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Learn Cardano Podcast

The Learn Cardano Podcast is about the Cardano blockchain and all its aspects, from staking, stake pool operations, smart contracts, and coding in Plutus to voting in Project Catalyst. If you have heard about Bitcoin and Ethereum but haven’t heard of Cardano, this podcast is for you. We’ll have news updates from the project, interviews with key Cardano leadership, community members, stake pool operators and step-by-step how-to guides to understand aspects of Cardano better.Subscribe and leave us a

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12:02

ATO Chasing Unpaid Super: Is This Another Robodebt?

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2026/09/30

The ATO is chasing Australian small businesses over unpaid and late superannuation, with automated checks looking back as far as 2021 and some owners receiving letters for interest, penalties and Super Guarantee Charge amounts. The issue is not just whether super should be paid; it is how the ATO counts when it was paid, especially when clearing houses and fund processing times create delays between money leaving the business and landing in the employee's super account.Peter breaks down the Hughesy

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13:33

Cardano Gets Programmable Tokens: Why CIP-113 Matters

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2026/09/30

CIP-113 has been merged into the Cardano CIPs repository, moving Cardano closer to a standard for programmable token-like assets.In this video I break down what programmable tokens are, why they matter for real-world assets, stablecoins and tokenized securities, and how projects could use transfer rules, KYC allowlists, freeze/seize actions and issuer controls without turning every implementation into a custom one-off.This does not mean every wallet and dApp supports CIP-113 today. It means the

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10:48

Australia's New Crypto Rules: What Holders Need to Check

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2026/09/29

Australia's crypto rules are changing. AUSTRAC already requires many crypto service providers to register for anti-money laundering and financial crime oversight, while ASIC is pushing affected digital asset businesses into Australia's financial services licensing regime.In this episode, Peter breaks down the difference between AUSTRAC registration and an Australian Financial Services Licence, what ASIC's 30 September 2026 transition deadline means, and why the bigger Digital Asset Platform

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35:59

Cardano and Midnight Are Getting More Usable

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2026/09/28

Cardano and Midnight had a packed week heading into Token2049, with practical updates across builder funding, stake pools, wallet recovery, developer tooling, payments, privacy apps and enterprise custody. Peter covers the Alpha Growth RFP, EMURGO stake pool handover, SecondFi recovery status, Max Weber's Cardano and Midnight API work, Chatsoon testing, Noctis launches, Midnight events in Singapore, Barça Fan Lab, Fireblocks support for Cardano Native Tokens, Catalyst Pilot 2026 and the latest

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2:53

Cardano Turns 9: How This Blockchain Changed My Life

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2026/09/23

Cardano turns nine, and this episode is a short personal reflection on how far the blockchain and its community have come since mainnet first started producing blocks. Peter looks back at the work early stake pool operators and developers put in, and how that foundation made it easier for later builders, educators, and SPOs to join the ecosystem.Chapters:0:00 Cardano Turns Nine0:23 Five Years In Cardano0:47 From SPO To Ambassador1:28 Cardano Changed My Life1:40 Scaling And DeFi Ahead2:03 Building

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14:03

ChatterPay Brings ADA Payments Directly Into WhatsApp

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2026/09/23

ChatterPay is bringing ADA payments into a place billions of people already use: WhatsApp. In this Draper University interview, Peter talks with Tomas from ChatterPay about how the team moved from hackathon prototypes to Cardano mainnet, why the app has caught attention across the Cardano community, and how users can send ADA and supported stablecoins with a simple text or voice message.Chapters:0:00 ChatterPay Goes Viral1:10 Meet Tomas1:51 Hackathon Origins4:30 Cardano Mainnet Launch5:34 Why

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34:31

Draper U Changed My Cardano Startup

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2026/09/21

After four weeks at Draper University in Silicon Valley, the original startup idea changed completely. Peter went into the first Cardano Genesis program thinking about a Web3 bounty platform and came out with a much clearer founder mindset, a sharper view of market size, and a new direction for Moshi Concepts and Hokan.Chapters:0:00 Intro1:25 Cardano Genesis Program2:45 Market Size Reality Check4:43 Pitching And Validation6:13 From Bounties To Escrow8:40 Rehearsing The Pitch11:29 Pitching Tim

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28:17

Cardano News: IOG Hack, Mastercard, Bifrost and x402

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2026/09/18

This Cardano news update covers a difficult run of ecosystem security incidents alongside several important signs of progress. Peter walks through the compromised IOG YouTube channel, the SecondFi recovery process, the Splash ADA/OADA breach, and why better security practices still matter for users and builders.The episode then shifts into the constructive side of the update: Cardano Foundation joining Mastercard’s Crypto Partner Program, Midgard Labs taking over Plutus engineering, Bifrost testing

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10:07

Australia's Travel Rule Just Broke Crypto Donations

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2026/07/26

The introduction of AUSTRAC's travel rule has significant implications for cryptocurrency transactions in Australia. From 1 July, AUSTRAC's travel rule means that all transactions through regulated exchanges require identifying information from both the sender and receiver, regardless of the amount. This creates challenges for individuals like Troy Hunt, who faced difficulties when a small crypto donation required extensive reporting, highlighting the complexities of compliance in the current

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4:05

Cardano Web3 Bounties: My Orion Fund Build

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2026/07/26

The episode highlights the launch of the Web3 Bounty platform, a new initiative aimed at attracting talent and projects to the Cardano ecosystem. This platform, inspired by successful models in other ecosystems, seeks to incentivise community members to participate in various tasks, from content creation to bug reporting, thereby enhancing engagement and development within Cardano. With the backing of the $80 million Orion Fund and participation in the Draper Dragon Genesis program, this initiative

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7:03

Is the Government Taking Your Superannuation?

