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 Oslo Freedom Forum in New York: Why Decentralization Matters - Ep.85
In this fascinating and compelling panel on Why Decentralization Matters at the Oslo Freedom Forum in New York, I spoke with Alejandro Machado, a researcher at Zcash; Amber Baldet, founder and CEO of…
00:58:21 |
Fri 28 Sep 2018
How Binance Became the Most Popular Crypto Exchange in 5 Months - Ep.84
In this fast-paced and exhilarating conversation, Changpeng Zhao, aka "CZ," tells the pivotal business decisions that led users to flock to the brand-new Binance in the summer and fall of 2017, catap…
01:12:54 |
Tue 25 Sep 2018
Singularity University Global Summit: How Do We Get Consumer Adoption? - Ep.83
This is a recording of the full "blockchain block" of the Singularity University Global Summit in late August. It features a talk by me on the power of decentralization, Abra CEO Bill Barhydt on the …
01:33:26 |
Fri 21 Sep 2018
How You'll Earn Interest on Your Crypto With Compound - Ep.82
Robert Leshner, founder of Compound, describes how its protocol will enable people to earn interest on crypto assets, and why he thinks this will be crucial to crypto becoming mainstream. He also des…
00:59:08 |
Tue 18 Sep 2018
Tuur Demeester on Why He's a Bitcoin Maximalist and Bearish on Ethereum - Ep.81
Founder and CEO of Adamant Capital Tuur Demeester explains what factors he considers when valuing crypto assets, why this has led him to become a Bitcoin maximalist, and why he doesn't think Ethereum…
01:00:29 |
Tue 11 Sep 2018
Nadav Hollander on How Dharma Could Create New Forms of Debt - Ep.80
Nadav, founder of Dharma protocol, explains how it enables the borrowing and lending of crypto assets, what would happen in the case of default, and why it would make sense to do it in a decentralize…
00:58:36 |
Tue 04 Sep 2018
Joey Krug on How Augur Is Like Any Other Tool - Ep.79
Joey Krug, cofounder of Augur and co-chief investment officer at Pantera Capital, talks about what Augur is and is not, why it’s difficult to create new financial markets today and whether or not Aug…
00:52:38 |
Tue 28 Aug 2018
Dfinity's Dominic Williams on How Its Blockchain Nervous System Is Not an AI - Ep.78
Dfinity's Dominic Williams talks about how Dfinity is an internet computer that can host our software and data, instead of it being held by centralized services. He describes the consensus algorithm,…
01:05:37 |
Tue 21 Aug 2018
Harbor and TrustToken on Why They Don't Mind Being Unsexy - Ep.77
Josh Stein, CEO of Harbor, and Danny An, cofounder and CEO of TrustToken, talk about security tokens and tokens backed by real-world assets, often called an unsexy area of crypto. They explain the st…
01:00:16 |
Tue 14 Aug 2018
Live From Distributed: Amber Baldet, Matthew Roszak and Lily Liu on 'Innovate or Reinvent?' - Ep.76
In July in San Francisco, I moderated a panel at "Distributed 2018: Unlocking the Global Power of Decentralized Business." The title of our discussion was "Innovate or Reinvent?" and the panelists we…
00:30:12 |
Wed 08 Aug 2018
What Makes a CryptoKitty Worth $140,000? - Ep.75
Roham Gharegozlou, CEO of Dapper Labs, the company behind CryptoKitties, and Benny Giang, Dapper Labs’ head of Asia, describe how employees at venture studio AxiomZen came up with the idea for Crypto…
01:05:07 |
Tue 07 Aug 2018
Meltem Demirors and Jill Carlson on the Sh*tcoin Waterfall - Ep.74
In this hilarious skeptics' episode, Meltem Demirors, chief strategy officer of CoinShares, and Jill Carlson, an independent consultant, explain why they think crypto needs fewer moral arguments and …
01:06:31 |
Tue 31 Jul 2018
Kathleen Breitman and Ryan Jesperson of Tezos on Why They Wouldn't Do Its Token Sale Differently - Ep.73
Kathleen Breitman, CEO of Dynamic Ledger Solutions, the company behind the Tezos protocol, and Ryan Jesperson, president of the foundation, discuss the Tezos initial coin offering, which was the larg…
01:05:34 |
Tue 24 Jul 2018
How Widespread Is Money Laundering in Crypto? - Ep.72
Yaya Fanusie, director of analysis at the Center on Sanctions and Illicit Finance at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, and Tom Robinson, chief data officer and cofounder of blockchain analyt…
01:02:07 |
Tue 17 Jul 2018
Circle's Jeremy Allaire and Sean Neville on Why Crypto Will Be Bigger Than the Web - Ep.71
Jeremy Allaire, cofounder and CEO of Circle, and Sean Neville, cofounder and president, discuss why they think the internet of value will be even bigger than the internet of information and how all a…
01:04:42 |
Tue 10 Jul 2018
Chris Dixon on How Trust Is the Best Lego Block - Ep.70
Chris Dixon, partner at Andreessen Horowitz, talks about the new $300 million crypto fund he is leading with Kathryn Haun, the new general partner of Andreessen, and how a16z came to hire its first f…
01:06:30 |
Tue 03 Jul 2018
Jimmy Song on Why Bitcoin Will Be the Winning Cryptocurrency - Ep.69
In an episode of strong positions, Blockchain Capital partner and Bitcoin educator Jimmy Song explains why private blockchains will never work, why smart contracts will never work, and why Bitcoin w…
01:06:27 |
Tue 26 Jun 2018
Live From the World Economic Forum Industry Strategy Meeting: Breaking the Blockchain Hype - Ep.68
This is a live recording from a panel I moderated at the World Economic Forum Industry Strategy Meeting. The speakers included Shwetha Shetty Senior Director, Corporate Strategy Group, of SAP, Adam L…
01:01:31 |
Wed 20 Jun 2018
Why ASICs May Be Better Than GPUs Even if They Tend Toward Mining Centralization - Ep.67
David Vorick, CEO of Nebulous, which operates Siacoin and a new subsidiary, Obelisk, describes what he's discovered in his exploration of the mining industry, including why he's decided that speciali…
01:01:50 |
Tue 19 Jun 2018
Live From Consensus: What the Media Really Thinks About Crypto - Ep.66
This is a recording of a panel discussion I participated in with a couple other reporters and crypto PR people at Consensus. (It was at the same time as Jack's talk, so it's totally understandable if…
01:01:50 |
Wed 13 Jun 2018
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