In this essay, Chris Burniske of Placeholder Capital talks about what kind of world crypto entrepreneurs are creating and want to be creating with the systems they build. He talks about different kinds of values, the dangers of only pursuing market values, and why crypto has a unique opportunity now to recalibrate those market values and incorporate more of the societal virtues we hold dear. Then he dives into which values he hopes to imbue into crypto networks and how that informs his thinking as a VC in the space. Thank you to our sponsors!  CipherTrace: <a href= "https://ciphertrace.com/">https://ciphertrace.com</a> <a href="http://crypto.com/">Crypto.com</a>: <a href= "https://crypto.com/">https://crypto.com/</a> Kraken: <a href= "https://www.kraken.com/">https://www.kraken.com</a>

In this essay, Chris Burniske of Placeholder Capital talks about what kind of world crypto entrepreneurs are creating and want to be creating with the systems they build. He talks about different kinds of values, the dangers of only pursuing market values, and why crypto has a unique opportunity now to recalibrate those market values and incorporate more of the societal virtues we hold dear. Then he dives into which values he hopes to imbue into crypto networks and how that informs his thinking as a VC in the space. Thank you to our sponsors!  CipherTrace: https://ciphertrace.com Crypto.com: https://crypto.com/ Kraken: https://www.kraken.com

Unchained: Big Ideas From The Worlds Of Blockchain And Cryptocurrency

Chris Burniske: A Blank Slate of State - Ep.163

Soona Amhaz, general partner at Volt Capital, and Yele Bademosi, founder of Microtransaction, explain why they believe Africa is poised to become a hub for crypto development. They give some interesting stats on how crypto is currently used and traded on the continent, plus talk about how these factors interplay with the region’s unique demographics and the status of some of the continent’s fiat currencies to create what could be a unique environment for increased crypto activity. They end with what they think crypto entrepreneurs should be working on to help further that development. Thank you to our sponsors!  CipherTrace: <a href= "https://ciphertrace.com/">https://ciphertrace.com</a> <a href="http://crypto.com/">Crypto.com</a>: <a href= "https://crypto.com/">https://crypto.com/</a> Kraken: <a href= "https://www.kraken.com/">https://www.kraken.com</a> Episode links:  Soona Amhaz: <a href= "https://twitter.com/soonaorlater">https://twitter.com/soonaorlater</a> Yele Bademosi: <a href= "https://twitter.com/YeleBademosi">https://twitter.com/YeleBademosi</a>

Soona Amhaz, general partner at Volt Capital, and Yele Bademosi, founder of Microtransaction, explain why they believe Africa is poised to become a hub for crypto development. They give some interesting stats on how crypto is currently used and traded on the continent, plus talk about how these factors interplay with the region’s unique demographics and the status of some of the continent’s fiat currencies to create what could be a unique environment for increased crypto activity. They end with what they think crypto entrepreneurs should be working on to help further that development. Thank you to our sponsors!  CipherTrace: https://ciphertrace.com Crypto.com: https://crypto.com/ Kraken: https://www.kraken.com Episode links:  Soona Amhaz: https://twitter.com/soonaorlater Yele Bademosi: https://twitter.com/YeleBademosi

Why Africa Is Poised to Be the Next Hub for Crypto Development - Ep.162

In this fireside chat from ETH Denver, crypto-friendly governors Jared Polis of Colorado and Mark Gordon of Wyoming discuss how they each became interested in crypto and blockchain, how their states became friendly to the industry and how to resolve some of the thornier problems in crypto regulation, such as the state-by-state money transmission licensing regime. We also dive into the details on some of the regulations in their states, such as the regulations that make it possible to hold state-specific ICOs, what types of companies are taking advantage of those, and whether there's a bipartisan attitude toward crypto regulation.  Thank you to our sponsors!  CipherTrace: <a href= "https://ciphertrace.com/">https://ciphertrace.com</a> <a href="http://crypto.com/">Crypto.com</a>: <a href= "https://crypto.com/">https://crypto.com/</a> Kraken: <a href= "https://www.kraken.com/">https://www.kraken.com</a> Episode links:  CO Governor Jared Polis: <a href="https://twitter.com/jaredpolis">https://twitter.com/jaredpolis</a> WY Governor Mark Gordon: <a href="https://governor.wyo.gov/">https://governor.wyo.gov/</a> CO Governor Jared Polis’s background:  <a href= "https://gazette.com/election/profile-entrepreneur-jared-polis-sees-governor-s-race-as-a/article_af2d0222-c1b2-11e8-8b2b-afa916b3b182.html"> https://gazette.com/election/profile-entrepreneur-jared-polis-sees-governor-s-race-as-a/article_af2d0222-c1b2-11e8-8b2b-afa916b3b182.html</a> Governor Polis’s letter to SEC chairman Jay Clayton and then-CFTC chairman Christopher Giancarlo on crypto regulation: <a href= "https://www.coindesk.com/lawmakers-renew-calls-us-lead-crypto-innovation"> https://www.coindesk.com/lawmakers-renew-calls-us-lead-crypto-innovation</a> Colorado’s Digital Token Act: <a href= "https://www.coindesk.com/colorado-could-be-next-in-the-race-to-bank-crypto-and-cannabis"> https://www.coindesk.com/colorado-could-be-next-in-the-race-to-bank-crypto-and-cannabis</a> <a href= "https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2019a_023_signed.pdf"> https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2019a_023_signed.pdf</a> <a href= "https://thetokenist.io/colorado-signs-digital-token-act-into-law-some-digital-assets-exempt-from-securities-requirements/"> https://thetokenist.io/colorado-signs-digital-token-act-into-law-some-digital-assets-exempt-from-securities-requirements/</a> Wyoming passes three crypto-friendly laws: <a href= "https://www.coindesk.com/wyoming-lawmakers-pass-three-bills-in-boost-for-states-crypto-industry"> https://www.coindesk.com/wyoming-lawmakers-pass-three-bills-in-boost-for-states-crypto-industry</a> Wyoming laws: <a href= "https://www.wyoleg.gov/Legislation/2018/HB0070">https://www.wyoleg.gov/Legislation/2018/HB0070</a> <a href= "https://www.forbes.com/sites/caitlinlong/2019/03/04/what-do-wyomings-new-blockchain-laws-mean/amp/"> https://www.forbes.com/sites/caitlinlong/2019/03/04/what-do-wyomings-new-blockchain-laws-mean/amp/</a>

In this fireside chat from ETH Denver, crypto-friendly governors Jared Polis of Colorado and Mark Gordon of Wyoming discuss how they each became interested in crypto and blockchain, how their states became friendly to the industry and how to resolve some of the thornier problems in crypto regulation, such as the state-by-state money transmission licensing regime. We also dive into the details on some of the regulations in their states, such as the regulations that make it possible to hold state-specific ICOs, what types of companies are taking advantage of those, and whether there's a bipartisan attitude toward crypto regulation.  Thank you to our sponsors!  CipherTrace: https://ciphertrace.com Crypto.com: https://crypto.com/ Kraken: https://www.kraken.com Episode links:  CO Governor Jared Polis: https://twitter.com/jaredpolis WY Governor Mark Gordon: https://governor.wyo.gov/ CO Governor Jared Polis’s background:  https://gazette.com/election/profile-entrepreneur-jared-polis-sees-governor-s-race-as-a/article_af2d0222-c1b2-11e8-8b2b-afa916b3b182.html Governor Polis’s letter to SEC chairman Jay Clayton and then-CFTC chairman Christopher Giancarlo on crypto regulation: https://www.coindesk.com/lawmakers-renew-calls-us-lead-crypto-innovation Colorado’s Digital Token Act: https://www.coindesk.com/colorado-could-be-next-in-the-race-to-bank-crypto-and-cannabis https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2019a_023_signed.pdf https://thetokenist.io/colorado-signs-digital-token-act-into-law-some-digital-assets-exempt-from-securities-requirements/ Wyoming passes three crypto-friendly laws: https://www.coindesk.com/wyoming-lawmakers-pass-three-bills-in-boost-for-states-crypto-industry Wyoming laws: https://www.wyoleg.gov/Legislation/2018/HB0070 https://www.forbes.com/sites/caitlinlong/2019/03/04/what-do-wyomings-new-blockchain-laws-mean/amp/

ETH Denver Fireside Chat With 2 of the Most Crypto-Friendly Governors in the Nation - Ep.161

