Unchained
Laura Shin • News
Laura Shin • News
Unchained
Laura Shin • News
Laura Shin • News

About

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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Episodes

  • After the Bitcoin Halving, Will the Runes Protocol Live Up to the Hype? - Ep. 634
    At the time of the Bitcoin halving, Runes will go live. What’s the hype about, how does it work, and how might it impact the miners?
  • Arthur Hayes and Will Clemente on How This Bitcoin Halving Is Different - Ep. 633
    Arthur Hayes and Will Clemente explore how this Bitcoin halving might diverge from previous ones and what that means for investors.
  • Gary Gensler’s Case Against Uniswap: Does the SEC Even Stand a Chance? - Ep. 632
    Amanda Tuminelli dives deep into the SEC's confrontation with Uniswap, examining the implications for the entire DeFi sector.
  • The Chopping Block: The EVM Parallelization Dilemma, Solana's Network Congestion, and Avi Eisenberg's Legal Battle - Ep. 631
    The Chopping Block: Dissecting Monad's Monumental Raise, The EVM Parallelization Puzzle, Solana's Congestion Crisis, and Avi Eisenberg's Courtroom Clash!
  • Polygon’s AggLayer Wants to Be a Hub for Ethereum Layer 2s. Can It Succeed? - Ep. 630
    Polygon’s Agglayer aims to address the monolithic vs. modular blockchain debate with a decentralized protocol that allows chains to interact with one another.
  • Ethena’s USDe Grew to $2 Billion in 7 Weeks. Is It Safe? - Ep. 629
    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.
  • The Chopping Block: The Dawn of the DeFi Civil War - Ethena, SBF, Blast & More - Ep. 628
    The Chopping Block: Debating Ethena’s DeFi Dominance, MakerDAO vs. AAVE, SBF's Sentencing, and Blast's Hack Response Dilemma!
  • The Real Reason Why the SEC Might Be Going After Ethereum - Ep. 627
    Why might the SEC be investigating the Ethereum Foundation, even though the agency has previously affirmed that ETH is a commodity?
  • How 'a Criminal Choice' Got Sam Bankman-Fried a 25-Year Prison Sentence - Ep. 626
    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.
  • The Chopping Block: Institutional Memecoin Craze, BASE vs. Ethereum, and Legal Clamps on Rogue Exchanges! - Ep. 625
    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
  • How Gitcoin 2.0 Could Someday Help Reward People for Doing Good - Ep. 624
    Gitcoin 2.0 will transform Gitcoin into a decentralized protocol that makes it easy for communities to allocate capital.
  • How BlackRock’s New Fund on Ethereum Got a Very Crypto Welcome - Ep. 623
    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.
  • The Chopping Block: Memecoin Presales, MakerDAO’s Endgame, and BlackRock's Blockchain Bet! - Ep. 622
    The Chopping Block: Decoding the Memecoin Phenomenon, Ethereum's Upgrades, and BlackRock's Crypto Appetite!
  • 3AC's Kyle Davies on Why He's Crypto's Lloyd Blankfein and Why He's Not Sorry - Ep. 621
    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.
  • How Ethereum’s Dencun Upgrade Could Lead to the Rise of Millions of Layer 3s - Ep. 620
    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.
  • The Chopping Block: The Ups-and Downs of Crypto since 2020 and where we are now! - Ep. 619
    The Chopping Block: Solana Memecoin Mania, MakerDAO's Rate Hike, and Reminiscing on March 12th 2020!
  • Why EigenLayer May Be the Most Innovative New Ecosystem Since Ethereum - Ep. 618
    Developer activity on EigenLayer has sprouted up extremely quickly, according to founder Sreeram Kannan and investor Olaf Carlson-Wee.
  • The Chopping Block: Meme Coin Frenzy, Decentralized AI, & Uniswap's Fee Strategy - Ep. 617
    The Chopping Block: The Jeo Boden Effect, Innovations in Crypto AI, and Uniswap's Strategic Fee Initiative!
  • How, in 7 Weeks, Bitcoin ETFs Reached Inflows That Took Gold ETFs 3 Years - Ep. 616
    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.
  • The Catalysts for This Crypto Bull Market: AI, DeFi, Real World Assets? - Ep. 615
    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.