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Laura Shin
@laurashin #7535
Crypto Journalist 🎙 Host @unchainedcrypto https://linktr.ee/unchainedpodcast
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🚫🏠 Suburbs out. Sats in.
Does today’s youth want 1 BTC more than a mortgage?
https://unchainedcrypto.com/jeff-park-on-why-owning-1-bitcoin-is-young-peoples-american-dream/
Does today’s youth want 1 BTC more than a mortgage?
https://unchainedcrypto.com/jeff-park-on-why-owning-1-bitcoin-is-young-peoples-american-dream/
👑 It’s Bitcoin… or nothing?
Jeff Park says that, at least for now, institutions only care about BTC 👇
https://unchainedcrypto.com/jeff-park-on-why-owning-1-bitcoin-is-young-peoples-american-dream/
Jeff Park says that, at least for now, institutions only care about BTC 👇
https://unchainedcrypto.com/jeff-park-on-why-owning-1-bitcoin-is-young-peoples-american-dream/
👀 Truth is messy… and fighting misinformation might do more harm than good?
This clip from my latest interview with Jeff Park is particularly interesting 👇
https://unchainedcrypto.com/jeff-park-on-why-owning-1-bitcoin-is-young-peoples-american-dream/
This clip from my latest interview with Jeff Park is particularly interesting 👇
https://unchainedcrypto.com/jeff-park-on-why-owning-1-bitcoin-is-young-peoples-american-dream/
If Jeff Park could pick only two assets for his radical portfolio, he’d choose BTC and STRK.
Here’s why 👇 (spoiler: you are not as diversified as you think)
https://unchainedcrypto.com/jeff-park-says-the-60-40-portfolio-may-be-dead-heres-his-radical-fix/
Here’s why 👇 (spoiler: you are not as diversified as you think)
https://unchainedcrypto.com/jeff-park-says-the-60-40-portfolio-may-be-dead-heres-his-radical-fix/
The market used to reward value 📊
Now? It rewards anything that outruns inflation 🏃
https://unchainedcrypto.com/jeff-park-says-the-60-40-portfolio-may-be-dead-heres-his-radical-fix/
Now? It rewards anything that outruns inflation 🏃
https://unchainedcrypto.com/jeff-park-says-the-60-40-portfolio-may-be-dead-heres-his-radical-fix/
The 60/40 model assumes the US is creditworthy 👀
But what happens when that trust starts to wobble?
Jeff Park lays out a radical alternative. 👇
https://unchainedcrypto.com/jeff-park-says-the-60-40-portfolio-may-be-dead-heres-his-radical-fix/
But what happens when that trust starts to wobble?
Jeff Park lays out a radical alternative. 👇
https://unchainedcrypto.com/jeff-park-says-the-60-40-portfolio-may-be-dead-heres-his-radical-fix/
📉 The 60/40 portfolio: dead?
💥 The risk-free rate: no longer risk-free?
🧠 And Bitcoin: the only asset that still makes sense.
Jeff Park of Bitwise joins Unchained to explain his Radical Portfolio Theory on how to invest in a changing world 👇
https://unchainedcrypto.com/jeff-park-says-the-60-40-portfolio-may-be-dead-heres-his-radical-fix/
💥 The risk-free rate: no longer risk-free?
🧠 And Bitcoin: the only asset that still makes sense.
Jeff Park of Bitwise joins Unchained to explain his Radical Portfolio Theory on how to invest in a changing world 👇
https://unchainedcrypto.com/jeff-park-says-the-60-40-portfolio-may-be-dead-heres-his-radical-fix/
Does ETH rely on charity? 😮
If MEV goes away, and fees collapse, who’s left securing Ethereum?
Tom Dunleavy says it’s about aligned incentives.
Austin Federa calls that charity 😇
https://unchainedcrypto.com/does-high-rev-signal-a-blockchains-strength-or-its-user-exploitation/
If MEV goes away, and fees collapse, who’s left securing Ethereum?
Tom Dunleavy says it’s about aligned incentives.