Maya Zehavi, blockchain consultant, and Zubin Koticha, cofounder and CEO of Opyn, discuss the two recent bZx attacks, whether they were hacks or arbs and whether they were unethical or illegal. They also look at whether flash loans are to blame, how much transparency DeFi teams should have about vulnerabilities on their platforms, how much bug bounties should be for DeFi, and whether flash loans means the amount of bug bounties should be higher. We also talk about  whether DeFi should institute circuit breakers, when those would make sense, and whether these attacks could happen to anybody or whether bZx isn't up to the standards needed in this community. We also cover how bZx should handle the under-collateralized loans left on their platform, whether Chainlink will be a sufficient solution to prevent these attacks in the future, and whether DeFi insurance should cover these kinds of attacks. Plus, Maya and Zubin explains why they're happy the attacks happened and have made them more optimistic. And Maya reveals why she has a pizza slice emoji in her Twitter profile. Thank you to our sponsors!  CipherTrace: <a href= "https://ciphertrace.com/">https://ciphertrace.com</a> <a href="http://crypto.com/">Crypto.com</a>: <a href= "https://crypto.com/">https://crypto.com/</a> Kraken: <a href= "https://www.kraken.com/">https://www.kraken.com</a> Episode links:  Maya Zehavi: <a href= "https://twitter.com/mayazi">https://twitter.com/mayazi</a> Zubin Koticha: <a href= "https://twitter.com/snarkyzk">https://twitter.com/snarkyzk</a> Opyn: <a href= "https://opyn.co/">https://opyn.co/</a> Description of first attack: <a href= "https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/56171/bzx-exploit-former-google-engineer-explains-how-an-attacker-made-350k-in-single-transaction"> https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/56171/bzx-exploit-former-google-engineer-explains-how-an-attacker-made-350k-in-single-transaction</a>  Description of second attack: <a href= "https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/56171/bzx-exploit-former-google-engineer-explains-how-an-attacker-made-350k-in-single-transaction"> https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/56171/bzx-exploit-former-google-engineer-explains-how-an-attacker-made-350k-in-single-transaction</a> <a href= "https://www.theblockcrypto.com/daily/56413/experts-weigh-in-on-bzx-attacks-flash-loans-highlight-the-need-to-improve-defi-security-models"> https://www.theblockcrypto.com/daily/56413/experts-weigh-in-on-bzx-attacks-flash-loans-highlight-the-need-to-improve-defi-security-models</a> <a href= "https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/56134/defi-lending-protocol-bzx-exploited-a-portion-of-eth-lost"> https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/56134/defi-lending-protocol-bzx-exploited-a-portion-of-eth-lost</a> Unconfirmed episode about the attacks: <a href= "https://unchainedpodcast.com/how-2-defi-attacks-made-almost-1-million-in-profit/"> https://unchainedpodcast.com/how-2-defi-attacks-made-almost-1-million-in-profit/</a> <a href="http://1inch.exchange/">1inch.exchange</a> blog post: <a href= "https://medium.com/@1inch.exchange/yes-we-hacked-bzx-fulcrum-but-one-month-ago-3f7e5c437ee3"> https://medium.com/@1inch.exchange/yes-we-hacked-bzx-fulcrum-but-one-month-ago-3f7e5c437ee3</a> 1inch exchange-Fulcrum dispute: <a href= "https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/56579/bzx-attacks-and-1inch-exchange-allegations-heres-what-the-teams-have-to-say"> https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/56579/bzx-attacks-and-1inch-exchange-allegations-heres-what-the-teams-have-to-say</a>  Nexus Mutual payouts: <a href= "https://defirate.com/nexus-mutual-first-payouts/">https://defirate.com/nexus-mutual-first-payouts/</a> Nexus Mutual blog post: <a href= "https://medium.com/nexus-mutual/bzx-flash-loan-event-55753d19e52b"> https://medium.com/nexus-mutual/bzx-flash-loan-event-55753d19e52b</a>

Maya Zehavi, blockchain consultant, and Zubin Koticha, cofounder and CEO of Opyn, discuss the two recent bZx attacks, whether they were hacks or arbs and whether they were unethical or illegal. They also look at whether flash loans are to blame, how much transparency DeFi teams should have about vulnerabilities on their platforms, how much bug bounties should be for DeFi, and whether flash loans means the amount of bug bounties should be higher. We also talk about  whether DeFi should institute circuit breakers, when those would make sense, and whether these attacks could happen to anybody or whether bZx isn't up to the standards needed in this community. We also cover how bZx should handle the under-collateralized loans left on their platform, whether Chainlink will be a sufficient solution to prevent these attacks in the future, and whether DeFi insurance should cover these kinds of attacks. Plus, Maya and Zubin explains why they're happy the attacks happened and have made them more optimistic. And Maya reveals why she has a pizza slice emoji in her Twitter profile. Thank you to our sponsors!  CipherTrace: https://ciphertrace.com Crypto.com: https://crypto.com/ Kraken: https://www.kraken.com Episode links:  Maya Zehavi: https://twitter.com/mayazi Zubin Koticha: https://twitter.com/snarkyzk Opyn: https://opyn.co/ Description of first attack: https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/56171/bzx-exploit-former-google-engineer-explains-how-an-attacker-made-350k-in-single-transaction  Description of second attack: https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/56171/bzx-exploit-former-google-engineer-explains-how-an-attacker-made-350k-in-single-transaction https://www.theblockcrypto.com/daily/56413/experts-weigh-in-on-bzx-attacks-flash-loans-highlight-the-need-to-improve-defi-security-models https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/56134/defi-lending-protocol-bzx-exploited-a-portion-of-eth-lost Unconfirmed episode about the attacks: https://unchainedpodcast.com/how-2-defi-attacks-made-almost-1-million-in-profit/ 1inch.exchange blog post: https://medium.com/@1inch.exchange/yes-we-hacked-bzx-fulcrum-but-one-month-ago-3f7e5c437ee3 1inch exchange-Fulcrum dispute: https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/56579/bzx-attacks-and-1inch-exchange-allegations-heres-what-the-teams-have-to-say  Nexus Mutual payouts: https://defirate.com/nexus-mutual-first-payouts/ Nexus Mutual blog post: https://medium.com/nexus-mutual/bzx-flash-loan-event-55753d19e52b

The bZx Attacks: Unethical or Illegal? 2 Experts Weigh In - Ep.160

Santiago Siri, the cofounder and president of Democracy Earth, reads from his essay on how governance and identity change in the age of cryptography. Thank you to our sponsors!  Kraken: <a href= "https://www.kraken.com/">https://www.kraken.com</a> CipherTrace: <a href= "https://ciphertrace.com/">https://ciphertrace.com</a> <a href="http://crypto.com/">Crypto.com</a>: <a href= "https://crypto.com/">https://crypto.com/</a>

Santiago Siri, the cofounder and president of Democracy Earth, reads from his essay on how governance and identity change in the age of cryptography. Thank you to our sponsors!  Kraken: https://www.kraken.com CipherTrace: https://ciphertrace.com Crypto.com: https://crypto.com/

Democracy in the Age of Cryptography - Ep.159

Alex Gladstein, chief strategy officer at the Human Rights Foundation, reads his essay, A World Without Bitcoin.  Thank you to our sponsors!  CipherTrace: <a href= "https://ciphertrace.com/">https://ciphertrace.com</a> <a href="http://crypto.com/">Crypto.com</a>: <a href= "https://crypto.com/">https://crypto.com/</a>  Kraken: <a href= "https://www.kraken.com/">https://www.kraken.com</a>

Alex Gladstein, chief strategy officer at the Human Rights Foundation, reads his essay, A World Without Bitcoin.  Thank you to our sponsors!  CipherTrace: https://ciphertrace.com Crypto.com: https://crypto.com/  Kraken: https://www.kraken.com

Alex Gladstein on a World Without Bitcoin - Ep.158

Linda Xie, cofounder at Scalar Capital, reads her essay on how the crypto community can successfully use memes to help people understand the technology. Thank you to our sponsors!  CipherTrace: <a href= "http://ciphertrace.com/unchained">http://ciphertrace.com/unchained</a> <a href="http://crypto.com/">Crypto.com</a>: <a href= "http://crypto.com/">http://crypto.com/</a> Kraken: <a href= "http://kraken.com/">http://kraken.com/</a> Episode links:  Linda Xie: <a href= "https://twitter.com/ljxie">https://twitter.com/ljxie</a> Scalar Capital: <a href= "https://scalar.capital/">https://scalar.capital/</a> Read Linda's full essay at: <a href= "https://unchainedpodcast.com/how-memes-can-help-crypto-go-mainstream/"> https://unchainedpodcast.com/how-memes-can-help-crypto-go-mainstream/</a>

Linda Xie, cofounder at Scalar Capital, reads her essay on how the crypto community can successfully use memes to help people understand the technology. Thank you to our sponsors!  CipherTrace: http://ciphertrace.com/unchained Crypto.com: http://crypto.com/ Kraken: http://kraken.com/ Episode links:  Linda Xie: https://twitter.com/ljxie Scalar Capital: https://scalar.capital/ Read Linda's full essay at: https://unchainedpodcast.com/how-memes-can-help-crypto-go-mainstream/

