Unchained

Laura Shin

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.

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Feb 4, 2020 · 25 min
How Memes Can Help Crypto Go Mainstream - Ep.157
Linda Xie, cofounder at Scalar Capital, reads her essay on how the crypto community can successfully use memes to help people understand the technology. Thank you to our sponsors! CipherTrace: : Kraken: Episode links: Linda Xie: Scalar...
Jan 28, 2020 · 1 hr 8 min
The Rogue 100: How Cryptocurrency Criminals Cash Out - Ep.156
Jonathan Levin, co-founder and CSO of Chainalysis, and Kim Grauer, head of research, discuss the company's 2020 Crypto Crime Report, which explores how cryptocurrency criminals, who perpetrate hacks and scams and send out ransomware and more, cash...
Jan 21, 2020 · 1 hr 10 min
Brendan Eich on How Brave Is Working to Decentralize - Ep.155
Brendan Eich, CEO and president of Brave, discusses his history in tech prior to crypto, including working at Netscape, how he created Javascript in 10 days and his short stint as CEO of Mozilla, what problems with ads that Brave is trying to solve,...
Jan 14, 2020 · 1 hr 12 min
Why Catherine Coley Isn't Worried About BNB Being a Security - Ep.154
Catherine Coley, the CEO of Binance US, talks about her background as a foreign exchange trader, how and why she made the leap into crypto, and how she became the CEO of Binance US. We discuss how Binance US differs from Binance, who Binance US's...
Jan 7, 2020 · 1 hr 10 min
Dragonfly Capital on Why Ethereum Is So Far in the Lead - Ep.153
Alex Pack, founding partner of Dragonfly Capital, and Haseeb Qureshi, Dragonfly managing partner, talk about why Dragonfly has a global focus, how they choose investments, and why they try to be as agnostic as possible about asset type. They also...
Dec 31, 2019 · 1 hr 7 min
Unchained Year in Review: The Best of 2019 - Ep.152
In this Best of 2019 episode, I selected the clips that seemed most representative of what crypto was about this year, which I call, The Year Things Got Geopolitical. My only regret is that none of the clips about DAOs lent themselves well to this...
Dec 24, 2019 · 49 min
For Your Normie Friends: Answers to the Most Basic Crypto Questions - Ep.151
This fall, I had an idea to do a crypto show for my normie friends, and figured I’d release it over the holidays, when maybe my regular listeners would be with the very people in their lives who could benefit from such an episode. I solicited...
Dec 17, 2019 · 1 hr 4 min
Why North Korea Is Interested in Cryptocurrency - Ep.150
Priscilla Moriuchi, director of strategic threat development at Recorded Future and non-resident fellow at Harvard Kennedy School, explains North Korean usage of the internet and how it has changed over time, how it is reserved only for the few most...
Dec 10, 2019 · 1 hr 16 min
Yeonmi Park on Why Doing Business With North Korea Is Like Buying a Ticket to a Concentration Camp - Ep.149
In light of the questions around whether or not Virgil Griffith's talk at a blockchain conference in Pyongyang could have helped everyday North Koreans, Yeonmi Park, a North Korean defector, human rights activist, board member of the Human Rights...
Dec 3, 2019 · 1 hr 2 min
How Synthetix Became the Second-Largest DeFi Platform - Ep.148
Kain Warwick, founder of Synthetix, talks about synthetic asset issuance platform, which enables people to create tokens that track the price of assets in traditional and crypto finance. We discuss the various types of assets available, why changing...
Nov 26, 2019 · 1 hr 10 min
Why CoinMarketCap Launched Its Liquidity Metric - Ep.147
Carylyne Chan, chief strategy officer at CoinMarketCap, and Gerald Chee, head of research, discuss the history of CoinMarketCap, why the founder Brandon Chez initially focused on circulating supply to calculate market cap, how the ICO craze has...
Nov 19, 2019 · 1 hr 12 min
Why China Aims to Replace Cash With the Digital Yuan - Ep.146
Martin Chorzempa, research fellow the Peterson Institute, and Dovey Wan, founding partner at Primitive Ventures, discuss China's new blockchain push and the forthcoming DCEP. They cover how the blockchain initiative is part of an effort to set global...
Nov 12, 2019 · 1 hr 4 min
Christopher Giancarlo on the Craziness of Becoming 'Crypto Dad' - Ep.145
Former CFTC chairman Christopher Giancarlo talks about how his experience of the financial crisis piqued his interest in blockchain technology, why the CFTC thought the introduction of Bitcoin futures would help pop the 2017 Bitcoin bubble, and how...
Nov 5, 2019 · 1 hr 9 min
A Libra Co-Creator on How Facebook Will Make Money From Calibra - Ep.144
Christian Catalini, co-creator of Libra and chief economist at Calibra, explains why Facebook made the design choices it made for Libra, reveals whether the team was prepared for the regulatory blowback it received after publishing the white paper,...
Oct 29, 2019 · 1 hr 6 min
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 handles things like forks and airdrops. Then they...
Oct 22, 2019 · 31 min
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 beta testing," or many jurisdictions call "regulatory...
Oct 15, 2019 · 1 hr 8 min
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 after being rejected from MolochDAO, and why Mariano...
Oct 8, 2019 · 1 hr 2 min
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 dollar, and why Bitcoin wouldn't have such issues. He...
Oct 1, 2019 · 1 hr 1 min
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 crypto teams and ICOs going to Singapore, why the...
Sep 24, 2019 · 1 hr 7 min
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 following fund, the appeal of security tokens generally...

Unchained

How Memes Can Help Crypto Go Mainstream - Ep.157

The Rogue 100: How Cryptocurrency Criminals Cash Out - Ep.156

Brendan Eich on How Brave Is Working to Decentralize - Ep.155

Why Catherine Coley Isn't Worried About BNB Being a Security - Ep.154

Dragonfly Capital on Why Ethereum Is So Far in the Lead - Ep.153

Unchained Year in Review: The Best of 2019 - Ep.152

For Your Normie Friends: Answers to the Most Basic Crypto Questions - Ep.151

Why North Korea Is Interested in Cryptocurrency - Ep.150

Yeonmi Park on Why Doing Business With North Korea Is Like Buying a Ticket to a Concentration Camp - Ep.149

How Synthetix Became the Second-Largest DeFi Platform - Ep.148

Why CoinMarketCap Launched Its Liquidity Metric - Ep.147

Why China Aims to Replace Cash With the Digital Yuan - Ep.146

Christopher Giancarlo on the Craziness of Becoming 'Crypto Dad' - Ep.145

A Libra Co-Creator on How Facebook Will Make Money From Calibra - Ep.144

Bitwise's Latest Plans to Get a Bitcoin ETF Approved - Ep.143

Congressman Patrick McHenry: 'Bitcoin Will Be of Enormous Value' - Ep.142

Think a DAO Will Automate Things? Think Again - Ep.141

Fed Economist on the Prospect of the USD Losing Global Reserve Status: 'Who Cares?' - Ep.140

Crypto in China: What It Really Looks Like - Ep.139

Spencer Bogart on the $20 Trillion in Store-of-Value Assets - Ep.138