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Laura Shin
@laurashin #7535
Crypto Journalist 🎙 Host @unchainedcrypto https://linktr.ee/unchainedpodcast
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I had the embarrassing experience of having to tell my accountant that my only crypto transaction last year was receiving FARTCOIN
Ever wonder what really happens behind the scenes of a token launch?
This episode breaks down:
* Pump & dump deals (MOVE 👀)
* Market makers’ shady tactics
* VC side agreements
* Founders’ misincentives
Doesn’t look good. Why does it keep happening? 🙈
https://unchainedcrypto.com/crypto-pump-dumps-have-become-the-ugly-norm-can-they-be-stopped/
This episode breaks down:
* Pump & dump deals (MOVE 👀)
* Market makers’ shady tactics
* VC side agreements
* Founders’ misincentives
Doesn’t look good. Why does it keep happening? 🙈
https://unchainedcrypto.com/crypto-pump-dumps-have-become-the-ugly-norm-can-they-be-stopped/
You’d all take a very enthusiastic Trump family over Gary Gensler any day of the week, right? 😅
Kristin Smith certainly would.
https://unchainedcrypto.com/why-the-senate-stablecoin-bill-stalled-what-it-means-for-crypto/
Kristin Smith certainly would.
https://unchainedcrypto.com/why-the-senate-stablecoin-bill-stalled-what-it-means-for-crypto/
Should Ethereum act like a business?
Max Resnick imagines what it’d look like … and it starts with blacklisting all the L2s 😳
https://unchainedcrypto.com/podcast/ethereum-gave-away-too-much-for-too-long-will-its-pivot-be-enough/
https://unchainedcrypto.com/podcast/ethereum-gave-away-too-much-for-too-long-will-its-pivot-be-enough/
“Everyone gets a rollup!” was never sustainable …
“Ethereum’s Great Rollup Experiment” has its economic limits, says Tarun Chitra.
https://unchainedcrypto.com/podcast/ethereum-gave-away-too-much-for-too-long-will-its-pivot-be-enough/
“Ethereum’s Great Rollup Experiment” has its economic limits, says Tarun Chitra.
https://unchainedcrypto.com/podcast/ethereum-gave-away-too-much-for-too-long-will-its-pivot-be-enough/
😱 “Vitalik, I love you, but it’s time to check back in.”
Max Resnick says Vitalik needs to stop posting ideas that are outdated by 4 years.
https://unchainedcrypto.com/podcast/ethereum-gave-away-too-much-for-too-long-will-its-pivot-be-enough/
Max Resnick says Vitalik needs to stop posting ideas that are outdated by 4 years.
https://unchainedcrypto.com/podcast/ethereum-gave-away-too-much-for-too-long-will-its-pivot-be-enough/
The worst business decision of all time?
Ethereum gave users 90% of the value … and kept almost nothing.
Tarun Chitra explains why ETH is pivoting hard, but will it be enough to reclaim what it gave away?
https://unchainedcrypto.com/podcast/ethereum-gave-away-too-much-for-too-long-will-its-pivot-be-enough/
Ethereum gave users 90% of the value … and kept almost nothing.
Tarun Chitra explains why ETH is pivoting hard, but will it be enough to reclaim what it gave away?
https://unchainedcrypto.com/podcast/ethereum-gave-away-too-much-for-too-long-will-its-pivot-be-enough/
In today’s Unchained Daily:
⚡ Ethereum’s long-awaited Pectra upgrade — what’s in store?
💰 Did you miss out on MELANIA money? These guys didn’t
🏦 The long line of ETF applications gets another contender
🪙 World Liberty Financial plans a stablecoin drop
⚔️ Power, corruption, and lies — lawmakers trade blows over crypto legislation
🔀 Does Ethereum’s pivot have what it takes?
💸 Why Warren Buffet’s playbook would flop in crypto
📩 Don’t miss out — read here & sign up for daily updates!
https://unchainedcrypto.beehiiv.com/p/pectra-goes-live-ethereum-s-game-changing-upgrade-hits-mainnet
⚡ Ethereum’s long-awaited Pectra upgrade — what’s in store?
💰 Did you miss out on MELANIA money? These guys didn’t
🏦 The long line of ETF applications gets another contender
🪙 World Liberty Financial plans a stablecoin drop
⚔️ Power, corruption, and lies — lawmakers trade blows over crypto legislation
🔀 Does Ethereum’s pivot have what it takes?
