The Bad Crypto Podcast
by Joel Comm and Travis Wright
Technologists and crypto-enthusiasts Joel Comm and Travis Wright attempt to demystify the world of bitcoin, blockchain, litecoin, ethereum, alt-coins, token generation events, and ICOs in this podcast for cryptocurrency newbies.
Episodes
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Bitcoin Bull Trap? Episode 815
The SEC finally wrote the rules down. Citi is about to hold your Bitcoin. Thirty-nine state banking associations are building their own blockchain. And a $3 billion short squeeze shoved Bitcoin through $71K — right before Joel disappears on his honeymoon until November. On August 18, the SEC...
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The Bots are Botting - Episode #814
The SEC stopped waiting for Congress. Harmony minted four billion tokens out of thin air. And on Robinhood's new chain, AI agents moved $200 million while the humans logged off. Joel and Travis cover the SEC's August 14 vote on Regulation Crypto — the first formal crypto rulemaking of Chairman…
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$88 Million Gone From Wallets That Were Never Online
A five-year-old firmware bug quietly turned "cold storage" into a guessing game, and roughly $88 million in Bitcoin walked out the door without anyone touching a device. Joel Comm and Travis Wright open year ten of The Bad Crypto Podcast with the Coldcard entropy flaw: a March 2021 build error...
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Hidden Value in Your Dead NFTs
Nine years ago today, two dudes had an idea. That idea became The Bad Crypto Podcast — and 812 episodes later, we're still here. To celebrate our ninth anniversary, Joel Comm and Travis Wright are doing something useful with all those dead NFTs in your wallet: turning them into a tax write-off....
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Spontaneous Combustion - Episode 811
Where have we been? The real question is — where have YOU been? Joel and Travis hit record with zero show notes for a fully spontaneous Episode 811. On the docket: the third bear market and the halving-cycle math that points to a bottom this winter and the next top around fall 2029; record June...
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Claude Fable is AWESOME - Bad Crypto #810
The Worst It'll Ever Be: AI Apps in 20 Minutes, SpaceX's $1.8T IPO & Saylor's Head Fake — Bad Crypto Podcast #810 It's a bear market, so the bad boys of crypto are doing what builders do: SHIPPING. Bitcoin sits at $61,873, the altcoins are in the crapper, and Joel has officially divorced his…
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A Reality Engine for AI - Exploring XYO Network
In this sponsored episode of The Bad Crypto Podcast, Joel and Travis welcome back Markus Levin, co-founder of XYO Network, a project first featured on the show back in the ICO days of 2018. Unlike many projects from that era, XYO is still building. The conversation centers on a huge problem in…
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AI Video is Crazy!
AI video has officially gone off the hook, off the chain, and possibly off the planet. In Episode 808 of The Bad Crypto Podcast, Joel Comm and Travis Wright are back in their original human form to explore just how crazy AI video creation has become. Travis shows off the latest evolution of his...
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Bitcoin Breaks $81K as AI Agents Start Spending Money
Bitcoin has blasted past $81,000, but somehow that is not even the wildest story in crypto this week. In Episode 807 of The Bad Crypto Podcast, Joel Comm and Travis Wright break down a massive week where Bitcoin ETF inflows surged, Michael Saylor’s Bitcoin stack grew to nearly 4% of the total...
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BCP 806 - AI Produces Bad Crypto!
This week, Joel and Travis handed the producer role to AI and let it choose the top 10 stories in crypto. Surprisingly, the machine delivered. Episode 806 covers Kraken’s direct access to Fed payment rails, the growing push toward tokenized stocks, the stalled progress of the U.S. Bitcoin…
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Web 4.0 Has Arrived: What We’re Building with AI Right Now
What if the internet stopped waiting for you… and started working for you? In this episode, Joel and Travis show the real AI tools, agents, and systems they’re building right now — from automated news engines and live signal feeds to content publishing systems, games, voice clones, and...
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AI Goes Rogue: The Wild Rise of OpenClaw
What if your AI assistant could negotiate your next car purchase, trade prediction markets, manage your inbox, and research crypto… while you sleep? This week we break down the insane rise of ClaudeBot → Moltbot → OpenClaw, the open-source AI agent that rocketed past 200,000 GitHub stars and...
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Is Quantum About to Break Bitcoin?
Two years ago, quantum computing was a “someday problem.” Now NVIDIA is lobbying Congress. Ethereum is funding post-quantum research. Coinbase has launched a Quantum Advisory Board. So the question isn’t theoretical anymore. What happens to Bitcoin when quantum computers become powerful enough to...
