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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.

The Chopping Block: Top White Hat Hacker Samczsun Discusses the State of Crypto Security

59 mins; December 07, 2023

Anatoly Yakovenko on Solana’s Astounding Recovery and Its Future Plans

60 hours 18 mins; December 05, 2023

The Chopping Block: How This DeFi Hack Negotiator Gets Hackers to Return Stolen Money

59 mins; December 01, 2023

Why Presidential Candidate Vivek Ramaswamy Is So Pro-Crypto

62 hours 9 mins; December 01, 2023

Why the Crypto Industry Is So Upset About the IRS’ Proposed New Tax Reporting Rules

57 mins; November 28, 2023

Sam Bankman-Fried Whisperer Tiffany Fong Spills Some Tea

47 mins; November 24, 2023

The Chopping Block: What Does Binance’s Record $4.3 Billion Settlement Mean for Crypto?

62 hours 43 mins; November 23, 2023

Why Financial Advisors Are So Excited About a Spot Bitcoin ETF

64 hours 13 mins; November 21, 2023

Could the Bank Secrecy Act Harm Crypto? Coin Center Thinks So

40 mins; November 17, 2023

How Much Money Are Terrorists Actually Raising in Crypto?

71 hours 28 mins; November 14, 2023

The Chopping Block: Why Vivek Ramaswamy Wants Less Crypto Regulation

48 mins; November 13, 2023

How Can OpenSea Regain Dominance After Layoffs and the NFT Market Decline?

43 mins; November 10, 2023

The Chopping Block: Did Blur Cause a Decline in the NFT Market?

66 hours 38 mins; November 09, 2023

A 20+ Year Sentence? Why the Evidence Against SBF Was Too Hard to Overcome

83 hours 1 min; November 07, 2023

Two Genesis Creditors Describe Their Frustrations With the Bankrupt Crypto Lender

88 hours 36 mins; November 04, 2023

SBF Trial, Day 18: Sam Bankman-Fried Found Guilty on All 7 Counts in Swift Verdict

5 mins; November 02, 2023

SBF Trial, Day 17: Closing Arguments Ask: ‘Villain or Good-Faith Actor?’

17 mins; November 02, 2023

The Chopping Block: Nic Carter on Hamas’ Crypto Funding, SBF’s Courtroom Collapse, and Dramas Involving Lido and dYdX

59 mins; November 01, 2023

SBF Trial, Day 16: In Final Cross Examination, SBF Gets Caught Again by His Own Words

11 mins; October 31, 2023

SBF Trial, Day 15: Prosecutors Hammer Bankman-Fried’s Contradictions With Reams of Evidence

9 mins; October 31, 2023

Why SBF's Testimony So Far Has Likely Already Doomed Him

52 mins; October 30, 2023

SBF Trial, Day 14: Sam Bankman-Fried Casts Blame on Others for Key Decisions at FTX

12 mins; October 28, 2023

How Much Money Will Flow Into Bitcoin ETFs? Here’s One Projection

42 mins; October 27, 2023

SBF Trial, Day 13: Before Judge, Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried Gives Few Straight Answers

8 mins; October 26, 2023

The Chopping Block: Are We Back? The 'Low IQ' Response to the Potential Spot Bitcoin ETF

35 mins; October 26, 2023

Why a Spot Bitcoin ETF Will Probably Launch No Later Than January 10

76 hours 14 mins; October 24, 2023

The Chopping Block: A Rough Week 3 for SBF, DCG Troubles, Fees at Uniswap

52 mins; October 21, 2023

Another Bad Week for Sam Bankman-Fried in His Criminal Trial

49 mins; October 20, 2023

SBF Trial, Day 12: Former FTX General Counsel Speaks Out Against SBF

8 mins; October 19, 2023

SBF Trial, Day 11: How Alameda Got FTX Into a $9 Billion Hole

10 mins; October 18, 2023

SBF Trial, Day 10: Defense Tries But Fails to Undercut Nishad Singh's Credibility

9 mins; October 17, 2023

SBF Trial, Day 9: Nishad Singh Describes Former FTX CEO as a Bully and Big Spender

12 mins; October 16, 2023

Why These Lawyers Say It's Over for SBF--But His Only Hail Mary Is to Testify

75 hours 27 mins; October 16, 2023

SBF Trial, Day 8: Former BlockFi CEO Adds Credibility to Fraud Charges

6 mins; October 13, 2023

How Heated Sidebars During the SBF Trial Could Impact the Jury’s Decision

44 mins; October 13, 2023

SBF Trial, Day 7: In SBF Trial, Did the Defense Lose Its Opportunity With the Star Witness?

