Easing into Crypto
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Easing into Crypto is a education podcast hosted by Michael Caloz. It has 29 episodes, with the latest published May 2023.
Cryptocurrency is about a lot more than just making money. We'll get there in later episodes, but first, I want to help you understand how crypto actually works (including how it will transform society, promote social justice, lead to brand new forms of art and creativity, form the foundation of futuristic online worlds, and protect personal autonomy).You might be wondering:- Did El Salvador really make Bitcoin an official currency you can pay taxes with? Yes.- Did an NFT (i.e., a piece of art that lives inside cryptocurrency) really sell for $69 million? Yes.- Is Bitcoin actually useful for anything, or is it just creating a lot of needless pollution? Yes.There's a lot to unpack here, and most educational resources I've come across are either way too simplistic or way too advanced.I'll start at the very beginning and gently guide you through all the concepts you need to understand to feel comfortable with cryptocurrency. There's so
education ·en ·29 episodes
Special: The #1 threat facing our species—worse than climate change and nuclear war
Episode 26.5: Who to trust in the crypto world, who I follow, and technical analysis & market cycles
Episode 26: Long-time update, reflections on the crash, portfolio, lessons from StrongBlock & Terra
Episode 25: Preparing taxes, upgrading your security & avoiding scams, how to judge new projects
Episode 24: Holding coins vs. yield farming, where my $ is now, big StrongBlock news, future of crypto
Episode 23: How to invest based on how much $ you have (plus, the market dip, where my $ is, and more)
Episode 22: Wrapping up my 7 categories of investment (including an update on StrongBlock)
Episode 21: StrongBlock - the investment that’s made me the most money by far
Episode 20: Higher-risk, higher-reward opportunities (OlympusDAO, Tomb Finance, yield farming)
Episode 19: Specific investing options (including my personal list), staking, and lending
Episode 18: More preparing to invest (security, why SHIB will never rise to $1, realistic price targets)
Episode 17: Preparing to invest (how much to put in, how to get the coins you want, blockchains)
Episode 16: Intro to investing (what could go wrong, and what kind of investing could be right for you)
Episode 15: Wrapping up DeFi (why liquidity is so important, yield farming, LP tokens, major risks)
Episode 14: More DeFi (how Uniswap works, liquidity staking, impermanent loss, and more)
Episode 13: DeFi & CeFi, reinventing banking with P2P finance, stablecoins, borrowing/lending
Episode 12: DAO’s (organizations managed by algorithms), governance tokens, collective ownership
Episode 11: Wrapping up NFT’s (what you can actually do with them, upsides, downsides, risks)
Episode 10: More categories of NFT’s (art, video games, virtual reality)
Episode 9: Intro to NFT’s (collectibles, music, research funding & historical significance)
Episode 8: Coins vs. tokens, and some real Ethereum use cases—oracles and DEX’s
Episode 7: Intro to Ethereum, smart contracts, dapps, gas, Proof of Stake, and Ethereum 2.0
Episode 6: Overview of wallet types, specific recommendations, security, and hardware wallets
Episode 5: How to store crypto, wallets, cryptography, identity, and the future of democracy
Episode 4: How crypto offers autonomy, why it can’t be stopped, and the value of decentralization
Episode 3: Bitcoin's environmental impact, who runs the blockchain, and Bitcoin mining
Episode 2: How crypto actually works, why Bitcoin is valuable (even if it’s just "made up!"), blockchains
Episode 1: Why should I care? What’s in it for me? Why is crypto important (it's not just about making $$$)?
Episode 0: Series overview, who this is for, why you might consider listening to me, being careful
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