Crypto Talk Radio: Basic Cryptonomics

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Oct 2026

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Join me as I discuss crypto and how you can get involved. Leicester holds a degree in Computer Information Systems and a variety of technical, project and solution certifications from Microsoft, CompTIA, Hyland Software, IBM and AXELOS (ITIL). He has over 25 years of work experience, including ownership of four businesses and working with over 70 customers across the United States.

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October 24, 202633 min

Webot AMA: “No Plans” to Delist #BlockDAG

Webot AMA: “No Plans” to Delist BlockDAG #Crypto #Cryptocurrency #podcast #BasicCryptonomics Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://CryptoTalk.FM Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠@ThisIsCTR⁠⁠⁠⁠ Chapters (00:00:01) - Intro and market overview (00:01:07) - Bitcoin and Ethereum price check and sentiment shift (00:02:34) - Diversification advice and warning against desperation gambling (00:03:58) - Short-term crypto outlook and precious metals comparison (00:06:04) - Explaining honeypots in crypto with simple analogies (00:08:11) - How honeypots manifest in crypto projects (00:09:39) - Case study: Pepito presale scam signs (00:11:14) - Evidence breakdown of Pepito's honeypot tactics (00:13:35) - General warning signs of presale scam projects (00:14:54) - BlockDAG comparison and buy-now pressure tactics (00:17:08) - Advice on accepting losses and letting go emotionally (00:19:01) - Accepting personal responsibility for bad investments (00:21:08) - Community fragmentation and lack of accountability (00:25:00) - Covert ops narrative and leadership failures (00:27:31) - Turner's admissions and management failures (00:29:33) - Webot AMA and delisting regulatory insights (00:30:27) - BlockDAG as a meme coin - final thoughts (00:32:08) - Closing advice: wait and don't engage further

October 14, 202633 min

Ledger and #Trezor Scramble to Constrict Supply Chains in Response To #Ledger Breach

Ledger and Trezor Scramble to Constrict Supply Chains in Response To Ledger Breach #Crypto #Cryptocurrency #podcast #BasicCryptonomics Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://CryptoTalk.FM Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠@ThisIsCTR⁠⁠⁠⁠ Chapters (00:00:01) - Intro and Market Overview (00:01:07) - Bitcoin and Ethereum Price Trends (00:02:19) - The Broken Four-Year Cycle Theory (00:03:53) - Hardware Wallets: How They Really Work (00:05:28) - Dedicated Device Strategy for Crypto Safety (00:06:59) - Ledger/Trezor Supply Chain Hack Revealed (00:08:46) - Chip Implants and Signal Blocking Laws (00:09:26) - Modded Chips Origin and Security Bypass (00:10:50) - P7 Dark Sword iOS Malware Attack (00:14:02) - Mitigating the Malware Risk (00:15:38) - Closing Thoughts on Device Security (00:16:00) - Garbage Projects and Diverse Portfolios (00:17:52) - Caller Comments on Shiller Accountability (00:20:00) - Understanding Shiller Motivations and Referrals (00:22:19) - Precious Metals Predictions and Credibility (00:24:54) - Why the Host Doesn't Monetize the Show (00:27:41) - Show Philosophy and Straight Coverage (00:29:32) - 2028 Outlook: Banking Restrictions and Goldbacks

October 10, 202624 min

Leicester on DagTech Shutting Down, Claiming “Investigations” Into #BlockDAG (OOC) [COLORFUL LANGUAGE]

Leicester on DagTech Shutting Down, Claiming “Investigations” Into #BlockDAG (OOC) #Crypto #Cryptocurrency #podcast #BasicCryptonomics Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://CryptoTalk.FM Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠@ThisIsCTR⁠⁠⁠⁠ Chapters (00:00:00) - Intro and Show Preface (00:00:58) - State of BlockDAG Coverage and Community Drama Background (00:03:39) - Casino Down, Pragmatic Play White Label Confirmed (00:04:21) - Exchange Promises That Never Materialized (00:05:16) - Turbo, Merging Tokens, and Marketing Gimmicks (00:05:52) - How BlockDAG Should Have Used Spartans Token (00:08:35) - Liquidity Pools and Utility Strategy Critique (00:10:19) - Community Fork and Canonical Chain Confusion (00:10:58) - Dagtech's Mining Software Failures (00:11:43) - Defining Canonical and the Rug Pull Discrepancy (00:13:03) - Presale Token Compression and Consensus Vote Scandal (00:15:12) - Welsh Stack's Sudden Withdrawal and Banner Mystery (00:16:21) - Dagtech Goes Offline Amid Investigations (00:18:43) - Speculation on Dagtech's Role Under Nick vs Turner (00:20:31) - Testnet vs Mainnet Questions and Dagtech's Motives (00:22:37) - Closing Thoughts: Three Sides, Three Liars

