Perimeter Desk
Perimeter Listening / Crypto
Unchained explores crypto through Laura Shin’s interviews with people building, regulating and studying the industry. Conversations examine how protocols and businesses work, where incentives conflict and what new developments mean for users and investors. Subjects include Bitcoin, Ethereum, decentralized finance, stablecoins and regulation. The wider feed also carries companion programs with other presenters, so episode titles and host credits help you select the format and depth you want.
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The show
Crypto interviews and industry discussions · Laura Shin Media
The Desk’s listening note
Start with a topic you can define, and distinguish a guest’s commercial interests from the evidence offered for their claims.
Who it’s for
Listeners with some crypto vocabulary who want detailed interviews about technology, incentives and policy, including the disagreements shaping businesses and protocols in the sector.
A useful place to start
Choose a Laura Shin interview about stablecoins or a protocol you recognize; consult its show notes and pause to define unfamiliar mechanisms before proceeding.
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The people behind the microphone
Laura Shin hosts the core Unchained interviews. The feed also includes companion series and discussions with other presenters, identified in each episode’s credits.
Founder and CEO, Unchained; crypto journalist and author
Laura Shin is the founder and CEO of Unchained and hosts its core interview podcast. A former senior editor at Forbes, she reports on crypto and the people building the industry. She wrote The Cryptopians, a reported account of Ethereum’s early development and the first major cryptocurrency boom. Her conversations explore technology, financial incentives, governance and regulation.
Host profile Official profileSources & further reading
Profile checked September 18, 2026. Editorial notes are Perimeter’s interpretation.