💸 Why Warren Buffet’s playbook would flop in crypto
📩 Don’t miss out — read here & sign up for daily updates!
https://unchainedcrypto.beehiiv.com/p/pectra-goes-live-ethereum-s-game-changing-upgrade-hits-mainnet
In today’s Unchained Daily:
💣 A near-miss minting meltdown
🚀 Pump.fun blasts past Ethereum
🚰 Back to the future with an early Bitcoiner
🎯 Read it now…and subscribe!
https://unchainedcrypto.beehiiv.com/p/zero-day-on-solana-could-have-let-attackers-mint-infinite-tokens
💣 A near-miss minting meltdown
🚀 Pump.fun blasts past Ethereum
🚰 Back to the future with an early Bitcoiner
🎯 Read it now…and subscribe!
https://unchainedcrypto.beehiiv.com/p/zero-day-on-solana-could-have-let-attackers-mint-infinite-tokens
Trump’s crypto arm invested in MOVE.
Now the token has been suspended, the market maker is banned, and insiders are under scrutiny.
What does this say about political protection in crypto?
https://unchainedcrypto.com/how-moves-contracts-put-a-pump-and-dump-into-a-legal-agreement/
Now the token has been suspended, the market maker is banned, and insiders are under scrutiny.
What does this say about political protection in crypto?
https://unchainedcrypto.com/how-moves-contracts-put-a-pump-and-dump-into-a-legal-agreement/
The investors in Movement Labs were some of the most crypto-savvy names in the space.
So how did a deal that raised red flags across the board get signed and funded?
https://unchainedcrypto.com/how-moves-contracts-put-a-pump-and-dump-into-a-legal-agreement/
So how did a deal that raised red flags across the board get signed and funded?
https://unchainedcrypto.com/how-moves-contracts-put-a-pump-and-dump-into-a-legal-agreement/
Imagine giving a market maker 5% of your token’s supply… with permission to sell if hype drives the valuation to $5B ‼️
This is how the MOVE launch was structured. And it’s not fiction 🙈
🎧 Sam Kessler explains on Unchained.
https://unchainedcrypto.com/how-moves-contracts-put-a-pump-and-dump-into-a-legal-agreement/
This is how the MOVE launch was structured. And it’s not fiction 🙈
🎧 Sam Kessler explains on Unchained.
https://unchainedcrypto.com/how-moves-contracts-put-a-pump-and-dump-into-a-legal-agreement/
🕵️♂️ A contract that let insiders dump tokens at peak price.
A “shadow co-founder.”
Lawyers blaming each other.
Sam Kessler joins Unchained to dissect the MOVE scandal. And why it matters for all of crypto.
https://unchainedcrypto.com/how-moves-contracts-put-a-pump-and-dump-into-a-legal-agreement/
A “shadow co-founder.”
Lawyers blaming each other.
Sam Kessler joins Unchained to dissect the MOVE scandal. And why it matters for all of crypto.
https://unchainedcrypto.com/how-moves-contracts-put-a-pump-and-dump-into-a-legal-agreement/
In today’s Unchained Daily:
🫰 $5B won’t buy you Circle
🎢 Bitcoin defies market woes
🏦 Coinbase wants to lend more
🤑 Latest ETF bets on BTC
⚡ Today’s biggest news…subscribe for more!
https://unchainedcrypto.beehiiv.com/p/circle-spurns-ripple-s-5b-takeover-offer
🫰 $5B won’t buy you Circle
🎢 Bitcoin defies market woes
🏦 Coinbase wants to lend more
🤑 Latest ETF bets on BTC
⚡ Today’s biggest news…subscribe for more!
https://unchainedcrypto.beehiiv.com/p/circle-spurns-ripple-s-5b-takeover-offer
In today’s edition of the Unchained Daily newsletter:
🫰 Trump, the token president
🎯 The latest landmark for zero-knowledge rollups
📨 An old-school ploy targets Ledger users
⚖️ Tornado Cash avoids double-trouble
📩 Don’t miss out — read here & sign up for daily updates!
https://unchainedcrypto.beehiiv.com/p/trump-media-considers-launching-truth-social-utility-token
🫰 Trump, the token president
🎯 The latest landmark for zero-knowledge rollups
📨 An old-school ploy targets Ledger users
⚖️ Tornado Cash avoids double-trouble
📩 Don’t miss out — read here & sign up for daily updates!
https://unchainedcrypto.beehiiv.com/p/trump-media-considers-launching-truth-social-utility-token
⚡️Bitcoin is the bait, and volatility is the prize?
Twenty One Capital’s launch shows how far Wall Street and crypto are converging.
Is it genius? Or the next bust? 🙈
Full analysis w/ Jeff Park + Mark Palmer 🎧👇
https://unchainedcrypto.com/podcast/why-twenty-one-capital-is-more-about-volatility-than-bitcoin/
Twenty One Capital’s launch shows how far Wall Street and crypto are converging.
Is it genius? Or the next bust? 🙈
Full analysis w/ Jeff Park + Mark Palmer 🎧👇
https://unchainedcrypto.com/podcast/why-twenty-one-capital-is-more-about-volatility-than-bitcoin/
I had to hit “not interested in this post” today more times than I even found posts to like on X because I was fed so many shitty posts.
