The Decrypting Crypto Podcast

In this series, we dive deeper into defi, NFTs, regulation, web3 gaming and social media, plus a look at some of the new emerging technologies coming to the space.

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Your primer on Bitcoin NFTs (Ordinals)

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The future of gaming on Arbitrum with Karel Vuong of Treasure

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Off Chain 3/2/23: COIN drops BASE, Yuga's Bitcoin Collection, and the IMF Hates Crypto

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Off Chain 3/9/23: Silvergate collapses, Tensor's airdrop, and Yuga's Ordinals collection

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Off Chain 3/16/23: The Future of Crypto Banking

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Off Chain 3/23/23: The Fed's Next Move, Arbitrum's Monster Airdrop, and Coinbase's Wells Notice

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Off Chain 3/30/23: Binance is in Big Trouble

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Off Chain 4/6/23: DOGE pumps 30%, Yuga Partners w/ Gucci, and the 3AC boys are back (sigh)

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Off Chain 4/13/23: Shapella is a Success and Sends ETH Past $2k

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Off Chain 4/27/23: Is Crypto in the US Dying a Slow Death?

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Off Chain 5/11/23: BRC-20 Boom vs Memecoin Mania

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Off Chain 5-18-21: Steady Lads… Tether is Deploying More Capital

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Off Chain 5-25-23: Bitcoin NFT Surge & Binance Commingling

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Off Chain 6/1/23: Multichain's Missing CEO and a 20% Discount on Bitcoin

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Off Chain 6/8/23: The TL;DR of the SEC Complaints Against Binance & Coinbase

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Off Chain 6/22/23: TradFi is Coming for Bitcoin

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Off Chain 6/29/23: Bearish NFTs; Bullish BTC

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Off Chain 7/20/23: The Curious Case of Multichain; Plus, What Does the XRP Ruling Mean for Crypto?

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Off Chain 7/27/23: Worldcoin - An Eye-Opening Discussion into Crypto's Most Controversial Project

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Off Chain 8/3/23: Unpacking the Curve Exploit

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Off Chain 8/10/23: PayPal's Stablecoin, Rollbit's Rally, and Another Twist in the Curve Exploit Tale

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Off Chain 8/24/23: FriendTech, The Latest Way to Get Rekt in Crypto

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Off Chain 9/14/23: the SEC is Coming After NFT Projects, Plus the Upcoming FTX Selloff

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Off Chain 9/21/23: Persian Rugs

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Off Chain 9/28/23: The web3 Brand Finally Reaching the Mainstream

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Off Chain 10/19/23: What Role is Crypto Really Playing in Terror Funding?

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Off Chain 11/9/23: Signs of Life Spotted in the NFT Space

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Off Chain 11/16/23: What the BTC & ETH Spot ETFs Actually Mean

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Off Chain 21/21/23: Airdrop Season is Here (Here's Our Picks)

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Off Chain 1/18/24: The Bitcoin ETF So Far

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Off Chain 2/8/24: Staked ETH ETF? AI Passing KYC, and the Ethereum Dencun Upgrade

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Off Chain 2/15/24: Our Killer ETF Trade, PLUS Sotherby's Lists an Ether Rock

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Removing custodial risk from Bitcoin with Aki Balogh of DLC.Link

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Our 2024 market predictions

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The future of restaking with Mike Silagadze of EtherFi

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Farming airdrops as a node operator with Sami & Theo from Noder

s06 E94

Blobs Hit Ethereum, Saylor Engages Beast Mode, and the Sphere Has a Hat

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How Pendle is innovating in the liquid restaking space

s06 E96

Everything You Need to Know About the EigenLayer Mainnet Launch

s06 E97

An Introduction to Runes and What's Next Post-Bitcoin Halving

s06 E98

EigenLayer's Stakedrop is Nearly Here... Here's What You Should Know

s06 E99

A Primer on Bitcoin Layer 2s, plus the US Goverment's MEV Case

s06 E100

Why You're Not Bullish Enough

s06 E101

Which Crypto Narratives We're Focused On, PLUS - Is Crypto A Major Political Issue Now?

s06 E102

On Chain Gaming's Struggle to Find Product Market Fit

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Ordinals, Runes, and $DOG to the Moon w/ Leonidas

s06 E104

RIP BAYC?

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Building a Bitcoin Layer 2 with Max Chamberlin of Bitfinity

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The Bullish Path Ahead

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All Roads Leads to YES: Behind the Curtain of Launching a Memecoin

s06 E108

Explaining the Current Market Volatility

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The Land Grab for Wrapped Bitcoin Dominance

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While the Rest of the Market Chops, DeFi is Thriving

s06 E61

CBDCs: What's Coming and Why Should You Care? (Part 1)

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CBDCs: The [Dark] Future of Money (Part 2)

Best of Series Fives05 E41

The multi-platinum music producer...

In today's episode, we speak with the incredible TommyD. Tommy Danvers AKA TommyD has had...

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The Merge Explained: The...

In this episode, we do a deep dive discussion into The Merge. We break everything...

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The web3 project that...

In this week's episode, I speak with Preston Johnson, the founder of WAGMI United and...

