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.

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