Glad to be in a place not trying to force me to like things I don’t like
Glad to be in a place not trying to force me to like things I don’t like
🧨 GBTC déjà vu?
Matthew Sigel says the biggest risk to the “Bitcoin strategy” companies is a collapsing premium.
When that goes, so does the business model.
https://unchainedcrypto.com/twenty-one-aims-to-buy-as-much-bitcoin-as-possible-can-it-succeed/
Matthew Sigel says the biggest risk to the “Bitcoin strategy” companies is a collapsing premium.
When that goes, so does the business model.
https://unchainedcrypto.com/twenty-one-aims-to-buy-as-much-bitcoin-as-possible-can-it-succeed/
🕰️ DCA > hype buys?
Matthew Sigel says MicroStrategy could’ve done better just buying consistently.
But the model demands peak frenzy buys.
Same for Twenty One, the new company spearheaded by Tether, SoftBank, and Cantor.
Watch: https://unchainedcrypto.com/twenty-one-aims-to-buy-as-much-bitcoin-as-possible-can-it-succeed/
🇺🇸 The U.S. Treasury… issuing Bitcoin-backed bonds?
Matthew Sigel pitches “BIT Bonds” 🎩 a hybrid Treasury that could change everything.
Bold or bonkers?
🎧 Watch: https://unchainedcrypto.com/twenty-one-aims-to-buy-as-much-bitcoin-as-possible-can-it-succeed/
💸 Issue stock. Buy Bitcoin. Repeat.
Matthew Sigel explains how Twenty One is using the MicroStrategy playbook, with a $4B head start.
📈 But what happens if the premium disappears?
Watch the clip 👇
https://unchainedcrypto.com/twenty-one-aims-to-buy-as-much-bitcoin-as-possible-can-it-succeed/
https://unchainedcrypto.com/twenty-one-aims-to-buy-as-much-bitcoin-as-possible-can-it-succeed/
💥 A new Bitcoin megabuyer has entered the arena.
Backed by Tether, SoftBank, and Cantor Fitzgerald, Twenty One is launching with 42,000 BTC, and a plan to buy a lot more.
But how risky is this playbook?
VanEck’s Matthew Sigel breaks it all down 🎧👇
https://unchainedcrypto.com/twenty-one-aims-to-buy-as-much-bitcoin-as-possible-can-it-succeed/
Backed by Tether, SoftBank, and Cantor Fitzgerald, Twenty One is launching with 42,000 BTC, and a plan to buy a lot more.
But how risky is this playbook?
VanEck’s Matthew Sigel breaks it all down 🎧👇
https://unchainedcrypto.com/twenty-one-aims-to-buy-as-much-bitcoin-as-possible-can-it-succeed/
🔁 “The big structural trades of the last 15 years are coming undone.”
Zach Pandl explains why real money is rotating into Bitcoin on Bits+Bips
https://unchainedcrypto.com/bits-bips/bits-bips-why-a-trump-vs-fed-showdown-would-crush-the-u-s-dollar/
Zach Pandl explains why real money is rotating into Bitcoin on Bits+Bips
https://unchainedcrypto.com/bits-bips/bits-bips-why-a-trump-vs-fed-showdown-would-crush-the-u-s-dollar/
In today’s edition of the Unchained Daily newsletter:
🍽️ $TRUMP token holders’ dinner: The proof is in the pudding
📊 Bitcoin ETFs: The money hose gushes again
😵💫 Dazed and confused: Zora’s fudged airdrop
🧹 Validator purge at the Solana Foundation
🏛️ *EXCLUSIVE* Unchained gets first dibs on the U.S.’s draft crypto market structure bill
⚡ Read today’s biggest crypto news…and subscribe for more!
https://unchainedcrypto.beehiiv.com/p/hold-trump-get-trump
🍽️ $TRUMP token holders’ dinner: The proof is in the pudding
📊 Bitcoin ETFs: The money hose gushes again
😵💫 Dazed and confused: Zora’s fudged airdrop
🧹 Validator purge at the Solana Foundation
🏛️ *EXCLUSIVE* Unchained gets first dibs on the U.S.’s draft crypto market structure bill
⚡ Read today’s biggest crypto news…and subscribe for more!
https://unchainedcrypto.beehiiv.com/p/hold-trump-get-trump
🌍 From Europe to Asia, capital is rotating away from the U.S.
Why? Loss of confidence.
On Bits+Bips, Ram Ahluwalia explains what’s driving the dollar down👇
https://unchainedcrypto.com/bits-bips/bits-bips-why-a-trump-vs-fed-showdown-would-crush-the-u-s-dollar
Why? Loss of confidence.
On Bits+Bips, Ram Ahluwalia explains what’s driving the dollar down👇
https://unchainedcrypto.com/bits-bips/bits-bips-why-a-trump-vs-fed-showdown-would-crush-the-u-s-dollar
