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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Paul Frambot

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Peter Pan

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Phil Bonello

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Phil Daian
The Chopping Block: Why the Once-Taboo MEV Is Now a Core Part of Ethereum - Ep. 449 · Jan 2023

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Rebecca Rettig
The Chopping Block: The CLARITY Act, Hyperliquid vs CME, and the Prediction Market Supreme Court Showdown · 5 episodes

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Richard Chen

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Rob Hadick
Why the Crypto Markets Seem So Broken and How They Get Fixed After 10/10 · 4 episodes

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Robbie Ferguson
Unconfirmed: This Layer 2 Solution Processed More NFT Trades in 24 Hours Than Ethereum Did in 1 Week - Ep.231 · Apr 2021

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Robbie Mitchnick
How BlackRock, the World's Largest Asset Manager, Took Crypto Mainstream - Ep. 735 · Nov 2024

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Ryan Berckmans
Post-Merge, If Lido Becomes Dominant, What Does That Mean for Ethereum? - Ep. 372 · Jul 2022

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Ryan Rasmussen
Will Bitcoin's New Phase Change It Forever? And Is the 4-Year Cycle Dead? - Ep. 974 · Dec 2025

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Ryne Miller
DEX in the City: Why the Prediction Market Bans Could Just Be Beginning · Apr 2026

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Sal Ternullo

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Sam Kazemian
What Does the Curve Crisis Say About DeFi? - Ep. 527 · Aug 2023

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Sam Ragsdale

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Sam Tabar

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Santiago Siri

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Sreeram Kannan
Why EigenLayer Gave Away More Tokens After Widespread Criticism of Its Stakedrop - Ep. 640 · 4 episodes

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Stephane Gosselin
Why Is Ethereum Trying to Maximize Value From Users? Two Sides Debate - Ep. 388 · Aug 2022

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Steven Goldfeder
Should Crypto Tokens Come With Investor Rights? - Uneasy Money · 2 episodes

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Summer Mersinger
DEX in the City: Why the Market Structure Bill May Not Be Good for DeFi · Jan 2026

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Sunny Aggarwal
How Osmosis Is Trying to Improve the Crypto User Experience - Ep.357 · May 2022

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Tim Beiko
Shapella in the Rearview: After Major Upgrade, What’s Next for Ethereum? - Ep. 480 · 3 episodes

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Tomasz K. Stańczak

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Vivek Raman
Why Ethereum’s New Marketing Arm Is Convinced Wall Street Will Adopt ETH - Ep. 771 · Jan 2025

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Vlad Novakovski
How Lighter Powers Robinhood Perps With USDG as the Quote Asset · Jul 2026

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Will Price

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Wilson Withiam

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Yassine Elmandjra

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Yoav Weiss
ETH's HTTP Moment? How Ethereum Interop Layer Hopes to Fix L2 Fragmentation - Ep. 953 · Nov 2025

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Zac Williamson
With Aztec's Ignition Chain Launched, Will Ethereum Have Decentralized Privacy? - Ep. 958 · Nov 2025

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Zach Abrams
Why Every Company Will Have a Stablecoin — and Why One L2 Isn’t Enough - Ep. 912 · 2 episodes

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Zhuoxun Yin
The Chopping Block: Two on Two Debate: NFT Royalty Throwdown! - Ep. 409 · Oct 2022

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Aaron Kaplan
Prometheum and Paradigm in Debate: Can the Status Quo Work for Crypto? - Ep. 511 · 2 episodes

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Aaron van Wirdum
Why Bitcoin Now: The History of Digital Currency - Ep.185 · Aug 2020

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Abe Sutherland
Not Reporting Info on Some Transaction Partners Could Soon Be a Felony - Ep.284 · Oct 2021

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Adam Levitin
Why the Messy 3AC, Celsius, and Voyager Bankruptcies Will Drag on for Years - Ep.377 · Jul 2022

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Adeniyi Abiodun
Bitcoin DeFi Has Been Elusive. Can Mysten Labs Bring $1.4 Trillion Onchain? · Mar 2026

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Adrian Lai

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Aftab Hossain
Why Are NFTs the One Bright Spot in the Crypto Markets? - Ep.309 · Jan 2022

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