Laura Shin

Laura Shin is a crypto journalist, the founder and host of the Unchained podcast, and the author of "The Cryptopians: Idealism, Greed, Lies, and the Making of the First Big Cryptocurrency Craze" (PublicAffairs, 2022), a definitive account of Ethereum's early years. A former senior editor at Forbes, she was the first mainstream journalist to cover crypto full time, and while researching her book she and her sources uncovered who they believe was behind the 2016 DAO attack on Ethereum. Launched in 2016, Unchained is one of the longest-running and most popular crypto podcasts, and her shows and videos have drawn tens of millions of downloads and views. A graduate of Stanford and Columbia's journalism school, she is now working on a book about the collapse of FTX.

427 talks by Laura Shin

• Weekly Recap: Trump Pardons CZ, Polymarket Chases $15B Valuation
• We Got Backlash for Streaming on Pump.Fun. Here's Our Response
• Binance Listing Fee Fight: What's a Fair Price to List on the Top Crypto Exchange?
• Binance’s Massive User Rescue, DOJ’s $15B Bitcoin Seizure: News Recap
• Ethereum's Layer 1 Lacks a Perp DEX. Synthetix Intends to Change That
• Crypto’s Black Friday Crash: What the Hell Happened?
• ICE Bets $2B on Polymarket, S&P Bridges Crypto and Stocks: Weekly Recap
• Stablecoins Are Popping Up Everywhere. What’s the End Game?
• This Crypto Treasury Claims It Raised $401 Million. The Real Amount Is $13.7M
• Trump’s CFTC Pick Withdrawn, Swift Partners With Consensys – Weekly Recap
• Bitfinex-Backed Stablecoin Chain Plasma Just Launched. Here’s the Bull Case
• How Pump.Fun Could Displace Streaming Giants Such as Twitch and Kick
• Tether’s Sky-High Valuation Bid, Circle’s Reversible USDC: Weekly Recap
• Ethereum’s Staking Queue Could Soon Explode Again. What It Means for ETH
• Debate: Should Stablecoin Chains Have an Ethereum L2 or Their Own L1?
• SEC Opens ETF Floodgates, Base Eyes Token Launch: Weekly Recap
• BlackRock Eyes Tokenized ETFs, SEC Pushes Onchain Rules: Weekly Recap
• Trump’s $5B WLFI Windfall, Polymarket’s U.S. Comeback: Weekly Recap
• U.S. Blockchain Data Rollout, Solana Treasury Race, and Trump Media’s CRO Deal: Weekly Recap
• Kanye West’s YZY Token Turmoil, China’s Stablecoin Pivot: Weekly Recap
• How Will Crypto Go Mainstream? Luca Netz and Brandon Millman Discuss
• Do Kwon’s Guilty Plea, Qubic’s Monero 51 Percent Claim: Weekly Recap
• Roman Storm Found Guilty on 1 Count. What Does This Mean for Crypto?
• The Solana Phone Is Here. Can It Compete Against Giants Like Apple and Samsung?