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Cobie and Chris Burniske on How to Navigate a Crypto Bear Market - Ep.355

Cobie, co-founder of Lido and UpOnlyTv, and Chris Burniske, partner at Placeholder Ventures, talk about surviving a crypto bear market, the Terra collapse, lessons they?ve learned from their mistakes, and much more. Show highlights:

whether Chris and Cobie think crypto is in a bear market why Chris says these are the times to buy what effect the Terra debacle will have on the crypto industry why Chris was expecting UST to blow up why Chris thinks there is going to be another massive liquidation event whether an algo stablecoin could work why bear markets are sometimes a good thing how USDT was stress tested and proved its resilience how macro is affecting the crypto space and what the role of the Fed is when will we see the bottom of this bear market how meme coins are the symptoms of a broken system why this crypto cycle is different whether regulations are helping VCs rather than the retail investors why risky assets are the ones that could increase 10,000x whether the future of crypto is multichain or not how developers signal what ecosystem is going to win in the next expansion cycle whether Cobie thinks staking is dying how Chris judges market bottoms and tops what lessons Cobie and Chris have learned from their mistakes what innovations will catalyze the next bull cycle what needs to happen in the future for crypto to succeed

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Episode Links

Cobie

Twitter: https://twitter.com/cobie UpOnlyTv: https://uponly.tv/ Substack: https://cobie.substack.com/ L1 trading: https://cobie.substack.com/p/trading-the-metagame?s=r Death of staking: https://cobie.substack.com/p/apecoin-and-the-death-of-staking?s=r Token unlocks: https://cobie.substack.com/p/on-the-meme-of-market-caps-and-unlocks?s=r Cycle Tweets: Why ?the next cycle? reasoning scares him https://twitter.com/cobie/status/1524965475813568512 What projects will survive the bear https://twitter.com/cobie/status/1469253171885318146 His call to ?buy? on March 12 2020 https://twitter.com/cobie/status/1238282793244860417 Which VCs will win https://twitter.com/cobie/status/1515667977118826500

Chris Burniske

Chris x Cobie

Luna https://twitter.com/cburniske/status/1524280637431164929 Feeling sorry for people who have lost $ https://twitter.com/cburniske/status/1524267901456248832

Bear Market Content

Dragonfly https://medium.com/dragonfly-research/to-all-dragonfly-founders-and-friends-1a65e68093d4 Sequoia advice ??https://twitter.com/michellebailhe/status/1526373376142348288 Arthur Hayes buying BTC at $20K in wake of Terra https://entrepreneurshandbook.co/luna-brothers-inc-712ec5abe199 Financial comeuppance https://cryptohayes.medium.com/annihilation-4effdaf3c73f Paradigm (surviving crypto cycles) https://www.paradigm.xyz/2021/03/surviving-crypto-cycles Zhu Su on being a better role model for retail https://twitter.com/zhusu/status/1525045033216397312 Nick Tomaino on stopping relentless shilling https://twitter.com/NTmoney/status/1525234408910987264 Lot?s of talk about ?suicide? in context of LUNA https://bitcoinist.com/luna-investors-suicidal-after-cryptos-collapse/ Helping smaller LUNA wallets first https://twitter.com/VitalikButerin/status/1525561624974700545 Punk6529 on surviving the bear market https://twitter.com/punk6529/status/1525565876711444484 Ian from Syndicate DAO on previous cycles https://twitter.com/ianDAOs/status/1524613312582799360 Best website for looking at token performance https://cryptorank.io/performance

Chris Burniske:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/cburniske Placeholder VC: https://www.placeholder.vc/

Previous Unchained Coverage on Terra

Nic Carter, Erik Voorhees, and Eric Wall on the collapse of UST https://unchainedpodcast.com/why-terra-collapsed-and-whether-an-algo-stablecoin-can-ever-succeed/ Do Kwon on backing UST with BTC ??https://unchainedpodcast.com/do-kwon-is-backing-ust-with-bitcoin-and-heres-what-else-he-is-building/ Kevin Zhou on the risk of UST?s death spiral https://unchainedpodcast.com/heres-why-usdn-depegged-from-the-dollar-and-why-ust-might-too/ Jon Wu on how Terra got depegged: https://unchainedpodcast.com/did-someone-deliberately-attack-terra-luna-to-kick-off-a-death-spiral/ Do Kwon on The Chopping Block https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xl8u7-KVwM

2022-05-24
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The 5 Biggest Lessons From Terra/Luna's Collapse, According to Tascha Che - Ep.354

Tascha Che, founder of Tascha Labs, unpacks the Terra/Luna debacle and reveals what she believes are the five main takeaways from its collapse. Here are some highlights from the show:

how stablecoin issuers make money what caused Terra?s downfall why Tascha is bullish on algo stablecoins whether she believes undercollateralized stablecoins can work how fast market cap expansion without actual network effect equals death for stablecoins why she doesn?t believe a stablecoin?s network effects mean much for its success why small(er) stablecoins are better how blockchains mirror national economies which stablecoins is Tascha excited about how FRAX is a stablecoin that resembles fiat currencies whether the UST collapse will affect the stablecoin development and further regulation how cross-chain agreements would be helpful for the stability of the crypto ecosystem

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Tascha Che

Twitter: https://twitter.com/TaschaLabs Tascha Labs: https://taschalabs.com/ Tascha?s thread on nonobvious lessons from the Terra fallout: https://twitter.com/TaschaLabs/status/1526276308119932928?s=20&t=SCxfocBJoQqTEvCHadjYxA

2022-05-20
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The Chopping Block: Kevin Zhou on Why He Knew Terra Would Crash - Ep.353

Welcome to The Chopping Block! Crypto insiders Haseeb Qureshi, Tom Schmidt, and Tarun Chitra chop it up about the latest news in the digital asset industry. On this episode, Kevin Zhou, the CEO of Galois Capital and long-time critic of UST, also joined the conversation. Show topics:

the UST depeg and Terra collapse Kevin on what it was like being one of the earliest naysayers of LUNA why Kevin believes that UST initially depegged and became a ?fear cascade? how Galois Capital traded the UST depeg, from shorting LUNA to keeping their UST in Anchor until the last moment why Kevin was disappointed in the lack of transparency in how Luna Foundation Guard attempted to defend the UST peg the implications of UST?s collapse across the crypto and traditional financial markets whether Terra?s decline will lead to more regulation in the crypto industry why Anchor was the ?cancer? of the Terra system why VCs are reticent to say something bad about protocols they don?t believe in why grifting is so much more prevalent in crypto what Jump Trading had to do with the Terra collapse the difference between the way trading and VC firms interact with crypto the issues with the Terra 2 proposal without UST which chains are receiving the people leaving the Terra ecosystem why Haseeb compared the collapse of UST to the collapse of the Soviet Union who Kevin believes should be reimbursed in the aftermath of the UST collapse how political considerations might affect how Terra continues to develop going forward why Terra NFTs were skyrocketing during the Terra meltdown whether crypto is in a bear or bull market

Hosts

Haseeb Qureshi, managing partner at Dragonfly Capital https://twitter.com/hosseeb Tom Schmidt, general partner at Dragonfly Capital https://twitter.com/tomhschmidt Tarun Chitra, managing partner at Robot Ventures https://twitter.com/tarunchitra Robert Leshner, founder of Compound https://twitter.com/rleshner

Guest

Kevin Zhou, CEO of Galois Capital https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-zhou-82938324/

Previous Unchained Coverage

Nic Carter, Erik Voorhees, and Eric Wall on the collapse of UST https://unchainedpodcast.com/why-terra-collapsed-and-whether-an-algo-stablecoin-can-ever-succeed/ Do Kwon on backing UST with BTC ??https://unchainedpodcast.com/do-kwon-is-backing-ust-with-bitcoin-and-heres-what-else-he-is-building/ Kevin Zhou on the risk of UST?s death spiral https://unchainedpodcast.com/heres-why-usdn-depegged-from-the-dollar-and-why-ust-might-too/ Jon Wu on how Terra got depegged: https://unchainedpodcast.com/did-someone-deliberately-attack-terra-luna-to-kick-off-a-death-spiral/ Do Kwon on The Chopping Block https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xl8u7-KVwM

Haseeb?s summary of the Terra collapse:

https://medium.com/dragonfly-research/the-reign-of-terra-the-rise-and-fall-of-ust-208dabbc8e6e

Jon Wu?s write-up on the UST Depeg

Article: https://www.notboring.co/p/terra-to-the-moon-and-back Thread: https://twitter.com/jonwu_/status/1523793482850050048?s=20&t=lvB1zdz98wu5TE5emh4fCw

Terra Background Info

Twitter: https://twitter.com/terra_money UST Mechanics: https://angelprotocol.medium.com/how-does-ust-work-ec7b2f6e2c2c UST Bank Run: https://www.wsj.com/articles/crash-of-terrausd-shakes-crypto-there-was-a-run-on-the-bank-11652371839 Speculation of a deliberate attack: https://onchainwizard.substack.com/p/how-to-make-800m-in-crypto-soros?s=r Do Kwon?s Proposed Terra?s Revival: https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2022/05/13/do-kwon-proposes-restart-of-terra-blockchain-as-ust-luna-plummet/ Anchor: https://twitter.com/anchor_protocol Terra 2.0: https://unchainedpodcast.com/do-kwon-has-a-new-plan-again/

LFG Purchases

Luna Foundation Guard: https://lfg.org/team/ Pomp ? the $10B Bitcoin Bet on Stablecoins https://pomp.substack.com/p/the-10-billion-bitcoin-bet-on-stablecoins?s=w 3/10 BTC purchase https://twitter.com/LFG_org/status/1503680315969060864 $1 BTC billion purchase https://twitter.com/terra_money/status/1496162889085902856 TFL x LFG relationship https://twitter.com/stablekwon/status/1502225674840555523

Galois Twitter threads

https://twitter.com/Galois_Capital/status/1511455703642394628 https://twitter.com/Galois_Capital/status/151119893095193804

Tarun?s thoughts on algorithmic stablecoins

https://twitter.com/Unchained_pod/status/1512465290910736391

2022-05-19
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Why Terra Collapsed and Whether an Algo Stablecoin Can Ever Succeed - Ep.352

Nic Carter, general partner at Castle Island Venture, Eric Wall, former Chief Investment Officer of Arcane Assets, and Erik Voorhees, founder of ShapeShift, discuss what happened with the TerraUSD (UST) and LUNA fiasco, Do Kwon?s responsibility, the impact on the crypto ecosystem, and much more. Show highlights:

how Erik used to feel that algo stablecoins were impossible and why he changed his mind why Eric considers that the demand for UST was tied to a sh*tcoin why Nic didn?t think LUNA would work how a stablecoin could theoretically be decentralized whether Nic, Eric, and Erik think this was a deliberate attack why they think whether or not there was a deliberate attack is not even relevant how the de-peg started with a liquidity issue on Curve why Nic thinks that Terra?s biggest mistake was the 19.5% APY on Anchor whether pursuing a decentralized stablecoin is a worthy goal what aspects of UST were decentralized, according to Erik whether algo stablecoins are dead or whether in the future, death spirals of algo stablecoins can be avoided why Erik believes that everything in the crypto space is an experiment, even BTC what it says that the VCs behind Terra knew were so reputable why Do Kwon's arrogance and inexperience might have caused this chaos whether Terra can be rebuilt whether this collapse imposes risks on other blockchains and other assets why the Luna Foundation Guard?s purchase of Bitcoin might have made the UST collapse even worse what Erik thinks about the global financial system and the US dollar how this event could trigger more regulation in the crypto space and why it might hurt the entire ecosystem how regulators might use the Terra case to impose CBDCs.

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Erik Vorhees

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ErikVoorhees

Eric Wall

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ercwl

Nic Carter

Twitter: https://twitter.com/nic__carter

Previous Unchained Coverage of Terra

Do Kwon on backing UST with BTC ??https://unchainedpodcast.com/do-kwon-is-backing-ust-with-bitcoin-and-heres-what-else-he-is-building/ Kevin Zhou on the risk of UST?s death spiral https://unchainedpodcast.com/heres-why-usdn-de-pegged-from-the-dollar-and-why-ust-might-too/ Jon Wu on how Terra got de-pegged: https://unchainedpodcast.com/did-someone-deliberately-attack-terra-luna-to-kick-off-a-death-spiral/

Terra

Twitter: https://twitter.com/terra_money UST Mechanics: https://angelprotocol.medium.com/how-does-ust-work-ec7b2f6e2c2c Luna Foundation Guard: https://lfg.org/team/ UST Bank Run: https://www.wsj.com/articles/crash-of-terrausd-shakes-crypto-there-was-a-run-on-the-bank-11652371839 Speculation of a deliberate attack: https://onchainwizard.substack.com/p/how-to-make-800m-in-crypto-soros?s=r Do Kwon?s Proposed Terra?s Revival: https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2022/05/13/do-kwon-proposes-restart-of-terra-blockchain-as-ust-luna-plummet/ Terra Blockchain Halted: https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/05/12/luna-issuer-terra-halts-blockchain-after-week-of-losses/

Upcoming Regulation

https://www.protocol.com/bulletins/terra-stablecoin-loses-peg https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/146583/yellen-says-the-stablecoin-market-is-still-too-small-to-pose-systemic-risk

2022-05-17
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Did Someone Deliberately Attack Terra/Luna to Kick off a Death Spiral? - Ep.351

Jon Wu, head of growth at Aztec Network, recaps a historically chaotic week in the Terra ecosystem that saw $UST depeg, Anchor depositors flee, and $LUNA fall 99%. Show highlights:

how $UST, $LUNA, Luna Foundation Guard (LFG), and Anchor Protocol are supposed to work why Jon compares the Terra blockchain with VISA, LFG with the Fed, and Do Kwon with Jerome Powell how a previous $UST de-peg foreshadowed this week?s dystopian price action how a bitcoin short seemed to have kickstarted $UST?s depeg and why Jon thinks it was a deliberate attack why Luna Foundation Guard originally purchased Bitcoin ? and how that plan backfired and made the Terra death spiral even more violent why $UST had such low liquidity this week ? making it more susceptible to a bank run what Jon?s predictions are for $UST and $LUNA going forward what were the reasons behind Terra halting why Jon does not think this will be the end of algorithmic stablecoins why Jon thinks this should not affect ETH directly, even though there is a high amount of staked ETH in the Terra ecosystem

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Jon Wu

Twitter https://twitter.com/jonwu_

Jon?s Write-Up on the UST Depeg

Article: https://www.notboring.co/p/terra-to-the-moon-and-back Thread: https://twitter.com/jonwu_/status/1523793482850050048?s=20&t=lvB1zdz98wu5TE5emh4fCw

Previous Unchained Coverage of Terra

Do Kwon on backing UST with BTC ??https://unchainedpodcast.com/do-kwon-is-backing-ust-with-bitcoin-and-heres-what-else-he-is-building/ Kevin Zhou on the risk of UST?s death spiral https://unchainedpodcast.com/heres-why-usdn-de-pegged-from-the-dollar-and-why-ust-might-too/

Terra:

Terra proposal to accelerate the burn of UST and increase the base pool: https://station.terra.money/proposal/1164 https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/146254/terraform-labs-ceo-do-kwon-unveils-plan-to-restore-ust-peg Terra halting the network: https://twitter.com/terra_money/status/1524785058296778752?s=20&t=FUJkFuN8PyxRoF9TCPgrGg Terra going live again: https://twitter.com/terra_money/status/1524812171179327488?s=20&t=FUJkFuN8PyxRoF9TCPgrGg Regulatory risks: https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/146426/the-sec-has-already-sued-terraform-labs-it-has-every-reason-to-investigate-ust-lawyers-say

Other Recaps on Terra:

CoinDesk on how Do Kwon was behind previous algorithmic stablecoin: https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2022/05/11/usts-do-kwon-was-behind-earlier-failed-stablecoin-ex-terra-colleagues-say/ Rekt: https://rekt.news/luna-rekt/