How Memes Can Help Crypto Go Mainstream - Ep.157

Jonathan Levin, co-founder and CSO of Chainalysis, and Kim Grauer, head of research, discuss the company's 2020 Crypto Crime Report, which explores how cryptocurrency criminals, who perpetrate hacks and scams and send out ransomware and more, cash out. We cover how criminals are turning their illicit crypto into fiat currency, why exchanges are a prime avenue for money laundering, and how over-the-counter brokers are playing a large role. They talk about a group of OTC brokers they describe as the Rogue 100, what their transactions look like, and what can be done to help stop criminals from cashing out. Jonathan and Kim talk about the PlusToken scam, the largest Ponzi scheme in crypto and how Chainalysis determined that it was likely driving down the price of Bitcoin. They also explain the trends in exchange hacks and how the most prolific hackers have grown more sophisticated, giving some examples of how the Lazarus Group, a cybercriminal syndicate linked to the North Korean government has become more advanced. Finally, we also discuss ransomware and terrorism financing and what trends they are seeing there. Thank you to our sponsors!  CipherTrace: <a href= "https://ciphertrace.com/unchained">https://ciphertrace.com/unchained</a> Kraken: <a href= "https://www.kraken.com/">https://www.kraken.com</a> <a href="http://crypto.com/">Crypto.com</a>: <a href= "https://crypto.com/">https://crypto.com</a> Episode links:  Chainalysis: <a href= "https://www.chainalysis.com/">https://www.chainalysis.com/</a> Jonathan Levin: <a href= "https://twitter.com/jony_levin">https://twitter.com/jony_levin</a> Kim Grauer: <a href= "https://twitter.com/KimberlyGrauer">https://twitter.com/KimberlyGrauer</a> Previous Unchained interview with Jonathan: <a href= "https://unchainedpodcast.com/how-chainalysis-helps-solve-crimes-jonathan-levin-tells-all-ep-62/"> https://unchainedpodcast.com/how-chainalysis-helps-solve-crimes-jonathan-levin-tells-all-ep-62/</a> Unconfirmed episode on how Bitcoin led to the demise of the largest child porn site: <a href= "https://unchainedpodcast.com/how-bitcoin-led-to-the-demise-of-the-largest-child-porn-site/"> https://unchainedpodcast.com/how-bitcoin-led-to-the-demise-of-the-largest-child-porn-site/</a> Money laundering report: <a href= "https://blog.chainalysis.com/reports/money-laundering-cryptocurrency-2019"> https://blog.chainalysis.com/reports/money-laundering-cryptocurrency-2019</a>  <a href= "https://fortune.com/2020/01/15/crypto-criminals-brokers-launder-billions/"> https://fortune.com/2020/01/15/crypto-criminals-brokers-launder-billions/</a> Exchange hacks report: <a href= "https://blog.chainalysis.com/reports/cryptocurrency-exchange-hacks-2019"> https://blog.chainalysis.com/reports/cryptocurrency-exchange-hacks-2019</a> Unchained interview with Priscilla Moriuchi on why North Korea is interested in cryptocurrency: <a href= "https://unchainedpodcast.com/why-north-korea-is-interested-in-cryptocurrency/"> https://unchainedpodcast.com/why-north-korea-is-interested-in-cryptocurrency/</a> Plus Token report: <a href= "https://blog.chainalysis.com/reports/plustoken-scam-bitcoin-price"> https://blog.chainalysis.com/reports/plustoken-scam-bitcoin-price</a> Terrorism financing report: <a href= "https://blog.chainalysis.com/reports/terrorism-financing-cryptocurrency-2019"> https://blog.chainalysis.com/reports/terrorism-financing-cryptocurrency-2019</a>

Jonathan Levin, co-founder and CSO of Chainalysis, and Kim Grauer, head of research, discuss the company's 2020 Crypto Crime Report, which explores how cryptocurrency criminals, who perpetrate hacks and scams and send out ransomware and more, cash out. We cover how criminals are turning their illicit crypto into fiat currency, why exchanges are a prime avenue for money laundering, and how over-the-counter brokers are playing a large role. They talk about a group of OTC brokers they describe as the Rogue 100, what their transactions look like, and what can be done to help stop criminals from cashing out. Jonathan and Kim talk about the PlusToken scam, the largest Ponzi scheme in crypto and how Chainalysis determined that it was likely driving down the price of Bitcoin. They also explain the trends in exchange hacks and how the most prolific hackers have grown more sophisticated, giving some examples of how the Lazarus Group, a cybercriminal syndicate linked to the North Korean government has become more advanced. Finally, we also discuss ransomware and terrorism financing and what trends they are seeing there. Thank you to our sponsors!  CipherTrace: https://ciphertrace.com/unchained Kraken: https://www.kraken.com Crypto.com: https://crypto.com Episode links:  Chainalysis: https://www.chainalysis.com/ Jonathan Levin: https://twitter.com/jony_levin Kim Grauer: https://twitter.com/KimberlyGrauer Previous Unchained interview with Jonathan: https://unchainedpodcast.com/how-chainalysis-helps-solve-crimes-jonathan-levin-tells-all-ep-62/ Unconfirmed episode on how Bitcoin led to the demise of the largest child porn site: https://unchainedpodcast.com/how-bitcoin-led-to-the-demise-of-the-largest-child-porn-site/ Money laundering report: https://blog.chainalysis.com/reports/money-laundering-cryptocurrency-2019  https://fortune.com/2020/01/15/crypto-criminals-brokers-launder-billions/ Exchange hacks report: https://blog.chainalysis.com/reports/cryptocurrency-exchange-hacks-2019 Unchained interview with Priscilla Moriuchi on why North Korea is interested in cryptocurrency: https://unchainedpodcast.com/why-north-korea-is-interested-in-cryptocurrency/ Plus Token report: https://blog.chainalysis.com/reports/plustoken-scam-bitcoin-price Terrorism financing report: https://blog.chainalysis.com/reports/terrorism-financing-cryptocurrency-2019

The Rogue 100: How Cryptocurrency Criminals Cash Out - Ep.156

Brendan Eich, CEO and president of Brave, discusses his history in tech prior to crypto, including working at Netscape, how he created Javascript in 10 days and his short stint as CEO of Mozilla, what problems with ads that Brave is trying to solve, and why Brave needs the Basic Attention Token. He explains why Bitcoin wouldn't work for cryptocurrencies on the platform, why they use BAT over stablecoins, and how Brave strips ads from publishers' webpages, but doesn't from Facebook or Google, and how it causes collateral damage to publishers. He talks about how the browser is a middleman, how Brave works with Uphold and why it doesn't require KYC unless the users wants to cash out on his or her Brave rewards. He also explains why he isn't worried that BAT could meet the four prongs of the Howey test, what it will look like when Basic Attention Token is decentralized and why he doesn't know if publishers are earning back in BAT the ad revenue that Brave blocks. Thank you to our sponsors!  CipherTrace: <a href= "http://ciphertrace.com/unchained">http://ciphertrace.com/unchained</a> <a href="http://crypto.com/">Crypto.com</a>: <a href= "http://crypto.com/">http://crypto.com/</a> Kraken: <a href= "https://kraken.com/">https://kraken.com/</a> Episode links:  Brendan Eich: <a href= "https://twitter.com/BrendanEich">https://twitter.com/BrendanEich</a> Brave: <a href= "https://brave.com/">https://brave.com/</a> Basic Attention Token: <a href="https://basicattentiontoken.org/">https://basicattentiontoken.org/</a> BAT white paper: <a href= "https://basicattentiontoken.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/BasicAttentionTokenWhitePaper-4.pdf"> https://basicattentiontoken.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/BasicAttentionTokenWhitePaper-4.pdf</a> Brave Rewards: <a href= "https://support.brave.com/hc/en-us/articles/360027276731-Brave-Rewards-FAQ"> https://support.brave.com/hc/en-us/articles/360027276731-Brave-Rewards-FAQ</a> Brave privacy policy: <a href="https://brave.com/privacy/">https://brave.com/privacy/</a> <a href="https://brave.com/privacy/#dev-detail">https://brave.com/privacy/#dev-detail</a>  BAT Growth: <a href= "https://batgrowth.com/">https://batgrowth.com</a> Publishers on BAT: <a href="https://batgrowth.com/publishers/website">https://batgrowth.com/publishers/website</a> Brendan Eich admits Brave is semi-decentralized: <a href= "https://thenextweb.com/hardfork/2018/11/23/brave-blockchain-cryptocurrency-browser/"> https://thenextweb.com/hardfork/2018/11/23/brave-blockchain-cryptocurrency-browser/</a> How Brave hurts publishers: <a href= "https://practicaltypography.com/the-cowardice-of-brave.html"> https://practicaltypography.com/the-cowardice-of-brave.html</a> Publishers send cease and desist to Brave: <a href= "https://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-browser-brave-responds-cease-desist"> https://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-browser-brave-responds-cease-desist</a> Whether BAT is necessary for Brave: <a href= "https://micky.com.au/just-3-9-of-brave-browser-users-have-bat-in-their-wallets/"> https://micky.com.au/just-3-9-of-brave-browser-users-have-bat-in-their-wallets/</a> BAT ICO: <a href= "https://www.coindesk.com/35-million-30-seconds-token-sale-internet-browser-brave-sells"> https://www.coindesk.com/35-million-30-seconds-token-sale-internet-browser-brave-sells</a> Vitalik blog post on token sales: <a href= "https://vitalik.ca/general/2017/06/09/sales.html">https://vitalik.ca/general/2017/06/09/sales.html</a> BAT roadmap: <a href= "https://basicattentiontoken.org/bat-roadmap-1-0/">https://basicattentiontoken.org/bat-roadmap-1-0/</a>

