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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 cry...
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Bits + Bips: Why This U.S. General Believes Iran Could Be a Huge Opportunity
A U.S. Army Major-General on what markets got wrong about Iran, whether the Strait was ever really at risk, and what the new U.S. strike doctrine sign...
Why the Crypto Markets Seem So Broken and How They Get Fixed After 10/10
Rob Hadick and Gracy Chen dig into Bitget's universal exchange shift as more crypto exchanges look to become an “everything app.” Plus, Gracy lets sli...
Why It's Easy to Pitch TradFi on Ethereum: 'It's the Only Game in Town'
Joseph Chalom and Danny Ryan discuss the institutional outlook on Ethereum and why it is “the only game in town.”
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Uneasy Money: Why the Aave DAO Collapse Could Be Good for Aave
The Aave DAO collapsed — but might that be good for Aave? (But bad for the token?) Plus, how the feud between the U.S. government and Anthropic helped...
Is the Bitcoin Bottom In? Why the Outlook for Real Rates Is in Its Favor
Analysts Will Clemente, Joe Vezzani and Marcus Wu share their Bitcoin outlook amidst war. Plus, Will shares his thesis on Gen Z’s future, and Marcus p...
DEX in the City: How Prediction Markets Pose a National Security Risk
The crew discusses whether prediction markets enable “Bloomberg terminal espionage,,” wonder how to regulate markets that could be on anything, dive i...
The Chopping Block: Has Crypto Lost Its Soul? Cypherpunk Nostalgia, Prediction Markets, & Permissionless Perps
Crypto’s vibe check time: Jez (izebel_eth) joins the crew to dissect whether idealism is RIP, if cypherpunks should abandon hope, how Memecoins and as...
Why Crypto Has a Good Long-Term Setup Right Now: Bits + Bips
A major war broke out in the Middle East, but Bitcoin didn’t break. One veteran investor says that price action reveals something important about wher...
Bits + Bips: Is Crypto the Only Asset That Works When Geopolitics Breaks Down?
US and Israeli strikes killed Iran's Supreme Leader and initially rattled markets. But does the subsequent market calm reflect genuine resilience or a...
Bits + Bips: What Happens to Markets Now That the U.S. Has Struck Iran?
A former Clinton and Biden foreign policy advisor saw it before it happened. Now the question is what investors do next.
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Uneasy Money: Why the AI Singularity May Already Be Out of Our Hands
MegaETH's Namik Muduroglu joins the Uneasy Money crew to discuss how the industry can fix token incentives, the continued escalation of the Aave civil...
Can Solana Edge Out Ethereum to Win the AI Agent & RWA Race?
Tushar Jain and Mike Ippolito make the bull case for Solana as competition heats up.
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DEX in the City: Why Everyone Is Overreacting About the Terra v. Jane Street Lawsuit
Robinhood's Coy Garrison and Seong Seog Lee join the crew to unpack the Robinhood Chain launch strategy.
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The Chopping Block: AI's Role in Crypto, Agentic Coding, & Citrini Financial Crisis
Explore how AI could reshape crypto and finance, redefining traditional systems and introducing new threats. As AI-powered agents promise efficiency,...
Bits + Bips: Are Crypto Markets Bottoming, or Is There More Pain Ahead?
DATs may be collapsing, AI agents may be overhyped, but Omid Malekan thinks the strongest case for crypto has nothing to do with either.
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How Virtuals' New AI Accelerator Will Bring Humanoid Robots to the Real World
Jansen Teng announces Virtuals’ new humanoid robotics accelerator. Is this the next frontier for the AI agent meta?
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Is Nic Carter Exaggerating Bitcoin's Quantum Risk? Yes, Says One Core Dev
Matt Corallo says “the community that exists at the time” will make decisions on how Bitcoin deals with the threat of quantum computing.
