Unchained
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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February 13, 2026 • 54 mins
The market structure bill introduces a "control" test for DeFi protocols. The problem: nobody agrees on what control means.
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Peter Van Valkenburgh of Coin Center sits down with Jessi Brooks and Vy Le to confront a question that will determine which DeFi projects can operate i...
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February 13, 2026 • 52 mins
Namik Muduroglu and Amir Almaimani walk through MegaETH's launch strategy and why they are delaying the TGE.
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Months after its oversubscribed initial coin offering, MegaETH's mainnet is live. But the project is not launching its token just yet.
In this Unchained podcast episode, MegaETH strategy chief Namik Muduroglu and Head of Ecosystem Amir Almaimani break down th...
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February 12, 2026 • 76 mins
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Are bitcoiners underestimating the quantum threat to Bitcoin? That's the question Castle Island Ventures Partner Nic Carter has posed with some recent posts gauging the views of several leading Bitcoin developers on quantum computing.
To help answer the question, Unchained reached out to Ethereum Foundation Researcher Justin Drake and Michigan University Professor Chris ...
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February 11, 2026 • 47 mins
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What happened to Bitcoin on Feb. 5? And why does the apex crypto continue to underperform?
DeFi Development Corp investment chief Parker White has some theories. In this Unchained podcast episode, Parker walks Laura Shin through them as they gain traction on X.
At the center of it all is non-crypto Hong Kong fund and another fund that may be executing a ‘Big Short’-styl...
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February 11, 2026 • 66 mins
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Bitcoin slid toward $60,000 on Feb. 5 in a brutal, cross-asset selloff that hit gold, equities, and crypto alike. With leverage unwin...
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February 10, 2026 • 41 mins
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LayerZero Labs is making bold promises with its coming Zero Blockchain. 2 million transactions per second per node. A thousandth of a penny per transaction. No compromises to decentralization. The big question is how?!
In this Unchained podcast episode, LayerZero Labs CEO Bryan Pellegrino explains how the team was able to crack scalability by fixing blockchain storage and rethin...
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February 7, 2026 • 63 mins
The ERC-8004 standard for trustless AI agent interactions is finally live on mainnet!
In this Unchained episode, Ethereum Foundation AI Lead Davide Crapis joins to explain what the standard is, how it works, how it’s protected against manipulation, and what's next.
Listen to find out his most interesting experience building the project and tips for builders looking to start businesses around AI agents.
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February 7, 2026 • 82 mins
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Vitalik Buterin just dropped a bombshell: the L2 vision no longer makes sense. Meanwhile, AI coding agents are going parabolic.
In this monster episode of Uneasy Money, Ethereum Foundation Head of Developer Growth Austin Griffith and Optimism co-founder Karl Floersch join hosts Kain Warwick and Taylor Monahan to unpack the reasoning behind Vitalik's...
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February 7, 2026 • 59 mins
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In one week, OpenClaw agents have gotten their own social networking platform, launched cryptocurrency tokens and built a site to rent humans.
In this episode of Unchained, DAIS Global Chair Michael Casey and The Exponentialist co-founder David Mattin explore what Moltbook reveals about the direction of the AI trend, how AI could impact jobs and what a post-human economy looks like. Will Bitcoin b...
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February 6, 2026 • 50 mins
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The White House is intervening in the fight over stablecoin yield. And AI agents are… organizing?
In this special episode of DEX in the City, Zerohash CEO Edward...
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February 6, 2026 • 31 mins
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Bitcoin's collapse is accelerating. Continuing a descent that began last week, the asset this week has all the price progress made under the Trump administration. The price action begs the question why amid greater adoption and support.
In this episode of Unchained, FalconX Head of Markets Joshua Lim highlights two main reasons for Bitcoin's regression and offers his outlook for the year. Is it 202...
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February 5, 2026 • 34 mins
Crypto markets are under severe pressure, with Bitcoin sliding into one of the most oversold conditions in its history and Ethereum following closely behind. In this episode of Bits + Bips, Steve Ehrlich sits down with Fairlead Strategies founder Katie Stockton to walk through what the charts are actually signaling amid the selloff.
They discuss why oversold does not automatically mean a bottom, how technicians look for downside e...
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February 5, 2026 • 64 mins
The hosts dive into Bitcoin's volatility below $75K, dissect the explosive CZ vs Star Twitter battle over who caused the 10/10 liquidation cascade, debate the ethics of founder secondary sales with passionate disagreement, and explore the surprising crypto connections in the newly released Epstein files including Tarun's unexpected cameo.
Welcome to The Chopping Block — where crypto insiders Haseeb Qureshi, Tom Schmidt, Tarun Ch...
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February 4, 2026 • 60 mins
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January 31, 2026 • 37 mins
Crypto has stalled, but markets haven’t. As volatility migrates and narratives shift, retail traders are moving fast into exciting, but risky frontiers. We break down where attention is going next, how professionals are adapting, and why this cycle feels different from the last.
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January 30, 2026 • 74 mins
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What is the Moltbot buzz about?
In this episode of Uneasy Money, hosts Kain Warwick, Luca Netz and Taylor Monahan delve into why Moltbot, the new AI agent hogging the internet spotlight, is so exciting as well as the memecoin drama that has followed.
They also discuss how the son of a U.S. government contractor was allegedly caught flexing stolen Bitcoi...
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January 30, 2026 • 51 mins
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President Donald Trump is suing JPMorgan for $5 billion, a U.S. government contractor's son is linked to Bitcoin theft from the government, the SEC and CFTC appea...
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January 29, 2026 • 29 mins
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Why is crypto sentiment so low despite the growing adoption narrative?
In this episode of Unchained, Syncracy Capital co-founder Ryan Watkins unpacks why he thinks crypto is in a “twilight zone” an...
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January 29, 2026 • 84 mins
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In this exclusive Unchained interview, Griff Green, one of the original DAO curators and a member of the White Hat Group that helped recover funds after the 2016 DAO hack, reveals how tens of thousands of unclaimed ETH are being transformed into a long-term security fund for the Ethereum ecosystem.
Nearly ten years...
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January 29, 2026 • 54 mins
The crew breaks down Superstate's massive $82M Series B for tokenization, the explosive rise of TradeXYZ's commodities trading hitting $1B+ volume, different tokenization models from "bootleg" to "back office," the ClawdBot AI phenomenon taking over coding, and how agent-based development is revolutionizing crypto software engineering.
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