14 mins; October 12, 2023

The Chopping Block: Gabriel Shapiro on Why Sam Bankman-Fried May Be a ‘Sociopath’

59 mins; October 12, 2023

SBF Trial, Day 6: Caroline Ellison Recalls 'The Worst Week of My Life

25 mins; October 11, 2023

SBF Trial, Day 5: SBF's Defense Finally Found Its Legs, But Can It Counter Caroline Ellison?

18 mins; October 10, 2023

SBF’s Lawyers Could Be Annoying the Judge. How Might That Impact the Trial?

87 hours 16 mins; October 09, 2023

SBF Trial, Day 4: SBF's Lawyers Annoy Judge Kaplan, While Wang Reveals Alameda’s Special Privileges

9 mins; October 06, 2023

Did Sam Bankman-Fried Have Intent to Defraud FTX Investors?

51 mins; October 06, 2023

SBF Trial, Day 3: Why a True Believer in FTX Flipped Once He Learned One Fact

6 mins; October 05, 2023

SBF Trial, Day 2: DOJ: Sam Bankman-Fried ‘Lied’ His Way to ‘Wealth, Power, and Influence’

4 mins; October 04, 2023

The Chopping Block: Michael Lewis Swindled, SBF’s Effective Altruism Ruse, Ethereum Protocol Enshrinement

56 mins; October 04, 2023

SBF Trial, Day 1: Possible Witnesses Include FTX Insiders, Big Names in Crypto, and SBF’s Family

5 mins; October 03, 2023

SBF Trial: How Sam Bankman-Fried’s Lawyers Might Try and Win His Case

74 hours 33 mins; October 03, 2023

The Chopping Block: Which DeFi Metrics Are Still Useful in a Bear Market?

43 mins; September 30, 2023

Here’s How Sam Bankman-Fried’s High-Stakes Trial Could Play Out

38 mins; September 29, 2023

Why All 10,000 OnChainMonkey NFTs Will Move From Ethereum to Bitcoin

66 hours 27 mins; September 26, 2023

Why FTX Might Try to Claw Back Funds From Retail Customers

46 mins; September 22, 2023

The Chopping Block: Will Warren of 0x on Its Settlement With the CFTC

57 mins; September 21, 2023

Zeke Faux's Crypto Adventures and His Relationship With Former FTX CEO SBF

74 hours 25 mins; September 19, 2023

With Execs Leaving and Market Share Declining, Can Binance Survive?

44 mins; September 15, 2023

Jeremy Allaire on Circle's ‘Multi-Decade’ Strategy and Where Stablecoin Regulation Is Headed

77 hours 44 mins; September 12, 2023

Could This Vitalik-Backed Protocol Bring Privacy to a Regulated Crypto World?

38 mins; September 08, 2023

The Chopping Block: Why Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire Is So Optimistic About Stablecoins' Future

52 mins; September 07, 2023

Friend.tech: The Legal and Tax Ins and Outs of This Year’s Hottest Crypto App

58 mins; September 05, 2023

Does Grayscale’s Win Against the SEC Mean a Spot Bitcoin ETF Will Be Approved?

47 mins; September 01, 2023

The Chopping Block: Coinbase’s Paul Grewal on Why the SEC Is Going After Crypto So Aggressively

64 hours 58 mins; August 31, 2023

Oracles: Does the Backbone of DeFi Need Fixing?

44 mins; August 29, 2023

Is This the End of DeFi? Why the US Government Is Going After Tornado Cash

33 mins; August 25, 2023

The Chopping Block: All About That Base With Jesse Pollak

59 mins; August 24, 2023

Can Maker’s Rune Christensen Fix the Sad State of DAO Governance?

