Unchained

Crypto assets and blockchain technology are about to transform every trust-based interaction of our lives, from financial services to identity to the Internet of Things. In this podcast, host Laura Shin, an independent journalist covering all things crypto, talks with industry pioneers about how crypto assets and blockchains will change the way we earn, spend and invest our money. Tune in to find out how Web 3.0, the decentralized web, will revolutionize our world.

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Every guest on Unchained

797 guests, ranked by how many people never want them back.

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Dio Casares
Why Pre-IPO Perps Like SpaceX on Hyperliquid Are Seeing an Upswing · May 2026

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Eli Ben-Sasson

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Ethan Buchman

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Hal Press

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Haonan Li

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Itamar Lesuisse
How Crypto Neobanks Make It Easier to Earn Passive Income - Ep. 930 · Oct 2025

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James Seyffart
Why Morgan Stanley Launched the Cheapest Bitcoin ETF on the Market · 23 episodes

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Jameson Lopp
How the Attack on Coinbase Shows the Dangers of Centralized Exchanges - Ep. 837 · 2 episodes

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Jansen Teng
How Virtuals' New AI Accelerator Will Bring Humanoid Robots to the Real World · Feb 2026

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Jerome de Tychey

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Jerry Brito
Tornado Cash Sanctioned. Did the Government Overstep Its Bounds? - Ep. 384 · Aug 2022

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Jill Gunter
DEX in the City: How Privacy in Crypto Makes Everyone's Finances More Secure - Ep. 982 · 2 episodes

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Joe Andrews
Zcash, Ethereum, Aztec, Canton and More: Which Chain Will Win the Privacy Race? · Jul 2026

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Johann Kerbrat
Why Robinhood Chain Saw Memecoins Take Off Before Real World Assets · 3 episodes

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Jon Charbonneau
Why Hyperliquid Should Cut Its Total Token Supply Nearly in Half - Ep. 909 · 3 episodes

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Jordi Alexander
The Chopping Block: Visa, Mastercard & 140 Firms Take On Circle, Saylor’s Digital Credit Reset & the DAO Reckoning · Jul 2026

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Jose Fernandez da Ponte
Will PayPal's PYUSD Steal Market Share From Tether and Circle? - Ep. 530 · 2 episodes

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Joseph Chalom
How Ethereum Institutional Intends to Grow Ethereum's Market Share · 3 episodes

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Josh Swihart
Why the Privacy Coins Mania Is Much More Than Price Action - Ep. 945 · Nov 2025

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Karl Floersch

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Keone Hon
How to Build the Fastest Onchain Experience With Monad, Sei, and Eclipse - Ep. 694 · Aug 2024

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Kevin Johnson

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Kevin Owocki
EIP-8363: Should ETH Be Sound Money or a Productive Asset? · Aug 2026

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Konstantin Lomashuk

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Li Jin
Crypto Points Systems Are a 100x Opportunity, But Founders, Be Wary - Ep. 585 · Dec 2023

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Lucas Bruder
The Chopping Block: How Jito Helped Put Solana on the Map Again - Ep. 588 · Dec 2023

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Mariano Conti
El Auge de MakerDAO: Un Viaje Personal - Ep.171 · 3 episodes

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Matthew Sigel
Twenty One Aims to Buy as Much Bitcoin as Possible. Can It Succeed? - Ep. 824 · Apr 2025

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Max Resnick
Ethereum Gave Away Too Much for Too Long. Will Its Pivot Be Enough? - Ep. 829 · May 2025

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Mert Mumtaz
The Chopping Block: SVM vs. EVM, VC Investment in Solana and Memecoins’ Future - Ep. 706 · Sep 2024

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Michael Mosier

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Mike Ippolito

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Mike Silagadze

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Miller Whitehouse-Levine

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Nick Johnson
How One ENS Vote Reignited the DAO Governance Debate: Uneasy Money · 2 episodes

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Nick White

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Niklas Kunkel
Bits + Bips: Why CLOs Are Suddenly DeFi's Hottest Yield Play · Jul 2026

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Omar Kanji
USDC's Circle Just Filed to IPO. Would It Make a Good Investment? - Ep. 812 · Apr 2025

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Omid Malekan
Bits + Bips: Are Crypto Markets Bottoming, or Is There More Pain Ahead? · Feb 2026

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Oskar Thoren

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