2022-05-13
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Will Optimism's OP Token Draw People Back to Layer 2s on Ethereum? - Ep.350

Kain Warwick, founder of Synthetix, and Ben Jones, cofounder and chief scientist at Optimism Foundation, discuss the current state of Ethereum Layer 2s, Optimism?s new governance structure, why Synthetix chose to build on Optimism, and more. Show topics:

what Optimism and Synthetix are how zero-knowledge rollups differ from optimistic rollups why Synthetix decided to build on Optimism what makes L2s more enticing to build on than other L1s how Optimism?s governance is going to change with the launch of the Optimism Collective and OP token what issues Synthetix has had with Discord governance and early token voting, and how they have now solved this by forcing users to consolidate wallet addresses what retroactive public goods funding is and how it could create a ?flywheel? of development on Optimism why whales might be excluded from Optimism?s token grant to Synthetix why Ben thinks the future is about the ?superchain? rather than multi-chain what Kain and Ben think about bridging between L2s and Mainnet why Optimism is a staunch backer of EIP 4844 how the merge could affect Optimism and Synthetix

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Episode Links

Guests

Ben Jones: https://twitter.com/ben_chain Kain Warwick: https://twitter.com/kaiynne

Synthetix

https://twitter.com/synthetix_io

Optimism

https://twitter.com/optimismPBC

Optimism Collective

https://optimism.mirror.xyz/gQWKlrDqHzdKPsB1iUnI-cVN3v0NvsWnazK7ajlt1fI

Synthetix Launching on Optimism

https://blog.synthetix.io/optimism-launch-announcement/

Synthetix Governance

https://docs.synthetix.io/governance/

Kain?s Blog

https://blog.synthetix.io/author/kain/

Rollups

What are the biggest risks to optimistic rollup chains? https://vitalik.ca/general/2021/01/05/rollup.html#:~:text=Anatomy%20of%20a%20fraud%20proof What is the difference between optimistic and ZK rollups? And why did Synthetix choose Optimism? https://blog.matter-labs.io/optimistic-vs-zk-rollup-deep-dive-ea141e71e075

EIP 4844

https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-4844 https://www.eip4844.com/

The Merge

https://unchainedpodcast.com/why-ethereums-merge-was-delayed-and-why-it-wont-reduce-gas-fees-much/

Kain?s previous Unchained appearances

Ethereum killers episode https://unchainedpodcast.com/how-solana-and-binance-smart-chain-could-take-ethereums-lead/ How Synthetix became the second-largest DeFi platform https://unchainedpodcast.com/how-synthetix-became-the-second-largest-defi-platform/ DeFi summer https://unchainedpodcast.com/why-comp-5xed-on-day-1-and-what-this-means-for-a-defi-bull-market/

Optimism?s Bridging Solution

https://twitter.com/optimismPBC/status/1517548430297604096

2022-05-10
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Should Yuga Labs Have Charged More For Its Otherside NFTs? - Ep.349

Eric Golden, the owner of BAYC #7560 and host of Web3 Breakdowns, discusses the Otherdeed NFT drop that stalled Ethereum and burned over $150 million worth of ether. Show topics:

what the Otherdeed mint is Why Yuga Labs had buyers undergo a know-your-customer process in order to mint the NFTs why Eric was pretty certain a gas war was imminent in the hours leading up to the mint how KYC?d addresses played into the Otherdeed mint what Eric thought about Yuga Labs?s decision to scrap a Dutch auction in favor of a flat minting price why Eric does not believe Yuga Labs purposefully botched their smart contract, as many in the Ethereum community alleged why Eric was frustrated with Yuga Labs?s response on Twitter to the mint why Eric does not think Otherside needs its own chain what effect the Otherdeed mint is having on other Yuga Labs-adjacent assets like ApeCoin and Bored Ape Yacht Club what Kodas are and why they are trading for tens of thousands of dollars why Eric is confident that Yuga Labs is well-positioned to follow through on their promises to build out a metaverse game

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Eric Golden

https://twitter.com/ericgoldenx

Otherside

https://otherside.xyz/

Otherdeed License

??https://otherside.xyz/license Punk6529 thread: https://twitter.com/punk6529/status/1520697396119879680 CryptoGarga saying at least one term in the license would be changed: https://twitter.com/CryptoGarga/status/1520818410149617666

Otherdeed

Yuga Labs? response to the sale: https://twitter.com/yugalabs/status/1520612362986078208 NFTs: https://opensea.io/collection/otherdeed Canceling the Dutch auction https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/144298/yuga-labss-otherside-scraps-dutch-style-auction-for-nft-sale 0xcrumbs?s tweet showing there was more demand than supply: https://twitter.com/0xCrumbs/status/1520559050592817152?s=20&t=ngPe9YzByzwJbMa_N1hThw CoinDesk coverage: https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/05/01/bayc-team-raises-285m-with-otherside-nfts-clogs-ethereum/ https://www.coindesk.com/layer2/2022/05/04/the-yuga-labs-catastrophe-could-have-been-prevented/

Smart Contract Conversation

Will Papper: https://twitter.com/WillPapper/status/1520592312379658241 Vitalik Buterin: ?https://twitter.com/VitalikButerin/status/1520621813209784321

Kodas

https://medium.com/@jseid212/koda-rarity-ranking-the-newest-creatures-in-the-yuga-lab-ecosystem-9e6adba0ab68

2022-05-06
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The Chopping Block: Did Andre Cronje Pull an Epic Crypto Rug Pull? - Ep.348

Welcome to The Chopping Block! Crypto insiders Haseeb Qureshi, Tom Schmidt, Robert Leshner, and Tarun Chitra chop it up about the latest news in the digital asset industry. On this episode, Andre Cronje, the recently retired (sort of) DeFi developer, also joined the conversation. Show topics:

why being doxxed led to Andre retiring (sort of) from crypto Andre?s response to Robert who calledl his departure from DeFi ?an epic rug pull? why Andre is back ? and why he is working on ?regulated? crypto products how the Otherside KYC?d NFT drop was an ?absolute fail? where identity fits into the crypto space and why traditional and DeFi institutions alike are interested in the identity of their users Dalle 2 why the Bored Ape community likely sees the Yuga Labs Otherdeed NFT sale as a turning point why Robert would compare buying a BAYC NFT last year to purchasing BTC in 2010 main takeaways from Solana?s seven-hour outage and why designing a mempool (or multiple) is critical for the chain

Hosts

Haseeb Qureshi, managing partner at Dragonfly Capital https://twitter.com/hosseeb Tom Schmidt, general partner at Dragonfly Capital https://twitter.com/tomhschmidt Tarun Chitra, managing partner at Robot Ventures https://twitter.com/tarunchitra Robert Leshner, founder of Compound https://twitter.com/rleshner

Guest

Andre Cronje, DeFi OG https://www.linkedin.com/in/andre-cronje

Show Topics

Andre Cronje?s Retirement https://unchainedpodcast.com/this-defi-og-is-leaving-crypto/ Andre Cronje?s return to regulated crypto https://andrecronje.medium.com/crypto-regulation-vs-regulated-crypto-aae56b36dcd8 Solana outage https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/144639/solana-restarted-after-seven-hour-outage-caused-by-surge-of-transactions https://twitter.com/0xEdgar/status/1521188981538537472 https://github.com/metaplex-foundation/metaplex-program-library/pull/417 Yuga Labs rakes in $317MM from the sale of Otherside land NFTs and causes huge congestion on Ethereum. https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/144549/otherside-land-nfts-sell-out-in-hours-as-yuga-labs-rakes-in-317-million

2022-05-05
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RAC and David Greenstein on Why Music NFTs Are Better Than Spotify - Ep.347

André Allen Anjos, who is better known as the crypto-friendly artist RAC, and David Greenstein, co-founder of Sound.xyz, a web3 music platform, analyze the current state of the web3 music scene and discuss how artists can leverage web3 tools to get paid at fair market value for their art.

Show highlights:

RAC?s experience in the traditional music industry

why David believes music is the most undervalued sector in the world ? and how Sound and crypto can help value it correctly

the different types of NFTs with which musicians like RAC are experimenting

what Sound.xyz is and how it is helping artists unlock their fanbase and community

why David is so passionate about creating a social experience when it comes to music NFTs

Sound.xyz?s decision to allow artists to deploy their own smart contracts

what RAC has made in NFT drops compared to Spotify streams

why Sound.xyz was built with ?editions? as the most common format for NFTs sold on the platform

what makes blockchain technology well-suited for the music industry

RAC?s crypto adventures: $TAPE, $RAC, and more ?

how the famous ?Amen Break? sample would work as an NFT

what artists will be measured by in the NFT world

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Episode Links

David Greenstein

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidgreenstein/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/dgreenstein1?lang=en

RAC

Twitter: https://twitter.com/RAC

Website: https://rac.fm/

Crypto Adventures

RAC Token

https://etherscan.io/address/0xc22b30e4cce6b78aaaadae91e44e73593929a3e9

https://v2.info.uniswap.org/pair/0xf744417d0a5fd18b5b18726ce1b48f931dfa32ea

https://blog.ourzora.com/home/introducing-rac

https://www.billboard.com/pro/rac-nfts-social-token-platform-racos-web3/

Music NFTs (w/ Sound.xyz embeds)

https://rac.fm/nfts

Discord

https://discord.com/invite/rac

Tokenized cassette tape

https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/64760/ethereum-tokenized-cassette-dj-rac-zora-grammy

Sound.xyz

Website

https://www.sound.xyz/

FAQs

https://soundxyz.notion.site/soundxyz/Frequently-Asked-Questions-1-0e39e44edccb42f8b3c3ca5d93c703a9

Recent raise

https://techcrunch.com/2021/12/15/sound-xyz-raises-5m-from-a16z-to-explore-how-web3-can-upend-the-economics-of-the-music-business/

Recent drops that are fun

Bored Ape Yacht Club Band

https://www.sound.xyz/boredbrothers/drip

Snoop Dogg

https://twitter.com/soundxyz_/status/1516896676077744128

https://twitter.com/SnoopDogg/status/1516481234464960513

Music NFT Content

Good overview:

https://momentranks.com/blog/music-nfts-explained-transforming-music-sales

https://twitter.com/MonsterDaoNFT/status/1517164757534580736

https://twitter.com/fascinated/status/1516539250661117966

Cooper Turley Content

Weekly blog

https://thisweekinmusicnfts.mirror.xyz/

Music NFT tweets

https://twitter.com/Cooopahtroopa/status/1516598888114831360

https://coopahtroopa-eth.medium.com/musicians-meet-audio-nfts-aa495cfd2996

https://twitter.com/Cooopahtroopa/status/1460062843244408833

https://twitter.com/Cooopahtroopa/status/1469789186131587073

https://twitter.com/Cooopahtroopa/status/1475609928865705988

RAC Content:

ETH royalties compared to Spotify

https://twitter.com/RAC/status/1516578113634725890

https://twitter.com/RAC/status/1517168623772602368

RollingStone profile

https://www.rollingstone.com/pro/features/rac-future-25-1179443/

Likes the 1/100 NFT drop

https://twitter.com/RAC/status/1516178179886510083

Coinbase listing of RAC?

https://blog.coinbase.com/increasing-transparency-for-new-asset-listings-on-coinbase-e06f2edb095e

How the Sinners drop would have worked over time

https://twitter.com/RAC/status/1512560530761809921

Thoughts on music NFT metrics

https://twitter.com/RAC/status/1509213081594855425

Royal

https://twitter.com/join_royal

Jesse Walden write-up on Sound.xyz

https://twitter.com/jessewldn/status/1471148257892044812

2022-05-03
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FTX Wants to Compete With CME -- Here's Why It's a Big Deal - Ep.346

Chris Perkins, president of CoinFund, a web3 investment firm, discusses his experience at the Crypto Bahamas conference before diving into an FTX.US proposal that would allow for direct trading of crypto derivatives in the US ? which appears to be rocking the boat of certain regulators in D.C. Show topics:

Chris?s two biggest takeaways from his Crypto Bahamas experience how Chris?s experience at Lehman Brothers and Citi prepared him for crypto what issues arise via the plumbing of traditional financial markets why centralized intermediaries make derivatives trading efficient what FTX.US is proposing and how it could be a boon for retail traders how crypto settlement would work compared to the current batch trading method why the acquisition of LedgerX enabled FTX.US to make this proposal what license FTX.US feels like it no longer needs since it can settle derivative transactions on a blockchain whether FTX.US would expand to other derivatives and what that might do to an entity like CME what Chris is listening for in the CFTC?s public discussion surrounding FTX.US?s proposal whether FTX.US?s proposal will be a partisan issue

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Episode Links

Chris Perkins

LinkedIn: ??https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopher-perkins-092569a/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/perkinscr97 CoinFund: ??https://twitter.com/coinfund_io

Coverage of the FTX.US Proposal

Bloomberg: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-04-21/crypto-billionaire-rankles-wall-street-with-futures-trading-plan?sref=m9L277rN Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonbrett/2022/04/27/the-ftx-us-proposal-that-shook-congress-and-the-crypto-derivatives-world/ The Block: https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/143792/as-it-weighs-ftx-proposal-cftc-announces-a-roundtable-on-disintermediation https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/137304/cftc-opens-up-ftx-uss-derivatives-trading-model-to-public-comment https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/140026/ftx-derivatives-proposal-takes-center-stage-at-congressional-hearing-with-cftc-chairman CoinDesk https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/03/10/ftxus-derivatives-unit-seeks-cftc-amendment-to-clear-margin-trades-directly-for-customers/ https://www.coindesk.com/video/recent-videos/ftx-us-to-meet-with-cftc-regarding-derivatives-trades/ Public comment: https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/137304/cftc-opens-up-ftx-uss-derivatives-trading-model-to-public-comment May roundtable: https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/8519-22 https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2022/04/19/ftx-plan-said-to-face-cftc-roundtable-next-month/ https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/143792/as-it-weighs-ftx-proposal-cftc-announces-a-roundtable-on-disintermediation CME opposition to proposal: ??https://www.marketsmedia.com/cme-to-oppose-ftx-clearing-proposal/

Unchained Coverage of FTX.US and LedgerX

2021: https://unchainedpodcast.com/why-the-ftx-us-ledgerx-deal-indicates-crypto-ma-might-start-booming/ 2019: https://unchainedpodcast.com/ledgerx-on-the-reasons-to-trade-bitcoin-options/

2022-04-29
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Amy Wu on Why FTX Is So Excited About Web3 Gaming - Ep.345

Amy Wu, head of FTX ventures and gaming initiatives, discusses her role at FTX, what problems need to be addressed in the web3 gaming world, and her thoughts on APE and Yuga Labs as a board member of Apecoin DAO and investor in Yuga Labs. Show highlights:

what Amy does at FTX how her background investing in gaming prepared her for her role at FTX Amy?s vision for FTX?s gaming studio how FTX is helping gaming studios get into web3 and NFTs why Amy thinks blockchain games are the evolution of the ?free to play? gaming archetype what best practices Amy believes web2 companies should implement when transitioning into web3 gaming why there is so much backlash against traditional companies incorporating NFTs (hint: it?s not just about environmental concerns) how FTX Ventures is looking to deploy capital and why it is so interested in Korea and India, specifically why Amy thinks the L1 wars will end with just a few winning chains why ?consumer products? are going to be more important than high throughput blockchains in onboarding the next billion users what Amy?s role as a board member of Apecoin DAO is like what Amy thinks about APE and Yuga Labs trends for the rest of 2022: social media, dating apps, and more?

Tickets to the Cryptopians Book Clubs Go on Sale Today at 1pm ET!