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Crypto Panic + The Epstein Bitcoin Rabbit Hole
Everything is fine… weeks where everyone is definitely not fine. In Episode 802, we dig into the crypto panic, the blood-in-the-streets charts, and the uncomfortable question nobody wants to say out loud: Did the grown-ups finally show up to crypto… and ruin the party? We talk institutional...
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Crypto Taxes Just Leveled Up: 1099DA, New Reporting Rules, and How to Avoid a Mess
Tax season is back, and crypto reporting is getting a lot more… specific. We’re joined by returning guest Clinton Donnelly of CryptoTaxAudit to break down the biggest crypto tax changes affecting U.S. traders this year—what forms are coming, what the IRS will see, and the most common ways people...
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800 Episodes Later: Bitcoin, Gold, AI, and the End of the Old Cycles
Eight hundred episodes in, crypto doesn’t feel wild anymore — and that might be the biggest story of all. In this milestone episode, Joel and Travis kick off 2026 by unpacking a market that refuses to behave like it used to. Bitcoin isn’t mooning, but it isn’t collapsing either. Institutions are...
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2025 Cryptocurrency Recap - What went right and what went wrong?
2025 was supposed to be the year for crypto. Instead, it delivered all-time highs… followed by one of the most confusing pullbacks we’ve seen in years. Bitcoin hit new records, then gave them back. Altcoins struggled. Expectations got wrecked. And everyone was left asking the same question: What...
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Is the Four-Year Crypto Cycle Dead?
For years, crypto traders have lived and died by the halving clock. Boom. Bust. Rinse. Repeat. But what if that old rhythm doesn’t work anymore? In Episode 798 of The Bad Crypto Podcast, Joel and Travis make the case that Bitcoin has officially graduated from “speculative science experiment” to...
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True Crypto Confessions
Everyone in crypto has a horror story. In this episode, Joel and Travis turn the mic on themselves and the community for a raw, honest look at loss, regret, and the painful side of the crypto journey. Travis recounts how he lost 55 Bitcoin he mined back in 2010 after a hardware failure and no...
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Bitcoin’s Weirdest Cycle Yet: Why Nothing Looks Normal Anymore
Bitcoin is stuck. The market feels heavy. Sentiment is terrible. And yet, none of the traditional bull-market top signals have fired. Not a single one. In Episode 796, Joel and Travis dig into one of the strangest phases Bitcoin has ever entered. A trillion dollars has fallen off the crypto…
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AI Argues Over Bitcoin’s Future!
Two AIs enter. One narrative leaves. In this episode of The Bad Crypto Podcast, Joel and Travis hand the debate over to their AI companions — Merlin, the bullish wizard who sees magic in the markets, and Vinny, the cynical crypto hustler who thinks the cycle is cooked. The question: Is the bull...
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BIG Changes at Bad Crypto!
In episode 794 of The Bad Crypto Podcast, the Republic of Bad Cryptopia is going through major life upgrades. Travis has officially moved to Dubai to become Chief Innovation & Web3 Marketing Officer at MultiBank.io, leading their $MBG token, RWA plays, and a wild new partnership with UFC legend...
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Biggest Crypto Crash Ever?!
The biggest crypto liquidation in history just rocked the markets as President Trump drops a 100% tariff on all Chinese imports, sparking a global sell-off that hit crypto first and hardest. But even as traders panic, Bitcoin is surging ahead of the Fed meeting, teasing a new all-time high. We’re...
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Memecoins on Bitcoin
What if trading Bitcoin memecoins was as easy as logging in with your wallet and clicking “go”? This week, we’re pleased to welcome Bob Bodily, CEO of Toniq Labs, to discuss the platform that’s turning that vision into reality. No gas fees, no headaches, just fast and simple memecoin creation and...
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Beyond the Headlines: Bitcoin on S&P 500?
Michael Saylor’s Bitcoin play might crash the gates of the S&P 500 as early as Friday, Dogecoin moons on a $6M ETF launch, and Argentina’s peso freefall has Bitcoiners saying “told you so.” The U.S. Treasury is tinkering with stablecoin rules, lawmakers want crypto in your 401(k), and Tether…
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Google and Coinbase to Bring Crypto Mainstream
Bitcoin is en fuego—up 8% in September for its best month in 13 years as markets welcome a Fed rate cut. A sleeping whale just moved 1,000 BTC after 12 years, and political drama swirls around the Fed. Meanwhile, Google and Coinbase team up to bring stablecoin payments to AI agents, Dogecoin…
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Supply Chain Shenanigans: Hackers, HODLers, and Hot Messes
The crypto community once again is dodging digital landmines as Ledger’s CTO screams “stop those onchain transactions!” thanks to a sneaky NPM supply chain attack hitting over a billion downloads. That’s right, hackers are out here snatching crypto like it’s candy. Meanwhile, Bitcoin Hyper’s...
