Laura Shin

Laura Shin is a crypto journalist, the founder and host of the Unchained podcast, and the author of "The Cryptopians: Idealism, Greed, Lies, and the Making of the First Big Cryptocurrency Craze" (PublicAffairs, 2022), a definitive account of Ethereum's early years. A former senior editor at Forbes, she was the first mainstream journalist to cover crypto full time, and while researching her book she and her sources uncovered who they believe was behind the 2016 DAO attack on Ethereum. Launched in 2016, Unchained is one of the longest-running and most popular crypto podcasts, and her shows and videos have drawn tens of millions of downloads and views. A graduate of Stanford and Columbia's journalism school, she is now working on a book about the collapse of FTX.

427 talks by Laura Shin

• Alexey Pertsev Sentenced, Wisconsin’s Bitcoin Investment
• GME & AMC Stocks Pump + Crypto Politics - The Chopping Block w/ Laura Shin
• Binance's Controversial Client Management and Ethereum's EIP-7702 Progress
• Bitcoin Layer 2s Aim to Attract Ethereum-Like Dapps. Will They Succeed? - Ep.638
• Consensys Sues the SEC: Will It End Gensler's ‘Unlawful Power Grab’?
• DOJ Action on Samourai Wallet, SEC Attorneys Resign
• Avi Eisenberg Found Guilty, Hong Kong’s ETFs Approval
• Do Kwon Found Liable, Major Outflows Hit Marginfi
• Wormhole’s Airdrop, Ethereum’s Issuance Debate
• The Real Reason Why the SEC Might Be Going After Ethereum - Ep. 627
• How Gitcoin 2.0 Could Someday Help Reward People for Doing Good - Ep. 624
• Has Crypto Strayed From Its Cypherpunk Roots? The Chopping Block
• 2023 Crypto Year in Review: Is a Bull Market Around the Corner?- Ep. 586
• Why Sam Bankman-Fried Is Likely to Spend Decades in Prison - Ep. 566
• SBF Trial, Day 18: Sam Bankman-Fried Found Guilty on All 7 Counts in Swift Verdict
• SBF Trial, From the Courthouse: Government's Second Closing - SBF's Self-Incrimination
• SBF Trial, From the Courthouse: Metadata Reveals Surprises in Government's Closing
• SBF Trial, From the Courthouse: Prosecution Ended Its Cross Examination of SBF With a Mic Drop
• SBF Trial, Day 15: Prosecutors Hammer Bankman-Fried’s Contradictions With Reams of Evidence
• SBF Trial, From the Courthouse: SBF's Challenging Cross-Examination
• SBF Trial, From the Courthouse: SBF's Testimony Under Fire, Contradictions Unearthed.
• Why SBF's Testimony So Far Has Likely Already Doomed Him - Ep. 563
• SBF Trial, From the Courthouse: The 'Allow_Negative' Explanation
• SBF Trial, From the Courthouse: FBI Special Agent Testifies