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.
- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 59 minutes
- Episodes
- 934
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2025
2 Lawyers on How the U.S. Can Finally Regulate DeFi - Ep. 604
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Trying to regulate D…
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Tue 06 Feb 2024
The Chopping Block: Points or Airdrops, Which Is the Better Engagement Model for Crypto Projects? - Ep. 603
Welcome to The Chopping Block – where crypto insiders Haseeb Qureshi, Tom Schmidt, Tarun Chitra, and Robert Leshner chop it up about the latest news and with special guest Aevo's Co-Founder - Julian …
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Sat 03 Feb 2024
Jupiter Founder Meow to Critics of JUP Airdrop: ‘Give Me a Break’ - Ep. 602
While Solana DeFi protocol Jupiter staged what was by most measures a very successful airdrop launch on Wednesday, achieving a market cap of close to $800 million, the company’s critics pointed out n…
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Fri 02 Feb 2024
A16z Crypto’s Chris Dixon on How Blockchains Can Save the Internet - Ep. 601
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01:24:53 |
Tue 30 Jan 2024
The Black Swan Event That Could Cause a Fork in Ethereum (Again) - Ep. 600
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00:40:53 |
Fri 26 Jan 2024
The Chopping Block: Data Availability & Why It’s Important - Ep. 599
Welcome to The Chopping Block – where crypto insiders Haseeb Qureshi, Tom Schmidt, Tarun Chitra, and Robert Leshner chop it up about the latest news. This week kicks off with a crucial question: Are …
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Thu 25 Jan 2024
OG Olaf Carlson-Wee on Why His Crypto Thesis Is Stronger Than Ever - Ep. 598
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Polychain Capital foun…
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Tue 23 Jan 2024
Why the SEC’s Case Against Coinbase Is So Significant for Crypto - Ep. 597
On Wednesday, a federal court in New York heard oral arguments in Coinbase’s motion to dismiss the SEC’s case against it for, among other things, allegedly acting as an unregulated securities exchang…
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Fri 19 Jan 2024
The Chopping Block: When Will the ETF Hype End? - Ep. 596
Welcome to The Chopping Block, where crypto experts Haseeb Qureshi, Tom Schmidt, Tarun Chitra, and Robert Leshner bring you inside perspectives on critical topics in the crypto world. This episode de…
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Thu 18 Jan 2024
How Small Bitcoin ETF Issuers Will Compete With the Likes of BlackRock - Ep. 595
Thursday was a momentous day in crypto as the first SEC-approved spot Bitcoin ETFs finally began trading after more than a decade of waiting, and by almost all accounts, it was a huge success, with m…
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Tue 16 Jan 2024
Why Some Brokerage Firms Are Blocking Access to Spot Bitcoin ETFs - Ep. 594
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Unless you'v…
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Fri 12 Jan 2024
The Chopping Block: Unraveling the SEC Hack, Futarchy, and Twitter Trolls - Ep. 593
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Welcome to The…
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Thu 11 Jan 2024
Why Spot Bitcoin ETFs Are Likely to Finally Start Trading on Thursday - Ep. 592
It’s set to be a historic week in crypto, with the SEC widely expected to finally approve a spot Bitcoin ETF, although it’s not a 100% certainty. Two Bloomberg analysts who have followed all the deve…
01:07:24 |
Tue 09 Jan 2024
The 4 Factors That Will Determine Which Spot Bitcoin ETFs Win Market Share - Ep. 591
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The past few days hav…
00:37:21 |
Fri 05 Jan 2024
The Chopping Block: If Vitalik Is the Pope of Crypto, Is Justin Sun the Inverse Pope? - Ep. 590
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Wed 03 Jan 2024
Three Crypto Pioneers on Crypto’s Monolithic vs. Modular Debate - Ep. 589
In this episode of Unchained, Anatoly Yakovenko, co-founder of Solana Labs, Nick White, COO at Celestia, and Chris Burniske, partner at VC firm Placeholder discuss the differences between modular and…
01:14:39 |
Tue 02 Jan 2024
The Chopping Block: How Jito Helped Put Solana on the Map Again - Ep. 588
Welcome to The Chopping Block – where crypto insiders Haseeb Qureshi, Tom Schmidt, and Tarun Chitra chop it up about the latest news. This week, they are joined by Lucas Bruder, co-founder and CEO of…
01:07:32 |
Fri 29 Dec 2023
Arthur Hayes on Why Bitcoin Is Money and ETH Is a Shitcoin He Loves - Ep. 587
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Fri 29 Dec 2023
2023 Crypto Year in Review: Is a Bull Market Around the Corner?- Ep. 586
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Tue 26 Dec 2023
Crypto Points Systems Are a 100x Opportunity, But Founders, Be Wary - Ep. 585
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Over the past year, the crypto industry has seen the rise of a new trend: the adoption of points systems.
Li Jin, cofounder of Variant Fund, says that while points sy…
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Fri 22 Dec 2023
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