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
The Chopping Block: 2021 in Crypto: The Biggest Winners, Biggest Losers, and Best Memes - Ep.303
Welcome to the inaugural episode of The Chopping Block, a new show on Unchained hosted by Haseeb Qureshi, Robert Leshner, Tom Schmidt, and Tarun Chitra, in which they discuss the latest juicy topics …
01:00:50 |
Thu 30 Dec 2021
Why NFT OG Mitchell Chan Has Released Just One Project This Year - Ep.302
Mitchell F. Chan, who released one of the first NFT projects on Ethereum back in 2017, discusses his projects, making art on a blockchain, how NFTs are transforming the traditional art world, and mor…
01:15:31 |
Tue 28 Dec 2021
Unconfirmed: What Could the Crypto Media Do Better? Four Journalists Discuss - Ep.301
Merry Christmas (Eve)! For this special episode of Unchained, three other crypto journalists and I discuss their favorite stories from the past twelve months, how they would grade crypto journalism i…
00:54:07 |
Fri 24 Dec 2021
This Noble Family's Art Was Taken by Nazis, But Is Being Saved by NFTs - Ep.300
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01:07:45 |
Tue 21 Dec 2021
Unconfirmed: $12 Billion Has Been Lost in DeFi Value to Crime. Here’s How - Ep.299
Jess Symington, research lead at Elliptic, a blockchain forensics company, discusses the massive upswing in DeFi hacks during 2021, resulting in over $10 billion of DeFi value lost. Show topics:
th…
00:41:32 |
Fri 17 Dec 2021
How Yield Guild Games Is Revolutionizing the Future of Work and Investment - Ep.298
Gabby Dizon, cofounder of Yield Guild Games, discusses his background in gaming, why he started Yield Guild Games, the performance of Axie Infinity, and more. Show topics:
how Gabby fell down the c…
01:01:13 |
Tue 14 Dec 2021
Unconfirmed: 3 Things SushiSwap Needs to Get in Order, According to Arca - Ep.297
Jeff Dorman, the chief investment officer at Arca, discusses the recent events surrounding SushiSwap, including CTO Joseph Delong’s departure this week, Arca’s proposal to create a hierarchical manag…
00:42:17 |
Fri 10 Dec 2021
Crypto Philanthropy: How to Donate to Make Real-World Impact - Ep.296
Some of the biggest names in the crypto industry discuss their personal giving philosophies, how blockchain technology could change the dynamics of giving to charity, and which crypto projects are ma…
00:39:27 |
Tue 07 Dec 2021
Unconfirmed: How Ryan Zurrer Ended Up Spending the Most on a Single NFT Artwork - Ep.295
Ryan Zurrer, founder of Dialectic, a crypto wealth multi-family office, discusses his recent $29 million purchase of Beeple’s Human One and his experience at Art Basel in Miami, along with his though…
00:40:58 |
Fri 03 Dec 2021
Will Solana Be the Execution Layer and Ethereum the Settlement Layer? - Ep.294
On Unchained, two co-founders of Solana Labs, Anatoly Yakovenko and Raj Gokal, dive deeply into the Solana ecosystem, discussing everything from the price of SOL to the Solana network outage to the c…
01:08:34 |
Tue 30 Nov 2021
Unconfirmed: Why Astrologer Maren Altman Believes 2023 Will Bring an Innovative 'Cyber Pandemic' - Ep.293
Maren Altman is a professional astrologer and crypto trader. On Unchained, she discusses her end-of-year price target for Bitcoin, how crypto fits into her natal chart, and how she uses planets to di…
00:25:55 |
Fri 26 Nov 2021
The Tokenomics Episode: Why ‘EIP 1559 Is Like Catnip for Investors’ - Ep.292
Two tokenomics experts, Yan Liberman, co-founder of Delphi Digital, and Viktor Bunin, protocol specialist at Coinbase Cloud, discuss their experiences building tokens, their thoughts on the recent EN…
01:06:01 |
Tue 23 Nov 2021
Unconfirmed: ConstitutionDAO Did Not Win the Auction. But It Demonstrated the Power of DAOs - Ep.291
Will Papper, SyndicateDAO co-founder and ConstitutionDAO contributor, tells the story of how a group of internet friends came together as a DAO to crowdfund a $41 million bid at a Sotheby’s auction f…
00:36:58 |
Fri 19 Nov 2021
PayPal Would Need These Two Things In Order to Issue a Stablecoin - Ep.290
Jose Fernandez da Ponte, PayPal’s senior vice president and general manager of blockchain, crypto, and digital currencies, discusses PayPal’s crypto game plan, how CBDCs might be implemented, crypto …
01:03:58 |
Tue 16 Nov 2021
Unconfirmed: Alameda Research's Sam Trabucco: What Solana Does Better Than Ethereum - Ep.289
Sam Trabucco, co-CEO of Alameda Research, discusses the different price drivers that led to BTC, ETH, SOL, and LUNA reaching new all-time highs in the past week. Show highlights:
why Sam believes n…
00:27:32 |
Fri 12 Nov 2021
NFCastle 2021: Art Controversy – NFTS: Nothing F**king There? - Ep.288
At Non-Fungible Castle 2021, an NFT exhibition in Prague, four NFT experts debate some of the hottest topics in the metaverse, like how to value NFTs, whether insider trading exists, what makes Ether…
00:56:55 |
Tue 09 Nov 2021
Unconfirmed: Legal Issues With NFTs: Would a Fractionalized Mona Lisa Be a Security? - Ep.287
At Non-Fungible Castle 2021, an NFT exhibition in Prague, four NFT experts discuss the legal implications of NFTs. Guests include Jonathan Victor, product/business development at Protocol Labs; Louis…
01:10:31 |
Fri 05 Nov 2021
Tor Bair of Secret on Why Private Smart Contracts Are Important - Ep.286
Secret Network is a privacy-first, permissionless layer 1 blockchain built for computational privacy. Tor Bair, founder of Secret Foundation, a developer of Secret Network, discusses what makes Secre…
01:09:45 |
Tue 02 Nov 2021
Unconfirmed: Why Terraform Labs Cofounder Do Kwon Is Unfazed by US Regulators - Ep.285
Do Kwon, cofounder of Terraform Labs, was recently served subpoenas by the US Securities and Exchange Commission during Messari’s mainnet event, leading Kwon and Terraform to preemptively sue the SEC…
00:37:14 |
Fri 29 Oct 2021
Not Reporting Info on Some Transaction Partners Could Soon Be a Felony - Ep.284
Remember the $1 trillion infrastructure bill, which caused considerable backlash from the crypto community due to the language regarding “brokers?” Abe Sutherland, an adjunct professor at University …
00:50:53 |
Tue 26 Oct 2021
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