Monero Talk

MoneroTopia Show! Price Report, News & More! | EPI 253

March 8th, 2026  |  3 hrs 27 mins

bitcoin, blockchain, crypto, cryptocurrency, donaldtrump, fungible, iran, monero, monerotalk, monerotopia, privacy, privacycoin, trump, xmr

MONEROTOPIA 💃🏽🏝🕺🏼 EPISODE 253 - Price, News of the week & More!

Ray Youssef on Why the U.S. Targeted Him for Growing the P2P Crypto Economy

March 6th, 2026  |  1 hr 14 mins

bitcoin, blockchain, crypto, cryptocurrency, fungible, monero, monerotalk, monerotopia, p2p, paxful, privacy, privacycoin, rayyoussef, us, xmr

TODAY'S SHOW: In this episode of Monero Talk, host Douglas Tuman interviews Ray Youssef, who recounts his dramatic arrest at a crypto conference and discusses the U.S. government’s case against him following his work building the peer-to-peer Bitcoin marketplace Paxful. Youssef argues that regulators targeted him for helping grow the global P2P crypto economy, describing secret indictments, compliance struggles, and what he views as an effort to criminalize decentralized financial tools.

The conversation explores the broader implications for cryptocurrency innovation, financial freedom, and privacy—especially within the Monero community—while also veering into Youssef’s personal philosophy, faith, and his belief that building alternative financial systems is key to resisting centralized control.

MoneroTopia26 debrief w/ ULY + Price, News & More! | EPI 252

March 1st, 2026  |  3 hrs 25 mins

bitcoin, blockchain, crypto, cryptocurrency, fungible, monero, monerotalk, monerotopia, privacy, privacycoin, xmr

MONEROTOPIA 💃🏽🏝🕺🏼 EPISODE 252 - MoneroTopia26 debrief w/ UXY + Price, News of the week & More!

Doug is LIVE at Topia26 venue! Speaker, Ray Youssef oof Noones! + Price, News & More! | EPI 251

February 8th, 2026  |  2 hrs 24 mins

bitcoin, blockchain, crypto, cryptocurrency, fungible, jeffreyepstein, monero, monerotalk, monerotopia, privacy, privacycoin, rayyoussef, xmr

MONEROTOPIA 💃🏽🏝🕺🏼 EPISODE 251 - DouglasTuman is LIVE at MoneroTopia26 venue in CDMX! Also, MoneroTopia26 speaker, Ray Youssef CEO & Chief Advocate of Noones app + Price, News of the week & More!

Zano Confidential Assets in Action: real-world private DeFi applications | EPI 377

February 4th, 2026  |  56 mins 7 secs

bitcoin, blockchain, crypto, cryptocurrency, defi, fungible, monero, monerotalk, monerotopia, p2p, privacy, privacycoin, xmr, zano

TODAY'S SHOW: In this episode of Monero Talk, Douglas Tuman talks with the team behind Zano to explore how confidential assets are being used in real-world DeFi scenarios. The conversation breaks down what Zano’s confidential assets are, how they differ from typical privacy coins, and why asset-level privacy matters for practical financial applications.

The guests walk through concrete use cases—including private token issuance, payments, and DeFi-style interactions—while also discussing technical design choices, trust assumptions, and trade-offs between privacy, usability, and scalability. They cover Zano’s future plans for expanding the possibilities of private, censorship-resistant finance beyond simple peer-to-peer transactions.

MoneroTopia26 speaker, Vit Jedlicka, Founder & President of Liberland + Price & News! | EPI 250

February 1st, 2026  |  2 hrs 17 mins

bitcoin, blockchain, crypto, cryptocurrency, fungible, liberland, monero, monerotalk, monerotopia, privacy, privacycoin, vitjedlicka, xmr

MONEROTOPIA 💃🏽🏝🕺🏼 EPISODE 250 - MoneroTopia26 speaker, Vit Jedlicka, Founder & President of Liberland + Price, News of the week & More!

Anhdres chats about Spanish stage at Topia26 + Price, News of the week & More! | EPI 249

January 25th, 2026  |  4 hrs 48 secs

anhdres, bitcoin, blackrock, blockchain, crypto, cryptocurrency, davos, fungible, monero, monerotalk, monerotopia, privacy, privacycoin, silver, xmr, zcash

MONEROTOPIA 💃🏽🏝🕺🏼 EPISODE 249 - Anhdres to talk about the Spanish stage at Topia26 + Price, News of the week & More!

Growing Firo on AnonBazaar.com and more with Reuben Yap | EPI 376

January 22nd, 2026  |  1 hr 34 mins

anonbazaar, bitcoin, blockchain, crypto, cryptocurrency, firo, fungible, monero, monerotalk, monerotopia, privacy, privacycoin, reubenyap, xmr

TODAY'S SHOW: This episode of Monero Talk features Reuben Yap discussing the growth and direction of Firo as a privacy-focused cryptocurrency, alongside broader developments in the privacy ecosystem such as AnonBazaar.

Reuben explains Firo’s evolution, including its approach to privacy technology, decentralization, and usability, while addressing the challenges of maintaining strong privacy guarantees in a changing regulatory and technical landscape.

The conversation also touches on real-world use cases, adoption hurdles, and the importance of building privacy-preserving marketplaces and tools that go beyond speculation. The episode offers a look at how projects like Firo and AnonBazaar make financial privacy more practical and censorship resistant.

Special Guest MoneroTopia26 speaker Daniel from PirateChain + Price, News, and More! | EPI 248

January 18th, 2026  |  4 hrs 21 mins

bitcoin, blockchain, crypto, cryptocurrency, eleanorterret, fungible, jackdorsey, monero, monerotalk, monerotopia, piratechain, privacy, privacycoin, xmr, zashi

MONEROTOPIA 💃🏽🏝🕺🏼 EPISODE 248 - Special Guest Daniel + Price Report with Bawdy, News of the week with Tux & MUCH MORE!

Special Guest Xenu + Price, News, and More! | EPI 247

January 11th, 2026  |  3 hrs 16 mins

bitcoin, blockchain, crypto, cryptocurrency, fungible, gavinnewsom, l0lal33tz, mobs, monero, monerotalk, monerotopia, privacy, privacycoin, wagyu, xmr

MONEROTOPIA 💃🏽🏝🕺🏼 EPISODE 247 - Special Guest Xenu, Price Report with Bawdy, News of the week with Tux & MUCH MORE!