Today, Tuesday, April 26, at 1pm Eastern Time, we will sell the NFT tickets to five book clubs to discuss my book, The Cryptopians. All the book clubs, which are 90 minutes and limited to 22 participants each, will be hosted by me and will take place on my Discord from May 2nd to May 10th. The sale will will take place on Bitski: bitski.com/@laurashin/created

The dates and times for the book clubs are:

Monday, May 2, at 8 pm ET Tuesday May 3, at 1pm ET with Lefteris Karapetsas, Griff Green, and Christoph Jentzsch of the DAO Thursday, May 5, at 12pm Monday, May 9, at 12pm ET with Andrey Ternovskiy of Chatroulette Tuesday, May 10, at 3pm ET

Again, the link for the sale is at https://www.bitski.com/@laurashin/created.

Also, join me for a Twitter Spaces, hosted by Bitski (https://twitter.com/bitski), at 12pm ET today.

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Episode Links

Amy Wu

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amytongwu/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/amytongwu

Roles

FTX Gaming https://twitter.com/amytongwu/status/1495834891858100232 Apecoin DAO Board https://twitter.com/amytongwu/status/1504238389737967622 FTX Ventures https://ventures.ftx.com/

FTX Stuff Going On

NFT lounge at Coachella https://twitter.com/amytongwu/status/1515407892693745665 FTX Ventures x SuperteamDAO (India) https://twitter.com/ajm_ftx/status/1510339725059629058 Acquisition of Good Luck Games https://twitter.com/amytongwu/status/1506308327399063557 Backlash `https://kotaku.com/nft-crypto-blcckchain-storybook-brawl-card-f2p-steam-re-1848708120 FTX Africa https://twitter.com/amytongwu/status/1504095099873280005 Com2uS, a publicly-traded company, launched a token on FTX `https://twitter.com/amytongwu/status/1501675620832583684 FTX launch in Europe https://twitter.com/amytongwu/status/1500902895880974340 YGG India push for FTX https://twitter.com/amytongwu/status/1499075404887465994 FTX Future Fund https://ftxfuturefund.org/announcing-the-future-fund/ $400 million raise w/ plans for M&A?s https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-01-31/bankman-fried-s-ftx-valued-at-32-billion-after-latest-round

Miscellaneous

Blockchain gaming backlash https://www.vice.com/en/article/xgd78d/the-crypto-revolution-is-an-existential-crisis-for-video-games

2022-04-26
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Why the SEC's Proposed Rules Affecting DeFi Could Violate the First Amendment - Ep.344

Peter Van Valkenburgh, director of research at Coin Center, discusses a proposed rule by the US Securities and Exchange Commission that has massive implications for the free-speech rights of crypto software developers in the US. Show highlights:

why an SEC proposal changing the definition of ?exchange? could violate the right to free speech of US crypto developers whether the SEC is going after DeFi on purpose ? as its 200+ page proposal never mentions crypto or DeFi what precedent Peter has found that should prohibit the SEC from taking away software developers? right to free speech how Peter and Coin Center structured their recent letter of comment to the SEC what the next steps (such as a lawsuit?) should be for the crypto community if the rule goes into effect why writing software is part of someone's right to free speech what implications the proposed rule could have on AMMs what happens next: when could the rule be put into place?

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Announcing The Cryptopians Book Clubs!

On April 26th, I will be selling NFT tickets to five 90-minute virtual book clubs in which 22 people can discuss "The Cryptopians" with me and with each other ? without worrying about spoilers! Two of the book clubs will also feature special guests.

The sale will go live on Tuesday, April 26, at 1pm ET/10am PT, and tickets will be $100 each. (The sale will be on Bitski, but the NFTs will not be visible until the sale goes live on the 26th): https://www.bitski.com/@laurashin/created

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Episode Links

Peter Van Valkenburgh

Coin Center profile: https://www.coincenter.org/people/peter-van-valkenburgh/ Twitter: ?https://twitter.com/valkenburgh

The SEC Proposal

Proposal: ?https://www.sec.gov/news/press-release/2022-10# Comments on the proposal: https://www.sec.gov/comments/s7-02-22/s70222.htm Coin Center?s/Peter?s comment: https://www.coincenter.org/a-new-sec-proposal-has-a-serious-change-hidden-within-its-complex-language/ Coin Center blog on its comment: https://www.coincenter.org/a-new-sec-proposal-has-a-serious-change-hidden-within-its-complex-language/ Gabriel Shapiro?s comment: https://twitter.com/lex_node/status/1516079145213739013

2022-04-22
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The Chopping Block: How to Improve DeFi and Cross-Chain Bridge Security - Ep.343

Welcome to The Chopping Block! Crypto insiders Haseeb Qureshi, Tom Schmidt, and Tarun Chitra chop it up about the latest news in the digital asset industry. On this episode, Laura Shin, the host of Unchained and author of The Cryptopians, also joined the conversation. Show topics:

how people have responded to The Cryptopians why traditional publishers were reticent to publish the story revealing the alleged DAO attacker?s identity what lessons can be learned from North Korea?s alleged involvement in the Ronin bridge exploit what zero-knowledge proofs work and how a miscalculation in a whitepaper almost caused major issues in the crypto world this week how math proofs and reporting specifications work in the crypto space why security engineers, like samczsun, are so hard to come by how an attacker was able to steal ~$80 million from Beanstalk in a governance attack @hosseeb vs. @haseeb the difference between being in crypto and covering it as a journalist ? and why Laura sees herself as more a ?referee? than a participant in the crypto space whether DeFi hackers can actually cash out of their positions why Tarun is worried about Ethereum?s security in the wake of the merge being delayed even further what staking derivatives are, and how traditional are using Lido to lever up why traditional funds getting into crypto has Tarun worried about Anchor why the guys think Cosmos is more popular than Polkadot

Episode Links

Hosts

Haseeb Qureshi, managing partner at Dragonfly Capital https://twitter.com/hosseeb Tom Schmidt, general partner at Dragonfly Capital https://twitter.com/tomhschmidt Tarun Chitra, managing partner at Robot Ventures https://twitter.com/tarunchitra Laura Shin, the crypto referee https://twitter.com/laurashin

Helpful Information

North Korea?s interest in crypto: https://unchainedpodcast.com/why-north-korea-is-interested-in-cryptocurrency/ The Merge delayed https://unchainedpodcast.com/why-ethereums-merge-was-delayed-and-why-it-wont-reduce-gas-fees-much/ https://bitcoinist.com/ethereum-merge-headed-for-another-delay/ https://twitter.com/korpi87/status/1513459657381068812 Beanstalk rekt for $180M https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/142272/ethereum-based-stablecoin-protocol-beanstalk-loses-more-than-80-million-to-exploit Crazy attack using flash loans to insta-ship governance proposals: https://rekt.news/beanstalk-rekt/ https://twitter.com/kelvinfichter/status/1515735718840184835

The Cryptopians

http://bit.ly/cryptopians

UST and Anchor worries

https://unchainedpodcast.com/heres-why-usdn-de-pegged-from-the-dollar-and-why-ust-might-too/

Lido and centralization

https://www.suresats.com/post/ethereum-s-centralization-dilemma-through-lido-staking

Cosmos vs. Polkadot

https://medium.com/coinmonks/polkadot-vs-cosmos-which-one-is-the-best-246e67b25d6c

MakerDAO technical docs

https://docs.makerdao.com/

Zero-Knowledge explainer

https://www.notboring.co/p/zero-knowledge

2022-04-21
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Why Crypto Twitter?s Disrespect Toward Regulators Is a ?Really Bad Business Decision? - Ep.342

Two policy experts, Chris Lehane, chief strategy officer at Haun Ventures, and Niki Christoff, the founder of Christoff and Co., discuss how the crypto industry has performed in Washington and how it can better educate more regulators and politicians about the technology. Show highlights:

Niki and Chris? background how Niki and Chris would grade the performance of crypto companies in Washington what parallels Chris can draw between crypto in the 2020s and FAANG in the mid-90s whether having a plethora of crypto policy groups helps or hurts crypto in Washington whether calling politicians and regulators names and making memes of them helps or hurts the crypto industry an effective way crypto companies can prompt lawmakers and regulators to prioritize crypto policy why it can be strategically smarter to try to convince incumbents to adopt pro-crypto policy over supporting challengers why Chris thinks crypto could be a bipartisan topic what Chris and Niki think about the fact that Democratic candidates received more donations from people working in the crypto industry than Republicans did the three types of crypto users that are valuable to political candidates what Niki and Chris would tell Senator Elizabeth Warren about crypto if they were to meet with her today what effect crypto might have on midterms why the terminology native to crypto may have to change

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Announcing The Cryptopians Book Clubs!

On April 26th, I will be selling NFT tickets to five 90-minute virtual book clubs in which 22 people can discuss "The Cryptopians" with me and with each other ? without worrying about spoilers! Two of the book clubs will also feature special guests.

The sale will go live on Tuesday, April 26, at 1pm ET/10am PT, and tickets will be $100 each. (The sale will be on Bitski, but the NFTs will not be visible until the sale goes live on the 26th): https://www.bitski.com/@laurashin/created

Here is the schedule:

Monday May 2, at 8pm ET/5pm PT with Laura Shin Tuesday, May 3, at 7pm CET/1pm ET/10am PT with guests Christoph Jentzsch, Lefteris Karapetsas, and Griff Green Thursday, May 5, at 6pm CET/12pm ET/9am PT with Laura Shin Monday, May 9, at 6pm CET/12pm ET/9am PT with guest Andrey Ternovskiy Tuesday, May 10, at 9pm CET/3pm ET/12pm PT with Laura Shin

If you'd like to participate, be sure to mark your calendars for the sale time on April 26th. Hope to see you in one of the book clubs!

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Episode Links

Chris Lehane

LinkedIn: ?https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-lehane-2562535/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/chrislehane Joining Haun Ventures https://twitter.com/chrislehane/status/1506395461187354624

Niki Christoff

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nikichristoff/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/NikiChristoff

Miscellaneous Links

Overview of crypto and politics https://www.citizen.org/article/capitol-coin-cryptocurrency-lobbying-revolving-door-report/ Biden?s executive order Thread of official statements: https://twitter.com/crypto_council/status/1501606327621197835 Fact sheet: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/03/09/fact-sheet-president-biden-to-sign-executive-order-on-ensuring-responsible-innovation-in-digital-assets/ Overview: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/03/09/heres-whats-in-bidens-executive-order-on-crypto.html New bill from Senator Warren to crack down on sanctions evasion: https://www.coincenter.org/new-crypto-sanctions-bill-targets-publishing-code-facilitating-transactions/ DeFi Education Fund https://medium.com/@defieducationfund Blockchain Association https://theblockchainassociation.org/news/ Crypto Council for Innovation https://twitter.com/crypto_council/

2022-04-19
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Why Ethereum's Merge Was Delayed and Why It Won't Reduce Gas Fees Much - Ep.341

Tim Beiko, the Ethereum Foundation coordinator for core developers, discusses his recent estimation that Ethereum?s merge, where the network transitions from proof-of-work to proof-of-stake, will be delayed until the second half of 2022. Show topics:

what the Ethereum merge is why an upcoming difficulty bomb could force developers to delay the merge what shadow forks are and how they affect the decision to go forward with the merge how network difficulty is used in Ethereum to keep a balance between the blockchain and miners Tim?s (purposefully vague) timeline for the merge how the merge could increase Ethereum?s throughput by 9% ? and thus potentially reduce gas fees slightly how the Ethereum Foundation plans to address gas fees and scaling issues post-merge

Announcing The Cryptopians Book Clubs!

On April 26th, I will be selling NFT tickets to five 90-minute virtual book clubs in which 22 people can discuss "The Cryptopians" with me and with each other ? without worrying about spoilers! Two of the book clubs will also feature special guests.

The sale will go live on Tuesday, April 26, at 1pm ET/10am PT, and tickets will be $100 each. (The sale will be on Bitski, but the NFTs will not be visible until the sale goes live on the 26th): https://www.bitski.com/@laurashin/created

Here is the schedule:

Monday May 2, at 8pm ET/5pm PT with Laura Shin Tuesday, May 3, at a time TBD with guests Christoph Jentzsch, Lefteris Karapetsas, and Griff Green Thursday, May 5, at 6pm CET/12pm ET/9am PT with Laura Shin Monday, May 9, at 6pm CET/12pm ET/9am PT with guest Andrey Ternovskiy Tuesday, May 10, at 9pm CET/3pm ET/12pm PT with Laura Shin

If you'd like to participate, be sure to mark your calendars for the sale time on April 26th. Hope to see you in one of the book clubs!

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Episode Links

Tim Beiko

Twitter: https://twitter.com/TimBeiko

Excited About Your Bored Ape or CryptoPunk? Make Sure You Understand Your IP Rights - Ep.340

Stuart Levi, co-head of the Technology Transaction and Intellectual Property Group at Skadden Arps, and Marta Belcher, general counsel and Head of Policy at Protocol Labs, break down the legal issues surrounding NFTs specifically in the context of Yuga Labs? recent purchase of CryptoPunks and Meebits IP rights. Show highlights:

the definitions and differences between copyrights, trademarks, and rights of publicity (name, image, likeness) how NFT projects have evolved in the past 12-18 months and what that means for the rights of NFT holders why NBA Top Shot?s licensing model is the best model for famous brands entering the NFT space how the popularity of PFPs and the open-source ethos of crypto has led to confusion regarding the commercial rights of NFT holders what you are getting when you buy an NFT (hint, it?s not copyright) the misconceptions surrounding Yuga Labs? acquisition of Crypto Punks and Meebits why Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT holders most likely cannot use the Bored Ape Yacht Club brand or logo what issues web3 projects face in getting NFT holders to accept terms and conditions why web3 projects should protect their trademark what a Creative Commons license is, and how it can be used in the NFT space what sort of licenses exist in the NFT space why secondary sales and transfers of NFTs pose such massive problems for copyright and trademark owners how marketplaces are handling terms and conditions what NFT projects can do to help the transfer of copyrights and trademarks

Announcing The Cryptopians Book Clubs!

On April 26th, I will be selling NFT tickets to five 90-minute virtual book clubs in which 22 people can discuss "The Cryptopians" with me and with each other ? without worrying about spoilers! Two of the book clubs will also feature special guests.

The sale will go live on Tuesday, April 26, at 1pm ET/10am PT, and tickets will be $100 each. (The sale will be on Bitski, but the NFTs will not be visible until the sale goes live on the 26th): https://www.bitski.com/@laurashin/created

Here is the schedule:

Monday May 2, at 8pm ET/5pm PT with Laura Shin Tuesday, May 3, at a time TBD with guests Christoph Jentzsch, Lefteris Karapetsas, and Griff Green Thursday, May 5, at 6pm CET/12pm ET/9am PT with Laura Shin Monday, May 9, at 6pm CET/12pm ET/9am PT with guest Andrey Ternovskiy Tuesday, May 10, at 9pm CET/3pm ET/12pm PT with Laura Shin

If you'd like to participate, be sure to mark your calendars for the sale time on April 26th. Hope to see you in one of the book clubs!

Thank you to our sponsors!

