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.

Most of the NFTs we bought are abandoned, rugged, or worth pennies. But in the U.S., a crypto loss is a capital loss — and those losses can offset your gains (plus up to $3,000/year against ordinary income). Joel built a tool with Claude that scans your wallets, finds the damage, and hands you a report for your CPA.

👉 Scan a wallet FREE at https://rektwriteoff.com — this episode's sponsor.

Also in this one: Stripe and Advent's ~$53B bid for PayPal and the stablecoin angle, where the GENIUS and CLARITY Acts stand, the great NFT market reset, the Spain vs. Argentina World Cup final and FIFA's $999 "Right to Buy" NFTs, plus AtomicHub/WAX going multi-chain.

⚠️ Not financial or tax advice. Joel and Travis are not CPAs or financial advisors. Talk to a tax professional before harvesting losses or burning assets.

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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 Bitcoin ETF outflows of roughly $4 billion; the launch of X Money with its 6% APY and metal Visa card; Trump's freshly-disclosed $1.4 billion in 2025 crypto earnings; the return of Anthropic's Fable 5 model; and two daredevils unfurling a peace banner on top of the Empire State Building while the guys were recording.

Plus: why stablecoins are really just the digital dollar people wanted, MiCA and the Circle-vs-Tether split, the US debt clock spiraling past $39 trillion, and some genuinely good news — Travis's CoinResearch.ai tool drawing a majority investment from the Hilton family office technology fund. No plan. No polish. Pure bad. Stay bad.

NOT FINANCIAL ADVICE. For entertainment and informational purposes only. Crypto is volatile — do your own research and consult a licensed professional.

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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 bags. Travis explains why the 4-year cycle is alive and well — mapping this pullback exactly to previous cycles, with a projected bottom around mid-October.

Then it goes full mad-scientist. Travis builds a viral-worthy "Culture Shock" site of World Cup visitors reviewing America in 20 minutes flat with Claude's new Fable model, then ships Viddl — a desktop app that downloads video from YouTube, X, TikTok, Instagram or LinkedIn with FFmpeg baked in. Joel premieres his AI-generated origin story film (1978, a food court paycheck, and a TRS-80 in a Radio Shack window) and announces his Acumen daily puzzle games are headed to the App Store.

Plus: SpaceX IPOs as $SPCX at a $1.8 TRILLION valuation with ~$250B in demand, OpenAI and Anthropic file to go public, Michael Saylor's 32-BTC head fake, a trader who built his own exchange from a 42-page prompt, and the AI video tool stack the guys actually use (Kling, PAI, Higgsfield, Seedance & more).

"The technology that we're using now to build stuff is the worst that it's going to be." — Joel

⏱ CHAPTERS
0:00 Cold open & liftoff
1:04 Episode 810 kicks off — semi-retired no more
3:48 Bitcoin's 4-year cycle is mapping exactly
4:45 Saylor's head fake: sells 32 BTC, buys 1,500 more
6:40 Market check: BTC $61,873 & Joel divorces his altcoins
7:49 The AI trading edge: OKX & the 42-page prompt exchange
10:24 SpaceX IPO ($SPCX): $250B demand, $1.8T valuation
11:27 Trillion-dollar AI: Anthropic & OpenAI file to go public
15:48 Culture Shock: World Cup visitors review America
19:09 Viddl: download any video, built in a morning
23:06 Joel's AI origin story: 1978 & a TRS-80
26:30 The AI video stack: Kling, PAI, Higgsfield, Seedance
28:08 Acumen: 9 daily puzzle games headed to the App Store
31:56 Travis's Pixar-style get-well video for his brother
35:03 "The worst it's ever going to be" — why the opportunity is NOW
37:18 The fine print

🔗 LINKS
🎮 Play Acumen free: https://games.aiforeveryoneshow.com/app.html
📕 Pre-order Joel's new book AI Made Simple (Dec 1, 2026): https://aimadesimplebook.com
🎬 Joel's origin story video: https://www.youtube.com/joelcomm
🎞 PAI by Utopai Studios (story-to-storyboard video): https://pai.utopaistudios.com/login
📈 MSTR Today with John Lee Dumas (the Saylor breakdown): https://www.youtube.com/@MSTRtoday
🤖 Travis's market tools: https://coinresearch.ai
⬇️ Download Viddl: https://badco.in/viddl
📝 Full show notes: https://badco.in/810

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DISCLAIMER: Not financial advice. The Bad Crypto Podcast is for entertainment and informational purposes only. Prices and valuations quoted reflect the moment of recording. Do your own research and never invest more than you can afford to lose.

Stay bad. 🤘

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