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Uneasy Money: Why Peter Steinberger and Non-Crypto People Hate the Crypto Mob
LayerZero’s Bryan Pellegrino joins to unpack Base's decision to leave the OP Stack, Zora's migration to Solana and more.
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Stani Kulechov on Why Aave Labs Is Putting Itself at the Mercy of the DAO
Stani Kulechov unpacks Aave Labs’ “Aave Will Win” proposal, explaining why the company wants the DAO to have power over its finances.
Tha...
The Chopping Block: Dragonfly's $650M Fund + Crypto's Great Resignation + OpenClaw vs Crypto Twitter
Dragonfly raises a $650M Fund IV amid crypto's institutional vs retail sentiment gap, the industry exodus including Kyle Samani's departure from Multi...
DEX in the City: Why Prediction Markets Could Spark a Huge Constitutional Fight
The crew tackles everything from the CFTC's controversial stance on prediction markets to the real-world impacts of rising crypto crime.
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Bits + Bips: Is AI CapEx a Bubble? And Is Inflation Already Dead?
The Mag 7 have committed over $700 billion to AI infrastructure, but the companies building the models may never capture the value.
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Bits + Bips: Bitcoin Miners Turn to AI for a Boost as BTC Falls
As miners approach historical stress zones, Bitcoin’s correlation with tech stocks is hitting at the worst possible moment. Enter AI.
Uneasy Money: Are Institutions Creating a New Crypto Meta?
The crew unpacks BlackRock buying UNI, ARK, Citadel, DTCC, the Intercontinental Exchange and other TradFi players backing Zero, , Vitalik's thoughts o...
DEX in the City: Is Now the 'Perfect Time to Launch a Crypto Scam'?
The market structure bill introduces a "control" test for DeFi protocols. The problem: nobody agrees on what control means.
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Why MegaETH Is Delaying Its Token and Rejecting Credible Neutrality
Namik Muduroglu and Amir Almaimani walk through MegaETH's launch strategy and why they are delaying the TGE.
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Why Bitcoin Developers Are Not Incentivized to Talk About the Quantum Threat
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Are bitcoiners underestimatin...
Could a Non-Crypto Hedge Fund Have Pulled a Bitcoin ‘Big Short'?
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What happened to Bitcoin on F...
Bits + Bips: Could Blackrock Someday Feel Compelled to 'Fire' Bitcoin Core Devs?
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How Zero Blockchain Cracked 2M TPS Without Sacrificing Decentralization
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LayerZero Labs is making bold promises with its coming Zero B...
Want to Hire an AI Agent? Check Their Reputation Via ERC-8004
The ERC-8004 standard for trustless AI agent interactions is finally live on mainnet!
In this Unchained episode, Ethereum Foundation AI L...
Uneasy Money: How the Increasingly Better AI Agents Are Being Used Onchain
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When AI Agents Take Over, What Does a Post-Human Economy Look Like?
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In one week, OpenClaw agents have gotten their own social networking platform, launched cryp...
DEX in the City: Why AI Agents Are Good for Crypto and Stablecoins
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Why Bitcoin Is Down, Plus the Rare Bright Spot in Crypto: Hyperliquid
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Bitcoin's collapse is accelerating. Continuing a descent that began last week, the asset this...
Bits + Bips: Bitcoin Is Deeply Oversold. Does That Mean the Bottom Is In?
Crypto markets are under severe pressure, with Bitcoin sliding into one of the most oversold conditions in its history and Ethereum following closely...
The Chopping Block: Market Meltdown, CZ vs. Star Feud, and Tarun's Epstein Files Cameo
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, de...
Bits + Bips: Why Gold Price Discovery Happened on Hyperliquid
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Bits + Bips: The Most Dangerous Type of Asset to Trade on Weekends
Crypto has stalled, but markets haven’t. As volatility migrates and narratives shift, retail traders are moving fast into exciting, but risky frontier...
Uneasy Money: How Ethereum May Have One-Upped Bitcoin in One Big Way
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