Brendan Eich, CEO and president of Brave, discusses his history in tech prior to crypto, including working at Netscape, how he created Javascript in 10 days and his short stint as CEO of Mozilla, what problems with ads that Brave is trying to solve, and why Brave needs the Basic Attention Token. He explains why Bitcoin wouldn't work for cryptocurrencies on the platform, why they use BAT over stablecoins, and how Brave strips ads from publishers' webpages, but doesn't from Facebook or Google, and how it causes collateral damage to publishers. He talks about how the browser is a middleman, how Brave works with Uphold and why it doesn't require KYC unless the users wants to cash out on his or her Brave rewards. He also explains why he isn't worried that BAT could meet the four prongs of the Howey test, what it will look like when Basic Attention Token is decentralized and why he doesn't know if publishers are earning back in BAT the ad revenue that Brave blocks. Thank you to our sponsors!  CipherTrace: http://ciphertrace.com/unchained Crypto.com: http://crypto.com/ Kraken: https://kraken.com/ Episode links:  Brendan Eich: https://twitter.com/BrendanEich Brave: https://brave.com/ Basic Attention Token: https://basicattentiontoken.org/ BAT white paper: https://basicattentiontoken.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/BasicAttentionTokenWhitePaper-4.pdf Brave Rewards: https://support.brave.com/hc/en-us/articles/360027276731-Brave-Rewards-FAQ Brave privacy policy: https://brave.com/privacy/ https://brave.com/privacy/#dev-detail  BAT Growth: https://batgrowth.com Publishers on BAT: https://batgrowth.com/publishers/website Brendan Eich admits Brave is semi-decentralized: https://thenextweb.com/hardfork/2018/11/23/brave-blockchain-cryptocurrency-browser/ How Brave hurts publishers: https://practicaltypography.com/the-cowardice-of-brave.html Publishers send cease and desist to Brave: https://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-browser-brave-responds-cease-desist Whether BAT is necessary for Brave: https://micky.com.au/just-3-9-of-brave-browser-users-have-bat-in-their-wallets/ BAT ICO: https://www.coindesk.com/35-million-30-seconds-token-sale-internet-browser-brave-sells Vitalik blog post on token sales: https://vitalik.ca/general/2017/06/09/sales.html BAT roadmap: https://basicattentiontoken.org/bat-roadmap-1-0/

Brendan Eich on How Brave Is Working to Decentralize - Ep.155

Catherine Coley, the CEO of Binance US, talks about her background as a foreign exchange trader, how and why she made the leap into crypto, and how she became the CEO of Binance US. We discuss how Binance US differs from Binance, who Binance US's target customers are, how Binance decides which coins to list, what's on Catherine's wish list to regulators, and whether Binance US will be connected to or cut off from the global, open financial system Binance is building. We also cover why Binance US launched with Tether as its stablecoin, why the company is also focusing on BUSD, how they became comfortable using BNB token on the exchange, whether or not they worry that BNB could be considered a security. Catherine talks about whether the company will offer leverage, lending, staking, etc., and where Binance US's future revenue could come from as exchange fees trend to zero. We also cover what Catherine has learned from working customer support for Binance US and and how she compares the US and Asian crypto markets.  Thank you to our sponsors!  CipherTrace: <a href= "https://ciphertrace.com/unchained">https://ciphertrace.com/unchained</a>  Kraken: <a href= "https://www.kraken.com/">https://www.kraken.com/</a> <a href="http://crypto.com/">Crypto.com</a>: <a href= "http://crypto.com/">http://crypto.com/</a> Episode links:  Catherine Coley: <a href= "https://twitter.com/cryptocoley">https://twitter.com/cryptocoley</a> Binance US: <a href= "https://www.binance.us/en">https://www.binance.us/en</a>  Binance US on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/BinanceAmerica">https://twitter.com/BinanceAmerica</a> Binance US blog: <a href= "https://www.binance.us/en/blog">https://www.binance.us/en/blog</a> Crypto Rating Council: <a href= "https://www.coindesk.com/coinbase-led-crypto-ratings-council-draws-skepticism-from-legal-experts"> https://www.coindesk.com/coinbase-led-crypto-ratings-council-draws-skepticism-from-legal-experts</a> Telegram notice about Grams and Ton: <a href= "https://telegram.org/blog/ton-gram-notice">https://telegram.org/blog/ton-gram-notice</a>  CZ’s 2020 New Year’s message: <a href= "https://www.binance.com/en/amp/blog/419417682154909696/Binance-2020-New-Year-Message-Building-Foundations--"> https://www.binance.com/en/amp/blog/419417682154909696/Binance-2020-New-Year-Message-Building-Foundations--</a>  Binance US joins Chamber of Commerce Executive Committee: <a href= "https://www.binance.us/en/blog/419943835304939520/BinanceUS-Joins-the-Executive-Committee-of-the-Chamber-of-Digital-Commerce"> https://www.binance.us/en/blog/419943835304939520/BinanceUS-Joins-the-Executive-Committee-of-the-Chamber-of-Digital-Commerce</a> Multicoin Capital report, Binance is Blitzscaling: <a href= "https://multicoin.capital/2019/11/07/binance-is-blitzscaling/"> https://multicoin.capital/2019/11/07/binance-is-blitzscaling/</a>

Catherine Coley, the CEO of Binance US, talks about her background as a foreign exchange trader, how and why she made the leap into crypto, and how she became the CEO of Binance US. We discuss how Binance US differs from Binance, who Binance US's target customers are, how Binance decides which coins to list, what's on Catherine's wish list to regulators, and whether Binance US will be connected to or cut off from the global, open financial system Binance is building. We also cover why Binance US launched with Tether as its stablecoin, why the company is also focusing on BUSD, how they became comfortable using BNB token on the exchange, whether or not they worry that BNB could be considered a security. Catherine talks about whether the company will offer leverage, lending, staking, etc., and where Binance US's future revenue could come from as exchange fees trend to zero. We also cover what Catherine has learned from working customer support for Binance US and and how she compares the US and Asian crypto markets.  Thank you to our sponsors!  CipherTrace: https://ciphertrace.com/unchained  Kraken: https://www.kraken.com/ Crypto.com: http://crypto.com/ Episode links:  Catherine Coley: https://twitter.com/cryptocoley Binance US: https://www.binance.us/en  Binance US on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BinanceAmerica Binance US blog: https://www.binance.us/en/blog Crypto Rating Council: https://www.coindesk.com/coinbase-led-crypto-ratings-council-draws-skepticism-from-legal-experts Telegram notice about Grams and Ton: https://telegram.org/blog/ton-gram-notice  CZ’s 2020 New Year’s message: https://www.binance.com/en/amp/blog/419417682154909696/Binance-2020-New-Year-Message-Building-Foundations--  Binance US joins Chamber of Commerce Executive Committee: https://www.binance.us/en/blog/419943835304939520/BinanceUS-Joins-the-Executive-Committee-of-the-Chamber-of-Digital-Commerce Multicoin Capital report, Binance is Blitzscaling: https://multicoin.capital/2019/11/07/binance-is-blitzscaling/ 

