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Laura Shin

@laurashin #7535

Crypto Journalist 🎙 Host @unchainedcrypto https://linktr.ee/unchainedpodcast
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🏛️ The White House hosted a crypto summit—but was it missing key players?

David Nage says centralized players dominate the conversation, leaving out real innovators.
A reserve asset should be highly coveted and widely used 👍

📉 Cardano? 0.4% DeFi share, 0.4% stablecoins. Then why is it even on the list? 🤔

David Nage has questions 👀

🎧 Listen now: https://unchainedcrypto.com/podcast/which-crypto-assets-belong-in-a-reserve-this-vc-says-not-xrp-and-ada/
📉 Markets don’t always need a headline to move.

💡 Here’s what Noelle Acheson thinks crypto’s next big leg up will come from.

🎧 Watch here: https://unchainedcrypto.com/bits-bips/bits-bips-why-a-us-strategic-crypto-reserve-doesnt-even-make-sense/
💰 What do Ripple and Cardano have in common?

Steven Ehrlich calls them “crypto’s billion-dollar zombies”—chains with no real adoption but enough money to keep going.

Thus, why would we put them in a crypto reserve?
😰 Crypto’s biggest enemy might be… this proposal?

James Seyffart breaks down why Trump’s crypto reserve idea could create the “anti-crypto army” 🪖Elizabeth Warren could only dream of.

🎧 Listen now: https://unchainedcrypto.com/bits-bips/bits-bips-why-a-us-strategic-crypto-reserve-doesnt-even-make-sense/
Trump’s crypto reserve idea shook the markets—then crashed them.

On Unchained, David Nage explains:

📉 Why the industry is skeptical of the plan
🏛️ Why bitcoin is the only asset that would make sense
💡 When crypto could finally see its next big move
https://unchainedcrypto.com/podcast/which-crypto-assets-belong-in-a-reserve-this-vc-says-not-xrp-and-ada/
🔥 A strategic crypto reserve? Sounds great… until you think about it.

On Bits + Bips, James Seyffart, Noelle Acheson, Steve Hou, and Steven Ehrlich discuss:

📉 Will sellers’ exhaustion finally push crypto higher?
🏛️ The White House crypto roundtable: meaningful or just political theater?
💰 Are banks about to enter the stablecoin race?

https://unchainedcrypto.com/bits-bips/bits-bips-why-a-us-strategic-crypto-reserve-doesnt-even-make-sense/
🔥 “One day you’re a god, the next you’re a scammer.”

Smokey the Bera says crypto’s recency bias makes it hard to judge long-term success—but here’s what actually matters.

🎧 Listen now: https://unchainedcrypto.com/podcast/how-berachain-became-one-of-the-most-popular-blockchains/
🚨 “We sold too much to VCs.”

@SmokeytheBera admits Berachain’s team would’ve done things differently if they could go back 😕

But now, their goal is to minimize dilution for the community 🐻
🤓 Berachain could’ve chosen any tech stack—why did they go with the EVM?

💰 Smokey the Bera says Ethereum’s liquidity dominance made it the clear choice—but what does that mean for non-EVM chains? 

🎧 Listen now: https://unchainedcrypto.com/podcast/how-berachain-became-one-of-the-most-popular-blockchains/
🔥 Berachain did things differently. It achieved great growth, but not everyone is happy post TGE.

On Unchained, Smokey the Bera delves into:

🐻 How proof of liquidity actually works
🔹 Why they chose the EVM
💰 Why they sold so much to VCs (and what they’re doing about it)
⚡ What’s next for the ecosystem
https://unchainedcrypto.com/podcast/how-berachain-became-one-of-the-most-popular-blockchains/
👉 Is Safe to blame for the $1.5B hack? 

🥷 Mudit Gupta says Safe’s lack of security checks let Lazarus hijack their system and drain $1.5B in ETH from Bybit.

Listen now: https://unchainedcrypto.com/podcast/how-the-1-5-billion-bybit-hack-could-have-been-prevented/
🤯 Holding $1.5B in a single wallet? “There’s no reason to do it.”

Mudit Gupta breaks down why Bybit’s security setup was a disaster waiting to happen 😨

💡 Crypto needs to do better—before the next billion-dollar hack.
🚨 Rule #1 of security: Don’t blindly trust what you’re signing.

