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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Dec 25, 2018 · 55 min
RERUN: Xapo's Wences Casares on How Bitcoin Makes a Fairer World - Ep.99
Growing up in Argentina, Wences Casares saw his family lose all their money three times due to actions by the government. The so-called "patient zero" of Bitcoin in Silicon Valley explains why he believes that experience predisposed him to seeing the...
Dec 18, 2018 · 1 hr 9 min
Mike Novogratz on Why Bitcoin, "a Big FU to the System," Needs Institutions - Ep.98
Mike Novogratz, founder and CEO of Galaxy Digital Holdings, describes the company's services and products, why it's launching a credit offering, and why he pivoted from his original intention to launch a crypto hedge fund and then pivoted again from...
Dec 16, 2018 · 46 min
How Crypto and Blockchain Technology Could Change Financial Services - Ep.97
This is a special episode of Unchained from the CME Global Leadership Conference in Naples, Florida. There, I spoke with Arthur Hayes, CoFounder and CEO of Bitmex, Dan O’Prey, chief marketing officer of Digital Asset, and Alexis Ohanian, Co-Founder...
Dec 11, 2018 · 1 hr 4 min
Coinbase's Listing Process: Why It's Adding Many More Coins and How It Decides - Ep.96
Coinbase has departed from its conservative roots and begun adding many more coins. Dan Romero, vice president of Coinbase, explains how its listing process works, how it tries to prevent insider trading, and why it's listed coins that had ICOs, even...
Dec 4, 2018 · 1 hr 7 min
Ari Paul on Why Bitcoin Is a Good Value Buy Today - Ep.95
Ari Paul, CIO of BlockTower Capital, explains why he likes how short-term trades concentrate risk in investment, why, "no matter what," he thinks Bitcoin is a good-value buy today, and how big university endowments investing in crypto now could...
Nov 27, 2018 · 1 hr 4 min
How Donating Crypto Can Help You Save on Taxes - Ep.94
Connie Gallippi, the founder and executive director for BitGive, and Joe Waltman, the executive director of , discuss charitable giving in crypto -- what problems in philanthropy it solves, what level of transparency they can achieve and how they...
Nov 20, 2018 · 1 hr 3 min
Monero's Riccardo Spagni, aka Fluffypony, on How He Feels About Monero Being Used for Crime - Ep.93
Riccardo Spagni, the lead maintainer for Monero, describes the four pillars of Monero's privacy, makes the case for why it would still be valuable even if BItcoin were to adopt privacy, and explains the ways in which its privacy is stronger and weaker...
Nov 13, 2018 · 1 hr 9 min
CoinFund's Jake Brukhman and Multicoin's Tushar Jain on Generalized Mining - Ep.92
Jake Brukhman of CoinFund and Tushar Jain of Multicoin Capital discuss a new trend among crypto funds: generalized mining, also called mining 2.0, in which investors participate in the networks in order to seed activity on them. For instance, an...
Nov 6, 2018 · 1 hr 8 min
Down 94% Since Winter, What Has Happened to ICOs? - Ep.91
After the ICO craze of 2017, such offerings have raised extremely little so far this fall, with total sales in October down 94% since February, according to Token Data. Why? And where to next? Andy Bromberg, president of CoinList, and Marco Santori,...
Oct 30, 2018 · 1 hr 14 min
Reflections on the 10-Year Anniversary of the Bitcoin White Paper - Ep.90
For this episode on the eve of the Bitcoin white paper's 10-year anniversary, Nathaniel Popper and Paul Vigna, reporters who cover Bitcoin and crypto for The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, respectively, and who have written books about...
Oct 23, 2018 · 1 hr 5 min
Numerai's Richard Craib on How to Crowdsource Good Predictions - Ep.89
While many companies like to use buzzwords like crypto, blockchain, AI and encryption, Numerai actually combines all these technologies in a novel way. Founder Richard Craib discusses how his hedge fund started off crowdsourcing good financial models...
Oct 16, 2018 · 1 hr 10 min
Listener Mail: Laura Answers Your Questions on the Markets, Velocity, Privacy and More! - Ep.88
This week, because I was busy with my TEDx talk and my book, I decided to do an episode in which I answer your questions. Thank you to everyone who submitted one, and I'm so sorry I didn't get to all your questions. In this episode, I talk about...
Oct 9, 2018 · 1 hr 6 min
Barry Silbert on What Wall Street Says Privately About Crypto Vs. What It Says Publicly - Ep.87
Barry Silbert, founder and CEO of Digital Currency Group, which has invested in 130 crypto ventures worldwide, describes his company, its strategy for investing in the crypto space, and how his perspective on the development of the space has changed...
Oct 2, 2018 · 1 hr 8 min
How dYdX Allows You to Take a Short Position in One Token - Ep.86
Antonio Juliano, founder of dYdX, explains how this protocol for derivatives will enable you to take a short position in a single token, why they are starting with protocols shorting and margin lending and how these protocols work vs. how shorting and...
Sep 28, 2018 · 58 min
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 Clovyr, a decentralized software and developer...
Sep 25, 2018 · 1 hr 12 min
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, catapulting it from obscurity to become the world's most...
Sep 21, 2018 · 1 hr 33 min
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 evolution of Bitcoin, and Atlas Holdings Group CEO...
Sep 18, 2018 · 59 min
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 describes how the company is currently building an...
Sep 11, 2018 · 1 hr
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 can scale. We also discuss why he doesn't have much...
Sep 4, 2018 · 58 min
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 decentralized fashion rather than using one of the many fintech...

Unchained

RERUN: Xapo's Wences Casares on How Bitcoin Makes a Fairer World - Ep.99

Mike Novogratz on Why Bitcoin, "a Big FU to the System," Needs Institutions - Ep.98

How Crypto and Blockchain Technology Could Change Financial Services - Ep.97

Coinbase's Listing Process: Why It's Adding Many More Coins and How It Decides - Ep.96

Ari Paul on Why Bitcoin Is a Good Value Buy Today - Ep.95

How Donating Crypto Can Help You Save on Taxes - Ep.94

Monero's Riccardo Spagni, aka Fluffypony, on How He Feels About Monero Being Used for Crime - Ep.93

CoinFund's Jake Brukhman and Multicoin's Tushar Jain on Generalized Mining - Ep.92

Down 94% Since Winter, What Has Happened to ICOs? - Ep.91

Reflections on the 10-Year Anniversary of the Bitcoin White Paper - Ep.90

Numerai's Richard Craib on How to Crowdsource Good Predictions - Ep.89

Listener Mail: Laura Answers Your Questions on the Markets, Velocity, Privacy and More! - Ep.88

Barry Silbert on What Wall Street Says Privately About Crypto Vs. What It Says Publicly - Ep.87

How dYdX Allows You to Take a Short Position in One Token - Ep.86

The Oslo Freedom Forum in New York: Why Decentralization Matters - Ep.85

How Binance Became the Most Popular Crypto Exchange in 5 Months - Ep.84

Singularity University Global Summit: How Do We Get Consumer Adoption? - Ep.83

How You'll Earn Interest on Your Crypto With Compound - Ep.82

Tuur Demeester on Why He's a Bitcoin Maximalist and Bearish on Ethereum - Ep.81

Nadav Hollander on How Dharma Could Create New Forms of Debt - Ep.80