Why Catherine Coley Isn't Worried About BNB Being a Security - Ep.154

Alex Pack, founding partner of Dragonfly Capital, and Haseeb Qureshi, Dragonfly managing partner, talk about why Dragonfly has a global focus, how they choose investments, and why they try to be as agnostic as possible about asset type. They also discuss why most protocols, including Bitcoin, still look like venture bets, why, at the moment, Bitcoin looks like a better investment than anything built on top of Bitcoin, and why Lightning hasn't yet taken off and why they think it won't. We also cover what the future holds  for Bitcoin. They explain what they think will happen in the smart contract platform race, why Ethereum is so far in the lead and whether anything will become an Ethereum killer. We also cover Libra, and how Libra affects their investments in stablecoins, why Xi Jinping's "blockchain, not crypto" emphasis is a dead end, whether blockchain-based identity is an investable area, what they think the killer app is or will be and their predictions for 2020. Also, Haseeb, a former professional poker player, describes how poker playing is similar to crypto trading. Thank you to our sponsors!  CipherTrace: <a href= "https://ciphertrace.com/unchained">https://ciphertrace.com/unchained</a>  Kraken: <a href= "https://kraken.com/">https://kraken.com/</a> <a href="http://crypto.com/">Crypto.com</a>: <a href= "https://crypto.com/">https://crypto.com/</a> Episode links:  Alex Pack: <a href= "https://twitter.com/alpackap">https://twitter.com/alpackap</a> Haseeb Qureshi: <a href= "https://twitter.com/hosseeb">https://twitter.com/hosseeb</a> Dragonfly Capital: <a href="https://www.dcp.capital/">https://www.dcp.capital/</a> Dragonfly Capital’s blog: <a href="https://medium.com/dragonfly-research">https://medium.com/dragonfly-research</a> Forbes on Dragonfly Capital’s $100 million initial raise: <a href= "https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexkonrad/2018/10/09/new-fund-dragonfly-bridges-china-us-crypto/#572aeb953c9a"> https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexkonrad/2018/10/09/new-fund-dragonfly-bridges-china-us-crypto/#572aeb953c9a</a> Venture Beat story: <a href= "https://venturebeat.com/2018/10/09/dragonfly-capital-partners-scoops-up-100-million-for-cryptocurrency-investments/"> https://venturebeat.com/2018/10/09/dragonfly-capital-partners-scoops-up-100-million-for-cryptocurrency-investments/</a> <a href= "https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2018/10/09/1618445/0/en/Dragonfly-Capital-Partners-Unveils-100-Million-Inaugural-Fund-for-Cryptocurrencies-Bridges-Gap-between-East-and-West.html"> https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2018/10/09/1618445/0/en/Dragonfly-Capital-Partners-Unveils-100-Million-Inaugural-Fund-for-Cryptocurrencies-Bridges-Gap-between-East-and-West.html</a> DeFi cannibalizing POS security: <a href= "https://medium.com/dragonfly-research/how-defi-cannibalizes-pos-security-84b146f00697"> https://medium.com/dragonfly-research/how-defi-cannibalizes-pos-security-84b146f00697</a> Mimblewimble blog post: <a href= "https://medium.com/dragonfly-research/breaking-mimblewimble-privacy-model-84bcd67bfe52"> https://medium.com/dragonfly-research/breaking-mimblewimble-privacy-model-84bcd67bfe52</a> Haseeb’s 2020 article on CoinDesk: <a href= "https://www.coindesk.com/what-defi-needs-next-year-three-priorities"> https://www.coindesk.com/what-defi-needs-next-year-three-priorities</a>

Alex Pack, founding partner of Dragonfly Capital, and Haseeb Qureshi, Dragonfly managing partner, talk about why Dragonfly has a global focus, how they choose investments, and why they try to be as agnostic as possible about asset type. They also discuss why most protocols, including Bitcoin, still look like venture bets, why, at the moment, Bitcoin looks like a better investment than anything built on top of Bitcoin, and why Lightning hasn't yet taken off and why they think it won't. We also cover what the future holds  for Bitcoin. They explain what they think will happen in the smart contract platform race, why Ethereum is so far in the lead and whether anything will become an Ethereum killer. We also cover Libra, and how Libra affects their investments in stablecoins, why Xi Jinping's "blockchain, not crypto" emphasis is a dead end, whether blockchain-based identity is an investable area, what they think the killer app is or will be and their predictions for 2020. Also, Haseeb, a former professional poker player, describes how poker playing is similar to crypto trading. Thank you to our sponsors!  CipherTrace: https://ciphertrace.com/unchained  Kraken: https://kraken.com/ Crypto.com: https://crypto.com/ Episode links:  Alex Pack: https://twitter.com/alpackap Haseeb Qureshi: https://twitter.com/hosseeb Dragonfly Capital: https://www.dcp.capital/ Dragonfly Capital’s blog: https://medium.com/dragonfly-research Forbes on Dragonfly Capital’s $100 million initial raise: https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexkonrad/2018/10/09/new-fund-dragonfly-bridges-china-us-crypto/#572aeb953c9a Venture Beat story: https://venturebeat.com/2018/10/09/dragonfly-capital-partners-scoops-up-100-million-for-cryptocurrency-investments/ https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2018/10/09/1618445/0/en/Dragonfly-Capital-Partners-Unveils-100-Million-Inaugural-Fund-for-Cryptocurrencies-Bridges-Gap-between-East-and-West.html DeFi cannibalizing POS security: https://medium.com/dragonfly-research/how-defi-cannibalizes-pos-security-84b146f00697 Mimblewimble blog post: https://medium.com/dragonfly-research/breaking-mimblewimble-privacy-model-84bcd67bfe52 Haseeb’s 2020 article on CoinDesk: https://www.coindesk.com/what-defi-needs-next-year-three-priorities

Dragonfly Capital on Why Ethereum Is So Far in the Lead - Ep.153

In this Best of 2019 episode, I selected the clips that seemed most representative of what crypto was about this year, which I call, The Year Things Got Geopolitical. My only regret is that none of the clips about DAOs lent themselves well to this episode. However, years from now, after we’ve got global stablecoins pinging around the world at a high transactions-per-second rate, the crypto community has made peace with U.S. regulators, and more of our lives seems to take place in the borderless digital world, perhaps we'll find it ironic that DAOs were burbling up right around the same time. Thank you to our sponsors!  Kraken: <a href= "https://www.kraken.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">https://www.kraken.com</a> Crypto.com: <a href= "http://crypto.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">http://crypto.com/</a> CipherTrace: <a href= "http://ciphertrace.com/unchained" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">http://ciphertrace.com/unchained</a> Episode links:  Unchained Interview with Vitalik Buterin: <a href= "https://unchainedpodcast.com/vitalik-buterin-on-whether-or-not-ethereum-is-blowing-it/"> https://unchainedpodcast.com/vitalik-buterin-on-whether-or-not-ethereum-is-blowing-it/</a> Unchained Interview with Hester Peirce: <a href= "https://unchainedpodcast.com/sec-commissioner-hester-peirce-come-talk-to-the-sec/"> https://unchainedpodcast.com/sec-commissioner-hester-peirce-come-talk-to-the-sec/</a> Unchained Interview with Ted Livingston: <a href= "https://unchainedpodcast.com/kin-sets-up-5-million-defendcrypto-org-to-take-on-the-sec/"> https://unchainedpodcast.com/kin-sets-up-5-million-defendcrypto-org-to-take-on-the-sec/</a> Unchained Interview with Glen Weyl and Santiago Siri: <a href= "https://unchainedpodcast.com/how-blockchains-can-help-create-little-democracies-everywhere/"> https://unchainedpodcast.com/how-blockchains-can-help-create-little-democracies-everywhere/</a> Unchained Interview with Christian Catalini: <a href= "https://unchainedpodcast.com/a-libra-co-creator-on-how-facebook-will-make-money-from-calibra/"> https://unchainedpodcast.com/a-libra-co-creator-on-how-facebook-will-make-money-from-calibra/</a> Unchained Interview with Martin Chorzempa and Dovey Wan: <a href= "https://unchainedpodcast.com/why-china-aims-to-replace-cash-with-the-digital-yuan/"> https://unchainedpodcast.com/why-china-aims-to-replace-cash-with-the-digital-yuan/</a> Unchained Interview with Emily Parker: <a href= "https://unchainedpodcast.com/crypto-in-china-what-it-really-looks-like/"> https://unchainedpodcast.com/crypto-in-china-what-it-really-looks-like/</a> Unchained Interview with Sandra Ro: <a href= "https://unchainedpodcast.com/sandra-ro-why-crypto-friendly-laws-are-coming-in-the-us/"> https://unchainedpodcast.com/sandra-ro-why-crypto-friendly-laws-are-coming-in-the-us/</a>  Unchained Interview with Patrick McHenry: <a href= "https://unchainedpodcast.com/congressman-patrick-mchenry-bitcoin-will-be-of-enormous-value/"> https://unchainedpodcast.com/congressman-patrick-mchenry-bitcoin-will-be-of-enormous-value/</a> Unchained Interview with David Andolfatto: <a href= "https://unchainedpodcast.com/fed-economist-on-the-prospect-of-the-usd-losing-global-reserve-status-who-cares/"> https://unchainedpodcast.com/fed-economist-on-the-prospect-of-the-usd-losing-global-reserve-status-who-cares/</a> Unchained Interview with Yeonmi Park: <a href= "https://unchainedpodcast.com/yeonmi-park-on-why-doing-business-with-north-korea-is-like-buying-a-ticket-to-a-concentration-camp/"> https://unchainedpodcast.com/yeonmi-park-on-why-doing-business-with-north-korea-is-like-buying-a-ticket-to-a-concentration-camp/</a> Unchained Interview with Alex Gladstein: <a href= "https://unchainedpodcast.com/alex-gladstein-of-the-human-rights-foundation-on-the-3-reasons-bitcoin-matters/"> https://unchainedpodcast.com/alex-gladstein-of-the-human-rights-foundation-on-the-3-reasons-bitcoin-matters/</a>