October 6, 202627 min

US Department of Justice Still Trying to Prosecute Tornado Cash Co-Founder

US Department of Justice Still Trying to Prosecute Tornado Cash Co-Founder #Crypto #Cryptocurrency #podcast #BasicCryptonomics Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://CryptoTalk.FM Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠@ThisIsCTR⁠⁠⁠⁠ Chapters (00:00:01) - Intro and Market Check (00:01:08) - Bitcoin Price and the Four-Year Cycle Theory (00:02:38) - Zelda Remake and 'Pick a Side' Mentality (00:04:08) - Influencers, Accountability, and Crypto Culture (00:06:02) - Crypto Privacy vs Government Surveillance (00:07:00) - IRS Inefficiency and Personal Tax Story (00:12:49) - Tornado Cash and the Code-Is-Not-a-Crime Debate (00:13:57) - Peer-to-Peer History and Music Industry Parallel (00:17:33) - Guilty Until Proven Innocent in Practice (00:21:07) - Cash vs Digital Surveillance (00:22:28) - Influencer Hype, Pump and Dumps, and Final Advice

September 29, 202629 min

Australia Medicare AI Breach ( #OpenAI ) Prompts Investigation

Australia Medicare AI Breach (OpenAI) Prompts Investigation #Crypto #Cryptocurrency #podcast #BasicCryptonomics Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://CryptoTalk.FM Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠@ThisIsCTR⁠⁠⁠⁠ Chapters (00:00:01) - Intro and Gaming Chat (00:01:09) - Bitcoin and Ethereum Market Update (00:02:19) - AI Rant Preview and Personal Disclosure (00:03:21) - The COBOL Shortage Story (00:05:30) - Retirement, Military Age Standards, and DEI Rollbacks (00:07:03) - Reflections on Military Service and Personal Autonomy (00:08:37) - The Shingles Ordeal (00:13:42) - Bodily Autonomy and Forced Mandates (00:15:54) - Career Choices and Remote Work Preferences (00:17:31) - Financial Stability and Life Balance (00:18:17) - AI Breach in Australia and How AI Agents Work (00:21:03) - Scoping AI Instructions and Boundary Risks (00:23:16) - Apple vs Windows Security and AI Sandboxing (00:24:09) - Incompetence, AI Risks, and Infrastructure Threats (00:25:59) - Tech Serving Humans vs Humans Serving Tech (00:28:15) - Closing Thoughts on AI Dependence

September 26, 20261 hr 6 min

Leicester’s Weekend Update On Another Stockholm Syndrome / Cult Project (OOC) [COLORFUL LANGUAGE]

Leicester’s Weekend Update On Another Stockholm Syndrome / Cult Project (OOC) [COLORFUL LANGUAGE] #Crypto #Cryptocurrency #podcast #BasicCryptonomics $BDAG #BlockDAG Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://CryptoTalk.FM Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠@ThisIsCTR⁠⁠⁠⁠ Chapters (00:00:00) - Victory Lap and Recap of the Ongoing Chaos (00:05:11) - Two Ledgers, One Chain: The Fork Explained (00:10:18) - Exchanges Are the Real Signal to Watch (00:12:29) - Wait and See: Avoiding Both Sites for Now (00:14:16) - Welsh Dag Shuts Down Suddenly (00:17:53) - BDAG Life and the Renee Shadlick NFT Book (00:20:20) - Critiquing the Book's Thesis and Structure (00:22:11) - Personal Miner Experience as a Thesis Example (00:27:17) - Timeline Errors: Mainnet Dates and the Turner-Giggles Shift (00:30:03) - Freeland, the Duna, and the Coup Allegations (00:33:15) - Sowing Distrust and Infighting Among Factions (00:36:39) - Legal Strategy: Civil vs Criminal Burden of Proof (00:37:25) - The OJ Simpson Parallel and Overreach in Claims (00:39:00) - Duna Leader's Centralization Mirrors Block Dag (00:45:07) - Irony of Decentralization Efforts Becoming Centralized (00:49:47) - Custody Questions, Reference Letters, and Cult Dynamics (00:53:37) - Covert Ops, Moles, and the Repeat of Past Warnings (00:57:11) - Incompetence Not Malice: Final Assessment of All Sides (01:04:30) - Closing Message: File Your Own Civil Suit