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Episode Link:

Marta Belcher

https://www.linkedin.com/in/martabelcher https://twitter.com/MartaBelcher

Stuart Levi

https://www.linkedin.com/in/stuartlevi/

Content on NFT IP/Legal Issues

Josh Durham on IP rights and NFTs https://lexdao.substack.com/p/protecting-your-nft-personal-property-rights?s=r Punk 6529 on CryptoPunks and Yuga Labs https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1502595586960367617.html Decrypt on stolen IP https://decrypt.co/96637/nfts-have-a-problem-with-copyright-theft Why IP rights are meaningless https://twitter.com/nftlawguy/status/1509233036369416192 IP questions from DC Investor https://twitter.com/iamDCinvestor/status/1509187304027529222 The Copyright NFT bible https://medium.com/initc3org/copyright-vulnerabilities-in-nfts-317e02d8ae26 What Exactly Do You Get When You Buy an NFT? Three Lawyers Discuss https://unchainedpodcast.com/what-exactly-do-you-get-when-you-buy-an-nft-three-lawyers-discuss/

Difference between copyright and trademark

??https://www.nerdwallet.com/article/small-business/trademark-vs-copyright

2022-04-12
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Here?s Why USDN De-Pegged From the Dollar ? And Why UST Might Too - Ep.339

Kevin Zhou, co-founder of Galois Capital, discusses a crazy week in the world of algorithmic stablecoins that saw USDN de-peg from the dollar and Terra unveil plans to create a new liquidity pool on Curve to strengthen UST. Show highlights:

how USDN and Waves works what made USD de-peg why Kevin thinks algorithmic stablecoins fail so often what Kevin thinks about backing UST with BTC how 4pool works in the context of Curve Finance, 3pool, UST, Frax Finance, and Redacted Cartel why Kevin believes Anchor is the reason UST could de-peg what might happen to Terra and the crypto market writ large if UST were to de-peg why lowering yields on Anchor could depress LUNA?s price by 8x how UST and LUNA redemptions work

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Episode Links

Kevin Zhou

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-zhou-82938324/ Galois Capital: https://twitter.com/Galois_Capital

UST

USDN

Recap of Waves x Alameda Drama https://thedefiant.io/waves-ftx-ponzi-accusations/ OG thread pointing out Waves market manipulation https://twitter.com/0xHamz/status/1509581295621451779 https://twitter.com/0xHamz/status/1502381061925261312 Waves founder blaming Alameda https://twitter.com/sasha35625/status/1510589983920656385 Governance proposal to kill Alameda?s short ??https://unchainedpodcast.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0085a41334b3edf854fd51f9b&id=2fb7761d5b&e=3c1178619e

2022-04-08
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The Chopping Block: Why ?One Man?s Bug Is Another Man?s Bounty? - Ep.338

Welcome to The Chopping Block! Crypto insiders Haseeb Qureshi, Tom Schmidt, Tarun Chitra, and Robert Leshner chop it up about the latest news in the digital asset industry. Show topics:

how social engineering was used in the $600 million+ Ronin bridge hack what bridge infrastructure needs to be built (note: if someone wants to build a cross-chain Etherscan, it sounds like Tarun would fund it) why the Inverse Finance hack impressed Tom how Open Zeppelin found and patched a $15 billion vulnerability for Convex Finance why transitioning to token governance might be an issue for Convex what made USDN de-peg why Tarun think algorithmic stablecoin creators are a little crazy the elegance of the Bitcoin whitepaper what their biggest takeaways from Elon Musk?s purchase of Twitter are why Tarun thinks FTX investing in IEX is actually a huge deal

Hosts

Haseeb Qureshi, managing partner at Dragonfly Capital https://twitter.com/hosseeb Tom Schmidt, general partner at Dragonfly Capital https://twitter.com/tomhschmidt Tarun Chitra, managing partner at Robot Ventures https://twitter.com/tarunchitra Robert Leshner, founder of Compound https://twitter.com/rleshner

Topics Covered

Ronin hack https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-03-29/hackers-steal-590-million-from-ronin-in-latest-bridge-attack https://decrypt.co/96811/nearly-7m-hacked-ronin-funds-sent-privacy-mixer-tornado-cash https://roninblockchain.substack.com/p/community-alert-ronin-validators?s=w More hacks: Inverse Finance, Convex Rugpull disclosure https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2022/04/02/defi-lender-inverse-finance-exploited-for-156-million/ https://twitter.com/bertcmiller/status/1510284763332071427 https://blog.openzeppelin.com/15-billion-rugpull-vulnerability-in-convex-finance-protocol-uncovered-and-resolved/ USDN Peg broken, drama ensues ??https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/140475/drama-erupts-around-the-waves-blockchain-project-and-trading-firm-alameda https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/neutrino-usd Why is Elon taking a stake in Twitter? https://decrypt.co/96809/dogecoin-cheerleader-elon-musk-takes-9-2-stake-in-twitter https://www.wsj.com/articles/twitter-to-name-elon-musk-to-its-board-of-directors-11649162614?mod=article_inline FTX purchasing a stake in IEX https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ftx-us-and-iex-join-forces-to-help-shape-market-structure-for-digital-assets-301517550.html Lightning Labs' $70 million raise https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/140560/lightning-labs-taro-protocol-stablecoins-fundraise Gauntlet raises $23.8M led by Ribbit, now a Unicorn - congrats Tarun! https://cointelegraph.com/news/crypto-quant-firm-gauntlet-valued-at-1b-following-series-b

2022-04-07
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Why TBD's Mike Brock Is Skeptical That Decentralized Applications Will Become Popular - Ep.337

Mike Brock, general manager of TBD at Block, discusses how TBD?s yet-to-be-released DEX is structured, explains why he thinks decentralized solutions do not necessarily need blockchains, and tells the humorous story about how Jack Dorsey convinced him to start working on a Bitcoin project. Show highlights:

what TBD is and what its relation to Block (formerly Square) is how TBD differs from Spiral, another Block-based Bitcoin firm how tbDEX works and why building on-ramps and off-ramps to crypto is so important who will be supplying the liquidity for tbDEX why Mike is passionate about creating digital identity infrastructure how tbDEX will incorporate digital identity tooling into its protocol what Mike thinks about Vitalik Buterin?s misgivings concerning tbDEX?s design why Mike fell down the rabbit hole (thanks Jack Dorsey) what lessons Mike learned at CashApp that he is using at TBD which stablecoin TBD will be working with why Mike is not a believer in DeFi why tbDEX (or, seemingly, other TBD products) will not utilize tokens

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Mike Brock

Twitter; https://twitter.com/brockm LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-brock-9030813/ Introduction to TBD: https://twitter.com/brockm/status/1415795490914856961

TBD

Twitter: https://twitter.com/tbd54566975?lang=en GitHub: https://github.com/TBD54566975/tbdex-whitepaper Whitepaper https://tbd54566975.ghost.io/introducing-tbdex/ https://tbdex.io/whitepaper.pdf Careers: https://block.xyz/careers?search=tbd Other Origin of name: https://twitter.com/TBD54566975/status/1424818221652324355 Vitalik?s reticence: https://cryptopotato.com/vitalik-buterin-tells-how-jack-dorseys-tbd-might-build-the-bitcoin-dex/

Bridge Hacks Have Caused ~$1 Billion in Losses. Here?s Why Bridge Security Is Tricky - Ep.336

Arjun Bhuptani, founder of Connext and bridging expert, breaks down the Ronin bridge exploit that led to a hacker stealing $600 million+ and discusses different bridge designs that could limit future attacks. Show highlights:

how a hacker was able to drain more than $600 million from Ronin bridge the difference between DeFi hacks and the Ronin bridge exploit, which was a social-engineering based attack why multisig bridges are susceptible to social engineering attacks why Arjun believes the Ronin hacker is a sophisticated entity whether Sky Mavis will be able to reimburse users the different attack vectors for cross-chain bridges what Arjun thinks about different bridge designs

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Arjun Bhuptani

Twitter: https://twitter.com/arjunbhuptani

Ronin Hack

Latest update from Ronin https://twitter.com/Ronin_Network/status/1509284549020188672 https://twitter.com/Psycheout86/status/1509134627319033863 Community alert explaining the hack: https://roninblockchain.substack.com/p/community-alert-ronin-validators?s=w Etherscan of the hack taking place https://etherscan.io/address/0x098b716b8aaf21512996dc57eb0615e2383e2f96 Reactions Mudit Gupta ? the hacker is sophisticated https://twitter.com/Mudit__Gupta/status/1508868214075310091 Arjun Bhuptani ? why multisig bridges are vulnerable https://twitter.com/arjunbhuptani/status/1508861771595059205 https://twitter.com/arjunbhuptani/status/1508861771595059205 Ed Zitron ? social engineering https://ez.substack.com/p/the-infinite-exploitation-of-cryptocurrency Information on Ronin https://twitter.com/joel_john95/status/1486809221962289154 Why bridging is hard https://blog.connext.network/the-interoperability-trilemma-657c2cf69f17 Arjun?s latest article on Optimistic bridges https://twitter.com/arjunbhuptani/status/1509582024104939523?t=4HCssiWfO5v65ehXRnWL3A&s=19

2022-04-01
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Do Kwon Is Backing UST With Bitcoin ? And Here?s What Else He Is Building - Ep.335

Do Kwon is the CEO of Terraform Labs and a director at Luna Foundation Guard. On Unchained, he explains why LFG is spearheading a plan to partially back Terra?s $15 billion stablecoin UST with Bitcoin. He also dives into another project idea that would transform developer salaries into financial assets that, as far as I can tell, he has not yet spoken about publicly.

Part 1: Everything you need to know about Terra, UST, and BTC.

how Terra works and why Do thinks UST will soon be the third-largest stablecoin why Do and LFG decided to back UST with bitcoin why Do thinks LUNA?s price will continue to appreciate despite UST?s new dependence on bitcoin how UST might perform if the price of a bitcoin were to crash why diversifying UST with different types of collateral could help Terra politically how LFG plans to use bridges, smart contracts, and an AMM reserve pool to secure its bitcoin why Do thinks Terra is now a Layer 2 project for Bitcoin who is deciding to purchase bitcoin and who determines what other assets to purchase as collateral for UST how a bitcoin reserve pool would help UST not de-peg from the dollar whether Do thinks Anchor?s 19%+ yield is sustainable and why Anchor is moving to other chains

Part 2: Do, the self-described ?toymaker? of DeFi.

why Do is fascinated with creating a fungible labor market how developer working hours could become a token traded on an AMM and used to take out loans why Do thinks developer salaries in crypto should be cyclical how on-chain identity and history will be similar to credit scores why Do is a personal fan of Thorchain ? but is reticent to use it as a bridge for LFG why Do is interested in Prism Protocol what Do thinks the impact of a pro-crypto president will have on South Korea

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Upcoming Book Events

Wednesday, March 30: I?ll be speaking (remotely) with Six Senses about The Cryptopians at 2 pm ET. Be sure to save your spot soon ? space is limited!

Tuesday, April 5: I will be doing a reading and signing hosted by the City of Miami Beach and Future Perfect Ventures at Sky Yard from 6-8 pm. Jalak Jobanputra, CEO of Future Perfect Ventures will be interviewing me. You need to RSVP by April 1 to [email protected].

Saturday, April 9: I will be on a panel at the Annapolis Book Festival at 11 am.

Tuesday, April 12: I will be at StartupGrind?s global event in Redwood City, which is focused this year on Web3 (time ? TBD).

May 4-7: I will be in conversation with author Jimmy Soni at the PBS Seattle Crosscut Festival, which takes place from May 4-7.

May 23-25: I will be at the Oslo Freedom Forum which takes place from May 23 to 25. Details on these events are TBD.

Episode Links

Do Kwon

https://twitter.com/stablekwon Previous Unchained appearance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=683fXfedOZY

Terra

Twitter: https://twitter.com/terra_money Luna Foundation Guard: https://lfg.org/team/

LFG Purchases

Pomp ? the $10B Bitcoin Bet on Stablecoins https://pomp.substack.com/p/the-10-billion-bitcoin-bet-on-stablecoins?s=w 3/10 BTC purchase https://twitter.com/LFG_org/status/1503680315969060864 $1 BTC billion purchase https://twitter.com/terra_money/status/1496162889085902856 TFL x LFG relationship https://twitter.com/stablekwon/status/1502225674840555523

Terraform Labs proposal to make Terra inter-chain

https://agora.terra.money/t/ust-goes-interchain-reasonable-strats-part-five/5024 Anchor Going Cross Chain to Avalanche https://twitter.com/CryptoHarry_/status/1504309092411920387

Jump?s BTC reserve proposal

https://twitter.com/terra_money/status/1506736478449127425

Recent worries about Anchor APY being sustainable

Do said Anchor yield shouldn't be sustainable (marketing scheme) https://twitter.com/stablekwon/status/1503154137420079107 Arca + Polychain proposal: https://twitter.com/jdorman81/status/1502024302526304262

South Korea?s new President

https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Cryptocurrencies/South-Korea-s-incoming-president-vows-big-cryptocurrency-push

SEC subpoena

https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2021/12/10/most-influential-2021-do-kwon/

2022-03-29
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Juno Holders Want to Confiscate a Whale?s Tokens. Here?s Why. - Ep.334

Andy Beal, head of ecosystem development at Forta and author of the 30,000 Feet newsletter, discusses the dramatic governance proposal on Juno Network, a Cosmos-based project, where Juno holders are voting to confiscate millions of dollars in tokens from a whale who allegedly gamed the Juno airdrop. Show topics:

how the Juno airdrop worked how the whale was able to amass more JUNO tokens than the team wanted why the Juno Network community feels threatened by an entity holding so many JUNO tokens what the whale did to invoke the ire of the Juno Network community the community?s vote on whether to confiscate up to 98.5% of the whale?s tokens what three courses of action the community is considering to confiscate the whale?s JUNO what Andy?s biggest takeaways are from the dramatic governance moment

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https://www.laurashin.com/book/#tour-dates

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Andy Beal

https://twitter.com/ajbeal Andy's newsletter: https://30000feet.substack.com

Juno Network drama

Andy?s write-up https://30000feet.substack.com/p/issue-60-juno-whale?s=r Decrypt coverage https://decrypt.co/95435/juno-network-dao-proposal-16-voted-to-revoke-tokens-from-whale Coindesk coverage https://www.coindesk.com/video/recent-videos/why-junos-vote-to-confiscate-a-whales-funds-is-a-watershed-for-blockchain-governance/ https://www.coindesk.com/layer2/2022/03/16/junos-proposal-16-vote-is-a-watershed-for-blockchain-governance-for-better-or-worse/

2022-03-25
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The Chopping Block: Do Kwon Pitches a Decentralized NFT Publishing Service - Ep.333

Welcome to The Chopping Block! Crypto insiders Haseeb Qureshi, Tom Schmidt, and Robert Leshner chop it up about the latest news in the digital asset industry. On this week?s episode, Do Kwon, founder of Terraform Labs, also dropped by. Show topics:

why Do decided to make millions of dollars in bets that LUNA will appreciate in value next year what Robert and Do, as crypto/DeFi founders, think about Crypto Twitter how the difficulty of building payment systems led to Do launching Terra Gauntlet?s recent funding round (and what it does) takeaways from Yuga Labs purchasing CryptoPunk and Meebits IP, ApeCoin, Otherside, and more how NFTs could change the game for publishing and content IP industries whether an NFT collection?s cultural relevance is similar to an L1?s TVL Bored Ape Yacht Club as the first NFT franchise why Haseeb is so disappointed with Axie Infinity, VCs, and other P2E games what Facebook?s foray into NFTs might look like

Hosts

Haseeb Qureshi, managing partner at Dragonfly Capital https://twitter.com/hosseeb Tom Schmidt, general partner at Dragonfly Capital https://twitter.com/tomhschmidt Robert Leshner, founder of Compound https://twitter.com/rleshner

Guest

Do Kwon, founder of Terra https://twitter.com/stablekwon

Episode Topics

Gauntlet raises $23.8M led by Ribbit, now a Unicorn - congrats Tarun! https://cointelegraph.com/news/crypto-quant-firm-gauntlet-valued-at-1b-following-series-b Do Kwon on a Terra betting spree ($1M, then $10M) https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/137832/terraform-labs-ceo-do-kwon-seals-10-million-bet-over-luna-price Yuga Labs launches Apecoin, Apes buy Punks, teases metaverse, plans land sales, closes $450M raise led by a16z https://www.coindesk.com/layer2/2022/03/18/what-is-apecoin-and-who-is-behind-it/ https://twitter.com/yugalabs/status/1505014986556551172 https://twitter.com/yugalabs/status/1502420714527334406?s=11 NFTs coming to Instagram? Minting + PFPs? https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/03/15/mark-zuckerberg-says-nfts-are-coming-soon-to-instagram/ Info on Axie Infinity https://research.thetie.io/axie-infinity/

2022-03-24
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Ukraine Has Received $150 Million in Crypto. Here?s How It Is Being Used - Ep.332

Illia Polosukhin, co-founder NEAR Protocol, and George Kikvadze, executive vice chairman at BitFury Group, both of whom have called Ukraine ?home? at one point in their lives, discuss Russia?s invasion of Ukraine, the role crypto is playing in the war, and the various avenues crypto users can donate to. Show topics:

George and Illia?s background in crypto George and Ilia?s connection to Ukraine why crypto is so popular in Ukraine what supplies are being purchased with donated crypto how to donate crypto to Ukraine why Patreon blocked donations to Come Back Alive, a Ukrainian NGO George and Illia?s estimation of the amount of crypto donations received by Ukraine what department of Ukraine?s government spearheaded its adoption of crypto what happened with the canceled airdrop the different organizations accepting crypto donations in Ukraine

Upcoming Book Events

Friday, March 25: I?ll be on the Harvard campus at HBS Aldrich 011 from 4 pm ET - 5 pm ET. This is *not* open to the general public, but we have a few spots we can give away, first come, first serve. Email [email protected], subject line "Harvard reading."