In this Best of 2019 episode, I selected the clips that seemed most representative of what crypto was about this year, which I call, The Year Things Got Geopolitical. My only regret is that none of the clips about DAOs lent themselves well to this episode. However, years from now, after we’ve got global stablecoins pinging around the world at a high transactions-per-second rate, the crypto community has made peace with U.S. regulators, and more of our lives seems to take place in the borderless digital world, perhaps we'll find it ironic that DAOs were burbling up right around the same time. Thank you to our sponsors!  Kraken: https://www.kraken.com Crypto.com: http://crypto.com/ CipherTrace: http://ciphertrace.com/unchained Episode links:  Unchained Interview with Vitalik Buterin: https://unchainedpodcast.com/vitalik-buterin-on-whether-or-not-ethereum-is-blowing-it/ Unchained Interview with Hester Peirce: https://unchainedpodcast.com/sec-commissioner-hester-peirce-come-talk-to-the-sec/ Unchained Interview with Ted Livingston: https://unchainedpodcast.com/kin-sets-up-5-million-defendcrypto-org-to-take-on-the-sec/ Unchained Interview with Glen Weyl and Santiago Siri: https://unchainedpodcast.com/how-blockchains-can-help-create-little-democracies-everywhere/ Unchained Interview with Christian Catalini: https://unchainedpodcast.com/a-libra-co-creator-on-how-facebook-will-make-money-from-calibra/ Unchained Interview with Martin Chorzempa and Dovey Wan: https://unchainedpodcast.com/why-china-aims-to-replace-cash-with-the-digital-yuan/ Unchained Interview with Emily Parker: https://unchainedpodcast.com/crypto-in-china-what-it-really-looks-like/ Unchained Interview with Sandra Ro: https://unchainedpodcast.com/sandra-ro-why-crypto-friendly-laws-are-coming-in-the-us/  Unchained Interview with Patrick McHenry: https://unchainedpodcast.com/congressman-patrick-mchenry-bitcoin-will-be-of-enormous-value/ Unchained Interview with David Andolfatto: https://unchainedpodcast.com/fed-economist-on-the-prospect-of-the-usd-losing-global-reserve-status-who-cares/ Unchained Interview with Yeonmi Park: https://unchainedpodcast.com/yeonmi-park-on-why-doing-business-with-north-korea-is-like-buying-a-ticket-to-a-concentration-camp/ Unchained Interview with Alex Gladstein: https://unchainedpodcast.com/alex-gladstein-of-the-human-rights-foundation-on-the-3-reasons-bitcoin-matters/  

Unchained Year in Review: The Best of 2019 - Ep.152

This fall, I had an idea to do a crypto show for my normie friends, and figured I’d release it over the holidays, when maybe my regular listeners would be with the very people in their lives who could benefit from such an episode.  I solicited questions from my own real-life friends, edited down the repeats and tried my best to make the explanations as simple as possible. I cover basic explanations of Bitcoin, blockchain and Ethereum, plus we go into questions around mining and electricity usage, and why anyone would use cryptocurrency. I hope this clears things up for some of your friends and family — and gets some of them to go down the crypto rabbit hole. Thank you to our sponsors!  Givewell: <a href= "http://givewell.org/unchained">http://givewell.org/unchained</a> CipherTrace: <a href= "http://ciphertrace.com/unchained">http://ciphertrace.com/unchained</a>  Kraken: <a href= "http://kraken.com/">http://kraken.com</a> <a href="http://crypto.com/">Crypto.com</a>: <a href= "http://crypto.com/">http://crypto.com</a> Episode links:  Previous beginner episodes:  Crypto 101: <a href= "https://unchainedpodcast.com/crypto-101-everything-you-need-to-know-about-bitcoin-ethereum-blockchains-icos-and-more/"> https://unchainedpodcast.com/crypto-101-everything-you-need-to-know-about-bitcoin-ethereum-blockchains-icos-and-more/</a> How to Explain Cryptocurrencies and Blockchain to the Average Person: <a href= "https://unchainedpodcast.com/how-to-explain-cryptocurrencies-and-blockchains-to-the-average-person/"> https://unchainedpodcast.com/how-to-explain-cryptocurrencies-and-blockchains-to-the-average-person/</a> Interviews with Vitalik Buterin: 2017: <a href= "https://unchainedpodcast.com/vitalik-buterin-creator-of-ethereum-on-the-big-guy-vs-the-little-guy/"> https://unchainedpodcast.com/vitalik-buterin-creator-of-ethereum-on-the-big-guy-vs-the-little-guy/</a> 2019: <a href= "https://unchainedpodcast.com/vitalik-buterin-on-whether-or-not-ethereum-is-blowing-it/"> https://unchainedpodcast.com/vitalik-buterin-on-whether-or-not-ethereum-is-blowing-it/</a> Episode with Wences Casares: <a href= "https://unchainedpodcast.com/xapos-wences-casares-on-how-bitcoin-makes-a-fairer-world/"> https://unchainedpodcast.com/xapos-wences-casares-on-how-bitcoin-makes-a-fairer-world/</a> Lolli: <a href= "https://unchainedpodcast.com/how-to-get-7-of-your-purchases-back-in-bitcoin/"> https://unchainedpodcast.com/how-to-get-7-of-your-purchases-back-in-bitcoin/</a> Cryptocurrency to evade surveillance: <a href= "https://unchainedpodcast.com/alex-gladstein-of-the-human-rights-foundation-on-the-3-reasons-bitcoin-matters/"> https://unchainedpodcast.com/alex-gladstein-of-the-human-rights-foundation-on-the-3-reasons-bitcoin-matters/</a> <a href="http://khmap.live/">KHmap.live</a> interview: <a href= "https://unchainedpodcast.com/an-interview-with-the-anonymous-developer-of-hkmap-live/"> https://unchainedpodcast.com/an-interview-with-the-anonymous-developer-of-hkmap-live/</a> North Korea's interest in cryptocurrency: <a href= "https://unchainedpodcast.com/why-north-korea-is-interested-in-cryptocurrency/"> https://unchainedpodcast.com/why-north-korea-is-interested-in-cryptocurrency/</a> Bitwise: <a href= "https://unchainedpodcast.com/bitwises-latest-plans-to-get-a-bitcoin-etf-approved/"> https://unchainedpodcast.com/bitwises-latest-plans-to-get-a-bitcoin-etf-approved/</a>

This fall, I had an idea to do a crypto show for my normie friends, and figured I’d release it over the holidays, when maybe my regular listeners would be with the very people in their lives who could benefit from such an episode.  I solicited questions from my own real-life friends, edited down the repeats and tried my best to make the explanations as simple as possible. I cover basic explanations of Bitcoin, blockchain and Ethereum, plus we go into questions around mining and electricity usage, and why anyone would use cryptocurrency. I hope this clears things up for some of your friends and family — and gets some of them to go down the crypto rabbit hole. Thank you to our sponsors!  Givewell: http://givewell.org/unchained CipherTrace: http://ciphertrace.com/unchained  Kraken: http://kraken.com Crypto.com: http://crypto.com Episode links:  Previous beginner episodes:  Crypto 101: https://unchainedpodcast.com/crypto-101-everything-you-need-to-know-about-bitcoin-ethereum-blockchains-icos-and-more/ How to Explain Cryptocurrencies and Blockchain to the Average Person: https://unchainedpodcast.com/how-to-explain-cryptocurrencies-and-blockchains-to-the-average-person/ Interviews with Vitalik Buterin: 2017: https://unchainedpodcast.com/vitalik-buterin-creator-of-ethereum-on-the-big-guy-vs-the-little-guy/ 2019: https://unchainedpodcast.com/vitalik-buterin-on-whether-or-not-ethereum-is-blowing-it/ Episode with Wences Casares: https://unchainedpodcast.com/xapos-wences-casares-on-how-bitcoin-makes-a-fairer-world/ Lolli: https://unchainedpodcast.com/how-to-get-7-of-your-purchases-back-in-bitcoin/ Cryptocurrency to evade surveillance: https://unchainedpodcast.com/alex-gladstein-of-the-human-rights-foundation-on-the-3-reasons-bitcoin-matters/ KHmap.live interview: https://unchainedpodcast.com/an-interview-with-the-anonymous-developer-of-hkmap-live/ North Korea's interest in cryptocurrency: https://unchainedpodcast.com/why-north-korea-is-interested-in-cryptocurrency/ Bitwise: https://unchainedpodcast.com/bitwises-latest-plans-to-get-a-bitcoin-etf-approved/

