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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Mar 6, 2018 · 1 hr 2 min
Will Warren of 0x on Why Decentralized Exchanges Are the Future
Will Warren, cofounder of decentralized exchange protocol 0x, was working on building tokenized derivatives for Ethereum when he and his cofounder realized there would be no place to trade them. They ended up pivoting to create a decentralized...
Mar 2, 2018 · 24 min
Unconfirmed - Ep.003 - The Gender Imbalance in Crypto: Jalak Jobanputra on Why It's a Problem and Her Effort to Fix It
Future Perfect Ventures' founder and managing partner Jalak Jobanputra and I discuss the New York Times article earlier this week about how few women there are in crypto. We discuss some of the surprising comments we saw from women in the space who...
Feb 27, 2018 · 1 hr 4 min
Why It's so Hard to Keep Stablecoins Stable
Rune Christensen of MakerDAO and Philip Rosedale, founder of Second Life and High Fidelity, discuss why stablecoins are called crypto's holy grail, why they may be what's necessary for mainstream adoption, and all the ways a stablecoin can be...
Feb 23, 2018 · 24 min
Introducing Unconfirmed - Brian Kelly on Token-Curated Registries, Robinhood Crypto Trading and the Petro - Ep.002
Subscribe to my new show, Unconfirmed! Here's a sample: Brian Kelly of BKCM talks about token-curated registries, such as the proposal for Messari, by Ryan Selkis, formerly of Digital Currency Group and CoinDesk, and why such TCRs are probably a good...
Feb 20, 2018 · 1 hr 1 min
MyCrypto's Taylor Monahan on Why She's Not a Fan of ICOs
The cofounder of MyEtherWallet and CEO of newly launched MyCrypto walks us through the nuts and bolts of how MyCrypto works, how it differs from a company like Coinbase, why the keys you get from the site even enable to work offline -- and how the...
Feb 18, 2018 · 23 min
Unconfirmed's First Episode: Olaf Carlson-Wee of Polychain Capital on Governance
Check out the first episode of Unconfirmed, in which Olaf Carlson-Wee, CEO and founder of Polychain Capital, discusses why an issue facing the Ethereum community right now has him thinking about on-chain governance. If you enjoy the episode, subscribe...
Feb 16, 2018 · 2 min
Go Check Out My New Podcast, Unconfirmed!
Unconfirmed: Insights and Analysis From the Top Minds in Crypto drops today! The first guest is Olaf Carlson-Wee, CEO and founder of crypto hedge fund Polychain Capital. We discuss the week's news and what is on Olaf's mind these days. It's available...
Feb 13, 2018 · 53 min
Shapeshift's Erik Voorhees on How Crypto Will Separate Money and State
Erik Voorhees says the greatest scam perpetrated on mankind is currency debasement -- and that crypto will change all that. In this wide-ranging interview, the CEO of crypto-to-crypto exchange Shapeshift talks about how crypto will take away power...
Feb 6, 2018 · 55 min
Xapo's Wences Casares on How Bitcoin Makes a Fairer World
Love Unchained? Please take this extremely brief survey to help us find more sponsors: https://survey.libsyn.com/unchained Growing up in Argentina, Wences Casares saw his family lose all their money three times due to actions by the government....
Jan 23, 2018 · 1 hr 2 min
The Tax Rules That Have Crypto Users Aghast
Love Unchained? Please take this extremely brief survey to help us obtain more sponsors: Tax attorney Tyson Cross and CPA Jason Tyra discuss all things crypto and taxes, including what types of crypto transactions are taxable events, how you'll...
Jan 9, 2018 · 1 hr 23 min
Vitalik Buterin, Creator Of Ethereum, On The Big Guy Vs. The Little Guy
Love Unchained? Please take this extremely brief survey to help us obtain more sponsors: The 23-year-old whiz dives into who blockchains will someday help, how we transition from Ethereum for digital cats to higher social impact, and why even...
Dec 26, 2017 · 1 hr
Crypto 101: Everything You Need To Know About Bitcoin, Ethereum, Blockchains, ICOs, And More
Love Unchained? Please take this extremely brief survey to help us obtain more sponsors: In this special bonus episode, Laura cover all your basic questions about crypto. What is Bitcoin? What is Ethereum? What is a blockchain? Share this...
Dec 12, 2017 · 1 hr 4 min
How Crypto And Blockchain Technology Should Be Regulated
Love Unchained? Please take this extremely brief survey to help us obtain more sponsors: Marco Santori, who leads the blockchain technology team at Cooley, and Joshua Ashley Klayman, who leads the blockchain and smart contracts group at...
Nov 28, 2017 · 1 hr 13 min
Naval Ravikant On How Crypto Is Squeezing VCs, Hindering Regulators And Bringing Users Choice
Love Unchained? Please take this extremely brief survey to help us obtain more sponsors: The executive chairman of AngelList and partner at crypto hedge fund MetaStable explains how blockchains are changing the entrepreneurship model, his...
Nov 14, 2017 · 57 min
What Bitcoin's History Says About Its Future
Love Unchained? Please take this extremely brief survey to help us obtain more sponsors: Days after the SegWit2x fork was called off, Nathaniel Popper, New York Times tech reporter and author of the book Digital Gold: Bitcoin and the Inside...
Oct 31, 2017 · 1 hr 7 min
What Will Happen At The Time Of The Bitcoin Hard Fork?
As Bitcoin faces the biggest test in its nine-year history, two players on opposing sides -- Mike Belshe of BitGo and Bitcoin protocol developer Matt Corallo -- debate how the community got here and what the definition of Bitcoin is -- whether the...
Oct 17, 2017 · 1 hr 3 min
How To Value A Crypto Asset
Love Unchained? Please take this extremely brief survey to help us obtain more sponsors: Chris Burniske of Placeholder Ventures has recently come out with a new book, "Cryptoassets: The Innovative Investors' Guide to Bitcoin and Beyond" that...
Oct 3, 2017 · 1 hr 1 min
How To Explain Cryptocurrencies And Blockchains To The Average Person
Love Unchained? Please take this extremely brief survey to help us obtain more sponsors: Tired of having your friends and family say cryptocurrencies are a Ponzi scheme, nothing backs them, they're in a bubble and only criminals use them? In...
Sep 19, 2017 · 1 hr
From Blockchains To Mooncakes: Two Chinese Crypto Founders On The ICO And Bitcoin Exchanges Ban
Da Hongfei of NEO and Patrick Dai of Qtum tell us just how crazy China's ICO craze was getting, with mooncake companies, celebs and Ponzi schemers all jumping on the blockchain train. They also explain what the reaction was to the ICO and bitcoin...
Sep 5, 2017 · 58 min
Blockstack On Getting Independence From Google, Facebook And Amazon
Ryan Shea and Muneeb Ali, the cofounders of Blockstack, on how their tools enable users to control their own data, why the internet should have universal usernames but no company should control that, and why Blockstack’s storage system still allows...