84 hours 43 mins; August 22, 2023

SBF Behind Bars: Why Revoked Bail Is a Big Deal for Crypto’s Biggest Trial

43 mins; August 18, 2023

The Chopping Block: How Wintermute Avoids ‘Zombie’ Exchanges, Base’s Early Success, Bank Fraud in the AI Era

56 mins; August 17, 2023

Anita Posch on Why ‘Bitcoin Is a Tool for Freedom’ – Especially in Africa

63 hours 41 mins; August 15, 2023

Will PayPal's PYUSD Steal Market Share From Tether and Circle?

40 mins; August 11, 2023

The Chopping Block: Curve Crisis Concludes With a Whimper, PayPal’s PYUSD Raises New Questions

55 mins; August 10, 2023

Orb Outrage: Worldcoin Cofounder Defends Project Amid Backlash

55 mins; August 08, 2023

What Does the Curve Crisis Say About DeFi?

38 mins; August 04, 2023

The Chopping Block: Who’s to Blame for the Curve Hack? -

59 mins; August 03, 2023

Why CoinFund Believes Worldcoin Could Become More Popular Than Bitcoin

66 hours 36 mins; August 01, 2023

Rep. Ritchie Torres on Why Congress Should Make Clear Crypto Laws

39 mins; July 28, 2023

The Chopping Block: NFA for Founders, Worldcoin and UniswapX Launch, Hamster Racing

53 mins; July 27, 2023

Two VCs on Why This Is the Perfect Time to Invest in Crypto

106 hours 55 mins; July 25, 2023

Why the SEC Doesn’t Want the Ripple Case to Go to the Supreme Court

43 mins; July 21, 2023

Why the SEC vs. Ripple Order Is Now About 2 Things: Coinbase and Congress

71 hours 39 mins; July 18, 2023

The Chopping Block: Should XRP Holders Really Be Rejoicing?

47 mins; July 15, 2023

New Order in SEC vs. Ripple Over XRP Is a Win for Crypto: What Happens Now?

48 mins; July 14, 2023

The Chopping Block: Will Tokenizing RWAs Finally Click This Time?

56 mins; July 13, 2023

When AI and Blockchain Meet, How Can Each Technology Benefit?

73 hours 10 mins; July 11, 2023

Circuit Breakers: Is ERC-7265 the Solution dApps Were Waiting For?

40 mins; July 07, 2023

ERC-6551: Is This the Next Big Leap in NFT Innovation?

61 hours 19 mins; July 04, 2023

Will FTX Reboot? Here’s John Ray’s Internal Deadline for Making a Decision

44 mins; June 30, 2023

The Chopping Block: Why the Azuki Elementals Drop Was a Big Flop

71 hours 0 mins; June 29, 2023

Prometheum and Paradigm in Debate: Can the Status Quo Work for Crypto?

70 hours 45 mins; June 27, 2023

The Chopping Block: Is BlackRock’s ETF Proposal Breathing Life Into Bitcoin?

61 hours 29 mins; June 24, 2023

Why It Looks Like BlackRock Could Win America’s First Spot Bitcoin ETF

50 mins; June 23, 2023

Uniswap Founder Hayden Adams on How ‘Hooks’ Make v4 Different

80 hours 59 mins; June 20, 2023

SEC’s Hester Peirce Tackles ‘Frustrating’ Crypto Regulation – And Why It’s So Slow

43 mins; June 16, 2023

The Chopping Block: Why Uniswap V4 Creates a Bigger Attack Surface Area

57 mins; June 15, 2023

Hong Kong's New Crypto Regulation: Will It Attract the Industry?

75 hours 25 mins; June 13, 2023

SEC Sues Binance, Coinbase: ‘This Is Not the End of Crypto in the United States’

46 mins; June 09, 2023

The Chopping Block: Jake Chervinsky on How the SEC Has Lost Credibility

68 hours 18 mins; June 08, 2023

What’s Next for Wallets After Ledger Recover Outrage?

67 hours 44 mins; June 06, 2023

The Chopping Block: Will Modular Blockchains Win?

63 hours 1 min; June 03, 2023

Laura Shin Reflects on 500 Episodes of ‘Unchained’

78 hours 31 mins; June 02, 2023

These 2 Crypto Trading Platforms Agree With SEC Chair Gary Gensler

78 hours 0 mins; May 30, 2023

Ethereum L2s Are About to Be the Hot New Thing in NFTs

42 mins; May 26, 2023

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