In Part 2, Blake and Matt debate whether stablecoins will be a contribution or detriment to the cryptocurrency space. They seem to be a hot VC investment, but whether it is good for the ecosystem remains to be seen. Timestamps: 1:35 - Are stablecoins helping? 5:00 - Legal compliance 6:31 - Bitfinexed 9:42 - Deep dive into USDT 11:15 - Are stablecoins even a cryptocurrency? And much more!

As the first of a two part episode, Matt and Blake take an in depth look at Stablecoins, their use and comparison within the cryptocurrency universe. Stablecoins have raised over $350m in investment. There are over 45 projects fighting to knock down Tether and become the stablecoin of choice.

Matt Aaron and new co-host Blake Moore go over the sometimes underlooked importance of mining, exchange tokens, their use within the mining spectrum, and finally take and in-depth look at VIAT Tokens. During our discussion, you'll discover: 0:41 - Presenting new co-host Blake Moore 2:55 - What does peer to peer electronic cash for the world mean? 3:58 - Mining and how it is often overlooked. Why is it so important? 6:16 - Kevin Zhang - The Tibet story - Cleaner energy used for Mining And...

Matt and Kelso examine the new documentary yet to be released, Trust Machine: The Story of Blockchain. It’s from Alex Winter, who produced popular documentaries Downloaded and Deep Web, covering outlier aspects of the digital space. He’s back to take on blockchain, and if the press release and trailer are any guide, it too looks pretty compelling. Narrated by Rosario Dawson with Ethereum's Joe Lubin as exec producer. The Los Angeles screening happens in less than 48 hours.

Matt and Kelso examine crazy amounts of money thrown at blockchain projects. Warranted or not, blockchain is officially a multi billion dollar industry, and it has achieved that status during what’s now known as the extended Crypto Winter -- a bear market closing in on a year long. And estimates by industry insiders claim 2018 is on pace to break investing even during the bull run of late last year.

The current state of credit scores worldwide is miserable. The system is flawed and subjective in how you are evaluated. Move to a new country? You have to start over. No credit card? you may not have credit in the United States. Not registered to vote? This will hurt your score in the U.K. Then there is the lack of privacy. Centralized agencies like Equifax cannot keep your info safe. So we discuss how blockchain could fundamentally change it.

At listeners request, we will periodically highlight some of the world's goofiest ICOs. Like a really bad episode of Shark Tank. EyeGlob.net is using blockchain to make healthier eyes. Yeah, that's right! They are pro eyes; pro vision, and so are we! EyeGlob.net is in their ICO looking for 33 million dollars for 40% of their company, meaning a valuation of 82.5 million. That is quite a lot of money for a company with no working product.

A male-dominated space, adoption of crypto depends on both men and women. We talk about females in blockchain culture and highlight 3 underrated women who are making a big difference in the blockchain world.

"Whatever controls the courts, controls the state." An intriguing use case. What if disputes could be solved via a decentralized platform? Kleros is working on it. We speak with their cryptoeconomics expert. What an exciting interview. William George is part of Kleros, a dispute resolution layer built on top of Ethereum. In layman's terms, we go from traditional small claims court, centralized dispute resolution like PayPal and Amazon to the Kleros alternative and paint a picture for the...

Like many blockchain plays, sports startups could work, but will require a ton of serendipitous marketing. If athletes are broadcasting games, they better be really into it and promoting it, because they are getting paid in these new tokens, so a lot depends on the market perception that these tokens hold value. We talk about: The blockchain project that the NFL Players Association invested in. The rise of e-sports Tokenizing athletes Gambling and it's fundamental importance to fan...

You've heard of the advantages of blockchain: *Trustless *Saves time and money *Traceability / Immutability Well this industry needs all of the above. The international food and pharma supply chain is a giant ... mess. We speak with the CEO of Ambrosus, Angel Versetti. Whether it's making product recalls more accurate and less costly, understanding where in the supply chain things went wrong, or helping consumers understand where their food really comes from, there is giant potential here.

Cody Wilson. 30 years old. About five years ago, on a lark, decided to create world’s first 3D printable gun. Succeeded. Media went nuts.  Defense Distributed, his website, was effectively shut downe State Department said having downloadable gun files violated international arms law. Wilson complied. Wilson would later take the fight directly to the federal government. Wilson sued them. He basically lost all early court challenges. Feds cut a deal with Wilson this year.

