Podcast Episodes
Back to Search‘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 …
3 years 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…
3 years 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…
3 years, 1 month 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…
3 years, 1 month 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…
3 years, 1 month ago
Are DAOs Strong Enough to Survive the Regulators?
Episode 479
How can decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) be more resilient? Gabriel Shapiro, general counsel at Delphi Labs, and Fatemeh Fannizadeh, law…
3 years, 1 month ago
Rep. Emmer on Why He Believes Gary Gensler Is a ‘Bad-Faith Regulator’
Episode 478
Amidst a wide-ranging crackdown on all kinds of crypto players, Representative Tom Emmer talks about recent enforcement actions, the classification o…
3 years, 1 month ago
The Chopping Block: Is Ether the Only ‘Organic Yield’ in Crypto?
Episode 477
Welcome to The Chopping Block – where crypto insiders Haseeb Qureshi, Tom Schmidt, and Tarun Chitra chop it up about the latest news. In this episode…
3 years, 1 month ago
Is the Government Trying to Kill Off Crypto in the US?
Episode 476
Brian Quintenz, head of policy for a16z crypto, and Nic Carter, general partner at Castle Island Ventures, talk about Operation Choke Point 2.0, the …
3 years, 1 month ago
Why the CFTC Case Against Binance Will Have Very Important Consequences for Crypto
Episode 475
In this episode, Austin Campbell, a professor at Columbia Business School, discusses the recent allegations made by the CFTC against Binance, and whe…
3 years, 1 month ago