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
Bitwise's Latest Plans to Get a Bitcoin ETF Approved - Ep.143
Hunter Horsley, cofounder and CEO of Bitwise Asset Management, and Matt Hougan, global head of research at Bitwise, describe their vision for Bitwise, its current funds and indices, as well as how it…
01:06:17 |
Tue 29 Oct 2019
Congressman Patrick McHenry: 'Bitcoin Will Be of Enormous Value' - Ep.142
Congressman Patrick McHenry, or 'Mr. Fintech' to his peers in the House, is announcing the reintroduction of the Financial Services Innovation Act, a bill that would create what he calls "permanent b…
00:31:36 |
Tue 22 Oct 2019
Think a DAO Will Automate Things? Think Again - Ep.141
Mariano Conti, the head of smart contracts for MakerDAO and creator of SelloutDAO, and Peter Pan, the summoner for Metacartel DAO, discuss all things DAOs, including how Peter started Metacartel DAO …
01:08:27 |
Tue 15 Oct 2019
Fed Economist on the Prospect of the USD Losing Global Reserve Status: 'Who Cares?' - Ep.140
David Andolfatto, senior vice president at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, gives his thoughts on Facebook's Libra, including why regulatory issues will make it hard to compete with the US doll…
01:02:54 |
Tue 08 Oct 2019
Crypto in China: What It Really Looks Like - Ep.139
Emily Parker, cofounder of Longhash, describes what the company, which has an Asia-focused incubator and data media site does, how she ended up launching an Asia-focused company, why she’s seeing US …
01:01:28 |
Tue 01 Oct 2019
Spencer Bogart on the $20 Trillion in Store-of-Value Assets - Ep.138
Spencer Bogart, general partner at Blockchain Capital, the first VC firm to tokenize one of its funds, talks about how well offering tokenized shares has worked out, why it didn't do so for the follo…
01:07:19 |
Tue 24 Sep 2019
Olga Feldmeier on Why Switzerland Has Welcomed Crypto - Ep.137
Olga Feldmeier, CEO of SmartValor, describes how her upbringing in Ukraine when it was undergoing 10,000% and 5,000% annual inflation helped her understand the potential in Bitcoin years later, and h…
01:02:05 |
Tue 17 Sep 2019
Why LocalBitcoins Stopped Cash Trades and Has a New CEO - Ep.136
Sebastian Sonntag, the new CEO of LocalBitcoins, and Mika Impola, software developer at LocalBitcoins, explain why the peer-to-peer bitcoin trading company has a new CEO, why it stopped cash trades a…
00:59:50 |
Tue 10 Sep 2019
How Aragon Hopes to Improve on Democracy - Ep.135
Luis Cuende, the CEO of Aragon One, describes the Aragon Network, how it aims to create new systems better for human coordination and the roles of the various parts of the ecosystem, such as Aragon O…
01:06:08 |
Tue 03 Sep 2019
After Years of Secret Work, Decred Adds a New Feature: Privacy - Ep.134
Jonathan Zeppettini, international ops lead and chief evangelist for Decred, aka "Decred Jesus," announces the launch of the coin's privacy feature. He first describes how Decred came out of some dev…
01:07:14 |
Tue 27 Aug 2019
Sandra Ro: Why Crypto-Friendly Laws Are Coming in the US - Ep.133
Sandra Ro, the CEO of the Global Blockchain Business Council and former head of digitization at CME, explains what the GBBC does, how it chooses partners, and what level of involvement they have with…
01:10:03 |
Tue 20 Aug 2019
The IMF on How to Design Central Bank Digital Currencies - Ep.132
Dong He, deputy director of the monetary and capital markets department of the IMF, and Yan Liu, Assistant General Counsel at the legal department of the IMF, talk about central bank digital currenci…
01:04:43 |
Tue 13 Aug 2019
All Things Crypto Regulation With Jake Chervinsky - Ep.131
Jake Chervinsky, general counsel at Compound, goes over a plethora of crypto regulatory issues, such as those related to securities law such as the SEC vs. Kik case, Ripple, stablecoins, no-action le…
01:08:54 |
Tue 06 Aug 2019
LedgerX on the Reasons to Trade Bitcoin Options - Ep.130
Juthica Chou, chief operating officer of LedgerX, talks about the company's new license to offer its derivatives to retail investors and the resulting platform, Omni. She walks through what call and …
01:03:55 |
Tue 30 Jul 2019
Pantera Capital: How Bitcoin Could Reach $356,000 in a Few Years - Ep.129
Dan Morehead, founder and CEO of Pantera Capital, and Joey Krug, co-chief investment officer of Pantera and founder of Augur, discuss where we are in the development cycle of blockchain technology, h…
01:06:18 |
Tue 23 Jul 2019
How to Keep Your Crypto From Being Stolen Via Your Phone - Ep.128
Rich Sanders, cofounder and chief security officer of CipherBlade, and Harry Denley, director of security of MyCrypto.com, discuss the phone porting phenomenon: who's behind these thefts, how they pe…
01:01:58 |
Tue 16 Jul 2019
How the Caribbean Got on the Road to Central Bank Digital Currencies - Ep.127
Gabriel Abed, founder of Bitt.com and Vice President of the board of directors, describes how he went from mining Bitcoin to persuading governors of central banks to not quash Bitt's goal to create c…
01:13:54 |
Tue 09 Jul 2019
How Asia's Trading Culture Results in a Vastly Different Crypto Scene - Ep.126
Luis Buenaventura, founder of Bloom Solutions, and Leo Weese, president of Bitcoin Association of Hong Kong, discuss the crypto scene in Asia — how it differs from that of the West, and how it differ…
01:05:47 |
Tue 02 Jul 2019
Alex Gladstein of the Human Rights Foundation on the 3 Reasons Bitcoin Matters - Ep.125
In recent years, the Human Rights Foundation and Alex Gladstein, its chief strategy officer, have become forces in the Bitcoin and cryptocurrency community. In this episode, he discusses why Bitcoin …
01:16:16 |
Tue 25 Jun 2019
Not Sure a Cryptoeconomic System Will Work? Gauntlet Can Help - Ep.124
Tarun Chitra, cofounder and CEO of Gauntlet, describes how his company enables crypto teams to run through simulations to see how their design choices will affect the project once it is trading. Usin…
01:14:52 |
Tue 18 Jun 2019
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