Unchained
Crypto assets and blockchain technology are about to transform every trust-based interaction of our lives, from financial services to identity to the Internet of Things. In this podcast, host Laura Shin, an independent journalist covering all things crypto, talks with industry pioneers about how crypto assets and blockchains will change the way we earn, spend and invest our money. Tune in to find out how Web 3.0, the decentralized web, will revolutionize our world. Disclosure: I'm a nocoiner.
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Polygon’s AggLayer Wants to Be a Hub for Ethere...
Polygon’s Agglayer aims to address the monolithic vs. modular blockchain debate with a decentralized protocol that allows chains to interact with one another.
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Ethena’s USDe Grew to $2 Billion in 7 Weeks. Is...
Ethena's synthetic dollar, USDe, hit a $2 billion market cap in just seven weeks, raising eyebrows. Ethena Labs founder Guy Young explores the risks of reinventing the digital dollar.
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The Chopping Block: The Dawn of the DeFi Civil ...
The Chopping Block: Debating Ethena’s DeFi Dominance, MakerDAO vs. AAVE, SBF's Sentencing, and Blast's Hack Response Dilemma!
66 min
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The Real Reason Why the SEC Might Be Going Afte...
Why might the SEC be investigating the Ethereum Foundation, even though the agency has previously affirmed that ETH is a commodity?
80 min
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How 'a Criminal Choice' Got Sam Bankman-Fried a...
Get the scoops on all the details of former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried’s 25-year prison sentence, plus the other conditions of punishment.
46 min
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The Chopping Block: Institutional Memecoin Craz...
The Chopping Block: Navigating the Surge of Institutional Interest in Memecoins, BASE's Growth Challenge to Ethereum, and the Legal Battles Shutting Down Ratchet Exchanges
56 min
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How Gitcoin 2.0 Could Someday Help Reward Peopl...
Gitcoin 2.0 will transform Gitcoin into a decentralized protocol that makes it easy for communities to allocate capital.
65 min
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How BlackRock’s New Fund on Ethereum Got a Very...
Carlos Domingo, founder and CEO of Securitize, gives the scoop on why Blackrock’s new fund had to launch early and has a suggestion for how to handle dustings of Tornado Cash.
37 min
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The Chopping Block: Memecoin Presales, MakerDAO...
The Chopping Block: Decoding the Memecoin Phenomenon, Ethereum's Upgrades, and BlackRock's Crypto Appetite!
44 min
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3AC's Kyle Davies on Why He's Crypto's Lloyd Bl...
The brash co-founder of the now defunct crypto hedge fund argues that most, if not all, companies eventually go bankrupt and that 3AC had a “pretty spectacular” run.
75 min
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How Ethereum’s Dencun Upgrade Could Lead to the...
Base creator Jesse Pollak argues that much cheaper Layer 2 transactions, as well as other developments, will enable the creation of multitudes of specialized Layer 3s that are deeply connected to the onchain economy.
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The Chopping Block: The Ups-and Downs of Crypto...
The Chopping Block: Solana Memecoin Mania, MakerDAO's Rate Hike, and Reminiscing on March 12th 2020!
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Why EigenLayer May Be the Most Innovative New E...
Developer activity on EigenLayer has sprouted up extremely quickly, according to founder Sreeram Kannan and investor Olaf Carlson-Wee.
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The Chopping Block: Meme Coin Frenzy, Decentral...
The Chopping Block: The Jeo Boden Effect, Innovations in Crypto AI, and Uniswap's Strategic Fee Initiative!
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How, in 7 Weeks, Bitcoin ETFs Reached Inflows T...
Eric Balchunas of Bloomberg Intelligence explains why the spot Bitcoin ETFs have made TradFi move at the speed of crypto — and why he’s uncertain spot Ether ETFs will be approved.
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The Catalysts for This Crypto Bull Market: AI, ...
As the crypto bull market gets started, Alex Pack of Hack VC dives into why he thinks crypto is still so early and how his firm believes crypto and AI will intersect.
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Bitcoin’s Price Is Way Up. And $48 Trillion in ...
Alex Thorn unpacks how ETFs, long-term holders, and the upcoming halving should push Bitcoin’s price to over $100,000 by the end of the year.
45 min
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Famed White Hat Hacker Samczsun on How to Impro...
He’s formed a new group, the Security Alliance, to improve the overall security posture of the crypto community.
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Stacks’ Muneeb Ali On Why Bitcoin Is Exciting O...
Stacks' co-creator Muneeb Ali says that this is the most exciting time to build on Bitcoin.
44 min
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The Chopping Block: Starknet's Airdrop, Founder...
The Chopping Block: From Starknet Controversy to Ethena's Novel Approach: Understanding Crypto's Latest
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Why the Celestia Team Sees a Future With 10,000...
Celestia’s co-founder and its COO talk about how their modular blockchain makes it easier for blockchains to scale.
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Is the Short Team Lockup for STRK ‘Misaligned’?...
Starknet community members were not happy about many of the details of who was eligible to receive tokens.
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The Chopping Block: Navigating the New Era of C...
The Chopping Block: Decoding the Crypto Social Revolution: Farcaster's Rise to Fame!
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How Decentralized Social Network Farcaster Hope...
Dan Romero, the co-founder of the decentralized social media network, discusses why Frames has become so popular, the central ideas behind Farcaster, and what’s in store for Farcaster’s future.
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How Crypto’s Version of 'Survivor' Ended Up Wit...
The week of CTG was filled with psy-ops, shenanigans and jaw-dropping moments. But the most shocking part may have been the identity of the winner.
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