For Your Normie Friends: Answers to the Most Basic Crypto Questions - Ep.151

Priscilla Moriuchi, director of strategic threat development at Recorded Future and non-resident fellow at Harvard Kennedy School, explains North Korean usage of the internet and how it has changed over time, how it is reserved only for the few most senior people in the regime, and what the mobile devices of the other 25 million citizens connects to, and who is watching the activity on those devices. She also describes the various ways North Korea has shown an interest in cryptocurrency, how it's been determined that North Korea is engaging in those activities, such as cryptocurrency exchange hacks and malware, and its seeming interest in Monero. We also discuss how they convert crypto to fiat, and how well the government seems to have connected its cryptocurrency activities with its other real-world criminal networks used for other activities such as smuggling, drugs and counterfeiting cigarettes and US dollars. We also talk about which North Koreans have been trained to carry out such attacks and how and why they carry them out abroad rather than in North Korea. She also covers why Ethereum researcher Virgil Griffith's visit to North Korea, even if he were dispensing "public" information, would have been helpful in a country where everyone but a tiny elite is denied access to the internet. Thank you to our sponsors!  Givewell: <a href= "http://givewell.org/unchained">http://givewell.org/unchained</a> CipherTrace: <a href= "http://ciphertrace.com/unchained">http://ciphertrace.com/unchained</a> Kraken: <a href= "https://www.kraken.com/">https://www.kraken.com</a> <a href="http://crypto.com/">Crypto.com</a>: <a href= "http://crypto.com/">http://crypto.com</a> Episode links:  Priscilla Moriuchi: <a href= "https://www.linkedin.com/in/priscilla-moriuchi-410297127/"> https://www.linkedin.com/in/priscilla-moriuchi-410297127/</a>  Recorded Future: <a href= "https://www.recordedfuture.com/">https://www.recordedfuture.com</a> Recorded Future on North Korea’s internet activity: <a href= "https://www.recordedfuture.com/north-korea-internet-activity/"> https://www.recordedfuture.com/north-korea-internet-activity/</a> Full report: <a href= "https://go.recordedfuture.com/hubfs/reports/north-korea-activity.pdf"> https://go.recordedfuture.com/hubfs/reports/north-korea-activity.pdf</a> Recorded Future report on North Korea’s interest in cryptocurrency: <a href= "https://www.recordedfuture.com/north-korea-cryptocurrency/"> https://www.recordedfuture.com/north-korea-cryptocurrency/</a> Full report: North Korea targeting South Korean cryptocurrency exchanges: <a href= "https://www.recordedfuture.com/north-korea-cryptocurrency-campaign/"> https://www.recordedfuture.com/north-korea-cryptocurrency-campaign/</a> Full report: <a href= "https://go.recordedfuture.com/hubfs/reports/cta-2018-0116.pdf"> https://go.recordedfuture.com/hubfs/reports/cta-2018-0116.pdf</a>  Podcast: <a href= "https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/recorded-future-inside-threat-intelligence/e/52982550"> https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/recorded-future-inside-threat-intelligence/e/52982550</a> Priscilla on why Virgil’s attendance at a blockchain conference in North Korea was helpful to the regime: <a href= "https://www.businessinsider.com/north-korea-virgil-griffith-cryptocurrencies-bad-idea-analyst-2019-12"> https://www.businessinsider.com/north-korea-virgil-griffith-cryptocurrencies-bad-idea-analyst-2019-12</a> Priscilla on how North Korea uses cryptocurrencies to evade sanctions: <a href= "https://www.vox.com/world/2018/2/28/17055762/north-korea-sanctions-bitcoin-nuclear-weapons"> https://www.vox.com/world/2018/2/28/17055762/north-korea-sanctions-bitcoin-nuclear-weapons</a> North Korea’s interest in Monero: <a href= "https://www.wsj.com/articles/in-north-korea-hackers-mine-cryptocurrency-abroad-1515420004"> https://www.wsj.com/articles/in-north-korea-hackers-mine-cryptocurrency-abroad-1515420004</a> North Korea’s plan to build its own version of the Petro, I mean, Bitcoin: <a href= "https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/9ke3ae/north-korea-is-building-its-own-bitcoin"> https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/9ke3ae/north-korea-is-building-its-own-bitcoin</a>  DOJ Complaint against Virgil: <a href= "https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/press-release/file/1222646/download"> https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/press-release/file/1222646/download</a> Virgil’s Facebook post inviting others to North Korea: <a href= "https://www.facebook.com/virgil.gr/posts/10112756681859159"> https://www.facebook.com/virgil.gr/posts/10112756681859159</a>

Priscilla Moriuchi, director of strategic threat development at Recorded Future and non-resident fellow at Harvard Kennedy School, explains North Korean usage of the internet and how it has changed over time, how it is reserved only for the few most senior people in the regime, and what the mobile devices of the other 25 million citizens connects to, and who is watching the activity on those devices. She also describes the various ways North Korea has shown an interest in cryptocurrency, how it's been determined that North Korea is engaging in those activities, such as cryptocurrency exchange hacks and malware, and its seeming interest in Monero. We also discuss how they convert crypto to fiat, and how well the government seems to have connected its cryptocurrency activities with its other real-world criminal networks used for other activities such as smuggling, drugs and counterfeiting cigarettes and US dollars. We also talk about which North Koreans have been trained to carry out such attacks and how and why they carry them out abroad rather than in North Korea. She also covers why Ethereum researcher Virgil Griffith's visit to North Korea, even if he were dispensing "public" information, would have been helpful in a country where everyone but a tiny elite is denied access to the internet. Thank you to our sponsors!  Givewell: http://givewell.org/unchained CipherTrace: http://ciphertrace.com/unchained Kraken: https://www.kraken.com Crypto.com: http://crypto.com Episode links:  Priscilla Moriuchi: https://www.linkedin.com/in/priscilla-moriuchi-410297127/  Recorded Future: https://www.recordedfuture.com Recorded Future on North Korea’s internet activity: https://www.recordedfuture.com/north-korea-internet-activity/ Full report: https://go.recordedfuture.com/hubfs/reports/north-korea-activity.pdf Recorded Future report on North Korea’s interest in cryptocurrency: https://www.recordedfuture.com/north-korea-cryptocurrency/ Full report: North Korea targeting South Korean cryptocurrency exchanges: https://www.recordedfuture.com/north-korea-cryptocurrency-campaign/ Full report: https://go.recordedfuture.com/hubfs/reports/cta-2018-0116.pdf  Podcast: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/recorded-future-inside-threat-intelligence/e/52982550 Priscilla on why Virgil’s attendance at a blockchain conference in North Korea was helpful to the regime: https://www.businessinsider.com/north-korea-virgil-griffith-cryptocurrencies-bad-idea-analyst-2019-12 Priscilla on how North Korea uses cryptocurrencies to evade sanctions: https://www.vox.com/world/2018/2/28/17055762/north-korea-sanctions-bitcoin-nuclear-weapons North Korea’s interest in Monero: https://www.wsj.com/articles/in-north-korea-hackers-mine-cryptocurrency-abroad-1515420004 North Korea’s plan to build its own version of the Petro, I mean, Bitcoin: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/9ke3ae/north-korea-is-building-its-own-bitcoin  DOJ Complaint against Virgil: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/press-release/file/1222646/download Virgil’s Facebook post inviting others to North Korea: https://www.facebook.com/virgil.gr/posts/10112756681859159

