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Unconfirmed: What Is the Role of Investors in a Decentralized World?
Episode 281
Four investors talk about the decentralized web, explain how the crypto industry is improving upon Web 2, and discuss what can be done to increase diversity and financial inclusion within Web 3. Feat…
Published on 4 years, 2 months ago
Visa Is Building Infrastructure for NFTs, Smart Contracts, and L2s. Why?
Episode 280
Cuy Sheffield, Visa’s head of crypto, discusses Visa’s crypto game plan, stablecoin regulation, NFTs, and more. Show highlights:
Cuy’s background and his journey down the crypto rabbit hole how Visa…Published on 4 years, 2 months ago
Unconfirmed: Why It Doesn’t Make Sense to Compare Lightning to DeFi
Episode 279
Ryan Gentry, business development lead at Lightning Labs, discusses the latest updates on the Lightning Network, the layer 2 solution for Bitcoin. Highlights:
how Lightning Network is bringing Bitco…Published on 4 years, 2 months ago
How the Greatest Decentralizing Force for Crypto Projects Is the SEC
Episode 278
How does the SEC determine if a token is a security? Why is DeFi particularly hard to regulate? What will regulators do about stablecoins? On Unchained, Greg Xethalis, chief compliance officer at Mul…
Published on 4 years, 2 months ago
Unconfirmed: People Expected a Big SEC Enforcement Action This Week. What Happened? Days
Episode 277
Stephen Palley, partner at Anderson Kill, discusses a few hot-button crypto regulatory issues like lending products, whether DeFi protocols fall under the SEC’s purview, and more. Show highlights:
w…Published on 4 years, 2 months ago
Crypto Actually Fixes This: How Code to Inspire Uses Crypto in Afghanistan
Episode 276
Fereshteh Forough is the founder and CEO of Code to Inspire, a coding school for girls in Afghanistan. She discusses her background as a refugee, how she uses crypto to fund the school and pay studen…
Published on 4 years, 2 months ago
Unconfirmed: How SEC Chair Gary Gensler's Views on Crypto Have Changed Since His MIT Days
Episode 275
Nik De, managing editor for global policy and regulation at CoinDesk, stops by Unconfirmed to discuss the current state of crypto regulation, including recent comments by SEC Chair Gary Gensler on st…
Published on 4 years, 2 months ago
How OG Crypto Artist Rhea Myers Sold a Never-Seen Artwork at Sotheby's
Episode 274
Rhea Myers, artist, hacker, writer, and senior smart contract developer at Dapper Labs, has been making crypto art before NFTs were a thing. Check out this episode to learn about Rhea’s work as an OG…
Published on 4 years, 3 months ago
Unconfirmed: Solana's Outage Lasted 17 Hours. What Does This Mean for Decentralization?
Episode 273
Aidan Mott, research analyst at Messari, discusses Solana’s network restart that resulted in the blockchain going dark for 17 hours earlier this week. Show highlights:
when Solana validators noticed…Published on 4 years, 3 months ago
Can Bitcoin Be Secured Only by Transaction Fees? Two Researchers Sound Off
Episode 272
Once the block reward diminishes greatly, can Bitcoin be secured only by transaction fees? On Unchained, Bitcoin writer Vijay Boyapati and Ethereum Foundation’s Justin Drake debate the merits of Bitc…
Published on 4 years, 3 months ago