Austin Federa calls that charity 😇
https://unchainedcrypto.com/does-high-rev-signal-a-blockchains-strength-or-its-user-exploitation/
If the sequencer is centralized and Ethereum does all the work, does your L2 need a token?
Tom Dunleavy says that most L2 tokens are fundamentally worthless 🥵
https://unchainedcrypto.com/does-high-rev-signal-a-blockchains-strength-or-its-user-exploitation/
Tom Dunleavy says that most L2 tokens are fundamentally worthless 🥵
https://unchainedcrypto.com/does-high-rev-signal-a-blockchains-strength-or-its-user-exploitation/
Is REV the best way to measure blockchain value or just noise?
I moderated a debate between Tom Dunleavy and Austin Federa where they discussed all things REV:
🤔 Does it reflect chain strength or inefficiency?
📊 Why Solana has higher REV than ETH
0️⃣ Whether it’s all going to zero
➕ and more!
https://unchainedcrypto.com/does-high-rev-signal-a-blockchains-strength-or-its-user-exploitation/
I moderated a debate between Tom Dunleavy and Austin Federa where they discussed all things REV:
🤔 Does it reflect chain strength or inefficiency?
📊 Why Solana has higher REV than ETH
0️⃣ Whether it’s all going to zero
➕ and more!
https://unchainedcrypto.com/does-high-rev-signal-a-blockchains-strength-or-its-user-exploitation/
If the Senate bans yield-bearing stablecoins, American stablecoin issuers will be disadvantaged against non-US issuers. 🇺🇸❌
Austin Campbell explains the policy contradiction at the heart of the GENIUS Act 🎧
https://unchainedcrypto.com/why-a-u-s-ban-on-yield-bearing-stablecoins-would-help-too-big-to-fail-banks/
Austin Campbell explains the policy contradiction at the heart of the GENIUS Act 🎧
https://unchainedcrypto.com/why-a-u-s-ban-on-yield-bearing-stablecoins-would-help-too-big-to-fail-banks/
Bitcoin is at $100k now, but back in 2011, Bitcoin was barely worth anything.
But @linda understood the value right away – and so did her parents 🇨🇳
Here’s why 👀
https://unchainedcrypto.com/linda-xie-on-how-mini-apps-are-helping-farcaster-take-on-web2-social-media/
But @linda understood the value right away – and so did her parents 🇨🇳
Here’s why 👀
https://unchainedcrypto.com/linda-xie-on-how-mini-apps-are-helping-farcaster-take-on-web2-social-media/
🤏 People have talked about micropayments for content for years.
Is this finally taking off on Farcaster? 👀
https://unchainedcrypto.com/linda-xie-on-how-mini-apps-are-helping-farcaster-take-on-web2-social-media/
Is this finally taking off on Farcaster? 👀
https://unchainedcrypto.com/linda-xie-on-how-mini-apps-are-helping-farcaster-take-on-web2-social-media/
Where should crypto app developers build?
They have a lot of choices, but Farcaster Developer Ecosystem Lead @linda says this is the #1 most important thing they seek 🥇
https://unchainedcrypto.com/linda-xie-on-how-mini-apps-are-helping-farcaster-take-on-web2-social-media/
They have a lot of choices, but Farcaster Developer Ecosystem Lead @linda says this is the #1 most important thing they seek 🥇
https://unchainedcrypto.com/linda-xie-on-how-mini-apps-are-helping-farcaster-take-on-web2-social-media/
You’ve heard it before: if you’re not paying for the product, you ARE the product.
@linda, developer ecosystem lead at @farcaster, explains how Farcaster aims to flip Web2’s exploitative formula on its head by:
🗽 Giving users freedom and control
🎲 Attracting them with fun mini-apps
💡 Plus, how she knew immediately in 2011 why Bitcoin was valuable
https://unchainedcrypto.com/linda-xie-on-how-mini-apps-are-helping-farcaster-take-on-web2-social-media/
@linda, developer ecosystem lead at @farcaster, explains how Farcaster aims to flip Web2’s exploitative formula on its head by:
🗽 Giving users freedom and control
🎲 Attracting them with fun mini-apps
💡 Plus, how she knew immediately in 2011 why Bitcoin was valuable
https://unchainedcrypto.com/linda-xie-on-how-mini-apps-are-helping-farcaster-take-on-web2-social-media/
When VCs announce big crypto investments, they don’t tell you everything, says Omar Shakeeb.
