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Unchained
By 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.
Latest episode
Bits + Bips: Is Bitcoin Finally Being Priced on Fundamentals?
13 min
- Cadence
- Daily
- Typical length
- 54 min
- Latest release
- Sep 23
- Language
- EN
- Activity
- Current — released within 30 days
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Topics
Crypto Assets
Cryptocurrencies, stablecoins, tokens, markets, custody, and digital-asset infrastructure.
Blockchain
Blockchain architecture, smart contracts, consensus, protocols, and decentralized applications.
Technology Regulation
Laws, regulation, antitrust, standards, and public policy governing technology.
Formats
Interview
Host-led conversation where a guest supplies most of the subject matter.
Commentary & Analysis
Interpretation, opinion, debate, review, and analytical discussion.
Audience level
Intermediate
Assumes basic technology literacy and familiarity with common products, roles, and terminology.
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Bits + Bips: Is Bitcoin Finally Being Priced on Fundamentals?
Our listener survey takes five minutes, it's anonymous, and I read the write-in answers myself. Everyone who takes it can enter a drawing for a free year of Unchained Premium or Bits + Bips Premium. Open through Sunday, October 18. — Laura When the Clarity Act stalled in Congress, the shorts expected Bitcoin to break.
How Zcash and NEAR Are Driving This Crypto Bull Run
Zcash and NEAR are both ripping this week, and Illia Polosukhin and Mert Mumtaz say privacy is the reason why. Is this how the “Bitcoin DeFi” vision comes true? ========================================================. Simple. Secure. Self-custodial.
Crypto's Clarity Act Collapses. Two Days Later, the SEC Introduces Its Innovation Exemption
Days after Clarity failed, the SEC granted a major exemption for tokenized stocks. The Digital Chamber’s Cody Carbone explains whether agencies can replace the law. ========================================================. Simple. Secure. Self-custodial.
Uneasy Money: What Crypto's Gensler Years Say About the AI Slowdown Debate
Delphi Ventures founding partner Tommy Shaughnessy tells Kain and Taylor the AI slowdown talk is a moat against cheap Chinese models. Plus, why the Clarity Act died. ========================================================. Simple. Secure. Self-custodial.
The Chopping Block: CLARITY Dies on the Senate Floor, Hunter Biden's LAPTOP Rug, & the AI Pause Pact
The boys get together in person as CLARITY falls short with 47 votes. They break down what comes next, Hunter Biden’s LAPTOP token collapse, the Robinhood/Hyperliquid case, Balancer winding down, and the debate over an AI pause.
Bits + Bips: Would AI Rules Box Out Everyone but the Frontier Labs?
Jordi Visser doesn't dismiss the cyber risk, but he calls the fallout "a big midterm election story."
Guy Young on Why Ethena Launched a Neobank on Top of Its Stablecoin
Ethena's Guy Young explains why the companybuilt a neobank that pays 6% in yield, 5% cash back, and never tells users they're holding self-custodial stablecoins instead of dollars. ========================================================. Simple. Secure. Self-custodial.
Should Stock Tokens Be Limited to KYC'd Users? Or Be Tradeable by Anyone?
The SEC's next tokenization rule could force platforms to get issuer sign-off for stock tokens first. Securitize’s Brett Redfearn lays out what's actually at stake for Wall Street. ========================================================. Simple. Secure. Self-custodial.
Uneasy Money: Is OpenAI Training on Your Private Chats to Win the AI Race?
Alex Thorn and Jon join Kain and Taylor to unpack a Bitcoin hack, two new frontier models, and why nobody trusts their AI chats anymore. ========================================================. Simple. Secure. Self-custodial.
The Chopping Block: FOMO's Co-Founder Defends the Memecoin Trenches, Hunter Biden's $LAPTOP, and AMC vs Robinhood
Welcome to The Chopping Block, where crypto insiders Haseeb Qureshi, Tom Schmidt, and Tarun Chitra are joined by FOMO co-founder Paul Erlanger to chop it up about the latest in crypto. After getting dunked on as uncs for last week's memecoin takes, the crew brings on the founder at the center of it.