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In this series, we dive deep into the world of decentralized finance, NFTs, play-to-earn gaming, and the wider metaverse. Expect interviews with the people, projects, and protocols shaping the future of web3.

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Like the Price of Bitcoin, We're Back!

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Poker in the Metaverse: How Decentral Games are building web3 poker inside Decentraland

s05 E2

Farming as a Service: a hands-off approach to yield farming

s05 E3

Building a web3 ecosystem incubator with DJ from Metagoons

s05 E4

Fabriclord on creating a social network for the metaverse

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Nat Eliason on building Crypto Raiders and making the jump from web2 to web3

s05 E6

How Metasoccer is creating Football Manager for the blockchain

s05 E7

Move & Earn: Why STEPN is paying people as much as $100+ per day to go for a short walk

s05 E8

Creating Hard Yield: How the Jones DAO team are leading innovation in DeFi

s05 E9

Everything you need to know about crypto taxes in 2022 with Shehan Chandrasekera

s05 E10

The tokenomics and game mechanics behind Monster Champions

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Off-Chain 4/28/22: Bitcoin 401(k)s, Optimism's token launch, and Coinbase's NFT marketplace has arrived.

s05 E12

Crabada: the game responsible for over 60% of Avalanche transactions

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Off-Chain 5/5/22: The $320mm Otherside land sale, Fantom liquidation drama, and Tennessee is recognizing DAOs.

s05 E14

Building the communication protocol for web3 with Shane Mac from XMTP

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Off-Chain 5-12-22: The monumental UST de-peg and $4bn Bitcoin short position that's melting down the market

s05 E16

Genopets: combining move-to-earn tokenomics with the nostalgia of 90's Tamagochi pets

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Off-Chain 5/19/22: the possible Terra fork, China's ban on Bitcoin mining isn't working, and the latest pegs getting tested.

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Off-Chain 5/26/22: Blood in the water for OpenSea, the LUNAtics living up to their name, and GameStop are doing what GameStop do best... confusing us all.

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Off-Chain 6/2/22: 10 hours of goblin sounds, Tron's the 3rd largest chain by TVL, and Luna 2.0.

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Off-Chain 6/9/22: Regulation is coming and it could be much more aggressive than we expected.

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Off-Chain 6/24/22: The Solana Smartphone, a $52mm Superyacht, and SBF Saves the Day (again).

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Off-Chain 7/6/22: Crypto has nuked North Korea's plans, Voyager Capital files for bankruptcy, and the real reason for the Ronin bridge hack.

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Off-Chain 7/14/22: Celsius files for bankruptcy, the WZRDS NFT project comes under fire, and GameStop does over $2mm in NFT trading volume in 48 hours.

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Off-Chain 7/20/22: THE MERGE IS COMING AND WE'RE RICH AGAIN... right? RIGHT?!?!

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Off-Chain 7/28/22: Lido Runway Concerns, Minecraft Bans NFTs, and a TON of Regulatory Updates

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Off-Chain 8/4/22: Slope Wallet Chaos on Solana, Yet ANOTHER Bridge Hack, and Meta's Metaverse Play

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Off-Chain 8/11/22: US Sanction Causing Chaos in Crypto, Coinbase's Woes Continue, and Tiffany's Just Sold $12.5m of Cryptopunk Pendants.

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Off Chain 8/18/22: Are the Tornado Cash sanctions a good thing or an attack on privacy?

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Off Chain 8/25/22: 600+ NFTs are about to get liquidated, Telegram's NFT usernames, and FTX's huge growth.

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Off Chain 9/1/22: Crypto.com's $10.5m blunder, the web3 founder that gambled away $1.8m of funding, and Arbitrum's Nitro update goes live.

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Off Chain 10/13/22: Pound Sterling is a Shitcoin.

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Off Chain 10/20/22: The Death of Creator Royalties. Good or Bad?

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Off Chain 10/27/22: Reddit shows how to reach the mainstream with NFTs.

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Off Chain 11/10/22: Crypto's Lehman Moment.

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Off Chain 11-17-22: Where do we go from here?

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Off Chain 11-17-22: The state of the crypto market and what lies ahead

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Off Chain 12-1-22: Coinbase ditches XRP, and BlockFi goes bust

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Off Chain 12/8/22: SBF vs Crypto; Crypto vs Apple

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Off Chain 12/15/22: What to expect from 2023 (oh, and SBF is arrested)

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Off Chain 1/12/23: The demise of DCG & new hope for FTX customers

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Off Chain 1/19/23: Why you should pay attention to the rally in LSD tokens

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Off Chain 1/26/23: Binance under pressure, BlockFi sees more pain, and Celsius to launch a token?!

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Off Chain 2/2/23: Bitcoin NFTs

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Off Chain 2/9/23: Britcoin is coming

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Off Chain 2/16/23: Operation Choke Point (SEC vs Crypto)

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Off Chain 2/23/23: Blur vs OpenSea

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How BNB Chain's investment director is planning on deploying their $1bn+ ecosystem fund

s05 E29

How Endstate's NFT-paired sneakers are bridging the gap between physical and digital products

s05 E31

The web3 project that bought an English Football Club with plans of taking them to the Premier League.

s05 E34

The Merge Explained: The What, Why, and How (and what we can expect)

s05 E41

The multi-platinum music producer bringing web3 music the masses

Best of Series Fours04 E9

Quantum Computing and its...

