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What Unchained Says About Bitcoin

77 episodes about bitcoin

Crypto assets and blockchain technology are about to transform every trust-based interaction of our lives, from financia...

Key Insights on Bitcoin

Brian Armstrong discovered the Bitcoin A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System white paper on Hacker News in December 2010, leading to Coinbase's founding

  • Coinbase processes over $500 billion in crypto assets and serves 264 institutional clients through its infrastructure business
  • Bitcoin has a $2 trillion market cap and was the best performing asset class of the last decade
  • Prediction markets became mainstream during the 2024 election, with 2 million Americans organizing as pro-crypto voters
  • "If you can't explain it to a smart high school student, you don't understand it" - Chris wrote Read Write Own as crypto's 2024 onboarding manual for skeptics
  • Iran charging tolls in Bitcoin or Yuan represents "one of the biggest fundamental developments in Bitcoin in a while" - Cedaris
  • "First 10 respondents were all no" when asked if they have 25% of crypto portfolio in DeFi after recent hacks
  • "Those who give up essential liberty for temporary safety deserve neither" - Benjamin Franklin quote applied to crypto's institutional evolution

Episodes

The Chopping Block: Is Strategy the Luna for Suits?, ETH Labs Shakeup & CME vs Perps

The Chopping Block: Is Strategy the Luna for Suits?, ETH Labs Shakeup & CME vs Perps

Are Perpetuals Swaps or Futures? The CME Picks a Fight

Are Perpetuals Swaps or Futures? The CME Picks a Fight

How Digital Credit Assets like STRC and SATA Differ from Bitcoin or DAT Stocks

How Digital Credit Assets like STRC and SATA Differ from Bitcoin or DAT Stocks

Why Kalshi's John Wang Says Perps Are 'the Most Pure Trading Instrument'

Why Kalshi's John Wang Says Perps Are 'the Most Pure Trading Instrument'

Why Fable's Shutdown Is a Warning for Every AI Lab: Uneasy Money

Why Fable's Shutdown Is a Warning for Every AI Lab: Uneasy Money

Why Pandl Calls Gold and Bitcoin Buys Here

Why Pandl Calls Gold and Bitcoin Buys Here

Why AI Censorship and Reg NMS Repeal Matter for Crypto Markets: DEX in the City

Why AI Censorship and Reg NMS Repeal Matter for Crypto Markets: DEX in the City

The Chopping Block: SpaceX IPO Mania, Fable 5 Export Controls & The AI Privacy Fight

The Chopping Block: SpaceX IPO Mania, Fable 5 Export Controls & The AI Privacy Fight

Why the AI Business Model Is Cracking and How Crypto Could Help Fix It

Why the AI Business Model Is Cracking and How Crypto Could Help Fix It

Claude Found a 4-Year Zcash Bug. Now It Won't Audit DeFi: Uneasy Money

Claude Found a 4-Year Zcash Bug. Now It Won't Audit DeFi: Uneasy Money

The Chopping Block: The CLARITY Act, Hyperliquid vs CME, and the Prediction Market Supreme Court Showdown

The Chopping Block: The CLARITY Act, Hyperliquid vs CME, and the Prediction Market Supreme Court Showdown

Can Hyperliquid Come Onshore Without Killing What Makes It Special?

Can Hyperliquid Come Onshore Without Killing What Makes It Special?

Bits + Bips: The Interview β€” The $16 Trillion Repo Market Is TradFi’s Central Nervous System. Its Finally Coming Onchain

Bits + Bips: The Interview β€” The $16 Trillion Repo Market Is TradFi’s Central Nervous System. Its Finally Coming Onchain

How Hyperliquid Benefits From Its New Deal With Coinbase Over USDC

How Hyperliquid Benefits From Its New Deal With Coinbase Over USDC

Uneasy Money: Why the Broken Pre-IPO Secondary Markets Won't Be Fixed Anytime Soon

Uneasy Money: Why the Broken Pre-IPO Secondary Markets Won't Be Fixed Anytime Soon

DEX in the City: Will the CLARITY Act Pass? Three Crypto Lawyers Give Their Odds

DEX in the City: Will the CLARITY Act Pass? Three Crypto Lawyers Give Their Odds

Bits + Bips: Why the AI Rally Keeps Growing β€” and Why Circle Launched Arc

Bits + Bips: Why the AI Rally Keeps Growing β€” and Why Circle Launched Arc

Why Arthur Hayes Thinks the AI Bubble Bursting Could Spark a Crypto Bull Market

Why Arthur Hayes Thinks the AI Bubble Bursting Could Spark a Crypto Bull Market

Uneasy Money: Who Owns Stolen Crypto? The $71M Fight Testing DeFi Limits

Uneasy Money: Who Owns Stolen Crypto? The $71M Fight Testing DeFi Limits

Coinbase's Chief Policy Officer on Why He Believes the Clarity Act Will Pass

Coinbase's Chief Policy Officer on Why He Believes the Clarity Act Will Pass

DEX in the City: With the Stablecoin Yield Compromise, Can the Clarity Act Get Passed?

DEX in the City: With the Stablecoin Yield Compromise, Can the Clarity Act Get Passed?

A16z Crypto Raised $2.2 Billion for Fund 5. Here's How They Plan to Deploy It

A16z Crypto Raised $2.2 Billion for Fund 5. Here's How They Plan to Deploy It

Why Wrapped Energy or Compute Will Be the New Store of Value: Bits + Bips

Why Wrapped Energy or Compute Will Be the New Store of Value: Bits + Bips

After April's $606 Million in DeFi Hacks, What's the Fair Value Yield Rate?

After April's $606 Million in DeFi Hacks, What's the Fair Value Yield Rate?

The Chopping Block: Defi United’s β€œBailout,” MegaETH’s KPI Vesting, and Prediction Market Chaos

The Chopping Block: Defi United’s β€œBailout,” MegaETH’s KPI Vesting, and Prediction Market Chaos

How Microsoft Won the OpenAI Fight as Markets Rally on Iran

How Microsoft Won the OpenAI Fight as Markets Rally on Iran

How Morpho Survived a $300M DeFi Hack With Only $1M Exposure

How Morpho Survived a $300M DeFi Hack With Only $1M Exposure

DEX in the City: KelpDAO vs. LayerZero: Who Is Liable When a DeFi Protocol Is Hacked?

DEX in the City: KelpDAO vs. LayerZero: Who Is Liable When a DeFi Protocol Is Hacked?

Is Canton Permissionless? CEO Says Yes, but SuperValidators Need Approval

Is Canton Permissionless? CEO Says Yes, but SuperValidators Need Approval

Strategy's Preferred Stock Is Now a Stablecoin. And DeFi Has a Security Problem.

Strategy's Preferred Stock Is Now a Stablecoin. And DeFi Has a Security Problem.

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