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The Bitcoin Mining Trilemma with Bob Burnett
“We could think of the first 15 years of Bitcoin as an introductory period…in the next epoch, in this next halving cycle I think it will be over and I think the fees will start […]
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Market Forecaster Raoul Pal Says There’s a Good Chance Bitcoin Will Hit $100K-$200K in 2024 - Ep. 580
The likely impending approval of spot bitcoin ETFs has already sparked a major rally in the price of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, but will the bull run continue once the funds are up and […]
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The Chopping Block: Top White Hat Hacker Samczsun Discusses the State of Crypto Security - Ep. 579
Welcome to The Chopping Block – where crypto insiders Haseeb Qureshi, Tom Schmidt, Tarun Chitra, and Robert Leshner chop it up about the latest news. This week, they are joined by Samczsun, an […]
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Driving Bitcoin Forward with Gary Leland
“Some people don’t see it until it’s there…there’ll be a point I guess when anyone who bought under $10,000 is going to look like a rocket scientist because they’re going to be so early […]
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Anatoly Yakovenko on Solana’s Astounding Recovery and Its Future Plans - Ep. 578
Solana’s native token SOL has been one of the best-performing cryptos of the year, up more than 500% so far, but you wouldn’t have guessed that would be the case given how closely tied the […]
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The Road to Digital Serfdom with John Carvalho
“You should never accept a Bitcoin change if it doesn’t fix a problem that you have, there’s just no reason; if that new softfork doesn’t contain something you need, why would you support […]
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The Chopping Block: How This DeFi Hack Negotiator Gets Hackers to Return Stolen Money Ep. 577
Welcome to The Chopping Block — where crypto insiders Haseeb Qureshi, Tom Schmidt, Tarun Chitra, and Robert Leshner chop it up about the latest news. This week, the gang sits down with Ogle Crypto, […]
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The Debt Tsunami with Caitlin Long
“We will hit an insolvency in the US at some point…we’re nowhere near as the naysayers think we are, now that said, it could happen tomorrow because the financial system is that unstable.”— […]
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Why Presidential Candidate Vivek Ramaswamy Is So Pro-Crypto - Ep. 576
Vivek Ramaswamy is likely the biggest supporter of crypto among the current crop of presidential candidates. But his enthusiasm comes not from an inherent love of the technology or its principles […]
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Bitcoin Mining Economics with Steve Barbour
“There’s so much more to happen in Bitcoin mining tech that we’re only really starting to scratch the surface I think.”— Steve BarbourSteve Barbour is the president of the Bitcoin mining […]
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Why the Crypto Industry Is So Upset About the IRS’ Proposed New Tax Reporting Rules - Ep. 575
The IRS sparked a storm of controversy when it released proposed new rules for crypto transaction reporting earlier this year. The new rules seek to define who is considered a broker, what types of […]
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RFK Jr on Media, US Debt & Bitcoin
“We have freedom of expression, but if the government then can punish you by shutting down your bank accounts without even charging you with a crime, they have the ultimate power to turn us into […]
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Bitcoin on the Ballot with Vivek Ramaswamy
“Freedom to code, freedom for financial self-reliance, and most importantly freedom to innovate free from regulatory overreach.”— Vivek RamaswamyVivek Ramaswamy is a 2024 US presidential […]
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Sam Bankman-Fried Whisperer Tiffany Fong Spills Some Tea - Ep. 574
Tiffany Fong has had an unusual route to crypto fame. After losing most of her life savings in the Celsius bankruptcy, she began posting on YouTube about her experiences and eventually received some […]
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The Chopping Block: What Does Binance’s Record $4.3 Billion Settlement Mean for Crypto? - Ep. 573
Welcome to The Chopping Block – where crypto insiders Haseeb Qureshi, Tom Schmidt, Tarun Chitra, and Robert Leshner chop it up about the latest news. This week, the gang breaks down the record $4.3 […]