The use of blockchain in the public sector reached another milestone this month when West Virginia became the first U.S. state to allow internet voting by blockchain in primary elections. While the voter participation through this platform was estimated to be small, the intention of the administrators was to test the technology in a pilot project. Matt and Kelso review a few projects that are already operating in the U.S., Africa, and South America.

"We propose that blockchain technologies can become a new framework not only for the production (distribution and financing) of stories but also their creation.” Kelso covered the humongous ComicCon conference a few weeks back. In between meeting celebrities from top comic-book movies like AquaMan, he had the chance to interview a ConsenSys startup, Cellarius.

Encouraging governments to use and implement blockchain, the theory goes will lead to more transparency, data security, streamlined communication and reporting. All around the world, there are billions of hours and dollars wasted on tedious bureaucratic processes. Blockchain for government is providing a public audit. This public audit log has the potential to be free from manipulation and immutable. Forgeries and outright fraud can be made more difficult.

Today's special guest is none other than Taylor Pearson, author of The End Of Jobs.  He has emerged as a thought leader around blockchain's impact on our future. This episode is centered around you, the individual. a belief in the individual as the source of creativity a belief in serving the needs of the protocol as the ultimate purpose of the individual and a belief in the application of blockchains to achieve an individual’s highest potential.

In the mainstream press and corporate world, cryptocurrency is reviled. It is hated. Its users are thought to be straight trash. There is absolutely no reason for the financial system undergirding media and business, insulated and protected by the status quo, to do anything other than what they’re doing: portray cryptocurrency as a plaything for geeks, drug losers, and terrorists. And they have some legitimate arguments: 90% of the projects taking advantage of the buzzword in order to...

Without much doubt, exchanges, or banks, such as San Francisco based Coinbase have onboarded more folk to cryptocurrencies than any other. At the same time, hacks, flash crashes, government raids and lawsuits are ongoing issues for centralized crypto exchanges. Bank of America recently admitted to doctoring paperwork on over 16 million market orders from institutional clients. If P2P decentralized exchanges take over, it could change the world as we know it.

We are bullish on file storage using blockchain. The cloud is just someone else's computer. And you are susceptible to others accessing your data (see Dropbox hack) A blockchain solution would empower decentralized end-users: files are encrypted, distributed, and then distributed in redundancy all around the world. You’re the only person who can access your files. Not even someone hosting your files can get to them, theoretically. 

Religion has always been very top-down, and for good reason. We explore the idea of religion without a central authority. Scripture = Ledger? Matt Liston and Avery Singer made a blockchain-based religion called Zero X Omega. Their first totemic object is a narwhal with a doge head, and their place of worship is a chat room. Tying it all together, the Bitcoin world has its own remnants of religious themes and figures.

This is an episode that sounds like a Sci-Fi movie. But it is (eventually) going to happen and that is very exciting! Imagine a world where anyone can become a market maker; profit from information and knowledge you have. We have people who call themselves experts and we really don’t know … prediction markets will have a radical impact on the way we consume media. Journalism, global warming, business, politics .. all will be affected.

What if we could organize property titles to a blockchain? Tokenize real estate all over the world? In Haiti, the disastrous earthquake in 2010 had a destructive effect on the land registry: approximately 16,000 civil servants were killed and an unknown number of title deeds and land registry records were destroyed. To this day, land ownership issues are still unsolved. Very few of us can afford an apartment in San Fran or Hong Kong, but what if we could invest just a few hundred dollars?

In 2017, Global Financial Integrity estimated the global drug industry added up to $652 billion of trade per year, making it the second biggest underground market after the counterfeit and pirated goods market. When you add in the domestic and household economy of the world’s households, the “under the table” economy, you get something that adds up to 3/4 of the world’s total economic activity. What role will blockchain play in our black market transition to the information age?

Stuart tells us some stories about Scotland's pride: Buckfast tonic wine, which is prone to causing poor behavior. From there, we tackle: The traditional wine market: the exporter, the importer, the distributor, the store, the customer ... a long supply chain that can be improved to be more efficient Avoiding fraud with blockchain technology: the corks and their fingerprint The potential to decentralize trust in supply chains and bring measurable benefits and value to the public and private...

Healthcare is quite problematic in the United States, so we invited an expert: Ryan Kuriakose of the Open Health Exchange. Ryan and I talk about the challenges of the current ecosystem and examine where blockchain tech may be able to help: Lowering costs Data efficiency and control the Big Pharma industry Help for the underinsured Service providers and the middlemen Blockchain opportunities in the industry The Open Health Exchange, Ryan's platform