😳 Bybit lost $1.5B because they didn’t verify a simple hash.

Mudit Gupta explains how a basic security check could have stopped the biggest hack in crypto history. 💥

Listen now: https://unchainedcrypto.com/podcast/how-the-1-5-billion-bybit-hack-could-have-been-prevented/
🔥 The next big crypto adoption story? North Korea. 🤦

Forget El Salvador—turns out, the real “nation-state adoption” of crypto is coming from North Korean hackers 😅

🎧 Listen now: https://unchainedcrypto.com/bits-bips/bits-bips-markets-are-down-bad-when-will-crypto-recover/
🚨 The biggest crypto hack in history—how did it happen?
On Unchained, Mudit Gupta breaks down:

💀 How North Korea’s Lazarus Group drained $1.5 billion
💰 The security mistakes by both Bybit and Safe
⚠️ What every crypto user must do to avoid the same fate
https://unchainedcrypto.com/podcast/how-the-1-5-billion-bybit-hack-could-have-been-prevented/
On Bits+Bips, hosts Noelle Acheson, Alex Kruger, and Ram Ahluwalia are joined by Eliézer Ndinga to discuss:

😬 North Korea: the country that’s most embraced crypto
📉 Why Solana has been hit harder than other cryptos
🔥 What needs to happen for crypto to bounce back?
🏦 Why big money is circling
https://unchainedcrypto.com/bits-bips/bits-bips-markets-are-down-bad-when-will-crypto-recover/
🤦 $100M laundered. In just two days.

Taylor Monahan exposes how Lazarus cleaned $100M in stolen funds with zero friction, zero oversight, and zero consequences.

😣 How is this STILL possible in 2025?

🎧 Listen now: https://unchainedcrypto.com/podcast/north-korean-hackers-are-winning-is-the-crypto-industry-ready-to-stop-them/
🚨 The FBI can’t stop them. Law enforcement can’t reach them.

North Korea’s Lazarus Group moves stolen funds faster than we can react.

Jonty believes they don’t even bother covering their tracks.
⚠️ It doesn’t matter what security tools you use—North Korean hackers will find a way.

Taylor Monahan explains: Lazarus isn’t targeting products—they’re targeting people. They’ll watch your every move, learn your habits, and wait for the perfect moment to strike.

💀 No wallet, no protocol, no system is 100% safe.

🎧 Listen now: https://unchainedcrypto.com/podcast/north-korean-hackers-are-winning-is-the-crypto-industry-ready-to-stop-them/
🔥 The Lazarus Group is running circles around the crypto industry.

On Unchained, Taylor Monahan and Jonty expose:

💥 The tactics North Korean hackers use to drain exchanges
🚨 How $1.5B vanished from Bybit—instantly
⚖️ Is the industry doing enough to fight back?

https://unchainedcrypto.com/podcast/north-korean-hackers-are-winning-is-the-crypto-industry-ready-to-stop-them/
🔥 The memecoin cycle is breaking down.

For years, traders thought they could print money by launching joke tokens. 🚀

But after $LIBRA’s disaster, $TRUMP’s rug, and multiple insider scandals, the game is changing. 😔

Listen now: https://unchainedcrypto.com/podcast/why-would-argentine-president-javier-milei-protect-kelsiers-hayden-davis/
🤔 Since insider trading only applies to securities, does that mean Hayden Davis is off the hook?

🌪️ Nope, here’s the twist: If you trade commodities, or memecoins, on nonpublic information you could be charged with wire fraud 👀
🚨 The $LIBRA scandal is now being called “CryptoGate” in Argentina.

💥 Danny Nelson talks about reports that the Argentine president has been having secret calls with Hayden Davis.

💰 Does Hayden Davis really have that much influence over Milei? 🤨

Listen now: https://unchainedcrypto.com/podcast/why-would-argentine-president-javier-milei-protect-kelsiers-hayden-davis/
🔥 Argentina’s Javier Milei’s biggest political crisis is … a memecoin?

On Unchained, Danny Nelson talks about:
👀 How Hayden Davis allegedly paid Milei’s sister for access
🚨 Could Davis & Milei face criminal charges?
📉 Will memecoins survive this?

https://unchainedcrypto.com/why-would-argentine-president-javier-milei-protect-kelsiers-hayden-davis/