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Unchained Daily

Aug 27, 2026

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4 min read

The Lightning Warning That Arrived Without a Patch

Plus: ⚛️ StarkWare moves coins a quantum computer can't touch | 🏛️ The SEC dusts off a custody rule Gensler lost | 💶 Revolut's euro stablecoin opens to its first users

David Okoya

Unchained Daily

Aug 26, 2026

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5 min read

Grayscale Bets Investors Will Pay for Privacy

Plus: 🏦 39 state bankers associations are building their own chain | 🧹 Kraken's compliance system got turned into a weapon

David Okoya

Unchained Daily

Aug 25, 2026

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3 min read

The Bitcoin Debasement Trade Is Back

Plus: 🇮🇷 Washington puts crypto on Iran's sanctions map | 🏦 Strategy raises $2 billion and buys nothing

David Okoya

Unchained Weekly

I Went Undercover to Expose a North Korean Crypto Hacker

Aug 16, 2026

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2 min read

I Went Undercover to Expose a North Korean Crypto Hacker

Plus: Bitcoin’s quiet market may be hiding a bottom

Unchained Weekly

Aug 9, 2026

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3 min read

The $100 Million Bitcoin Mistake

Plus: When AI won't help defenders

Unchained Weekly

Aug 2, 2026

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3 min read

The Crypto Bill Running Out of Time

Plus: Is the AI trade just beginning?

The Lightning Warning That Arrived Without a Patch

Plus: ⚛️ StarkWare moves coins a quantum computer can't touch | 🏛️ The SEC dusts off a custody rule Gensler lost | 💶 Revolut's euro stablecoin opens to its first users

David Okoya

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Transcript Ep. 1210: Arthur Hayes on Why AI Agents Will Want to Transact in Units of Compute

Aug 26, 2026

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28 min read

Transcript Ep. 1210: Arthur Hayes on Why AI Agents Will Want to Transact in Units of Compute

Arthur Hayes unveils Flop, a new protocol for AI compute, and makes the case for why Bitcoin is entering a fresh liquidity-driven leg up.

Margaret Kuria

Unchained Daily

Aug 26, 2026

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5 min read

Grayscale Bets Investors Will Pay for Privacy

Plus: 🏦 39 state bankers associations are building their own chain | 🧹 Kraken's compliance system got turned into a weapon

David Okoya

Unchained Daily

Aug 25, 2026

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3 min read

The Bitcoin Debasement Trade Is Back

Plus: 🇮🇷 Washington puts crypto on Iran's sanctions map | 🏦 Strategy raises $2 billion and buys nothing

David Okoya

Transcripts

Transcript Ep. 1209: EIP-8363: Should ETH Be Sound Money or a Productive Asset?

Aug 24, 2026

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28 min read

Transcript Ep. 1209: EIP-8363: Should ETH Be Sound Money or a Productive Asset?

Ethereum wants to slash staking yields toward zero. Gitcoin’s Kevin Owocki, DV Labs’ Oisín Kyne, and Ethereum-France’s Jérôme de Tychey debate whether that breaks DeFi.

Margaret Kuria

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Transcript Ep. 1206: I Went Undercover to Interview a North Korean Crypto Hacker

Aug 24, 2026

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10 min read

Transcript Ep. 1206: I Went Undercover to Interview a North Korean Crypto Hacker

Under a fake name and a fake Zoom account, Laura Shin interviewed one of North Korea's state-sponsored crypto developers.

Margaret Kuria

Unchained Daily

Aug 24, 2026

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5 min read

Ten Months Later, the ETF Bid Is Back

Plus: 🏚️ BitMart contemplates a second act | 🔐 Coldcard's post-hack firmware lands

David Okoya

Arthur Hayes’ AI Bet Could Change Crypto

Aug 23, 2026

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3 min read

Arthur Hayes’ AI Bet Could Change Crypto

Plus: Why AI agents need their own financial rails

Unchained Daily

Aug 21, 2026

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4 min read

The CFTC Is No Longer Waiting on Congress

Plus: Plus: 🇦🇪 Binance staff detained in the Emirates | 📈 Bitcoin's best week in over two years | 🥊 CME and Kalshi execs go at it on camera

David Okoya

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Unchained Daily

The Lightning Warning That Arrived Without a Patch

Grayscale Bets Investors Will Pay for Privacy

The Bitcoin Debasement Trade Is Back

Unchained Weekly

I Went Undercover to Expose a North Korean Crypto Hacker

The $100 Million Bitcoin Mistake

The Crypto Bill Running Out of Time

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The Lightning Warning That Arrived Without a Patch

Transcript Ep. 1210: Arthur Hayes on Why AI Agents Will Want to Transact in Units of Compute

Grayscale Bets Investors Will Pay for Privacy

The Bitcoin Debasement Trade Is Back

Transcript Ep. 1209: EIP-8363: Should ETH Be Sound Money or a Productive Asset?

Transcript Ep. 1206: I Went Undercover to Interview a North Korean Crypto Hacker

Ten Months Later, the ETF Bid Is Back

Arthur Hayes’ AI Bet Could Change Crypto

The CFTC Is No Longer Waiting on Congress

Unchained Daily

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