Vitalik Buterin Cameo - Bad News for 8/26/18

The SEC just doesn’t care for crypto ETFs. Ethereum may be ready to bounce off it’s lows for the year. And perhaps mining doesn’t take as much energy as we think. Our friends down under can now pay their bills with Bitcoin, and Apple has approved a crypto app that will allow you to earn and spend your rewards. And the icing on the cake? Our own Rachel Wolfson grabbed a couple minutes with Vitalik Buterin, the creator of Ethereum, at a recent event. We’ve got an exclusive recording that you don’t want to miss! More informative than any mainstream media outlet and more fun than sticking waffles to your hands and chasing your cat around the house. Well, maybe not that fun. We’re back with the latest crypto news and bad analysis for episode #172 of The Bad Crypto Podcast. Full Show Notes at: http://badco.in/172 SUBSCRIBE, RATE, & REVIEW: Apple Podcast: http://badco.in/itunes Google Podcasts: http://badco.in/google Spotify: http://badco.in/spotify FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA: Twitter: @BadCrypto - @joelcomm - @teedubya Facebook:  /BadCrypto - /JoelComm - /teedubyaw Facebook Mastermind Group: /BadCrypto LinkedIn: /in/joelcomm - /in/teedubya Instagram: @BadCryptoPodcast Email: badcryptopodcast[at]gmail[dot]com Phone: SEVEN-OH-8-88FIVE- 90THIRTY DONATE CRYPTO TO THE SHOW: If you'd like to donate a bit of cryptocurrency to The Bad Crypto Podcast, feel free to send copious amounts to the following locations:  $BTC: Bitcoin: 3GMgCH4dFUHSLdrPnLwEsfKPVnLnoGbzGZ  $ETH Ethereum: 0x1ccE8A04fa6743eD1D24cA063c7543D43B42F328  $LTC Litecoin: LavXqTWVHebEgVhBXdg3Hue3xEAmgtxLgr  $DOGE Dogecoin:  DMngvNMX1U8Sg8PkDjCC3UTS8Mmn9RqTP5 GET STARTED WITH CRYPTO WITH $10 BITCOIN FREE:We have an affiliate code with Coinbase.  If you decide to buy some crypto on Coinbase, you get $10 of free BTC, when you spend at least $100 in crypto.  The Bad Crypto Podcast also gets $10 BTC, as well. Win-Win. Coinbase is one of the most popular and well-known brokers and trading platforms in the world. Their pla