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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The Chopping Block: Zcash +400%, Tempo’s $500M ...
Mert (Helius) defends Zcash’s +400% “encrypted Bitcoin” surge and clashes with Bitcoin maxis. We unpack Tempo’s $500M raise and Dankrad’s EF exit, Mert’s USD Manlet pivot (USDT vs USDC on Solana), and the AWS/Base outage—what “decentralized” should really mean.
60 min
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Could BTC Outperform Gold? Plus, Ethereum's Big...
Binance charges millions to list tokens—while gold rallies and Bitcoin waits. Who’s really overvalued?
60 min
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Aptos Is Betting Big on Transparency After Cryp...
Avery Ching says Crypto’s Black Friday revealed exchanges are black boxes, but upcoming perp dex Decibel will change that. Plus, here’s how Aptos is bringing crypto to 500M users.
42 min
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Ethereum's Layer 1 Lacks a Perp DEX. Synthetix ...
What if the next great perps exchange is on Ethereum itself?
55 min
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Binance Listing Fee Fight: What's a Fair Price ...
How one founder’s viral tweet shook the world’s biggest exchange.
64 min
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The Chopping Block: Inside the $19B+ Perp Crash...
$19B+ in liquidations, ADL chaos, and Binance’s USDe/staked pegs snapping while APIs buckled and gas hit $400—we dissect the Hyperliquid whale, delta-neutral blowups, HLP vs. LLP incentives, and ask: should perps protect vaults or winning traders?
58 min
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Bits + Bips: Crypto Had Its Reset. Will It Go t...
The crash exposed crypto’s weakest links. Now the question is: will it recover?
65 min
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Crypto's Black Friday Was Its Largest Liquidati...
After Trump posted that the U.S. would impose tariffs on China, all hell broke loose.
55 min
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The Chopping Block: Perps, Privacy & Prediction...
Polymarket scales with Wall Street’s blessing, Kalshi fires up KOLs, and BNB chain melts down as fast as it ran. We dissect Aster’s data drama, the new privacy wave lifting Zcash, and Galaxy One’s glossy yields—what’s smart strategy vs. old mistakes in new clothes?
61 min
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The Stablecoin Competition Is On. Who Will Be t...
Everyone wants to issue a stablecoin. But which ones of them will win?
66 min
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Bits + Bips: What’s Really Driving Bitcoin—and ...
Bitcoin just broke its ATH. But is the market euphoric yet? Plus: Coinbase, Robinhood, Stripe, Telegram and Binance gear up to take crypto onchain
114 min
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Bitcoin Core vs Knots: Why Developers Are Fight...
Bitcoin may have just reached an all-time high, but a big fight has been brewing over whether to allow NFTs, memecoins or L2 capability on Bitcoin or to limit such transactions.
65 min
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The Chopping Block: Arthur Hayes & Tom Lee; Hyp...
Arthur Hayes & Tom Lee: Perps, Stablecoins, Prediction Markets - The Chopping Block
44 min
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What’s the Better Bet? Stocks or Gold? - Ep. 916
Two investors debate the best asset to hold right now — and make a $10,000 bet on who’s right.
59 min
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How Hyperliquid Came to ‘Threaten the Very Exis...
While everyone talks about Aster vs. Hyperliquid, these two VCs think people are looking at it all wrong.
74 min
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How DoubleZero Built a Faster Internet for Cryp...
Austin Federa joins on launch day to reveal how the project built a new high-performance network for blockchains, plus why the SEC’s no-action letter could be a turning point for DePIN.
35 min
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Why Every Company Will Have a Stablecoin — and ...
A Stripe-owned startup takes on the stablecoin duopoly. Then, Manta co-founder explains why he thinks apps (not infra) will win.
91 min
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Bits + Bips: Where Is the Most Wealth to Be Mad...
From SWIFT’s big crypto play to Binance’s eye-watering valuation, DAT grifts to DeFi billionaires, and perps v. spot trading, B+B debates the big issues driving crypto’s bull run.
65 min
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The Chopping Block: Perp Wars & Stablecoin Batt...
Perp DEX wars heat up as Hyperliquid battles Aster, while Tether’s $500B play and Rain’s real-world rails reshape the future of stablecoins.
62 min
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Plasma's Successful Launch, Revenue Over TVL & ...
A new L1 for dollars, THE metric to measure crypto value, and a new economy for live content.
87 min
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Why Hyperliquid Should Cut Its Total Token Supp...
Jon Charbonneau thinks Hyperliquid’s supply should shrink by 45% and that fully diluted valuation, FDV, needs a serious revamp as a metric.
36 min
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Bits + Bips: How Wall Street Could Make a Killi...
Could the next crypto winter be a “nuclear” winter? Plus: if MSTR is over-levered and DATs start trading at discounts, who gets wiped?
61 min
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Debate: Should Stablecoin Chains Have an Ethere...
Tempo announcing it would not become an Ethereum layer 2 sparked a fierce discussion on X. Justin Bons and Haonan Li zoom back and debate it all.
85 min
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The Chopping Block: Stablecoin-as-a-Service: Th...
From Circle’s Arc to Stripe’s Tempo, Solana’s stablecoin gambit, and the rise of ‘stablecoin-as-a-service,’ the crew debates whether this flood of new stables fixes crypto’s money problem — or just fragments liquidity.
60 min
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Bits + Bips: Could a Base Token Be Coinbase's K...
Base may be launching a token. What utility might it have, and what could it mean for Coinbase’s shareholders? Plus: the upcoming Fed decision on rates.
64 min