Why North Korea Is Interested in Cryptocurrency - Ep.150

In light of the questions around whether or not Virgil Griffith's talk at a blockchain conference in Pyongyang could have helped everyday North Koreans, Yeonmi Park, a North Korean defector, human rights activist, board member of the Human Rights Foundation and author of “In Order to Live, A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom,” talks to Unchained. She tells us about her life growing up in North Korea, how she thought the "dear leader" could read her thoughts, why freedom of thought is not allowed in North Korea, and how a South Korean had to teach her that Kim Jong Il was fat and not starving for the North Koreans, as she had been taught. She talks about what happened after her father was sent to a prison camp for selling copper, silver and nickel, how three generations of her family were then tainted and put in the "hostile" class of the caste system, and how watching the movie Titanic introduced her to the concept of romantic love. She tells the story of how, because of hunger, she fled to China — right into the hands of human traffickers, but decided to stay because of what trash cans in China signified to her, and describes the first time she heard the word "free." She also covers the difficulty of her transition to freedom and how reading George Orwell's Animal Farm was a turning point for her.  We discuss why the strategy for liberating North Korea is mostly about getting outside information in, who benefits from tours to North Korea and why lifting sanctions would only help the regime. She also explains why the only people who would have benefited from Griffith's talk would have been North Korean elite, and how any actions in line with what the dictator wants help him maintain power. She says the best ways to improve the situation in North Korea are to boost awareness of what is happening, empower the people there by getting outside information in and helping during the rescue, as 300,000 defectors, most of them women and girls living as sexual slaves, are hiding in China.  Thank you to our sponsors!  Givewell: <a href= "http://givewell.org/unchained">http://givewell.org/unchained</a> Kraken: <a href= "https://www.kraken.com/">https://www.kraken.com</a> <a href="http://crypto.com/">Crypto.com</a>: <a href= "https://crypto.com/">https://crypto.com/</a> CipherTrace: <a href= "http://ciphertrace.com/unchained">http://ciphertrace.com/unchained</a> Episode links:  Yeonmi Park: <a href= "https://yeonmi.com/">https://yeonmi.com/</a> Yeonmi Park on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/YeonmiParkNK">https://twitter.com/YeonmiParkNK</a> Facebook: <a href= "https://www.facebook.com/OfficialYeonmiPark/">https://www.facebook.com/OfficialYeonmiPark/</a> Instagram: <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/yeonmi_park/">https://www.instagram.com/yeonmi_park/</a> YouTube: <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpQu57KgT7gOoLCAu3FFQsA"> https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpQu57KgT7gOoLCAu3FFQsA</a> Human Rights Foundation: <a href="https://hrf.org/">https://hrf.org/</a> In Order to Live: <a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/318940/in-order-to-live-by-yeonmi-park-with-maryanne-vollers/"> https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/318940/in-order-to-live-by-yeonmi-park-with-maryanne-vollers/</a> One of the first speeches by Yeonmi that went viral: <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ei-gGvLWOZI">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ei-gGvLWOZI</a> Yeonmi's TED talk: <a href= "https://www.ted.com/talks/yeonmi_park_what_i_learned_about_freedom_after_escaping_north_korea"> https://www.ted.com/talks/yeonmi_park_what_i_learned_about_freedom_after_escaping_north_korea</a> New York Times video op-ed with Yeonmi's message for President Trump: <a href= "https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/11/opinion/north-korea-trump-kim-human-rights.html"> https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/11/opinion/north-korea-trump-kim-human-rights.html</a> DOJ complaint against Virgil Griffith: <a href= "https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/manhattan-us-attorney-announces-arrest-united-states-citizen-assisting-north-korea"> https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/manhattan-us-attorney-announces-arrest-united-states-citizen-assisting-north-korea</a> Economist video on the efforts to get outside information into North Korea: <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVRQpfXGQyc&app=desktop"> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVRQpfXGQyc&app=desktop</a> Guardian article on North Korean defector activist groups attempting to get outside information into North Korea: <a href= "https://amp.theguardian.com/global/2016/aug/27/north-korea-defectors-ian-birrell"> https://amp.theguardian.com/global/2016/aug/27/north-korea-defectors-ian-birrell</a> Wired article on getting outside information in: <a href= "https://www.wired.com/2015/03/north-korea/">https://www.wired.com/2015/03/north-korea/</a> The story of Otto Warmbier: <a href= "https://www.gq.com/story/otto-warmbier-north-korea-american-hostage-true-story"> https://www.gq.com/story/otto-warmbier-north-korea-american-hostage-true-story</a> South Korean woman shot for crossing line at a resort in North Korea: <a href= "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/jul/12/korea">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/jul/12/korea</a> Unchained interview with Alex Gladstein of the Human Rights Foundation: <a href= "https://unchainedpodcast.com/alex-gladstein-of-the-human-rights-foundation-on-the-3-reasons-bitcoin-matters/"> https://unchainedpodcast.com/alex-gladstein-of-the-human-rights-foundation-on-the-3-reasons-bitcoin-matters/</a> Unconfirmed interview with Alex Gladstein: <a href= "https://unchainedpodcast.com/alex-gladstein-of-the-human-rights-foundation-on-the-first-crypto-war-ep-021/"> https://unchainedpodcast.com/alex-gladstein-of-the-human-rights-foundation-on-the-first-crypto-war-ep-021/</a>

In light of the questions around whether or not Virgil Griffith's talk at a blockchain conference in Pyongyang could have helped everyday North Koreans, Yeonmi Park, a North Korean defector, human rights activist, board member of the Human Rights Foundation and author of “In Order to Live, A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom,” talks to Unchained. She tells us about her life growing up in North Korea, how she thought the "dear leader" could read her thoughts, why freedom of thought is not allowed in North Korea, and how a South Korean had to teach her that Kim Jong Il was fat and not starving for the North Koreans, as she had been taught. She talks about what happened after her father was sent to a prison camp for selling copper, silver and nickel, how three generations of her family were then tainted and put in the "hostile" class of the caste system, and how watching the movie Titanic introduced her to the concept of romantic love. She tells the story of how, because of hunger, she fled to China — right into the hands of human traffickers, but decided to stay because of what trash cans in China signified to her, and describes the first time she heard the word "free." She also covers the difficulty of her transition to freedom and how reading George Orwell's Animal Farm was a turning point for her.  We discuss why the strategy for liberating North Korea is mostly about getting outside information in, who benefits from tours to North Korea and why lifting sanctions would only help the regime. She also explains why the only people who would have benefited from Griffith's talk would have been North Korean elite, and how any actions in line with what the dictator wants help him maintain power. She says the best ways to improve the situation in North Korea are to boost awareness of what is happening, empower the people there by getting outside information in and helping during the rescue, as 300,000 defectors, most of them women and girls living as sexual slaves, are hiding in China.  Thank you to our sponsors!  Givewell: http://givewell.org/unchained Kraken: https://www.kraken.com Crypto.com: https://crypto.com/ CipherTrace: http://ciphertrace.com/unchained Episode links:  Yeonmi Park: https://yeonmi.com/ Yeonmi Park on Twitter: https://twitter.com/YeonmiParkNK Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OfficialYeonmiPark/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yeonmi_park/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpQu57KgT7gOoLCAu3FFQsA Human Rights Foundation: https://hrf.org/ In Order to Live: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/318940/in-order-to-live-by-yeonmi-park-with-maryanne-vollers/ One of the first speeches by Yeonmi that went viral: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ei-gGvLWOZI Yeonmi's TED talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/yeonmi_park_what_i_learned_about_freedom_after_escaping_north_korea New York Times video op-ed with Yeonmi's message for President Trump: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/11/opinion/north-korea-trump-kim-human-rights.html DOJ complaint against Virgil Griffith: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/manhattan-us-attorney-announces-arrest-united-states-citizen-assisting-north-korea Economist video on the efforts to get outside information into North Korea: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVRQpfXGQyc&app=desktop Guardian article on North Korean defector activist groups attempting to get outside information into North Korea: https://amp.theguardian.com/global/2016/aug/27/north-korea-defectors-ian-birrell Wired article on getting outside information in: https://www.wired.com/2015/03/north-korea/ The story of Otto Warmbier: https://www.gq.com/story/otto-warmbier-north-korea-american-hostage-true-story South Korean woman shot for crossing line at a resort in North Korea: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/jul/12/korea Unchained interview with Alex Gladstein of the Human Rights Foundation: https://unchainedpodcast.com/alex-gladstein-of-the-human-rights-foundation-on-the-3-reasons-bitcoin-matters/ Unconfirmed interview with Alex Gladstein: https://unchainedpodcast.com/alex-gladstein-of-the-human-rights-foundation-on-the-first-crypto-war-ep-021/

Yeonmi Park on Why Doing Business With North Korea Is Like Buying a Ticket to a Concentration Camp - Ep.149

Crypto assets and blockchain technology are about to transform every trust-based interaction of our lives, from financial services to identity to the Internet of Things. In this podcast, host Laura Shin, an independent journalist covering all things crypto, talks with industry pioneers about how crypto assets and blockchains will change the way we earn, spend and invest our money. Tune in to find out how Web 3.0, the decentralized web, will revolutionize our world. Disclosure: I'm a nocoiner.

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