Wednesday, March 30: I?ll be speaking (remotely) with Six Senses about The Cryptopians at 2 pm ET. Be sure to save your spot soon ? space is limited!

Tuesday, April 5: I will be doing a reading and signing hosted by the City of Miami Beach and Future Perfect Ventures at Sky Yard from 6-8 pm. Jalak Jobanputra, CEO of Future Perfect Ventures will be interviewing me. You need to RSVP by April 1 to [email protected].

Saturday, April 9: I will be on a panel at the Annapolis Book Festival at 11 am.

Tuesday, April 12: I will be at StartupGrind?s global event in Redwood City, which is focused this year on Web3 (time ? TBD).

May 4-7: I will be at the PBS Seattle Crosscut Festival, which takes place from May 4-7.

May 23-25: I will be at the Oslo Freedom Forum which takes place from May 23 to 25. Details on these events are TBD.

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Episode Links

George Kikvadze, executive vice chairman at BitFury Group

Twitter: https://twitter.com/BitfuryGeorge LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/george-kikvadze-6256175/

Illia Polosukhin, co-founder NEAR Protocol

Twitter: ?https://twitter.com/ilblackdragon LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/illia-polosukhin-77b6538/ Raising $ for Ukraine via Unchain Fund https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-03-09/ukraine-s-crypto-community-sends-donation-support-after-russia-invasion https://www.coindesk.com/layer2/2022/03/01/absolutely-surreal-inside-a-fund-raising-millions-in-crypto-for-besieged-ukraine/ https://www.theverge.com/2022/2/26/22952357/ukraine-bitcoin-ethereum-donation-vitalik-buterin https://thedefiant.io/ukraine-blockchain-development-teams/

Unchain Fund: https://unchain.fund/

Come Back Alive: https://www.comebackalive.in.ua/

Government Website for Crypto Donations: ??https://donate.thedigital.gov.ua/

Ukraine x Crypto

Ukraine purchasing supplies https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2022/03/07/ukraine-is-buying-bulletproof-vests-and-night-vision-goggles-using-crypto/ https://twitter.com/abornyakov/status/1502231351273172992?s=21 Live update from on Ukrainian crypto funds received https://www.elliptic.co/blog/live-updates-millions-in-crypto-crowdfunded-for-the-ukrainian-military Ukraine accepting crypto: https://twitter.com/Ukraine/status/1497594592438497282 Ukraine NFT launch to reflect history https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/13/ukraine-nft-history-of-russian-invasion-war

Unchained Coverage

https://unchainedpodcast.com/how-ukraine-is-leveraging-crypto-in-its-fight-against-russia/ https://unchainedpodcast.com/the-chopping-block-in-the-first-crypto-war-how-should-the-money-be-spent/

2022-03-22
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Punk6529 on the Significance of Bored Ape Yacht Club and CryptoPunks - Ep.331

In his first podcast appearance ever, Punk6529, known for writing massive threads on Crypto Twitter, discusses the cultural and historical significance of Bored Ape Yacht Club creator Yuga Labs purchasing the intellectual property rights to CryptoPunks and Meebits from Larva Labs. Topics:

how CryptoPunks set the industry standard for PFP projects how Bored Ape Yacht Club distinguished itself from CryptoPunks ? and other NFT projects why 6529 is bullish on the utility of intellectual property rights and commercial use being granted to NFT holders by Yuga Labs why 6529 believes Yuga Labs will be good stewards of CryptoPunks how NFTs (and Bitcoin) are leveraging memes and social construction to go mainstream what 6529 thinks Larva Labs? legacy will be in the NFT space how royalty revenue streams led to the Yuga Labs purchase of Meebits and CryptoPunk IP why 6529 is unsure about the significance of metaverse real estate what 6529 thinks about ApeCoin

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Upcoming Book Events

Friday, March 26: I?ll be on the Harvard campus at HBS Aldrich 011 from 4 pm ET - 5 pm ET. I?ll be interviewed about my book by NF Castle?s Michelle Choi and will also do a signing.

Saturday, March 27: I?ll be moderating a panel at the Harvard Blockchain conference from 3-3:45 pm. The panel will include NFT artist Pplpleasr, NF Castle?s Will Lobkowicz and Michele Choi, and Nifty Gateway COO Patrick McLaren.

Wednesday, March 30: I?ll be speaking (remotely) with Six Senses about The Cryptopians at 2 pm ET. Be sure to save your spot soon ? space is limited!

Tuesday, April 5: I will be doing a reading and signing hosted by the City of Miami Beach and Future Perfect Ventures at Sky Yard from 6-8 pm. Jalak Jobanputra, CEO of Future Perfect Ventures will be interviewing me. You need to RSVP by April 1 to [email protected].

Saturday, April 9: I will be on a panel at the Annapolis Book Festival at 11 am.

Tuesday, April 12: I will be at StartupGrind?s global event in Redwood City, which is focused this year on Web3 (time ? TBD).

May 4-7: I will be at the PBS Seattle Crosscut Festival, which takes place from May 4-7.

May 23-25: I will be at the Oslo Freedom Forum which takes place from May 23 to 25. Details on these events are TBD.

Episode Links

6529

Twitter: https://twitter.com/punk6529 Threads: https://threadreaderapp.com/user/punk6529

Miscellaneous

Yuga Labs purchase of Larva Labs IP: https://decrypt.co/94898/bored-ape-yacht-club-yuga-labs-cryptopunks-larva-labs Yuga Labs metaverse land plans: https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/137829/bored-ape-yacht-club-yuga-labs-virtual-land-sales-metaverse ApeCoin: https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/138156/apecoin-tied-to-bored-ape-nft-ecosystem-debuts-with-planned-community-airdrop Punk 6529 on the Yuga Labs purchase: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1502595586960367617.html

2022-03-18
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What Is It Like to Only Work for DAOs? Chase Chapman Tells All - Ep.330

Jack of all metaverse-trades Chase Chapman discusses her experience working for DAOs, how DAO tooling and governance can improve, and drops a hot take about Discord. Chase brings a unique perspective to Unchained as a co-founder and advisor at Decentology, host of On the Other Side podcast, and active DAO contributor at Orca, Index Coop, and Rabbit Hole. Show topics:

how Chase got into crypto new avenues for bringing more women into crypto how DAOs change the nature of work how Chase gets paid ? and why her accountants might start ducking her calls why Chase is passionate about DAOs having a core set of values why Chase thinks terms like ?permissionless? and ?decentralized? should not be used to describe DAOs what DAOs can learn from corporate structures why Chase is coming around to the idea that DAOs might not need a single HR department how DAOs are dealing with inactive whale token holders versus DAO contributors (who own smaller amounts of token) what suggestions Chase has for some of the recent big DAO controversies involving Ethereum Name Service and SushiSwap the role of anonymity in DAOs which DAO tools Chase is impressed with and what SnapShot has in common with Wikipedia why Discord is not that bad for DAO management how Chase envisions DAOs and NFTs intersecting in the future what DAO trends Chase is looking forward to in the coming months

How Justin Sun Has Allegedly Tried to Manipulate Markets and Escape Regulation - Ep.329

Chris Harland-Dunaway, a freelance reporter for The Verge, talks about his most recent investigative story on Tron founder Justin Sun, which details a long string of questionable decisions and actions by Sun. Show topics:

why Justin Sun fled China after the Tron ICO why Chris?s 15 sources were granted anonymity for this story why Chris believes that Tron?s market-making team was performing insider trading how Justin Sun has tried to evade US securities law what ?Operation Couch Cushions? was and how it led to 300 BTC being sent to Poloniex where Justin Sun is looking for citizenship what Chris knows about a grand jury investigation into Justin Sun what Justin Sun had to say about Chris? allegations

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Episode links:

Christopher Harland-Dunaway: https://twitter.com/ChrisHDeee

Justin Sun: https://twitter.com/justinsuntron

Chris? articles on Justin in The Verge:

March 2022: https://www.theverge.com/c/22947663/justin-sun-tron-cryptocurrency-poloniex September 2020: https://www.theverge.com/platform/amp/21459906/bittorrent-tron-acquisition-justin-sun-us-china

Justin Sun?s rebuttal

https://twitter.com/justinsuntron/status/1501626464596201472

Chris? previous Unchained appearance

??https://unchainedpodcast.com/abuse-and-ethical-lapses-what-happened-when-justin-sun-acquired-bittorrent/

2022-03-11
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The Chopping Block: In 'the First Crypto War,' How Should the Money Be Spent? - Ep.328

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2022-03-10
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Why Chatroulette Founder Andrey Ternovskiy Fell in Love With Crypto - Ep.327

While researching for The Cryptopians, I discovered that Andrey Ternovskiy, the founder of internet sensation Chatroulette, was heavily involved in The DAO back in 2016. In this episode, we skirt around revealing major spoilers from The Cryptopians and discuss Andrey?s experience founding Chatroulette, how he fell down the crypto rabbit hole, whether hacking smart contracts is ethical, and more. Show topics:

Andrey?s background how Andrey?s struggles with PayPal at Chatroulette led him to quickly understand the need for crypto what Andrey?s involvement at Chatroulette is the different ways Andrey thinks crypto can disrupt middlemen why Andrey became infatuated with the narrative behind the ?crypto? movement why Andrey became a fan of Ethereum why Andrey decided to tell me about his previously undisclosed involvement in The DAO and early Ethereum whether hacking smart contracts is ethical (or legal) what Andrey thinks about how Ukraine has used crypto in its fight against Russia?s invasion why Andrey will most likely not decentralize Chatroulette what Andrey?s perspective is on decentralization in terms of DeFi and DAOs

Upcoming Book Events

For folks in the Bay Area: On Tuesday March 8, I?ll be doing a reading and signing at San Francisco?s Commonwealth Club, moderated by The Information?s Kate Clark. Doors open at 5:15 p.m. , the program begins at 6 p.m., and the book signing is at 7 p.m. https://www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2022-03-08/laura-shin-inside-first-cryptocurrency-craze

For people in Seattle: I?ll be doing a reading and signing as part of town Hall Seattle on Wednesday March 9, at 7:30pm at The Forum, moderated by Steve Scher, of Town Hall Seattle. https://townhallseattle.org/event/laura-shin/

And, I may also be at SXSW on March 12 ? details still TBD, and I may also be in Boston at Harvard the weekend of March 26. No promises on either score, but I guess if you feel strongly about either one, you can tweet at me, as that might tip the scales. On April 5th, I?ll be in Miami doing a reading, and on April 9th, I?ll be in Annapolis at the Annapolis Book Festival. Finally, on March 23rd, I?ll be doing a virtual reading with Powell?s bookstore at 8pm Eastern Time/5pm Pacific Time, and Jeff Roberts, executive editor of Decrypt and author of Kings of Crypto will be moderating.

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Episode Links

Andrey Ternovskiy: ??https://www.crunchbase.com/person/andrey-ternovskiy Chatroulette: https://chatroulette.com/

The Cryptopians

http://bit.ly/cryptopians On Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Cryptopians-Idealism-Greed-Making-Cryptocurrency/dp/1541763017/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1645037311&sr=8-2 On Barnes. &. Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-cryptopians-laura-shin/1138980345?ean=9781541763012 On Bookshop.org: https://bookshop.org/books/the-cryptopians-idealism-greed-lies-and-the-making-of-the-first-big-cryptocurrency-craze/9781541763012 Unchained: https://unchainedpodcast.com/how-writing-the-cryptopians-shaped-my-views-on-ethereum/

DAO Hacker Reveal:

Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurashin/2022/02/22/exclusive-austrian-programmer-and-ex-crypto-ceo-likely-stole-11-billion-of-ether/ Unchained: https://unchainedpodcast.com/exclusive-cryptos-biggest-whodunnit-who-was-behind-the-2016-dao-attack-on-ethereum/ Medium: https://medium.com/@laurashin/who-hacked-the-dao-on-ethereum-heres-how-we-jumped-past-one-critical-step-60aec489a127 Bulletin: https://laurashin.bulletin.com/who-was-behind-the-2016-dao-attack-on-ethereum-the-backstory-to-my-investigation Forbes on YouTube: ?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuICbAucfn0 Daily Tech News Show: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1306972988

The DAO Hack

https://www.coindesk.com/learn/2016/06/25/understanding-the-dao-attack/ https://www.gemini.com/cryptopedia/the-dao-hack-makerdao https://unchainedpodcast.com/how-matthew-leising-confronted-his-suspects-in-the-dao-attacks/

2022-03-08
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How Ukraine Is Leveraging Crypto in Its Fight Against Russia - Ep.326

Tomicah Tillemann, the global chief policy officer of Katie Haun's new firm, analyzes Russia?s invasion of Ukraine and explains how crypto is being used in an unprecedented manner to render aid to civilians, move money across the world, and potentially document war crimes. Show highlights:

Tomicah?s background, which includes stints working for the State Department and a16z recap of Russia?s invasion of Ukraine what Tomicah thinks of the decision to boot certain Russian banks from SWIFT why Tomicah believes that it would be very difficult for Russia to use crypto at a large scale to evade sanctions why ruble/BTC volume is spiking how Ukraine?s usage of web3 tools could change humanitarian aid forever what lessons to take away from Ukraine?s almost-airdrop the four real-world crypto use cases governments should take notice of

Upcoming Book Events

For folks in the Bay Area: On Tuesday March 8, I?ll be doing a reading and signing at San Francisco?s Commonwealth Club, moderated by The Information?s Kate Clark. Doors open at 5:15 p.m. , the program begins at 6 p.m., and the book signing is at 7 p.m. https://www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2022-03-08/laura-shin-inside-first-cryptocurrency-craze

For people in Seattle: I?ll be doing a reading and signing as part of town Hall Seattle on Wednesday March 9, at 7:30pm at The Forum, moderated by Steve Scher, of Town Hall Seattle. https://townhallseattle.org/event/laura-shin/

And, I may also be at SXSW on March 12 ? details still TBD, and I may also be in Boston at Harvard the weekend of March 26. No promises on either score, but I guess if you feel strongly about either one, you can tweet at me, as that might tip the scales. On April 5th, I?ll be in Miami doing a reading, and on April 9th, I?ll be in Annapolis at the Annapolis Book Festival. Finally, on March 23rd, I?ll be doing a virtual reading with Powell?s bookstore at 8pm Eastern Time/5pm Pacific Time, and Jeff Roberts, executive editor of Decrypt and author of Kings of Crypto will be moderating.

