right now: where is this market actually heading? Bitcoin has pulled back sharply, sentiment has flipped, and there’s a lot of noise out there — so we’re…
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206 - A Market Reset and a Familiar Face: Daxx Returns to Crypto Curious
Welcome back to Crypto Curious! Every Wednesday we dive into the dynamic world of crypto, from markets and regulation to the projects shaping what’s next. 👉🏼 This week, confidence is creeping back in. The U.S. government shutdown has officially ended, sparking a rally across global markets —…
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205 - Bitcoin’s Bleak Uptober & MetaMask’s Big Move
Welcome back to Crypto Curious! I’m Tracey, joined as always by my co-host Blake, and this week we’re unpacking a big shift in the markets — because so much for Uptober! After six straight years of green, October finally broke its streak, closing in the red. We’ll dig into what’s behind the...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Are you crypto curious? Do you hear NFT and think WTF? Heard about Bitcoin and Ethereum but not sure where to begin?
Then this is the podcast for you! Every Wednesday, Tracey and Blake break down the basics, unpack the latest trends, and share what’s catching their attention in the fast-moving world of crypto.
Whether you want to keep up with the news, join the chat at the pub, or take your first steps into investing, this show is your go-to guide for all things crypto.
Go from crypto curious to crypto caught-up with this weekly podcast — brought to you by Bamboo
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Are you crypto curious? Do you hear NFT and think WTF? Heard about Bitcoin and Ethereum but not sure where to begin? Then this is the podcast for you! Every Wednesday, Tracey and Blake break down the basics, unpack the latest trends, and share what’s catching their attention in the fast-moving...
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