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
All the Ways Crypto Can Make Gaming More Fun - Ep.203
Marguerite deCourcelle is co-founder and CEO of Blockade Games, which is releasing the role-playing game game Neon District the day this episode comes out. She discusses her background in art, how he…
01:07:20 |
Tue 15 Dec 2020
Can Gavin Wood's Polkadot 'Make Blockchain Great Again'? - Ep.202
Gavin Wood, founder of Polkadot, Kusama, and Parity, discusses what he calls the "meta-protocol," Polkadot. In this episode, he talks about:
his vision for Polkadot and the problems he set out to s…
01:23:54 |
Tue 08 Dec 2020
Ethereum 2.0: What You Need to Know - Ep.201
Ryan Watkins and Wilson Withiam, senior research analysts at Messari, explain the nuts and bolts of Ethereum 2.0, including how it will transform ETH as an asset and why they believe it will be Ether…
01:11:23 |
Tue 01 Dec 2020
What Fidelity Is Doing With the Bitcoin It's Mined - Ep.200
Christine Sandler, head of sales and marketing at Fidelity Digital Assets, talks about how 30 years in traditional finance and an early retirement led her to Coinbase, and, eventually, Fidelity Digit…
00:54:57 |
Tue 24 Nov 2020
Everything You Need to Know About the Looming Battle Over Privacy in Crypto - Ep.199
Jake Chervinsky, general counsel at Compound Labs, and Kristin Smith, executive director of The Blockchain Association, talk about the storm brewing in the cryptosphere involving self-custody and pri…
01:11:56 |
Tue 17 Nov 2020
Why Bitcoin Now: Bitcoin Under a Biden Administration - Ep.198
In this episode, Dan Tapiero, founder of 10T Holdings and Gold Bullion International, and Cathie Wood, CEO and CIO at ARK Invest, discuss the long election week in the U.S. and how they believe Bitco…
01:12:06 |
Tue 10 Nov 2020
Why Bitcoin Now: Meltem Demirors and Lyn Alden on the Perfect Conditions for Bitcoin - Ep.197
In this seventh installment of the Why Bitcoin Now series, Meltem Demirors, the chief strategy officer at Coinshares, and Lyn Alden, the founder of Lyn Alden Investment Strategy, discuss the state of…
01:25:49 |
Tue 03 Nov 2020
Acting Comptroller of the Currency Brian Brooks on Crypto Banks - Ep.196
Brian Brooks got his start in traditional finance before joining Coinbase in 2018 and is currently the acting comptroller of the currency. In this episode, he discusses:
how his background in tradi…
00:50:31 |
Tue 27 Oct 2020
How This DOJ Strike Force Hunts Down Cryptocurrency Criminals - Ep.195
Magistrate judge Zia Faruqui, and Jessi Brooks, assistant U.S. attorney in the national security section at the United States Attorney’s Office, have prosecuted several cryptocurrency-related cases, …
01:06:08 |
Tue 20 Oct 2020
SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce on BitMEX, DeFi and a Token Safe Harbor - Ep.194
Hester Peirce, AKA “Crypto Mom,” was just confirmed to a second term as SEC Commissioner of the Securities Exchange Commission in August. In this episode, she talks about:
the reasons for her disse…
00:30:23 |
Tue 13 Oct 2020
Can Solana Seize Marketshare From Ethereum With Serum? - Ep.193
Sam Bankman-Fried, the CEO of FTX and Alameda Research, and Anatoly Yakovenko, the co-founder and CEO of Solana Labs, discuss the Project Serum ecosystem that they are building on the Solana blockc…
01:13:28 |
Tue 06 Oct 2020
Why Bitcoin Now: Andreas Antonopoulos and Dan Held on Bitcoin’s Monetary Policy - Ep.192
Andreas M. Antonopoulos, speaker, educator, and the author of Mastering Bitcoin, Mastering Ethereum, and The Internet of Money, Volumes 1, 2, and 3, and Dan Held, growth lead at Kraken Digital Asset…
01:46:24 |
Tue 29 Sep 2020
How Matthew Leising Confronted His Suspects in the DAO Attacks - Ep.191
Matthew Leising, a reporter at Bloomberg who began covering crypto in 2015, is out with a new book Out of the Ether: The Amazing Story of Ethereum and the $55 Million Heist that Almost Destroyed It A…
01:09:10 |
Tue 22 Sep 2020
Andre Cronje of Yearn Finance on YFI and the Fair Launch: 'I'm Lazy' - Ep.190
Andre Cronje, the developer of yearn.finance, talks about all things DeFi and the past, present, and future of yEarn. In this episode, he discusses:
what Yearn Finance is, and what led him to dev…
01:16:33 |
Tue 15 Sep 2020
Olaf Carlson-Wee: 'If There Is a Money-Losing Exploit, the Money Is Gone' - Ep.189
Olaf Carlson-Wee, the founder and CEO of Polychain Capital, goes deep into yield farming, fair launches and how decentralization will upend the traditional notion of the corporation. In this episode,…
01:11:35 |
Tue 08 Sep 2020
Why Decentralized Trading Has 10Xed in a Few Months - Ep.188
Haseeb Qureshi, managing partner at Dragonfly Capital, and Dan Robinson, research partner at Paradigm, discuss the explosion in decentralized exchange activity on automated market makers from $1 bill…
01:11:53 |
Tue 01 Sep 2020
Why Bitcoin Now: Saifedean Ammous on Why Bitcoin is the Most Advanced Form of Money - Ep.187
Saifedean Ammous is an economist and the author of The Bitcoin Standard: The Decentralized Alternative to Central Banking, which has been translated into 20 languages. In this episode, he discusses:
…
01:07:19 |
Tue 25 Aug 2020
Why Bitcoin Now: David Chaum and Adam Back Reflect on the Crypto Wars - Ep.186
David Chaum, the inventor of eCash and CEO of xx network, and Adam Back, the inventor of Hashcash and the cofounder and CEO of Blockstream, discuss their involvement in digital currency well before B…
01:23:57 |
Tue 18 Aug 2020
Why Bitcoin Now: The History of Digital Currency - Ep.185
Aaron van Wirdum is the technical editor at Bitcoin Magazine. Finn Brunton is the author of “Digital Cash: The Unknown History of the Anarchists, Utopians, and Technologists Who Created Cryptocurrenc…
01:19:40 |
Tue 11 Aug 2020
Why The Travel Rule Is One Of The Most Significant Regulations In Crypto - Ep.184
Dave Jevans, CEO of CipherTrace, and Siân Jones, Senior Partner at XReg Consulting, give the lowdown on the Financial Action Task Force’s travel rule and how it applies to businesses in the crypto sp…
01:16:29 |
Tue 04 Aug 2020
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