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https://twitter.com/TomicahTD https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomicah/

Topics Covered

Ukraine accepting crypto: https://twitter.com/Ukraine/status/1497594592438497282 Cutting Russia out of SWIFT: https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/statement_22_1423 UkraineDAO: https://twitter.com/Ukraine_DAO Ukraine asking for a blanket ban on Russians from crypto exchanges: https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2022/02/26/ukraine-mounts-effort-to-surveil-russian-politicians-crypto-wallets/ Why crypto won?t help Russia avoid sanctions: https://jerrybrito.com/2022-02-28 https://twitter.com/jchervinsky/status/1498786025438650369 Ruble/BTC trading: https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/135888/ruble-trading-pair-volumes-surge-on-binance-after-russias-invasion-of-ukraine Ukraine Airdrop: https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2022/03/02/ukraine-says-airdrop-confirmed-after-receiving-33m-crypto-donations/ https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/136211/ukraine-cancels-crypto-airdrop-plans-to-sell-nfts-instead Arweave x Ukraine https://cryptoslate.com/decentralized-data-storage-solution-arweave-archives-millions-of-documents-from-ukraine/

2022-03-04
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Is Code Law? Should the Hacker Be Punished? The DAO Creators Disagree - Ep.325

During my research for The Cryptopians, I found information that I believe identifies the perpetrator behind The DAO hack on Ethereum. Three founding members of The DAO and Slock.it (Christoph Jentzsch, Lefteris Karapetsas, Griff Green) discuss how and why they created The DAO, how they helped save the funds being siphoned off by black hat hackers, their personal feelings about The DAO, along with their reaction to the news about who I believe was The DAO attacker. Show topics:

Part 1: Background on The DAO

Christoph, Lefteris, and Griff?s background and how they came to Slock.it what Slock.it was and why the Slock.it team decided to create The DAO what The DAO has to do with venture capital funding why the Slock.it team did not cap The DAO sale what made The DAO such a popular investment vehicle why The DAO developers were scared at the amount of money they raised

Part 2:

what Christoph, Lefteris, and Griff?s initial reaction to The DAO was saving funds from The DAO via a hard fork versus white hat hacking whether they thought Ethereum Classic would survive a hard fork how the Ethereum community has treated Christoph, Griff, and Lefteris in the wake of The DAO attack

Part 3:

why they disagree on whether code is law their reaction to my naming Toby Hoenisch as The DAO attacker which actor would play them in a movie about The DAO attack

Come to My In-Person Book Signings and Events!

New York:

Wednesday, March 2, at 7pm

At The Strand Bookstore

Moderated by CoinDesk?s Christine Lee

https://www.strandbooks.com/events/event403?title=laura_shin_the_cryptopians_idealism_greed_lies_and_the_making_of_the_first_big_cryptocurrency_craze

Bay Area:

Tuesday March 8, 6pm

San Francisco?s Commonwealth Club

Moderated by The Information?s Kate Clark

https://www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2022-03-08/laura-shin-inside-first-cryptocurrency-craze

Seattle:

Wednesday March 9, at 7:30pm

The Forum

Moderated by Steve Scher, of Town Hall Seattle.

https://townhallseattle.org/event/laura-shin/

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Guests

Christoph Jentzsch ??https://twitter.com/ChrJentzsch Griff Green https://twitter.com/thegrifft Lefteris Karapetsas https://mobile.twitter.com/LefterisJP

DAO Hacker Reveal:

Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurashin/2022/02/22/exclusive-austrian-programmer-and-ex-crypto-ceo-likely-stole-11-billion-of-ether/ Unchained: https://unchainedpodcast.com/exclusive-cryptos-biggest-whodunnit-who-was-behind-the-2016-dao-attack-on-ethereum/ Medium: https://medium.com/@laurashin/who-hacked-the-dao-on-ethereum-heres-how-we-jumped-past-one-critical-step-60aec489a127 Bulletin: https://laurashin.bulletin.com/who-was-behind-the-2016-dao-attack-on-ethereum-the-backstory-to-my-investigation Forbes on YouTube: ?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuICbAucfn0 Daily Tech News Show: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1306972988

The Cryptopians

http://bit.ly/cryptopians On Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Cryptopians-Idealism-Greed-Making-Cryptocurrency/dp/1541763017/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1645037311&sr=8-2 On Barnes. &. Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-cryptopians-laura-shin/1138980345?ean=9781541763012 On Bookshop.org: https://bookshop.org/books/the-cryptopians-idealism-greed-lies-and-the-making-of-the-first-big-cryptocurrency-craze/9781541763012 Unchained: https://unchainedpodcast.com/how-writing-the-cryptopians-shaped-my-views-on-ethereum/

The DAO Hack

https://www.coindesk.com/learn/2016/06/25/understanding-the-dao-attack/ https://www.gemini.com/cryptopedia/the-dao-hack-makerdao https://unchainedpodcast.com/how-matthew-leising-confronted-his-suspects-in-the-dao-attacks/

2022-03-01
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How Writing 'The Cryptopians' Shaped My Views on Ethereum - Ep.324

In a fun change of pace, Steven Ehrlich, editor of Forbes Cryptoasset and Blockchain Advisor, joins Unchained to interview me about my book, The Cryptopians: Idealism, Greed, Lies, and the Making of the First Big Cryptocurrency Craze, which came out this week. We discuss?

where the inspiration for ?The Cryptopians? title came from why I wanted to write a book about Ethereum how Vitalik?s role changed over the course of Ethereum?s founding who the main characters in The Cryptopians are the biggest challenges Ethereum and the Ethereum Foundation faced in its early days Ethereum?s ?red wedding? day what issues with crowdfunding and US securities laws were faced by early Ethereum founders how The DAO hack, along with the Shanghai attacks and Parity drama, shaped Ethereum what I discovered about Ming Chan?s time as the Ethereum Foundation director my biggest takeaways from researching ICOs why I think DAOs could be the next big thing whether or not I have an idea for a new book?

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Episode Links

Laura Shin

https://twitter.com/laurashin

The Cryptopians

http://bit.ly/cryptopians On Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Cryptopians-Idealism-Greed-Making-Cryptocurrency/dp/1541763017/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1645037311&sr=8-2 On Barnes. &. Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-cryptopians-laura-shin/1138980345?ean=9781541763012 On Bookshop.org: https://bookshop.org/books/the-cryptopians-idealism-greed-lies-and-the-making-of-the-first-big-cryptocurrency-craze/9781541763012

The Cryptopians content:

CoinDesk: https://www.coindesk.com/video/coindesk-spotlight/laura-shin-on-the-cryptopians-and-what-she-discovered-investigating-the-ethereum-origin-story Alexis Garcia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOzujORW7fI NFT Notes: https://shows.acast.com/ipse-dixit/episodes/nft-notes-21-laura-shin-on-the-story-of-ethereum NYT Book Review: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/18/books/review/new-this-week.html

DAO Hacker Reveal:

Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurashin/2022/02/22/exclusive-austrian-programmer-and-ex-crypto-ceo-likely-stole-11-billion-of-ether/ Unchained: https://unchainedpodcast.com/exclusive-cryptos-biggest-whodunnit-who-was-behind-the-2016-dao-attack-on-ethereum/ Medium: https://medium.com/@laurashin/who-hacked-the-dao-on-ethereum-heres-how-we-jumped-past-one-critical-step-60aec489a127 Bulletin: https://laurashin.bulletin.com/who-was-behind-the-2016-dao-attack-on-ethereum-the-backstory-to-my-investigation Forbes on YouTube: ?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuICbAucfn0 Daily Tech News Show: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1306972988

Steven Ehrlich

https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevenehrlich/?sh=fb976542ce44 https://twitter.com/Steven_Ehrlich https://www.forbes.com/newsletters/forbescryptoassetadvisor/

2022-02-25
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The Chopping Block: Why Hacking The DAO Is ?Something to Be Proud Of?? - Ep.323

Welcome to The Chopping Block! Crypto insiders Haseeb Qureshi, Tom Schmidt, and Tarun Chitra chop it up about the latest news in the digital asset industry. Show topics:

their thoughts on The DAO hacker reveal the importance of The DAO and why it made Robert fall in love with crypto how the alleged attacker was found (feat. a deep dive into the Morden testnet and Wasabi) dumb DAOs: why the guys are unimpressed with DAOs seeking to purchase, among other things, the Denver Broncos and fast-food restaurants how to fix price discovery for DAO mergers and acquisitions whether Anchor?s 20% yield on UST is sustainable in light of Luna Foundation Guard?s decision to backstop its reserves with $1 billion in BTC why deploying funds from a large treasury is difficult why the BlockFi fine was not a surprise what lessons the BlockFi settlement taught crypto companies why Tarun still loves Olympus DAO and OHM how EthDenver has changed since the NFT boom

Hosts

Haseeb Qureshi, managing partner at Dragonfly Capital https://twitter.com/hosseeb Tom Schmidt, general partner at Dragonfly Capital https://twitter.com/tomhschmidt Tarun Chitra, managing partner at Robot Ventures https://twitter.com/tarunchitra Robert Leshner, founder of Compound https://twitter.com/rleshner

Show Topics:

The DAO attacker revealed https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurashin/2022/02/22/exclusive-austrian-programmer-and-ex-crypto-ceo-likely-stole-11-billion-of-ether/ DAO trying to buy the Denver Broncos https://www.buythebroncos.com/ Fries DAO https://fries.fund/ BlockFi Agrees to Pay $100 Million in Penalties and Pursue Registration of its Crypto Lending Product https://www.sec.gov/news/press-release/2022-26 Terra and UST receiving backstopped funds https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/134871/luna-founation-guard-token-sale OHM bonds as Vol-reduction strategy https://twitter.com/tarunchitra/status/1495807277978341385 Eth Denver https://thedefiant.io/ethdenver-scene-cryptopunks-community/

2022-02-24
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Exclusive: Crypto?s Biggest Whodunnit: Who Was Behind the 2016 DAO Attack on Ethereum? - Ep.322

While researching for my book, The Cryptopians: Idealism, Greed, Lies, and the Making of the First Big Cryptocurrency Craze, I found evidence that I believe resolves the biggest whodunnit in crypto: who hacked The DAO? This podcast is coming out in conjunction with an article in Forbes revealing the prime suspect?s identity.

Part 1: Who Attacked the DAO? Here?s the Evidence

To document the process of finding the alleged attacker, I wrote an article for Forbes, with which I opened the podcast. In it, I reveal

who, evidence indicates, attacked the DAO how my sources and I uncovered this person?s identity how a previously undisclosed technical capability by Chainalysis helped my sources and I identify the alleged hacker

Part 2: Contextualizing the DAO Attack

Forbes?s Steven Ehrlich comes onto the pod to interview me about finding the DAO attacker. Topics

what is The DAO, and why is it important? who are the key players in The DAO?s story how the attacker pulled off the hack what legal questions surrounded the hack why finding the attacker is important the legal implications of identifying the attacker what Laura?s interactions have been with the suspect what the future of DAOs may hold

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Episode Links

Laura Shin

https://twitter.com/laurashin

The Cryptopians

http://bit.ly/cryptopians On Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Cryptopians-Idealism-Greed-Making-Cryptocurrency/dp/1541763017/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1645037311&sr=8-2 On Barnes. &. Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-cryptopians-laura-shin/1138980345?ean=9781541763012 On Bookshop.org: https://bookshop.org/books/the-cryptopians-idealism-greed-lies-and-the-making-of-the-first-big-cryptocurrency-craze/9781541763012

Steven Ehrlich

https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevenehrlich/?sh=fb976542ce44 https://twitter.com/Steven_Ehrlich https://www.forbes.com/newsletters/forbescryptoassetadvisor/

The DAO Hack

https://www.coindesk.com/learn/2016/06/25/understanding-the-dao-attack/ https://www.gemini.com/cryptopedia/the-dao-hack-makerdao https://unchainedpodcast.com/how-matthew-leising-confronted-his-suspects-in-the-dao-attacks/

2022-02-22
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Congressman Ro Khanna: How to Get More Democrats into Web3 - Ep.321

Congressman Ro Khanna, a California Democrat, discusses crypto and decentralization, his new book, Dignity in a Digital Age: Making Tech Work for All of Us, and how to regulate the crypto industry. Show highlights:

what Silicon Valley had to do with Congressman Khanna?s journey down the crypto rabbit hole why Congressman Khanna is so passionate about decentralization why Congressman Khanna thinks crypto could bring tech jobs across the country and world (rather than staying in hubs like Silicon Valley) why Congressman Khanna thinks a new regulatory regime is necessary for crypto assets, like stablecoins what Congressman Khanna would like vocal crypto opponents like Congressman Brad Sherman or Senator Elizabeth Warren to know about the crypto space Congressman Khanna explains the difference between determining if an asset is a security and regulating an asset what Congressman Khanna is doing to bring predictability to crypto regulation how regulators could incentivize Bitcoin miners to use less energy what Congressman Khanna thinks about know-your-customer/anti-money-laundering mechanisms in the DeFi world how Congressman Khanna believes crypto taxes should be treated what actions Congressman Khanna recommends for bringing more Democrats to the crypto side whether Congressman Khanna thinks crypto is a bipartisan issue

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Miscellaneous

Questions for Congressman Khanna from Twitter: https://twitter.com/laurashin/status/1491587026344366088 Congressman Brad Sherman thinks crypto hurts people of color: https://decrypt.co/92776/crypto-race-and-democrats-brad-sherman President?s Working Group report on stablecoins: https://www.scribd.com/document/536522482/PWG-Stablecoin-Report Congressman Khanna?s attempt to fix the infrastructure bill: https://khanna.house.gov/media/press-releases/khanna-mchenry-lead-bipartisan-legislative-fix-new-digital-asset-reporting

2022-02-18
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Your 2021 Crypto Taxes: How to Handle NFTs, DAOs, Airdrops and More - Ep.320

Two crypto tax experts, Shehan Chandrasekera, certified public accountant and head of strategy, Tax, at Cointracker, and John Cardone, senior director of Washington National Tax at RSM US LLP, explain everything crypto traders need to understand when filing taxes for 2021. Show topics:

-the five types of transactions that constitute a taxable crypto event
-how NFT taxes should be reported
-why the sale of collectibles (NFTs) is taxed differently than the sale of crypto property (tokens)
-what type of forms you might receive from crypto exchanges and why this information is usually incomplete
-why the crypto provision in the infrastructure bill most likely won?t affect retail traders
-why John wants a digital asset-specific 1099 form
-how staking income will be taxed this year (and why this might change soon)
-how to report taxes for?
airdrops like ENS and SOS
income earned via a play-to-earn game like Axie Infinity
the sale of virtual land
wrapping Bitcoin onto Ethereum
rewards received via a crypto credit card
-how to save money on taxes going forward
-how Shehan and John think crypto taxes will evolve
-why the IRS listed a job posting for someone who could exploit crypto wallets

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John Cardone

??https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-cardone-436412b1/

Shehan Chandrasekera

https://twitter.com/TheCryptoCPA

Helpful Links

Shehan?s tax guide: https://www.forbes.com/sites/shehanchandrasekera/2022/01/24/quick-guide-to-filing-your-2021-cryptocurrency--nft-taxes/?sh=d5c00f765f9d
Staking rewards case: https://twitter.com/TheCryptoCPA/status/1489268205877035016
US Gov. job posting: https://sam.gov/opp/799a1650bd5349b6af4f646842999187/view

2022 Crypto Tax Guides

CoinTracker: https://www.cointracker.io/blog/crypto-tax-guide
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2022-02-15
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How Law Enforcement Tracked Down $3.6 Billion in Bitcoin - Ep.319

