Unchained

Laura Shin, a former Forbes senior editor, hosts Unchained, interviews and investigations into the people and events shaping crypto. Running since 2016, it is one of the longest-running podcasts in the industry, publishing under Shin's own company, Unchained Crypto, alongside several sister shows. Shin is also the author of The Cryptopians, a 2022 book investigating the 2016 attack on The DAO.

1768 episodes

• 'Like a Peanut Butter Allergy': Why Institutions Need Onchain Privacy
• Is 'Bitcoin DeFi' Finally Taking Off, Except With Zcash and NEAR?
• Zcash vs. NEAR: Two Very Different Privacy Bets
• Clarity Died in the Senate. Does Crypto Even Need a Law Now?
• CLARITY Dies, LAPTOP Rugs, & the AI Pause
• Is AI 'Safety' Talk Really a Regulatory Moat Against Cheap Chinese Models?
• 'The Crypto User Is Not That Loyal At All': Guy Young on Ethena's New Neobank
• Guy Young on How to Build a 10 Times Better Product on Blockchain Rails
• Should Robinhood Have Gotten Issuer Consent Before Tokenizing AMC's Stock?
• FOMO Founder Defends Memecoins + AMC vs Robinhood
• Did OpenAI Steal a Millennium Proof From a Private AI Chat?
• In AI Agent Court, How Do Up to 1,500 AI Validators Judge Who Is Right?
• How GenLayer Is Building a Court System for Disputes Between AI Agents
• Why a Single Word Will Decide Who Can Trade Perps in the U.S.
• Why the Question Over How to Regulate Perps Has Turned Into a Fight
• Robinhood's Stock Tokens Are Getting Weird
• Robinhood Chain's Memecoin Boom + Tokenized Stocks
• AI Agents Are Scheming, And Fighting Over Work
• Did Bessent's Treasury Buyback Spark Bitcoin's Rally to $80K?
• Is Kalshi Headed to the Supreme Court Next?
• How Berman Amendments Could Save Roman Storm: Uneasy Money
• How Tokenized Stocks Could Undercut Interactive Brokers' 77% Profit Margin
• Crypto Is Shifting Gears + AI Router Wars - The Chopping Block
• Roman Storm's Retrial Delayed as Treasury’s Crypto Warning Looms