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Hosted by Laura Shin. Events in crypto take place at warp speed. This weekly crypto podcast reveals how the marquee names in crypto are reacting to the week's top headlines. With host Laura Shin, the guests also discuss what they're thinking about these days and reveal what they believe is on the horizon in crypto.
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Jonathan Mann has published a song a day for 13 years. On Unchained, he talks about his writing process, how he came up with the idea of publishing his songs as NFTs, his plans for a DAO he created called SongADAO, and more. Show topics:
the significance and process of making a song a day for 13 years straight
how Jonathan monetized his content in the early days (2009) of the internet
what crypto event sent Jonathan down the rabbit hole and how Vitalik Buterin was involved
why CryptoPunks piqued Jonathan’s interest in monetizing his content on-chain
how being in the crypto world has changed J ..read more
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2y ago
Merry Christmas (Eve)! For this special episode of Unchained, three other crypto journalists and I discuss their favorite stories from the past twelve months, how they would grade crypto journalism in 2021, and what they are looking forward to covering in 2022. Show highlights:
what stories Michael, Michael, Jeff, and I will remember from a ~busy~ 2021
why 2021 is “clearly the biggest year” yet for the industry
how CoinDesk, Forbes, and Decrypt can improve their news coverage in 2022
what Michael, Michael, Jeff, and I think about all the negative energy directed at journalists from the ..read more
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2y ago
Jess Symington, research lead at Elliptic, a blockchain forensics company, discusses the massive upswing in DeFi hacks during 2021, resulting in over $10 billion of DeFi value lost. Show topics:
the state of crime in DeFi
how much value has been lost to exploits
whether the majority of hacks are the result of user or developer error
the various types of exploits
how to confirm when a project did, in fact, rug pull
which blockchains are most susceptible to having exploits
what has been happening recently in ransomware
how DeFi hackers cash out
why ransomware attackers, who usually request paym ..read more
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Jeff Dorman, the chief investment officer at Arca, discusses the recent events surrounding SushiSwap, including CTO Joseph Delong’s departure this week, Arca’s proposal to create a hierarchical management structure for SushiSwap, and why Jeff is still excited about Arca’s investment in SushiSwap. Show topics:
what SushiSwap is and how it has performed since its inception
how Jeff views SushiSwap’s performance from an investor’s perspective
how the departure of 0xMaki affected SushiSwap
what Jeff thinks about the decentralization versus centralization
why Jeff thinks SushiSwap is in a fa ..read more
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2y ago
Ryan Zurrer, founder of Dialectic, a crypto wealth multi-family office, discusses his recent $29 million purchase of Beeple’s Human One and his experience at Art Basel in Miami, along with his thoughts on the NFT space in general. Show highlights:
what Human One is and why Ryan purchased it
how Ryan and Beeple’s personal relationship factored into the purchase of Human One
why Human One is important to the metaverse
how Ryan defied the odds in purchasing Human One
how Miami’s Art Basel conference missed out by not capitalizing enough on NFTs
what Ryan thinks about the NFT industry being descr ..read more
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Maren Altman is a professional astrologer and crypto trader. On Unchained, she discusses her end-of-year price target for Bitcoin, how crypto fits into her natal chart, and how she uses planets to divine the price movement of crypto assets. Highlights:
why Maren believes she was born to trade cryptocurrencies
how long-term planetary transits explain the rise of cryptocurrency
why the transits of Uranus, North Node, and Jupiter could lead to a big, extremely innovative “metaverse/cyber pandemic/internet of things” development in spring 2023
how Maren determines the “natal chart” (a birth chart ..read more
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Will Papper, SyndicateDAO co-founder and ConstitutionDAO contributor, tells the story of how a group of internet friends came together as a DAO to crowdfund a $41 million bid at a Sotheby’s auction for a physical copy of the US Constitution. Show highlights:
how Will and other ConstitutionDAO members feel after losing the auction
the significance of ConstitutionDAO despite its loss
whether Will knows who the other bidder was
why museums began reaching out to ConstitutionDAO and seem to be excited about DAOs moving forward
why there was so much confusion over who was the bidder for the DAO and ..read more
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2y ago
Sam Trabucco, co-CEO of Alameda Research, discusses the different price drivers that led to BTC, ETH, SOL, and LUNA reaching new all-time highs in the past week. Show highlights:
why Sam believes no bad news from regulators is good news
what effect leverage has on the crypto markets
the significance of Bitcoin hitting a new all-time high and the crypto market cap reaching $3 trillion
how the approval of a bitcoin futures ETF affected the crypto market
what Sam thinks about the actions of US crypto regulators (hint: it’s probably not what you would think)
why Sam thinks ETH’s price hit a new a ..read more
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At Non-Fungible Castle 2021, an NFT exhibition in Prague, four NFT experts discuss the legal implications of NFTs. Guests include Jonathan Victor, product/business development at Protocol Labs; Louis Baudoin, advisor at Monax; Diana Stern, product counsel at Stripe; and Shant Marootian COO at Fractional.art. Show highlights:
what users are receiving with the purchase of an NFT
how the terms of service for different NFT marketplaces change NFT rights
how on-chain storage and off-chain storage affects NFT ownership
what rights do creators need to mint an NFT
what recourse creators have if someo ..read more
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Do Kwon, cofounder of Terraform Labs, was recently served subpoenas by the US Securities and Exchange Commission during Messari’s mainnet event, leading Kwon and Terraform to preemptively sue the SEC. On Unconfirmed, Kwon discusses:
what Terraform Labs does and how it is building its DeFi ecosystem around TerraUSD ($UST)
why Terraform Labs created its synthetics protocol, Mirror, and how it works
what Do thinks about the SEC’s investigation into Mirror
what happened to Do at Messari’s mainnet event
why the SEC’s approach to crypto regulation does not impact Do very much
what Do thinks about h ..read more