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
Placeholder's Joel Monegro on the Fat Protocols Thesis Today - Ep.65
Joel Monegro, partner at crypto VC firm Placeholder Ventures, describes how well his seminal blog post, "Fat Protocols," is holding up, why he and his partner Chris Burniske opted to found a crypto V…
00:59:38 |
Tue 12 Jun 2018
From the Oslo Freedom Forum: Blockchain vs. the Surveillance State - Ep.64
This recording is of Blockchain vs. the Surveillance State, a series of talks and a panel from the Oslo Freedom Forum put on by the Human Rights Foundation. In this session, hear presentations from R…
01:26:06 |
Wed 06 Jun 2018
Arthur Hayes of Bitmex on Why Countries Will Turn to Digital Cash - Ep.63
Arthur Hayes, CEO of Bitmex, describes how traders on his platform can make great gains but experience limited losses, how Asia's crypto markets differ from those in the U.S., and why he makes money …
01:00:26 |
Tue 05 Jun 2018
How Chainalysis Helps Solve Crimes: Jonathan Levin Tells All - Ep.62
Jonathan Levin, cofounder and chief operating officer for blockchain analytics company Chainalysis, describes how the company was born out of questions he had while a grad student, how they began map…
01:01:35 |
Tue 29 May 2018
Jesse Powell, CEO of Kraken, on Drawing a Line With Regulators - Ep.61
Jesse Powell, CEO of crypto asset exchange Kraken, explains why he publicly rejected then-Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's request for information from crypto exchanges, why he felt it was a publ…
00:57:52 |
Tue 22 May 2018
Live From Ethereal: Eep! How Should Ethereum Be Governed? - Ep.60
This recording of a panel I moderated at Ethereal with Ethereum researcher Vlad Zamfir and GovernX founder Nick Dodson covered the topic that it seems everyone in crypto is discussing these days: gov…
01:02:22 |
Sun 20 May 2018
Aya Miyaguchi, of the Ethereum Foundation, on Who Makes the Final Call - Ep.59
The newly appointed head of the Ethereum Foundation, Aya Miyaguchi, talks about her background as a teacher, at Kraken, helping the Mt. Gox trustee unwind that mess, and the closed process by which s…
00:58:47 |
Tue 15 May 2018
Ripple's XRP: Why Its Chances of Success Are Low - Ep.58
In this show, recorded without the participation of Ripple (explanation included in the show), Ryan Selkis, CEO and founder of Messari and Matt Leising, Bloomberg reporter, discuss Ripple's XRP, the …
01:05:43 |
Tue 08 May 2018
How Institutional Investors Can Do Due Diligence in the Crypto Space - Ep.57
Here is the second special episode from the Time Summit, a Bridge Alternatives event, on how institutional investors can do operational due diligence. Suna Said, founder and CEO of family office Nima…
00:35:18 |
Sun 06 May 2018
What Will Make Institutional Players Comfortable Entering Crypto? - Ep.56
This talk is from a panel I led on infrastructure in the crypto space at the Time Summit, by Bridge Alternatives, featuring Kayvon Pirestani of director of institutional sales at GDAX, Tim McCourt, C…
00:57:42 |
Sat 05 May 2018
Multicoin on the 1 Thing Crypto Teams Miss in Their Quests for Success
Kyle Samani and Tushar Jain, cofounders of Multicoin Capital, dive deeply into their sometimes controversial and unpopular opinions on how the crypto revolution will play out. They describe why they …
01:01:56 |
Tue 01 May 2018
Paul Walsh of MetaCert on How Not to Get Scammed Out of Your Crypto
Paul Walsh had long ago predicted that internet scams would migrate from email to private messaging platforms, but it wasn't until crypto mania took off that his thesis was proved right -- in a big w…
01:05:48 |
Tue 24 Apr 2018
Trends in Crypto: Marco Santori, Michael Sonnenshein and Barbara Minuzzi on 2017 and What's Next
In this live recording of a panel discussion at the CoinAlts Fund Symposium, Marco Santori, president and chief legal officer of Blockchain, managing director at Grayscale Investments, and Barbara Mi…
01:01:52 |
Sun 22 Apr 2018
The Chamber of Digital Commerce's Perianne Boring and Amy Kim on Why U.S. Crypto Regulation Is Complicated and Confusing
If U.S. crypto regulation seems incredibly convoluted, this is the episode for you. Perianne Boring, the founder and president of the Chamber of Digital Commerce, and its global policy director and g…
01:00:50 |
Tue 17 Apr 2018
Live From Inforum at the Commonwealth Club: Blockchain and Cryptocurrency: The Basics, With Kathryn Haun
Through Inforum at the Commonwealth Club, I recently moderated a sold-out discussion on the basics of blockchain technology and cryptocurrency. My guest was Kathryn Haun, a former federal prosecutor …
01:12:24 |
Sun 15 Apr 2018
Bitfury on the Ways It Collaborates With Governments and Why It's Partnered With a Public Company
Valery Vavilov and George Kikvadze of Bitcoin mining and blockchain software company Bitfury discuss why the firm has partnered with the publicly traded Hut 8, how it plans to branch out into mining …
01:03:42 |
Tue 10 Apr 2018
All Things Cryptoeconomics, Pt. 1, With Olaf Carlson-Wee and Ryan Zurrer of Polychain Capital
In an intermittent series on cryptoeconomics, Olaf Carlson-Wee and Ryan Zurrer of crypto hedge fund Polychain Capital describe what cryptoeconomics is, what goals it typically helps networks accompli…
01:05:41 |
Tue 03 Apr 2018
Zcash's Zooko Wilcox on Why He Believes Privacy Coins Will Be Used More for Good Than Bad
Zooko Wilcox, the founder and CEO of the Zcash company, explains why he wanted to create the privacy coin Zcash, why he believes privacy is essential to decentralization, and how encryption is the wa…
01:01:57 |
Tue 27 Mar 2018
Unconfirmed - Ep.008 - Arianna Simpson of Autonomous Partners on Privacy, Cryptokitties and Crypto Regulation
Arianna Simpson, managing partner of investment firm Autonomous Partners, discusses this week's news that Cambridge Analytica had used data from Facebook to perhaps manipulate the 2016 election and w…
00:21:44 |
Fri 23 Mar 2018
Mike Belshe on What BitGo's Kingdom Trust Acquisition Means for Crypto and How Security Will Develop in the Future
Mike Belshe, the founder and CEO of BitGo, talks about one of the biggest problems facing crypto today: security. We discuss some of the ways BitGo has resolved this issue, whether that still leads t…
01:06:30 |
Tue 20 Mar 2018
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