On Tuesday, the US government seized $3.6 billion in bitcoin from the 2016 Bitfinex hack and arrested two individuals, Ilya Lichtenstein and Heather Morgan, on charges of money laundering. Tom Robinson, cofounder and chief scientist at the blockchain analytics firm Elliptic, breaks down how law enforcement was able to seize the BTC, what techniques the alleged money launderers used to avoid capture, and who could have pulled off the initial hack. Show highlights:

background on the 2016 Bitfinex hack
who was arrested this week and why
how the US government gained access to the private keys in Lichtenstein?s and Morgan?s control
why AlphaBay, a now-defunct darknet website, was crucial to law enforcement?s effort to track down the stolen Bitfinex funds
what money laundering techniques were used to cash out the stolen Bitfinex funds before this week?s arrests
whether, as blockchain analytics technology advances, it will always catch up to be able to trace the movements of crypto as its laundered
why using Monero, a privacy coin, to cash out stolen funds is a red flag
why Tom does not think the two individuals arrested this week for money laundering the stolen Bitfinex funds were the original hackers

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Tom Robinson

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomarobinson?originalSubdomain=uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/tomrobin

Information on the Bitfinex hack + arrest:

DOJ Information:
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/two-arrested-alleged-conspiracy-launder-45-billion-stolen-cryptocurrency
https://www.justice.gov/opa/press-release/file/1470211/download
Elliptic Coverage:
https://www.elliptic.co/blog/elliptic-analysis-new-york-husband-and-wife-arrested-for-laundering-5-billion-in-bitcoin-stolen-from-bitfinex-in-2016
Unchained Coverage:
https://unchainedpodcast.com/feds-seize-3-6-billion-in-btc-connected-to-bitfinex-hack/
CoinDesk coverage
https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2022/02/08/us-officials-seize-bitcoin-from-2016-bitfinex-hack/
Decrypt:
https://decrypt.co/92529/bitfinex-billion-bitcoin-who-keeps-it
The Defiant:
https://thedefiant.io/bitfinex-leo-surge/
Bitfinex statement:
https://www.bitfinex.com/posts/766

2022-02-11
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The Chopping Block: SBF on a Crazy Week of Bitfinex, Wormhole and ENS Drama - Ep.318

Welcome to The Chopping Block! Crypto insiders Haseeb Qureshi, Tom Schmidt, and Tarun Chitra chop it up about the latest news in the digital asset industry. On this week?s episode, Sam Bankman-Friend (SBF), CEO and founder of FTX, also dropped by. Show topics:

Robert and SBF?s takeaways from previous experiences speaking to regulators what happened during the Wormhole hack and why building decentralized systems is difficult whether AssangeDAO is a good use of money and how it showcases the power of DAOs + NFTs why GameStop dumping IMX tokens might have been Immutable X?s fault ENS drama, cancel culture, and whether or not the guys would have fired Brantly Millegan if it had been their company making the decision how the US was able to recover funds from the Bitfinex hack (and how Tarun knows one of the individuals arrested for allegedly using the stolen BTC via money laundering) Shape rotators versus wordcels: what is the meme, how does SBF identify, and Arthur Hayes?

Hosts

Haseeb Qureshi, managing partner at Dragonfly Capital https://twitter.com/hosseeb Tom Schmidt, general partner at Dragonfly Capital https://twitter.com/tomhschmidt Tarun Chitra, managing partner at Robot Ventures https://twitter.com/tarunchitra Robert Leshner, founder of Compound https://twitter.com/rleshner

Guest

Sam Bankman-Fried, CEO and founder of FTX https://twitter.com/SBF_Alameda

Links

Wormhole hack https://www.theverge.com/2022/2/3/22916111/wormhole-hack-github-error-325-million-theft-ethereum-solana AssangeDAO raises ~$41M on Juicebox, larger than ConstitutionDAO https://juicebox.money/#/p/assangedao ENS drama https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2022/02/07/ethereum-name-service-removes-brantly-millegan-as-steward-over-2016-tweet/ https://unchainedpodcast.com/this-big-4-firm-added-btc-and-eth-to-its-balance-sheet/ Gamestop and ImmutableX https://twitter.com/polarply/status/1489572631649083394 https://unchainedpodcast.com/another-gamestop-pump-and-dump/ Bitfinex Hack https://www.reuters.com/technology/us-arrests-couple-allegedly-laundering-45-bln-crypto-tied-bitfinex-hack-2022-02-08/ https://twitter.com/tarunchitra/status/1491104365683552256?s=20&t=7KkfnSsGjDz-MxJjYWBB6A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmahJCWJ8iM&t=1s https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2022/02/08/us-officials-seize-bitcoin-from-2016-bitfinex-hack/ Wordcels vs. Shape Rotators https://twitter.com/VitalikButerin/status/1489998900438077441

2022-02-09
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Will Every Piece of Media Enter the Internet as an NFT? Variant Fund Says Yes - Ep.317

Variant Fund is a venture capital firm that describes itself as ?a first-check crypto fund investing in the ownership economy.? Jesse Walden and Li Jin, co-founders and general partners at Variant, join Unchained to discuss the ownership economy, issues with web2 and web3, NFTs, the future of work, and more. Highlights:

where Li and Jesse met and how their backgrounds as investors + founders led them to the crypto space how Li?s investing niche, which she describes as the passion economy, ended up intersecting with crypto why Li believes that web3 platforms will be better for creators than the current web2 ecosystem why Jesse was so inspired by Bitcoin after working in the music industry for so many years why Jesse believes that NFTs are the ?port of entry? for the mainstream adoption of crypto what other use-cases exist for NFTs outside of the JPEG or PNG meme (and why Jesse is so excited about music NFTs) why Li believes that web3 tools can help fix the issues inherent to the ?gig economy? Li and Jesse respond to criticisms of web3 coming from Jack Dorsey and Moxie Marlinspike how Variant Fund thinks about investing in crypto projects what token allocation Variant Fund targets when investing in crypto projects why mainstream platforms are experiencing backlash for integrating with NFTs and crypto what trends in NFTs, DAOs, and the ownership economy Jesse and Li think will pop in 2022

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Episode links

Li Jin

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ljin18 Substack: https://li.substack.com/ Li Jin on the creator economy The future of the creator economy https://drive.google.com/file/u/1/d/1C3fBfPgWxf-zqezGlPFr7VXIetlHlnaZ/view https://twitter.com/ljin18/status/1454096370281943041 What the creator economy is doing wrong https://li.substack.com/p/legitimacy-lost How to fix the ?gig? style economy for creators https://li.substack.com/p/the-creator-economy-is-in-crisis How the creator economy could power universal basic income https://li.substack.com/p/the-case-for-universal-creative-income What labor should look like in Web3 https://li.substack.com/p/a-labor-movement-for-the-platform Building the middle class of the creator economy https://li.substack.com/p/building-the-middle-class-of-the Other Web3 is the ?golden age? of content https://every.mirror.xyz/y_WLA-Tk3VF5uPqHi-glDLVVfHxLUbjXakRI7SMISas Transitioning to Web3 from a non-tech perspective https://twitter.com/ljin18/status/1479111931977867275

Jesse Walden

Twitter: https://twitter.com/jessewldn Website (no blogs since 2020): https://jessewalden.com/ Random Tweets DAOs https://twitter.com/jessewldn/status/1459014962207244290 https://twitter.com/jessewldn/status/1470406564582498315 NFTs https://twitter.com/jessewldn/status/1473641606951669767 Music NFTs x Sound XYZ https://twitter.com/jessewldn/status/1471148257892044812 Commoditizing a compliment https://twitter.com/jessewldn/status/1465713306363117578 Writing NFTs make the internet ownable https://variant.mirror.xyz/T8kdtZRIgy_srXB5B06L8vBqFHYlEBcv6ae2zR6Y_eo Product vs. Protocol https://variant.fund/writing/balance-product-protocol-web3 Leadership in the ownership economy https://variant.fund/writing/leadership-in-the-ownership-economyscaling-decision How DeFi crosses the chasm https://variant.fund/writing/how-does-defi-cross-the-chasm Crypto?s Business Model is Familiar. What Isn?t is Who Benefits https://variant.fund/writing/cryptos-business-model-is-familiar.-what-isnt-is Narrative Economics https://variant.fund/writing/narrative-economics Progressive decentralization https://variant.fund/writing/progressive-decentralization-a-playbook-for-building Layers of blockchain computing https://variant.fund/writing/layers-not-eras-of-blockchain-computing

Variant Fund

Variant Fund Twitter https://twitter.com/variantfund Variant Fund website https://variant.fund/ Writing: https://variant.fund/writing Mirror Blog (Feb 2021 article on NFTs) https://variant.mirror.xyz/ Variant Fund + Atelier joining forces https://variant.fund/writing/atelier-ventures-and-variant-fund-are-joining-forces https://techcrunch.com/2021/10/19/variant-debuts-a-new-110m-fund-for-crypto-startups-announces-li-jin-has-joined-as-a-general-partner/ Variant Fund team https://twitter.com/spencernoon/status/1450500555961507844

2022-02-08
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Are Democrats Against Crypto? These Two Congressional Candidates Say No - Ep.316

Shrina Kurani, a Democrat running for a House seat in California, and Morgan Harper, a Democratic candidate running to represent Ohio in the US Senate, explain why they are running pro-crypto campaigns. They discuss how crypto will affect the 2022 midterms, justify being both pro-crypto and pro-environment, and talk about the importance of educating regulators about Web3. On this episode of Unchained, they highlight:

how Morgan?s work at the American Economic Liberties Project and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau led her to run for Senate on a pro-crypto platform why Shrina chose to mint NFTs on Solana to help fundraise for her campaign what issues Morgan and Shrina have with the current financial system (and how they believe crypto could help solve such issues) why both Shrina and Morgan stress that education is the key to making effective crypto policy in the US what message Shrina and Morgan want to send to fellow Democrats about the crypto industry why Morgan believes that single-issue voting for crypto candidates could be dangerous

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Morgan Harper

Campaign Website: https://morganharper.org/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/mh4oh

Shrina Kurani

Campaign Website: https://www.shrinakurani.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/shrinakurani

Additional Reading

Information on Shrina?s NFT drop https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2021/12/16/congressional-candidate-kurani-dropping-2022-solana-nfts-as-part-of-campaign/ Why Shrina is advocating for web3 ??https://medium.com/@shrinakuraniforcongress/im-running-for-congress-here-s-why-i-m-advocating-for-web3-50409ffdd11 Morgan?s thoughts on web3 versus traditional finance https://twitter.com/mh4oh/status/1463219384776806402?s=21 9 pro-crypto congressional candidates https://laurashin.bulletin.com/want-to-support-a-pro-crypto-congressional-candidate-check-out-these-9

2022-02-04
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How NFT DAOs Could Shape the Next Blockbuster, Fund Poetry and Change VC - Ep.315

Dapper Collectives CEO and Friends With Benefits founder Trevor McFedries joins Unchained to discuss social tokens, NFTs, the creator economy, $FWB, VC snacks, DAOs, Cooper Turley, and more. Show highlights:

Trevor?s past, which includes a top 10 album, working at Spotify, founding Brud, creating Lil Miquela, and, of course, falling down the crypto rabbit hole what Trevor?s vision for Dapper Collectives is what type of activities DAOs will facilitate in the future why Trevor is so excited to be working with Dapper Labs and Flow what Friends With Benefits is and how the $FWB token works what sort of tokens make up the Friends With Benefits treasury why venture capitalists who want to be involved with Friends With Benefits need to have a good snack game why Trevor is not worried about $FWB becoming a security what plans Friends With Benefits has in store for 2022 Trevor?s response to Friends With Benefits suspending co-founder Cooper Turley regarding 10-year old racist and homophobic tweets what can be done to onboard a more diverse demographic to crypto how Trevor defines the passion/creator economy what Trevor is looking forward to in 2022 regarding NFTs, DAOs, and social tokens

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Trevor Mcfedries

Twitter: https://twitter.com/whatdotcd LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/trevor-mcfedries-0a5285a8/

Work

CEO - Dapper Collectives Decrypt write-up: https://decrypt.co/82517/dapper-labs-nfts-daos-collectives-brud Announcement: https://medium.com/dapperlabs/the-future-of-x-is-decentralized-bb3245faf1b1 Founder ? Brud Twitter: https://twitter.com/makebrud Website: https://www.brud.fyi/ Lil Miquela: https://www.instagram.com/lilmiquela/ Acquisition by Dapper Labs: https://techcrunch.com/2021/10/04/nft-startup-dapper-labs-acquires-virtual-influencer-startup-brud/ AI Influencers: https://mailchimp.com/courier/article/ai-influencers/

Friends With Benefits

Basics FWB website: https://www.fwb.help/ Mirror: https://fwb.mirror.xyz/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/fwbtweets FWB Etherscan: https://etherscan.io/token/0x35bd01fc9d6d5d81ca9e055db88dc49aa2c699a8 CoinMarketCap: https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/friends-with-benefits-pro/

Background Reads Trevor?s role: https://consensys.net/blog/codefi/friends-with-benefits-a-new-model-for-social-tokens-on-ethereum/ a16z investment: https://a16z.com/2021/10/27/investing-in-friends-with-benefits-a-dao/ FWB deep dive: https://ra.co/features/3914 Intelligencer write up: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/10/whats-a-dao-why-your-group-chat-could-be-worth-millions.html Coindesk write up: https://www.coindesk.com/business/2021/11/09/the-social-token-network-rally-friends-with-benefits-and-the-future-of-branding/

Cooper Turley removed from DAO https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/01/15/crypto-influencer-cooper-turley-removed-from-fwb-over-2013-bigoted-tweets/ Backlash to removal: https://twitter.com/mewn21/status/1482202603563798530

WHALE treasury tokens https://snapshot.org/#/friendswithbenefits.eth/proposal/QmWnifY3KD5ECJNtQ23m9GHt2oQ1McA3T4DEEpFarPy9jW

Additional Links

Sound.xyz https://www.sound.xyz/ Catalog https://beta.catalog.works/ Daily Ape on DAOs: https://thedailyape.notion.site/DAOs-95332c7ab79c49dc89f9a72c628dfeb8 Social Tokens: Cooper Turley: https://coopahtroopa.mirror.xyz/DYSs-mhdJi1uXZTaiyJfwiFZYAF9kRK6yBsAplk6A68 Linda Xie: https://linda.mirror.xyz/4PDBWBMpFFPVEsP5EGgg5to2AyEpEHEXasq_K0b-yYk Forefront: https://forefront.market/learn/social-tokens

2022-02-01
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Can a Pro-Bitcoin Platform Help in a Congressional Race? Aarika Rhodes Says Yes - Ep.314

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2022-01-28
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The Chopping Block: Why the Lack of a Fee Market Created 'Bread Lines' on Solana - Ep.313

Welcome to The Chopping Block! Crypto insiders Haseeb Qureshi, Tom Schmidt, and Tarun Chitra chop it up about the latest news in the digital asset industry. Show topics:

Analyzing the market drawdown Twitter-native NFTs + Crypto Coven LooksRare ? real or BS? Solana?s disappointing network performance What broke during the market downturn: OHM, Solend, and MakerDAO Predictions for market action going forward

Episode Links

Hosts

Haseeb Qureshi, managing partner at Dragonfly Capital https://twitter.com/hosseeb Tom Schmidt, general partner at Dragonfly Capital https://twitter.com/tomhschmidt Tarun Chitra, managing partner at Robot Ventures https://twitter.com/tarunchitra Robert Leshner, founder of Compound https://twitter.com/rleshner

Background on certain topics covered:

Twitter NFTs https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/131052/twitter-begins-rolling-out-access-to-nft-profile-pictures Loot adding royalties https://twitter.com/DappRadar/status/1486005954520907778 LooksRare versus OpenSea https://dune.xyz/hildobby/LooksRare-VS-OpenSea Tom?s issue w/ Dune queries https://twitter.com/tomhschmidt/status/1485721279663534082 Robert and his Crypto Coven NFT https://twitter.com/rleshner Rune?s tweet about MakerDAO https://twitter.com/RuneKek/status/1484663000443371520 Solana?s poor performance https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/131278/traders-are-complaining-about-solanas-performance-raising-questions-about-its-status-as-a-wall-street-darling https://twitter.com/solendprotocol/status/1485315186797936646?s=21 Block?s DEX https://www.coindesk.com/business/2021/11/19/square-releases-white-paper-detailing-protocol-for-a-decentralized-bitcoin-exchange/