September 22, 202631 min

What Worked Before 2021 Is No Longer Good Enough For Your Coin

What Worked Before 2021 Is No Longer Good Enough For Your Coin #Crypto #Cryptocurrency #podcast #BasicCryptonomics #DOGE Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://CryptoTalk.FM Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠@ThisIsCTR⁠⁠⁠⁠ Chapters (00:00:01) - Intro and episode overview (00:01:11) - Market check: Bitcoin and Ethereum trends (00:02:46) - ETFs vs hard crypto: diversification advice (00:03:44) - Personal banking journey and ETF holdings (00:05:02) - Chase account nightmare and lost access (00:08:49) - Bank of America scam story from youth (00:11:48) - Regional banks, credit unions, and rise of fintechs (00:16:19) - Why fintechs and ETFs offer stability (00:17:07) - 101: Doge vs BlockDAG comparison post (00:19:00) - Why Doge succeeded doing nothing (00:23:45) - BlockDAG's overambitious approach and lofty promises (00:24:57) - The AI kicking video and meme potential (00:26:19) - Lessons: too much ambition vs simplicity (00:28:43) - Turner's partnerships and payment issues (00:30:29) - Closing thoughts on liars in crypto

September 15, 202619 min

#CoinEx Exchange Announces Shutdown, Winding Down Through The Rest of 2026

CoinEx Exchange Announces Shutdown, Winding Down Through The Rest of 2026 #Crypto #Cryptocurrency #podcast #BasicCryptonomics #CLARITY Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://CryptoTalk.FM Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠@ThisIsCTR⁠⁠⁠⁠ Chapters (00:00:01) - Intro and Gaming News Mention (00:01:18) - Market Overview: Bitcoin and Ethereum (00:02:31) - Exchange Shutdowns: CoinX and BitMEX (00:04:50) - Kraken UAE Withdrawals and Privacy Coins Delisted (00:06:53) - Background on the Clarity Act and Political Motives (00:09:51) - Trump-Centric Narrative vs Other Politicians' Enrichment (00:11:42) - Future of the Clarity Act and Political Gridlock (00:13:48) - Voter Accountability and Political Representation (00:15:43) - Naming Senators and Call to Action (00:16:59) - Closing Thoughts on Crypto's Uncertain Future

September 12, 202626 min

Leicester SWAG Look at #BlockchainFX, Antony Turner’s Latest Videos About #BlockDAG (OOC)

Leicester SWAG Look at BlockchainFX (Requested Coverage), Antony Turner’s Latest Videos About BlockDAG (OOC) #Crypto #Cryptocurrency #podcast #BasicCryptonomics Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://CryptoTalk.FM Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠@ThisIsCTR⁠⁠⁠⁠ Chapters (00:00:00) - Intro: Turner videos worth watching (00:02:19) - Turner confirms the real fundraising numbers ($200M vs $400M claims) (00:02:38) - Overspending, no plan, and marketing burning cash (00:03:58) - Unpaid partners and unverified buyback wallets (00:04:37) - Turbo token vision and misunderstood white paper claims (00:06:02) - Chain readiness timeline and the 'launch now, figure out later' approach (00:06:58) - The Duna/DAO saga: Turner's fake authority and the $35M PandL claim (00:09:44) - Consensus manipulation, Nick vs Turner, and the fallout chain reaction (00:11:41) - Incomplete chain admissions and assigning blame across the team (00:13:39) - Final take: ineptitude not malice, everyone shares blame (00:15:52) - Was it a scam? Turner's own framing vs consensus narrative (00:17:28) - Reader question: Blockchain FX (BFX) swag review intro (00:19:03) - Analyzing Blockchain FX on Uniswap and liquidity red flags (00:20:21) - Why BFX probably isn't Giggles' project (00:24:07) - Final verdict on BFX and closing remarks

September 8, 202630 min

Edward Zimbardi (CryptoProgram) Indicted For Crypto Ponzi, Extradited From Fiji

Edward Zimbardi (CryptoProgram) Indicted For Crypto Ponzi, Extradited From Fiji #Crypto #Cryptocurrency #podcast #BasicCryptonomics Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://CryptoTalk.FM Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠@ThisIsCTR⁠⁠⁠⁠ Chapters (00:00:01) - Crypto Talk Radio (00:01:02) - Bitcoin, Ethereum Look to Run To the Next Level (00:05:02) - Crypto is a Ponzi Scheme (00:10:48) - Cryptocurrency: The Pitfall (00:14:45) - Don't Trust AI on Ancestry (00:19:27) - Windows Is the Main Targets for Viruses (00:24:58) - Crypto Money Stealing Virus

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