Arrested, Then Cleared - This Week on Unchained

Good Sunday!

One founder was arrested by the FBI at the airport in front of with his wife and son.

Now both the DOJ and SEC cases have been dismissed.

Laura sits down with Nader Al-Naji to unpack how it all unraveled, from the raid on his Beverly Hills home to the legal strategy that forced both agencies to walk away, and the debanking playbook he says nearly broke him first.

Meanwhile, a Bitcoin proposal has triggered a wave of debate that’s spreading rapidly online.

It suggests freezing wallets that don’t upgrade for quantum resistance, including Satoshi’s.

On Uneasy Money, Kain Warwick and Taylor Monahan break down BIP-361, what it says about Bitcoin’s future, and whether “not your keys, not your coins” still holds if quantum computers arrive sooner than expected.

Here’s more on what we unpacked this week on Unchained:

• 🤖 Anthropic vs. the State
  A private company with more powerful AI than the U.S. government raises uncomfortable questions, just as the SEC quietly edges toward its first real crypto framework and DeFi regulation clarity.

• 🌍 Bits + Bips: War, AI Hype, and Market Bottom Calls
  A live naval blockade, fragile geopolitics, and AI security fears collide with crypto market debates. Is this the bottom, or just another head fake?

• 📈 Can Onchain Options Replace the Basis Trade?
  With easy yield gone, a new window opens for options to finally compete, if the infrastructure is ready this time around.

• 🌐 Bitcoin, Ethereum, and the New Geopolitical Trade
  ETH outperforms, ETFs see inflows, and crypto starts reacting faster than traditional markets, but who’s really trading ahead of global events, and what does it mean for adoption?

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