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Ep 788 - OG Whale Dumps $2.7B - Bull Market OVER? BAD NEWS for August 28, 2025
An OG whale has unloaded 25,000 Bitcoin, sending the price lower. Ethereum hits a new all-time high. And Crypto.com scores with a Trump treasury. Are we on the verge of a major dump and is the bull market over? Or are things just getting lit for a massive takeoff? We’ll look at the charts and…
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Ep 787 - Bitcoin Buzz, Fed Rate Cuts, and AI Deepfake Drama: Crypto and Tech Heat Up!
Is crypto teetering on the precipice of a huge pullback or are we just setting up for the next move up? All eyes are on Jerome Powell to see if the fed is planning rate cuts. But should Bitcoin care? The US Treasury secretary is flip-flopping on Bitcoin. But you know who isn’t flipping or…
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EP 786 - Are NFTs Making a Comeback? BAD NEWS for August 14, 2025
In the beginning, there were Cryptokitties. Well, maybe it wasn’t THE beginning, but it was the beginning of NFTs. In 2020, there were Blockchain Heroes. And meanwhile on Ethereum, some Punks and Apes took over the world, with some NFTs commanding 7-figure prices. The world was rife with birds,...
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Ep 785: Apex Fusion: Bridging the Blockchain Divide
In this episode, we dive deep into the future of blockchain interoperability with the minds behind Apex Fusion — Jerry Fragiskatos (CEO of HAL8 and former Chief Commercial Officer at Cardano) and Tom Flynn (Founder & COO of Apex Fusion). These industry veterans are building what they call a...
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EP #784 - $MSTR Infinite Money Glitch with John Lee Dumas
You may have heard a little bit about what Michael Saylor and his company, Strategy, are doing by acquiring truckloads of Bitcoin. But do you understand the full scope of his master plan? Today we’ve invited our friend John Lee Dumas, host of Strategy Today show on Youtube, to fill us in on...
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Ep 783 - Eight Years of Bad! for July 16, 2025
July 16, 2017. A day that will live in infamy. It was the day that Sir Lord Travis Wright and I invaded the beaches of Normandy… no, it was the day that we got on a space shuttle to become astronauts… well, ok. It was the day we decided to say words about Bitcoin, record them, and share them with...
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Ep 782: Whale Moves $Billions in Bitcoin - Bad News for July 9, 2025
Some OG Bitcoin wallets have seen life after more than 14 years of dormancy. Stocks and crypto react favorably to Trump striking a trade deal with Vietnam. And Jack Dorsey is back with a decentralized messaging app designed to take on WhatsApp and work over Bluetooth. Some say history is getting...
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Ep 781 - Bitcoin Treasuries & Stock Tokens - BAD NEWS for July 2, 2025
Bitcoin hashrate is declining even as interest in Bitcoin ETFs is growing. Robinhood has launched stock tokens. And the great state of Texas has made gold and silver legal tender once again. Along with crypto we’ve got some AI news for you. Are you tired of winning yet? We aren’t. And we’re going...
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Ep 780 - Market Sharts: Bitcoin Bounces and Bristol Scale Analysis - Bad News for June 25, 2025
It’s been a turbulent week in the world politically and cryptoly as Trump intervenes in the Israel/Iran conflict. The markets responded with fear and then bounced back when it appeared that all would be okay. It’s turbulence that we are used to by now, but it doesn’t mean you don’t feel it when…
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Episode 779 - The Genius Act & AI Badness - Bad News for June 19. 2025
How crazy is it that even in spite of being on the brink of World War III, Bitcoin is still holding over $100,000? How crazy is it that the Genius Act has passed through the US Senate and is now heading for the House of Representatives? And how crazy is AI accelerating with all the crazy stuff…
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Ep 778: The Bad Boys Are Back! - Bad News for June 13, 2025
If it seems that we’ve been silent, it’s just because we took a Spring break… for four weeks. Mostly because I’ve been traveling and bandwidth has not been amenable. But that doesn’t mean the crypto world hasn’t continued turning… and no, you aren’t going to get rid of us that easy as we approach...