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2026/07/26

The Australian government is exploring the use of superannuation funds for local investment, sparking significant debate about the future of retirement savings. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has suggested that instead of investing heavily overseas, these funds could be directed towards Australian infrastructure and projects, which could potentially benefit the economy. This shift raises concerns about the government's role in managing private retirement funds and the implications for individual

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12:38

SecondFi Hack Update: 16.1M ADA Stolen, Recovery...

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2026/07/24

SecondFi has released more detail on the wallet security incident that saw about 16.1 million ADA, roughly US$2.6 million, withdrawn from 374 wallets between 21 and 23 June. The update includes a public warning about fake recovery emails, findings from Groom Lake's forensic investigation, and a clearer explanation of the cryptographic flaw involved.Peter breaks down what SecondFi says happened, including the reported external attacker, the possibility of a second separate attacker, the

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16:21

AI Escaped the Sandbox. Crypto Is the Next Target

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2026/07/24

OpenAI's sandbox escape into Hugging Face has raised a bigger question for crypto security: what happens when autonomous AI systems can chain together the same probing, credential testing, package attacks and signing weaknesses that already threaten bridges, validators and project infrastructure?Peter breaks down why crypto attacks often start before funds move, using recent bridge exploits, the Wanchain Cardano-BNB incident, the repeated Verus bridge attacks and Rosen Bridge's blocked attempts as

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10:12

515M NIGHT Moved: What We Know About the Wanchain...

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2026/07/21

A developing Wanchain bridge incident appears to have moved 515 million bridged NIGHT tokens into the Cardano ecosystem, with rapid selling across Cardano DEXs and a sharp fall in the NIGHT price.Peter walks through the early on-chain analysis, the Midnight Foundation's warning, why this appears localised to bridge infrastructure rather than Midnight or Cardano itself, and why bridge risk remains one of crypto's biggest attack surfaces.Chapters:0:00 Wanchain Bridge Anomaly1:13 NIGHT Price Drop1:56

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24:30

Cardano Has the Tech. So Why Is Everyone Else Winning...

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2026/07/17

This Cardano ADA news update starts with the Linux Foundation's x402 Foundation and the rise of internet-native AI agent payments. Cardano is listed through the Cardano Foundation, but the membership tier raises a bigger question: is Cardano shaping the standard, or just appearing beside it?Peter then connects that x402 story to Masumi, Hydra, DeltaDeFi, SBI's move with Solana in Japan, AlphaGrowth, Blockfrost, and the upcoming Van Rossum hard fork. The core theme is simple: Cardano has serious

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18:32

My Cardano Wallet Was Hit by the SecondFi Incident

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2026/07/15

Peter walks through the SecondFi security incident from the perspective of checking whether a Cardano wallet may have been affected, including the official SecondFi wallet checker, support resources, and exposure checks.This video focuses on practical safety steps: how to verify affected wallets, why you should be cautious before signing transactions from a potentially compromised wallet, and where to follow official SecondFi, Yoroi, and Lace updates.Chapters:0:00 SecondFi security incident2:30 What

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12:03

Australia's Block Earner Ruling: Is Crypto Yield Now...

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2026/07/12

Australia's High Court has ruled that Block Earner's old Earner product was a financial product, giving crypto earn, yield and rewards providers a much clearer legal line to deal with. The episode explains why the ruling matters for Australian crypto users, why it does not mean crypto itself has been banned, and why products that promise passive returns may now need the right licences before operating in Australia.Peter breaks down how Block Earner's Earner product worked, why the court compared it

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19:29

Cardano's 120M ADA DeFi Bet, Ethereum UTXO Shift and...

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2026/07/10

This week's Cardano news update covers AlphaGrowth's Cardano PRIME proposal going live on-chain, including the 120 million ada ask, the net change limit debate, and why DeFi growth is becoming a major treasury conversation.Peter also looks at Ethereum researchers discussing native UTXOs, RealFi entering testnet with a real-world finance model, the latest SecondFi wallet recovery guidance, and EMURGO stepping down from the Pentad while it focuses on the SecondFi recovery process.Chapters:0:00 Weekly

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8:47

SecondFi (Yoroi) Is Shutting Down — Official EMURGO...

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2026/07/07

We have another major update from SecondFi around the hack and also the recovery of all the funds for users that have been affected. So let's get right into this one here.What you’ll learn:• We have another major update from SecondFi around the hack and also the recovery of all the funds for users that have been affected.• This is the official statement from EMURGO at the moment around the SecondFi incident.• Now, I'll go through this summary really quickly for you guys to get to the point.• They've

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12:33

Your staking rewards are being taxed twice.

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2026/07/06

Your staking rewards are being taxed twice.When you receive staking rewards (ADA, ETH, SOL, etc.), the ATO treats them as ordinary income at the point you receive them. Then, when you later sell or dispose of those assets, you pay capital gains tax on the profit.In this episode, we break down exactly how the ATO views staking rewards, airdrops, and DeFi transactions, why many people are only reporting half the story, and what the new 2027 CGT rules will change.We also cover:- How the ATO’s data

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