Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchDo You Need to Think Twice Before Restaking Your Assets?
Episode 488
In this episode, Sreeram Kannan, founder of EigenLayer, and Konstantin Lomashuk, cofounder of Lido Finance, discuss the complex world of staking in E…
2 years, 8 months ago
The Chopping Block: Why Are We Still Building Layer 1s?
Episode 487
Welcome to “The Chopping Block” – where crypto insiders Haseeb Qureshi, Tom Schmidt, and Tarun Chitra chop it up about the latest news in digital ass…
2 years, 8 months ago
Coinbase's Legal Action Against the SEC: How It Will Likely Unfold
Episode 486
Major crypto exchange Coinbase has decided to take action to get an answer from the Securities and Exchange Commission: this week, they filed a court…
2 years, 8 months ago
Gary Gensler vs. Crypto: What Will the SEC Attack Next?
Episode 485
Two lawyers, Josh Klayman, head of digital assets at Linklaters, and Marc Boiron, chief legal officer at Polygon Labs, offer their takes on the SEC’s…
2 years, 8 months ago
The Chopping Block: Are Layer 2s Stealing Ethereum’s Thunder?
Episode 484
Welcome to “The Chopping Block” – where crypto insiders Haseeb Qureshi, Tom Schmidt, Robert Leshner, and Tarun Chitra chop it up about the latest new…
2 years, 8 months ago
‘Is ETH a Security?’ Why Gary Gensler Couldn’t Give Congress a Straight Answer
Episode 483
It got heated this week on Capitol Hill with SEC Chair Gary Gensler testifying before the House Financial Services Committee on his agency’s efforts …
2 years, 8 months ago
Why MEV Will Always Be Controversial
Episode 482
Maximal extractable value, or MEV, is a mainstay of the Ethereum landscape. But the process of validators reaping profits from handling new blocks is…
2 years, 9 months ago
The Chopping Block: Are VCs Bad for Crypto?
Episode 481
Welcome to “The Chopping Block” – where crypto insiders Haseeb Qureshi, Tom Schmidt, and Robert Leshner chop it up about the latest news. In this epi…
2 years, 9 months ago
Laura’s 10-Year Anniversary of Self-Employment: A Personal Message
Laura’s 10-Year Anniversary of Self-Employment: A Personal Message
Laura Shin, the host of Unchained, celebrated her 10-year anniversary of self-empl…
2 years, 9 months ago
Shapella in the Rearview: After Major Upgrade, What’s Next for Ethereum?
Episode 480
This week’s major Ethereum upgrade, Shapella (it was really two upgrades, Shanghai and Capella, in one), brings the network’s multi-year journey to p…
2 years, 9 months ago