Even huge companies such as a16z and EigenLayer.
https://unchainedcrypto.com/crypto-pump-dumps-have-become-the-ugly-norm-can-they-be-stopped/
Even huge companies such as a16z and EigenLayer.
https://unchainedcrypto.com/crypto-pump-dumps-have-become-the-ugly-norm-can-they-be-stopped/
Think token unlocks protect you from insider selling?
Think again.
Jose Macedo explains how teams quietly dump treasury tokens at launch, long before the “team unlock” ever happens. 👇
https://unchainedcrypto.com/crypto-pump-dumps-have-become-the-ugly-norm-can-they-be-stopped/
Think again.
Jose Macedo explains how teams quietly dump treasury tokens at launch, long before the “team unlock” ever happens. 👇
https://unchainedcrypto.com/crypto-pump-dumps-have-become-the-ugly-norm-can-they-be-stopped/
Coinbase suffered a massive data breach. But no, its systems didn’t get hacked.
Humans did.
We unpack how bribery, social engineering, and KYC failures put Coinbase users at risk, and why this keeps happening across crypto. 🎧👇
w/ Jameson Lopp, James Wester and Alexander Leishman.
https://unchainedcrypto.com/podcast/coinbase-hack-exposed-cryptos-biggest-security-risk-and-its-not-the-blockchain/
Humans did.
We unpack how bribery, social engineering, and KYC failures put Coinbase users at risk, and why this keeps happening across crypto. 🎧👇
w/ Jameson Lopp, James Wester and Alexander Leishman.
https://unchainedcrypto.com/podcast/coinbase-hack-exposed-cryptos-biggest-security-risk-and-its-not-the-blockchain/
Crypto started as a movement to build a better financial system.
So why does it feel like everyone is just trying to extract value from users?
Taran Sabharwal says founders don’t have the proper incentives…
https://unchainedcrypto.com/crypto-pump-dumps-have-become-the-ugly-norm-can-they-be-stopped/
So why does it feel like everyone is just trying to extract value from users?
Taran Sabharwal says founders don’t have the proper incentives…
https://unchainedcrypto.com/crypto-pump-dumps-have-become-the-ugly-norm-can-they-be-stopped/
LIVE now on YouTube and X talking about the Coinbase hack with Jameson Lopp, James Wester and Alexander Leishman!
https://youtube.com/live/MYTYfMyecmc?feature=share
https://youtube.com/live/MYTYfMyecmc?feature=share
Markets are moving on tariff deals.
Is this the start of a global reset, or just another headline cycle?
On Bits and Bips, the crew breaks down:
* If Trump can deliver a China deal
* How deficits are fueling risk
* Why Ethereum is surprising skeptics
Listen here: https://unchainedcrypto.com/bits-bips/bits-bips-are-the-u-s-and-china-about-to-reshape-the-global-economy/
Is this the start of a global reset, or just another headline cycle?
On Bits and Bips, the crew breaks down:
* If Trump can deliver a China deal
* How deficits are fueling risk
* Why Ethereum is surprising skeptics
Listen here: https://unchainedcrypto.com/bits-bips/bits-bips-are-the-u-s-and-china-about-to-reshape-the-global-economy/
The Movement scandal?
“A shitshow and it should probably just go to zero.”
https://unchainedcrypto.com/crypto-pump-dumps-have-become-the-ugly-norm-can-they-be-stopped/
“A shitshow and it should probably just go to zero.”
https://unchainedcrypto.com/crypto-pump-dumps-have-become-the-ugly-norm-can-they-be-stopped/
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/