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, senior editor at Forbes, 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.
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2025-03-29 |
The Chopping Block: Hyperliquid’s Not-So-DeFi Moment, 23andMe, & STABLE Act Welcome to The Chopping Block – where crypto insiders Haseeb Qureshi, Tom Schmidt, Tarun Chitra, and Robert Leshner chop it up about the latest in crypto. In this episode, the crew dives into the Hyperliquid controversy and what it reveals about decent... |
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2025-03-28 |
Hyperliquid Saved Itself a $15 Million Loss, but Sparked Criticism Perpetual swap DEX Hyperliquid suffered a whale attack and was on the brink of losing $15 million. It promptly responded in a way that generated a fair amount of controversy. The founder and CEO of Ambient Finance Doug Colkitt joined the show to explai... |
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2025-03-26 |
Bits + Bips: Why Traders Are Sanguine Before Trump’s Big Tariff Day Investors are still licking their wounds from this month’s corrections. But just as Trump’s tariffs are about to move into full-force, our experts are seeing silver linings and causes for optimism. With conflicting signals coming from all corners of th... |
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2025-03-25 |
How Ethereum's Sprawling Pectra Upgrade Will Boost Its Ability to Compete As Ethereum deploys Pectra, it faces stiff competition and community criticism. Ethereum Foundation Research co-leads Alex Stokes and Barnabe Monnot map out the chain’s direction. Ethereum is well on its way to some major upgrades, with Pectra and Fus... |
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2025-03-21 |
Ethena's L1 Shows Fat Apps Are on the Rise. Can They Beat Fat Protocols? Blockchains were supposed to capture the majority of the value in crypto. But what if that’s wrong? For years, the Fat Protocols Thesis argued that blockchains would be the biggest winners. But new data suggests that apps like Uniswap, Ethena, and othe... |
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2025-03-20 |
The Chopping Block: Solana’s Ad Disaster, AI Takes Over & the Great Blockchain Pivot Welcome to The Chopping Block – where crypto insiders Haseeb Qureshi, Tom Schmidt, Tarun Chitra, and Robert Leshner chop it up about the latest in crypto. In this episode, the crew unpacks Ethereum’s existential crisis and whether the rollup-centric ro... |
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2025-03-19 |
Bits + Bips: Why the Stock Market Wipeout Might Not Achieve What Trump Wanted The financial market is getting wrecked, inflation is still a problem, and bitcoin isn’t acting like the hedge that it’s supposed to be. Is this a real economic shift, or just noise? With tariffs, stagflation fears, and fiscal dominance taking center s... |
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2025-03-18 |
Joe McCann on Why Bitcoin Is the King and Memecoins Are Over—For Now The memecoin trade might be over. And Joe McCann says that’s just the beginning. The founder of Asymmetric has been at the intersection of crypto, macro, and tech for years. He called the $BONK trade early, made moves before most saw the opportunity, a... |
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2025-03-14 | The Solana ecosystem just completed a critical governance vote. SIMD-228, a proposal to tie Solana’s inflation rate to its staking participation rate, was put forward by Multicoin Capital and Anza, but despite a majority voting in favor, it failed to m... |
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2025-03-13 |
The Chopping Block: The Macro Special – Trump’s Trade War, Bitcoin Reserve & Market Chaos Welcome to The Chopping Block – where crypto insiders Haseeb Qureshi, Tom Schmidt, Tarun Chitra, and Robert Leshner break down the biggest stories in crypto. This week, we’re joined by special guest Quinn Thompson, Master of Macro at Lekker Capital, to... |
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