2022-01-26
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SyndicateDAO Is Launching Web3 Investment Clubs. Could They Disrupt VCs? - Ep.312

Will Papper and Ian Lee, the two co-founders of Syndicate, join Unchained to announce the release of Syndicate?s new product: Web3 Investment Clubs, an innovation they believe could end up disrupting the web2 investment world, along with the entire venture capital industry. For example, with Web3 Investment Clubs, users will be able to turn an Ethereum wallet address into an investing DAO with just a few clicks, transfer funds without going through banks, and manage a cap-table directly on-chain. Show topics:

what differentiates a Web3 Investment Club club from a normal investment club what on-chain tools Syndicate has built for Web3 Investment Clubs how Web3 Investment Clubs work within existing regulations how Ian and Will met and what inspired them to create Syndicate whether Syndicate plans to decentralize why Will and Ian believe investment DAOs will disrupt the venture capital industry why venture capital firms invested in Syndicate, a company built to disrupt them what Will learned from building Adventure Gold (AGLD), the governance token for Loot what plans Syndicate has for 2022

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Will Papper

Twitter: https://twitter.com/WillPapper LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wpapper

Ian Lee

Twitter: https://twitter.com/iandaos LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mrianlee/

Syndicate:

Twitter: ?https://twitter.com/SyndicateDAO Website: https://twitter.com/SyndicateDAO

Miscellaneous

History of AGLD https://twitter.com/WillPapper/status/1484215805478797312 Will Papper?s previous Unchained appearance https://unchainedpodcast.com/constitutiondao-did-not-win-the-auction-but-it-demonstrated-the-power-of-daos/ Will DAOs disrupt crypto venture capital? ?https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/01/06/will-daos-replace-crypto-venture-capital/

2022-01-25
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Why a Coinbase Listing May Not Be a Good Thing for a Token - Ep.311

Fais Khan, author of the Startups and Econ newsletter, dives into his recently published research report, "You Don't Own Web3": A Coinbase Curse and How VCs Sell Crypto to Retail. Show highlights:

whether tokens perform better before or after being listed on Coinbase what relationship a16z, a venture capital firm, has to Coinbase why Fais believes that the poor performance of VC-backed tokens after being listed could be the result of insiders dumping other reasons for a token?s poor performance after being listed on Coinbase besides insiders dumping what type of coin/token went up 1,800% in 2020 why Fais is suspicious of how quickly certain VC-backed tokens were listed on Coinbase whether Fais believes Coinbase or a16z is actually doing something nefarious what sort of regulatory actions he believes would improve crypto what advice Fais has for token investors

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Fais Khan

https://twitter.com/Faktastic11

Article

https://startupsandecon.substack.com/p/you-dont-own-web3-a-coinbase-curse

2022-01-21
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Is Binance Smart Chain Being Run 'Like the Project of a Stoned Teenager?' Two BSC Execs Answer - Ep.310

Binance Smart Chain is the third largest chain by TVL and its token, BNB, is the third-largest token by market capitalization. However, there are questions about hacks, centralization, lack of developer support, and sketch MEV transactions. On Unchained, Gwendolyn Regina, investment director of the Binance Smart Chain Growth Fund, and Samy Karim, ecosystem coordinator at Binance Smart Chain, give a candid interview discussing BSC, from its amazing growth in 2021 to some of the toughest questions surrounding the chain. Topics covered include:

how and why BSC grew from 50,000 daily active users to about 7 million over the course of 2021 what differentiates Binance Chain and Binance Smart Chain why Binance Smart Chain decided to design its blockchain with only 21 validators how Gwen and Samy envision BSC fitting into a multichain future what plans BSC has to scale its throughput why blockchain gaming is so important to BSC and how it will use its $1 billion growth fund to grow the gaming aspect of the chain how BSC?s relationship between Binance and BNB works

In the second half of the show, Sam and Gwendolyn respond to a few critiques, such as:

is BSC really innovating, or is it just a copy and paste blockchain of Ethereum? why are there so many failed transactions on BSC? how is BSC addressing the numerous hacks on the blockchain? why has BSC?s share of total value locked among smart contract blockchains fallen from 20% in May to 6%? how is BSC attempting to help developers, who, according to some critical posts, are struggling to work with BSC? why does it appear that some validators are front running without risk? does BSC have a future if Ethereum scales? what does BSC have planned for 2022?

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Gwendolyn Regina

Twitter: https://twitter.com/gwendolynregina?lang=en Website: https://www.gwendolynregina.com/

Samy Karim

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/samsulkarim/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/cryp7omaxi

Binance Smart Chain

Website: https://www.binance.org/en Documentation: https://docs.binance.org/index.html Binance Validator Reqs: https://academy.binance.com/en/articles/a-quick-guide-to-bnb-staking-on-binance-smart-chain-bsc Whitepaper: https://dex-bin.bnbstatic.com/static/Whitepaper_%20Binance%20Smart%20Chain.pdf

Binance 2021 Recap

https://twitter.com/gwendolynregina/status/1476089910498971648

Misc

Top BSC apps: https://dappradar.com/rankings/protocol/binance-smart-chain

Criticisms

?Stoned teenager:? https://github.com/binance-chain/bsc/issues/553 NullQubit: https://github.com/binance-chain/bsc/issues/658 Other Larry Cermak: https://twitter.com/lawmaster/status/1359426876440207361 Wilson Withiam: https://twitter.com/WilsonWithiam/status/1381420702918664194 Ryan Watkins: https://twitter.com/RyanWatkins_/status/1381421858675953665

BSC Research

Nansen: https://www.nansen.ai/research/the-binance-smart-chain-scalability-in-action Bison Trails: https://bisontrails.co/guide-to-bsc/ Decrypt: https://decrypt.co/58654/how-binance-put-the-smarts-in-its-smart-chain https://decrypt.co/57420/binance-smart-chain-is-starting-to-rival-ethereum-heres-why Messari (Pro): https://messari.io/article/exploring-the-binance-smart-chain-ecosystem Galaxy Digital: https://docsend.com/view/tdgbf4sfmyd7sr3m

Twitter questions I received about Binance Smart Chain

https://twitter.com/laurashin/status/1480582386677133313

2022-01-18
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Why Are NFTs the One Bright Spot in the Crypto Markets? - Ep.309

Avid NFT collector Aftab Hossain (aka @iamDCinvestor on Crypto Twitter) discusses why OpenSea and NFT volumes are popping to start 2022, how LooksRare?s vampire attack is a good thing for the NFT market, and how royalties affect a project?s trading potential. Show topics:

why Aftab thinks NFT floor prices are rising and what role NFT ?flippers? have to do with his theory whether the NFT industry could continue growing even if fungible crypto assets enter a bear market how the LooksRare vampire attack on OpenSea works why people are wash trading NFTs on LooksRare why Aftab would choose to list NFTs on LooksRare over OpenSea whether LooksRare?s vampire attack will force OpenSea to decentralize and/or tokenize what sort of NFT projects should have royalties? and which projects shouldn?t

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Aftab Hossain

Twitter: https://twitter.com/iamDCinvestor

LooksRare

LooksRare vampire attack + wash trading: https://decrypt.co/90317/ethereum-nft-market-looksrare-wash-trading https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2022/01/11/one-day-after-launch-opensea-competitor-looksrare-sells-over-100m-in-nfts/ LooksRare: https://twitter.com/LooksRareNFT LooksRare vs OpenSea data: https://dune.xyz/hildobby/LooksRare-VS-OpenSea

Background Links

NFT volume to start the year: https://cryptopotato.com/opensea-records-over-2-billion-in-trading-volume-early-in-2022/ OpenSea metrics: https://dune.xyz/rchen8/opensea Fred Ehrsam tweet: https://twitter.com/FEhrsam/status/1370414944265572353 The Chopping Block: https://unchainedpodcast.com/the-chopping-block-why-the-crypto-markets-have-been-down-this-week/ Nas NFTs: ?https://decrypt.co/89881/rap-legend-nas-sells-2-songs-as-nfts-on-dj-3laus-royal-platform https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/130123/3lau-backed-platform-royal-crashes-during-first-music-nft-drop-mint-delayed OpenSea IPO rumors: https://decrypt.co/87701/opensea-ipo-criticism-crypto-ethereum-token SushiSwap vampire attack: https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/76419/uniswap-fork-sushiswap-700-million-total-value-locked

2022-01-14
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The Chopping Block: Why the Crypto Markets Have Been Down This Week - Ep.308

The Chopping Block is back! Crypto insiders Haseeb Qureshi, Tom Schmidt, and Tarun Chitra chop it up about the latest news in the digital asset industry. Show topics:

why crypto assets experienced a drawdown after last week?s FOMC meeting that hinted at accelerated rate hikes which emerging assets Tarun, Haseeb, and Tom envision weathering a bear market which assets could be further hurt by a continued bear market the significance of Paradigm and Sequoia investing in Citadel Securities what aspects of Signal CEO Moxie Marlinspike?s web3 article Haseeb, Tom, and Tarun take umbrage with whether Cryptoland is crypto?s Fyre Festival or whether it?s the metaverse what the heck is going on with the Pudgy Penguins community the lessons from the CFTC?s fine of Polymarket (disclosure: a former sponsor of my shows)

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Hosts

Haseeb Qureshi, managing partner at Dragonfly Capital https://twitter.com/hosseeb Tom Schmidt, general partner at Dragonfly Capital https://twitter.com/tomhschmidt Tarun Chitra, managing partner at Robot Ventures https://twitter.com/tarunchitra

Topics

FOMC = Crypto assets dip https://www.ar.ca/blog/debunking-more-overreactions-to-macro-a-ronin-case-study Paradigm + Sequoia invest in Citadel Securities https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/01/11/paradigm-sequoia-to-invest-115b-in-citadel-securities-bringing-trading-firm-closer-to-crypto/ Cryptoland https://thenextweb.com/news/welcome-to-cryptoland-real-island-cryptocurrency-fans-analysis Moxie Marlinspike?s first impressions of web3 https://moxie.org/2022/01/07/web3-first-impressions.html Pudgy Penguins drama https://thedefiant.io/fire-on-the-iceberg-pudgy-penguin-holders-eye-coup-amid-acquisition-talks/ Polymarket fined by CFTC ??https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2022/01/03/cftc-fines-crypto-betting-service-polymarket-14m-for-unregistered-swaps/

2022-01-13
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Can Crypto Be a Force in the Midterms? Yes, Say Kristin Smith and Jake Chervinsky - Ep.307

Kristin Smith, executive director at Blockchain Association, and Jake Chervinsky, head of Policy at Blockchain Association, discuss the current state of crypto regulation. Show topics:

why 2021 was a watershed year for crypto regulation and lobbying why Jake decided to move from Compound Labs to Blockchain Association what Kristin and Jake think about the current state of regulation in the crypto industry how crypto education will play a significant role in Blockchain Association efforts going forward how crypto will affect midterm elections why Kristin thinks crypto will not be a partisan issue long term what sort of budget Blockchain Association functions on what Kristin and Jake think about the President?s Working Group report on stablecoins why Jake does not think the US should issue a CBDC what Blockchain Association?s take is on SEC commissioner Hester Peirce?s ?safe harbor? proposal why Kristin and Jake believes the idea of a ?crypto czar? is not feasible how regulators are treating DeFi going into 2022 how crypto tax guidelines could be improved for centralized exchanges how Blockchain Association thinks tax code 6050I should be applied what issues could arise from DAOs in 2022+ what listeners can do to address the different regulatory topics discussed in this podcast

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Jake Chervinsky: https://twitter.com/jchervinsky Kristin Smith: https://twitter.com/kmsmithdc Previous Unchained appearances: https://unchainedpodcast.com/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-looming-battle-over-privacy-in-crypto/ https://unchainedpodcast.com/how-congress-might-pass-laws-bad-for-proof-of-stake-and-defi/ ??https://unchainedpodcast.com/all-things-crypto-regulation-with-jake-chervinsky/ https://unchainedpodcast.com/why-is-the-proposed-fincen-rule-for-unhosted-wallets-being-pushed-so-quickly/ https://unchainedpodcast.com/how-congress-might-pass-laws-bad-for-proof-of-stake-and-defi/ https://unchainedpodcast.com/what-the-crypto-industry-could-see-under-a-biden-administration/ https://unchainedpodcast.com/when-is-a-token-decentralized-enough-to-not-be-a-security-ep-056/

The Blockchain Association

Website: https://theblockchainassociation.org/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BlockchainAssn 2021 growth: ??https://theblockchainassociation.org/crypto-industrys-leading-trade-association-more-than-doubles-membership-in-2021/ Jake joining the team: https://www.politico.com/newsletters/politico-influence/2021/11/09/blockchain-association-fills-out-its-washington-team-with-seasoned-hands-798774

Regulatory Topics Discussed:

a16z https://a16z.com/2021/10/13/an-agenda-for-the-future-of-the-internet/ Tax Code 6050i https://www.coincenter.org/congress-takes-its-war-on-cash-to-digital-assets/ https://unchainedpodcast.com/not-reporting-info-on-some-transaction-partners-could-soon-be-a-felony/ Infrastructure Bill https://twitter.com/jerrybrito/status/1461317078175072263 President?s Working Group stablecoin report https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2021/11/01/biden-administration-to-congress-put-stablecoins-under-federal-supervision-or-we-will/ FATF Guidance https://twitter.com/coincenter/status/1453700485484097537

Articles Jake Mentioned

Jake on CBDCs: https://www.coindesk.com/layer2/2021/12/21/secure-americas-financial-strength-with-stablecoins-not-central-banks/ Gabriel Shapiro on DAOs: https://lexnode.substack.com/p/wyomings-legal-dao-saster Morgan Harper thread: https://twitter.com/mh4oh/status/1463219384776806402

General Regulatory Information

Messari Crypto Theses pages 52-90 is an excellent summary of EVERYTHING going on in crypto regulation Page 29 talks about Kristin directly Page 56 talks about blockchain association directly https://messari.io/pdf/messari-report-crypto-theses-for-2022.pdf CoinDesk ? How the crypto regulatory scene has evolved https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2021/12/28/how-cryptos-regulatory-scene-might-evolve-in-2022/ Decrypt on Gensler?s 2021 https://decrypt.co/88966/crypto-person-of-the-year-201-gary-gensler-sec Blockchain Association policy positions https://theblockchainassociation.org/policy-positions/

2022-01-11
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65% of Active Developers Joined Web3 in 2021 - Ep.306

Electric Capital?s Maria Shen dives into her company?s recently published research report about Web3 open-source development in 2021 and shares her thoughts and insights on how developers are flocking to Web3 in a manner that goes far beyond just Bitcoin and Ethereum. Show topics:

Maria?s biggest takeaways from the Electric Capital Developer Report how developer growth is affected by asset price which ecosystems are growing fastest why Maria thinks the growth in Bitcoin development has slowed down why Maria is so impressed by Ethereum?s performance in terms of retaining developers how closed-source development on, for example, Solana or Flow could affect the report?s findings the significance of Polkadot, Solana, NEAR, Binance Smart Chain, Avalanche, and Terra growing faster than Ethereum did at similar points in its history developer growth in DeFi during 2021 why Electric Capital did not study developer growth for NFTs, DAOs, or gaming why Maria is so interested in studying community growth going forward what Maria will be watching for in 2022

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Maria Shen

https://twitter.com/MariaShen Previous Unchained appearance: https://unchainedpodcast.com/electric-capital-on-the-coins-punching-below-their-weight/

Electric Capital

https://www.electriccapital.com/

Electric Capital Developer Report (2021)

https://medium.com/electric-capital/electric-capital-developer-report-2021-f37874efea6d Previous reports: https://medium.com/electric-capital

2022-01-07
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