We look at how the advances in quantum computing could impact the technology we use...

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Lonely Libra's Lost its...

After the mass exodus at the Libra Association, we discuss the implications and significance of...

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Taylor Monahan on Why...

We speak with the CEO of MyCrypto, Taylor Monahan, about DApps, design and security in...

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Series Four

After a brief hiatus, Matt and Austin return for a fourth series of the Decrypting Crypto podcast. This series is packed full of interviews from heavy hitters in the industry, as well as close inspection of Facebook's Libra project.

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Is Libra a Force for Good or Evil?

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Could Regulation Kill Facebook's Libra Adoption?

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Riccardo Spagni on Creating Liquidity with Security Tokens

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JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley & Facebook's Future in Crypto with Raakhee Miller

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Greg Freeman on Why Decentralization is NOT the Goal of Security Tokens

s04 E7

Libra May Never Launch But Could Hurt Bitcoin in the Process

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Taylor Monahan on Why DApps Still Have a Long Way to Go

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Lonely Libra's Lost its Friends

s04 E9

Quantum Computing and its Future Threat to Encryption

Best of Series Threes03 E7

Mass Layoffs in the...

We’ve had price rises and price lows, an influx of ICOs and a wave of...

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The Giants of Tech...

The giants of tech are making their move on the blockchain space. Amazon launches their...

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Money Mayweather, DJ Khaled...

The SEC is cracking down on “influencer” promoting securities, GDPR might be a big hurdle...

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Series Three

Matt and Austin are back for another series of The Decrypting Crypto Podcast. They speak with some leading names in the blockchain industry, and some of the people looking to build the next killer app.

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s03 E1

How BitTorrent's Creator is Building a Better Bitcoin

s03 E2

Why IBM is Investing so Heavily in Blockchain

s03 E3

Forkception: the Fork of a Fork!

s03 E4

It's a Bloodbath Out There

s03 E5

Money Mayweather, DJ Khaled & GDPR

s03 E6

The Giants of Tech are Hungry for Blockchain

s03 E7

Mass Layoffs in the Crypto Space

Best of Series Twos02 E18

Coinbase Growth Concerns, Fidelity's...

Coinbase has seen an 80% dip in active users since late 2017, Fidelity Investments has...

s02 E17

Taking Back Ownership of...

We speak with Edmund John, founder of SelfKey about how he’s on a mission to...

s02 E16

ASIC Mining: a Contributor...

Coinbase has opened the floodgates for all kinds of cryptocurrencies to be listed on their...

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Series Two

In this series of The Decrypting Crypto Podcast, hosts Austin Knight and Matthew Howells-Barby interview the people behind some of the most interesting projects that are moving the blockchain space forward.

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s02 E1

Interview with Taylor Monahan, CEO of MyCrypto

s02 E3

Interview: Andrew Keys from ConsenSys

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Interview: Amy Wan, CEO of Sagewise

s02 E5

Interview: Benji Rogers, Co-Founder Dot Blockchain Media

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Interview: Gleb Nikitin, Co-Founder of MetaHash

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Interview: Gee Chuang, CEO of Listia

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Interview: David Roon, Co-Founder of OpenLaw

s02 E9

Interview: Colin Stewart, Director at Producers Token

s02 E10

Interview: Alexis Gauba & Aparna Krishnan of Mechanism Labs

s02 E11

Interview: David Bleznak, CEO of Totle

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Interview with Radko Albrecht, CEO of BitBond

s02 E12

How and Why Cryptocurrencies Increase (and fall) in Value

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A Deep-Dive into the Sia Project - Cloud Storage on the Blockchain

s02 E14

Most ICOs Die Within 4 Months, 20% Are Scams, Yet $20 Billion Has Been Raised in 2018 (so far)

s02 E15

Could Blockchain Technology Transform the Healthcare Industry?

s02 E16

ASIC Mining: a Contributor to Centralization or a Security Necessity?

s02 E17

Taking Back Ownership of our Identities with Blockchain

s02 E18

Coinbase Growth Concerns, Fidelity's Big Move and Bitcoin's Risk from Whales

Best of Series Ones01 E9

The Case Against Bitcoin

There are a lot of rational and valid arguments against the current state of Bitcoin....

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What is Ethereum?

The second-largest cryptocurrency, Ethereum, is very different from the largest, Bitcoin. But why? Within this...

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Transferring and Storing Cryptocurrency

Making your first ever transaction can be a little daunting. This episode will walk through...

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Series One

In the first series of The Decrypting Crypto Podcast, hosts Austin Knight and Matthew Howells-Barby take you on a journey through the complex and confusing world of cryptocurrencies. From learning exactly what a cryptocurrency is, and actually buying your first crypto, all the way through to understanding what smart contracts are and how blockchain technology can be applied to a range of different industries and applications.