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Ep 777: Luck, Timing, and the Crypto Rollercoaster - Bad News for May 14, 2025
Some say profiting in crypto happens intentionally. Others say it’s pure luck based on which tokens you buy. When you think about it there is a lot left to chance in this world. Who would have guessed that we’d still be doing this podcast almost 8 years later. We’ve got a luck-themed episode for...
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Ep 776: Quantum Crypto Wizardry with Mati Greenspan
Are we doomed for recession as many economists are lamenting? Or are we truly on the cusp of America’s “golden age”? Mati Greenspan is one of our go-to guys for a things relating to global economies, politics and tokenization. Today we welcome him back to share the true state of Israel, why…
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Ep 775 - AAA+ Web3 Gaming with Astra Nova
Are games on blockchain ready for their time to shine? The initial wave showed some promise, but it was too much “make money playing games” and not enough “play games that are fun”. That seems to be changing as the move to make AAA games is in full gear. Today we welcome DG from Astra Nova to the...
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Ep 774: Is The Crypto Winter Finally Coming To An End? - Bad News for April 22, 2025
Bitcoin has come back to life and the bull market may be resuming its second phase. A new SEC chairman has been ushered in. But Jerome Powell remains a wet blanket on the economy. AI developments continue moving rapidly and soon your digital twin will be able to take meetings or comfort loved…
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Bitcoiners Take On Inflation And Michael Saylor's Latest Moves
Bitcoiners have a different take on the mainstream inflation narrative, Michael Saylor teases at securing more Bitcoin, and Washington’s Stablecoin bill is moving forward. If you are holding OM tokens you woke up a few days ago with Oh My Godzilla, as the token instantly dropped 90%. And we can…
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Ep 772: Trump Resets Entire World Economy - Bad News For April 9, 2025
It’s been a wild week as President Trump has completely reset the entire world’s economy. With a bold tariff approach that caused a massive sell-off, we’re already seeing the brilliance in this move. Markets are bouncing back and we may be on the verge of a huge move for Bitcoin. Volatility is...
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Ep 771 - Trump Tariffs Trigger Crypto Turbulence - Bad News For April 2, 2025
With the Trump tariffs set to hit globally, everyone is watching to see how crypto responds. Bitcoin has broken back through $85,000 and some think whales have been suppressing the price. And the CEO of Blackrock has suggested that Bitcoin could replace the dollar as the world currency. Knock...
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Did the Fed Trigger a 1300% Bitcoin Run?! | #770
The market appears to be bouncing back since the Fed says they have “infinite cash”. Will this prompt a run back over $90,000? Crypto payment adoptions are moving slowly, perhaps due to security concerns. And is the US allowed to sell gold holdings to buy crypto paving a zero citizen tax method…
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Ep 769 - AI Technology Is Changing The Sports Betting Industry
The markets continue to show extreme fear, but some bulls are fighting to push Bitcoin higher. North Korea has surpassed El Salvador in the amount of Bitcoin they are holding. And Ripple has filed a trademark hinting at a crypto wallet. Also, what if you could use AI to win in the sports betting...
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EP 768 - Markets Melt - BAD NEWS for March 12, 2025
Markets are a mess—stocks bleeding, crypto crashing. ETF outflows are ludicrous. Trade wars are on. Is this Trump’s fault, or are markets just throwing a tantrum? Who’s buying the dip? And what does a bill to build a 1,000,000 Bitcoin strategic reserve for the U.S. mean for the future? We’re…
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EP 767 - Crypto Markets on Fire. Who will Stop the Burn?
Crypto soars on Trump’s announcement of a strategic crypto reserve… and it’s gone like that as all the gains are taken back and we are right back where we started. The SEC is offering $50K for various employees to resign. And Trump’s State of the Union is sure to be a humdinger as no one knows...
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Ep 766: Blood in the Crypto Streets - Bad News For Feb 25, 2025
There’s blood in the crypto streets as the bull run comes to a screeching reversal and massive liquidations hit the market. What is causing Bitcoin and all the altcoin to have this precipitous drop, and have we seen this movie before? Today we cover the latest news surrounding the latest moves…
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Technologists and crypto-enthusiasts Joel Comm and Travis Wright attempt to demystify the world of bitcoin, blockchain, litecoin, ethereum, alt-coins, token generation events, and ICOs in this podcast for cryptocurrency newbies.
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