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Milei's Argentine Revolution? With Stephan Livera
“Maybe he can try to remove subsidies, maybe he can remove labour market regulations... maybe he can lower the taxes and lower the spending. Fundamentally as a libertarian you want to lower the […]
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Why Financial Advisors Are So Excited About a Spot Bitcoin ETF - Ep. 572
According to surveys of financial advisors, only 12% are currently recommending that clients invest in Bitcoin, while 47% of advisors personally own Bitcoin and a whopping 77% say they are waiting […]
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Macro, Fed Pivot & Bitcoin with Steven McClurg
“I see us going to $100,000 by the end of next year, easy…and that’s ignoring a Bitcoin spot ETF; that is a complete game changer.”— Steve McClurgSteven McClurg is a Co-Founder of Valkyrie […]
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Bitcoin for Banking Failures with Parker Lewis
“There are just a lot of signs written on the wall, all over the banking system…all over every central bank in the world, that says the situation where we’re at now is more precarious, and I […]
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Could the Bank Secrecy Act Harm Crypto? Coin Center Thinks So - Ep. 571
In this episode of Unchained, Peter Van Valkenburgh, director of research at Coin Center, explains why the IRS's proposed broker rule for tax reporting in crypto could harm the crypto industry as […]
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Ensuring Bitcoin Wins with Lee Bratcher
“42% of people under the age of 29 own digital assets in Texas and the US is probably similar…10 years from now every presidential candidate will have a platform and in all likelihood it’s got […]
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Life Liberty & the Pursuit of Bitcoin with Robert Breedlove
“Bitcoin gets you to a world of more localism…so presumably you would have less proceeds to fund these bullshit false narratives, you’d have less of the systemic lying, less of the systemic […]
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How Much Money Are Terrorists Actually Raising in Crypto? - Ep. 570
The recent Wall Street Journal article that claimed Hamas raised $130 million via cryptocurrency has sparked considerable debate, especially after Sen. Elizabeth Warren used it as her sole source to […]
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The Chopping Block: Why Vivek Ramaswamy Wants Less Crypto Regulation - Ep. 569
Welcome to The Chopping Block – where crypto insiders Haseeb Qureshi, Tom Schmidt, Tarun Chitra, and Robert Leshner chop it up about the latest news. This week, the gang welcomes Republican […]
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Is the Bull Market Back? With Alex Thorn
“During the bear market between 2013 and ‘17 it was like ‘bitcoin is for criminals,’ now the largest asset manager on earth says it’s part of a ‘flight to quality’ trade; it’s truly […]
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How Can OpenSea Regain Dominance After Layoffs and the NFT Market Decline? - Ep. 568
Last week, OpenSea, the former frontrunner in the NFT marketplace, confirmed the layoff of half its workforce as the NFT markets seemed to bottom out. gmoney, NFT collector and founder of 9dcc, […]
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The Chopping Block: Did Blur Cause a Decline in the NFT Market? - Ep. 567
Welcome to The Chopping Block – where crypto insiders Haseeb Qureshi, Tom Schmidt, Tarun Chitra, and Robert Leshner chop it up about the latest news. This week, they explore the enigmatic 'unhinged […]
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Bitcoin’s Full Potential Value with Jesse Myers
“This sounds crazy, and I get that, $10 Million per Bitcoin is what this resulted in and I think it’s kind of conservative in its estimates, and that’s crazy.”— Jesse MyersJesse Myers is […]
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A 20+ Year Sentence? Why the Evidence Against SBF Was Too Hard to Overcome - Ep. 566
In this episode of Unchained, Laura does a detailed unpacking of the historic Sam Bankman-Fried trial and verdict with defense lawyer Sam Enzer and former Southern District of New York prosecutor […]
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Bitcoin vs the Infinite Money Printer with Luke Gromen
“They’re not going to cut the entitlements, they’re going to print the money, and they’re going to print the money with oil at $90…they’re going to print the money with Bitcoin at […]