Unchained

Will Warren of 0x on Why Decentralized Exchanges Are the Future

Unconfirmed - Ep.003 - The Gender Imbalance in Crypto: Jalak Jobanputra on Why It's a Problem and Her Effort to Fix It

Why It's so Hard to Keep Stablecoins Stable

Introducing Unconfirmed - Brian Kelly on Token-Curated Registries, Robinhood Crypto Trading and the Petro - Ep.002

MyCrypto's Taylor Monahan on Why She's Not a Fan of ICOs

Unconfirmed's First Episode: Olaf Carlson-Wee of Polychain Capital on Governance

Go Check Out My New Podcast, Unconfirmed!

Shapeshift's Erik Voorhees on How Crypto Will Separate Money and State

Xapo's Wences Casares on How Bitcoin Makes a Fairer World

The Tax Rules That Have Crypto Users Aghast

Vitalik Buterin, Creator Of Ethereum, On The Big Guy Vs. The Little Guy

Crypto 101: Everything You Need To Know About Bitcoin, Ethereum, Blockchains, ICOs, And More

How Crypto And Blockchain Technology Should Be Regulated

Naval Ravikant On How Crypto Is Squeezing VCs, Hindering Regulators And Bringing Users Choice

What Bitcoin's History Says About Its Future

What Will Happen At The Time Of The Bitcoin Hard Fork?

How To Value A Crypto Asset

How To Explain Cryptocurrencies And Blockchains To The Average Person

From Blockchains To Mooncakes: Two Chinese Crypto Founders On The ICO And Bitcoin Exchanges Ban

Blockstack On Getting Independence From Google, Facebook And Amazon