Unchained Podcast

04/01/2025

❌ “I think reply bots are annoying. If your bot just shills memecoins, it’s going to zero.”

💡 Shaw Walters outlines why AI agents need to deliver real value—and how they can become tools of discovery.

📺 The next step for AI agents: https://bit.ly/4iVI9qN

04/01/2025

🎯 “You’ve got KOLs celebrating wins and deleting losses. We’re cutting through that noise to identify real alpha.”

🤖 Shaw Walters delves into how AI can rebuild trust in crypto trading communities.

04/01/2025

🌟 “I’m not rich until everybody is rich.”

🤖 Shaw Walters explains why financial freedom must precede other freedoms—and how decentralized AI can make it happen.

Listen now: https://bit.ly/4iVI9qN

03/01/2025

Arbitrum’s $190 Million Gaming Catalyst Program Is Ready to Start Providing Grants

The program has already incurred a cost of roughly $1.2 million with the vast majority stemming from legal fees for entity setups and expenses for general administration.

Sage D. Young reports:
https://bit.ly/4iYxBXR

The program has already incurred a cost of roughly $1.2 million with the vast majority stemming from legal fees for entity setups and expenses for general administration.

03/01/2025

Congress is in session starting at noon. How long will it take them to take up issues important to crypto?

Congress will move quickly by government standards, but that is a slower pace than what the industry is used to.

03/01/2025

Shaw Walters, founder of Eliza Labs, explains:

🔗 How the Eliza framework brings AI agents to every blockchain
📈 How ai16z is rethinking DAOs and decentralized investing
🌍 The societal shifts AI could bring—and who will control its value

The accidental success of ai16z has catapulted AI agents and their transformational promise into the spotlight. Shaw Walters, founder of Eliza Labs, shares his bold vision for how they can reshape finance, social media, and society at large.

02/01/2025

As Solana Rivalry Heats Up, Coinbase's L2 Sets New Records for Addresses and Transactions

Sage D. Young reports:
https://bit.ly/4iXQrhM

Even though Base is seeing growth in its daily active addresses and transactions, the network’s figures are still substantially smaller than Solana’s.

02/01/2025

AI memes dominate crypto markets as FARTCOIN, AI16Z, and ZEREBRO reach all-time highs, suggesting a powerful 2025 trend.

Sage D. Young reports:

02/01/2025

🐂 Enjoying the bull market? 🫰 Got some new crypto for Christmas?

😱 Don’t be like the many victims before you – read our definitive guide on 39 ways to lose money in crypto. 😎

Those in the crypto ecosystem have witnessed an extraordinary level of wealth creation since Satoshi Nakamoto first introduced Bitcoin in 2009; just this year, the overall capitalization of digital assets has soared to $3.5 trillion from under $1.8 trillion at the start of the year. On the flip side...

31/12/2024

2024: A year of surging prices, evolving narratives, and unexpected twists in crypto.
🌟 Bitcoin’s Trump bump
⚖️ SEC shakeups and groundbreaking ETFs
💡 Solana’s rise—and its critics
and much more!

Relive the biggest moments with our Unchained Year in Review! 🎧

Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pods, Fountain, Podcast Addict, Pocket Casts, Amazon Music, or on your favorite podcast platform. 2024 was nothing short of transformative for the crypto world. From bitcoin’s relentless climb amidst macroeconomic shifts to Solana’s continued ris...

25/12/2024

📊 📉 SOL will go through some big unlocks next year. But Mert is not worried.

🔒 “Every chain has token unlocks, and it doesn’t matter if your horizon is 10+ years,” he says on Unchained.

Listen now: https://bit.ly/4iTLNkG

25/12/2024

🤯 “Base can’t compete with Solana,” says Lily Liu, the president of the Solana Foundation.

She argues that Solana’s decentralization gives it the upper hand as “corporate L2s” cannibalize ETH.

25/12/2024

🛠️ “Only possible on Solana.”

🤓 Mert challenges the idea that Solana is copying Ethereum, highlighting its unique focus on memecoins and DePIN.

Listen now: https://bit.ly/4iTLNkG

24/12/2024

🔥 Solana has had a fantastic year by many metrics. Lily Liu and Mert joined the show to talk all about it and what’s next. Plus:

💥 Why Lily Liu says Base is “cannibalizing Ethereum”
⚙️ Mert on why Solana isn’t copying Ethereum anymore
🔒 Why the 2025 token unlocks aren’t a concern

Plus, how Solana can truly stand apart in terms of innovation and whether Base will compete with it in the long term.

24/12/2024

1.6 Trillion BONK Tokens🦴🐾 Worth $53.5 Million to Be Burned as Part of BURNmas🔥🎄

Burning tokens involves permanently taking a portion of the cryptocurrency’s supply out of circulation, which makes the token scarcer.

Sage D. Young reports
https://bit.ly/4fEs3i9

Burning tokens involves permanently taking a portion of the cryptocurrency’s supply out of circulation, which makes the token scarcer.

23/12/2024

After a security researcher warns that crypto trading platform Hyperliquid faces an elevated risk of getting targeted by North Korean hackers, users of prediction-betting site Polymarket spin up their own wagers on the likelihood.

Sage D. Young reports:

After a security researcher warns that crypto trading platform Hyperliquid faces an elevated risk of getting targeted by North Korean hackers, users of prediction-betting site Polymarket spin up their own wagers on the likelihood.

21/12/2024

⚙️ Crypto tech = financial efficiency 🤝

🐂 Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev explains why he’s so bullish on this technology – and how it could save users a lot of money 🤑

Listen now: https://bit.ly/3BMXWqY

21/12/2024

💵 Robinhood invested in its first stablecoin project.

🌍 CEO Vlad Tenev recounts the story of how hyperinflation affected his family and explains why he believes stablecoins could be lifelines. 🛟