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What Unchained Says About Military & Strategy

37 episodes about military & strategy

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

Key Insights on Military & Strategy

G7 summit agenda restructured to focus primarily on Middle East war consequences, compressing other topics into hours

  • Anthropic lost Pentagon contract to OpenAI after refusing military applications, highlighting AI companies' limited value capture
  • Congress appropriated $28.8 billion less than Pentagon's munitions request for FY26, creating severe funding shortfall before Iran war began
  • Augustine's just war theory permits defensive violence to protect the weak and enact justice, distinguishing righteous warfare from aggression
  • The 'learning budget' strategy involves dedicating 1-10% of monthly income to skill acquisition and business experiments
  • "Come for the tool, stay for the network" - YouTube subsidized hosting costs to build network effects, a strategy blockchains can replicate through tokens
  • The draft reveals a year with 7-10 elite titles but weaker middle-tier options, making category strategy crucial
  • Rocket's acquisition strategy creates counterbalanced business: servicing profits rise when rates rise, origination profits when rates fall

Episodes

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

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

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

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

Pump.fun’s $370M Burn Was a Mistake, Says Luca Netz: Uneasy Money

Pump.fun’s $370M Burn Was a Mistake, Says Luca Netz: Uneasy Money

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

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.

Bits + Bips: Why Apple Might Benefit More From AI Than AI Companies Will

Bits + Bips: Why Apple Might Benefit More From AI Than AI Companies Will

How Onchain Options Could Replace the Basis Trade as Crypto's Yield Strategy

How Onchain Options Could Replace the Basis Trade as Crypto's Yield Strategy

Why Morgan Stanley Launched the Cheapest Bitcoin ETF on the Market

Why Morgan Stanley Launched the Cheapest Bitcoin ETF on the Market

DEX in the City: How the SEC’s Crypto Task Force Is Rebuilding Trust with Builders

DEX in the City: How the SEC’s Crypto Task Force Is Rebuilding Trust with Builders

Bits + Bips: Why the Drift Hack Is an β€˜Embarrassment for the Industry’

Bits + Bips: Why the Drift Hack Is an β€˜Embarrassment for the Industry’

How State-Sponsored Hackers Like DPRK Drain DeFi Protocols: Uneasy Money

How State-Sponsored Hackers Like DPRK Drain DeFi Protocols: Uneasy Money

How Bitcoin Is Both a Risk Asset and a Hedge Against Debasement

How Bitcoin Is Both a Risk Asset and a Hedge Against Debasement

Do Centralized Real World Assets on DeFi Break Ethereum? - Bits + Bips

Do Centralized Real World Assets on DeFi Break Ethereum? - Bits + Bips

Bits + Bips: Why Iran Is Trump’s Greatest Taco. Plus, Is Elon’s TeraFab β€˜Bullshit’?

Bits + Bips: Why Iran Is Trump’s Greatest Taco. Plus, Is Elon’s TeraFab β€˜Bullshit’?

The Top Things Investors Need to Know Before Buying Crypto Tokens

The Top Things Investors Need to Know Before Buying Crypto Tokens

The Chopping Block: The Ethereum Foundation Manifesto + Who Really Runs Crypto?

The Chopping Block: The Ethereum Foundation Manifesto + Who Really Runs Crypto?

Bits + Bips: Bitcoin Hits $75K as It Starts Catching Up to Gold

Bits + Bips: Bitcoin Hits $75K as It Starts Catching Up to Gold

Is the DeFi Mullet Strategy the Best Way to Bring Finance Onchain?

Is the DeFi Mullet Strategy the Best Way to Bring Finance Onchain?

DEX in the City: How Regulators Are Preparing for a World Without the Clarity Act

DEX in the City: How Regulators Are Preparing for a World Without the Clarity Act

Bits + Bips: Why This U.S. General Believes Iran Could Be a Huge Opportunity

Bits + Bips: Why This U.S. General Believes Iran Could Be a Huge Opportunity

Why the Crypto Markets Seem So Broken and How They Get Fixed After 10/10

Why the Crypto Markets Seem So Broken and How They Get Fixed After 10/10

DEX in the City: How Prediction Markets Pose a National Security Risk

DEX in the City: How Prediction Markets Pose a National Security Risk

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