Buying a Team, Not the Token, Leaves Holders Empty‑handed
Circle bought the Axelar team — not the token. And token holders got nothing. @tayvano_ and @kaiynne go over the uncomfortable truth about token ownership: it provides no obligations, no guarantees, and often no accountability 👇 https://t.co/47rtBtNMqB
Aave DAO's Brand Fight May Become Governance Bottleneck
Aave DAO is fighting for control of the Aave brand over a revenue allocation spat with Aave Labs. But @LucaNetz believes the DAO may be nothing more than a bottleneck 🚧 Do you agree? 👇 https://t.co/kREgDPJj3P
New Bill Will Test If Trump’s Crypto Is True DeFi
Is Trump’s World Liberty Financial really DeFi? 🤔 A new market structure bill may force an answer. Timestamps: 0:00 🎬 Intro 3:56 ⚖️ If crypto finally gets rules, what then? 7:44 ❄️ Frozen wallets: the DeFi dealbreaker 13:56 🏛️ Has the White House picked a DeFi...
Coinbase and Robinhood Edge Closer, Yet Crucial Difference Remains
As the “super app” thesis gains momentum, Coinbase and Robinhood are beginning to converge. ⚔️ But @JohannKerbrat says there's a key difference. 🗣 https://t.co/KlxShUlkJa
Figure Turns HELOCs Into On‑Chain Mortgage Alternative
An onchain mortgage replacement? 🤔 In this episode of @bitsandbips, host @Steven_Ehrlich is joined by @mcagney to break down: ⚡️ How Figure is making home loans accessible onchain 🚨 The primary challenge facing tokenization and what it takes to succeed 🤯 How big banks...
Crypto Bear Market Rumors Overblown, Says Analyst
Since the Oct. 10 crash, crypto price action has looked shaky, sparking bear market concerns. 🫠 But @JohannKerbrat suggests that rumors of a bear market are greatly exaggerated 👀 https://t.co/U9b0CIwhyA
Crypto Dip Isn’t a Bear Market, Says Kerbrat
Since the Oct. 10 crash, crypto price action has looked shaky, sparking bear market concerns. 🫠 But Johann Kerbrat suggests that rumors of a bear market are greatly exaggerated 👀 #crypto #cryptopodcast #bearmarket
Tokenized Private Equities Could Eliminate Traditional IPOs
As tokenized equities for private companies gain momentum, @JohannKerbrat says he sees a world with no more IPOs. 🤯 Here's why 👇 https://t.co/ZnFuh8iL9K
Crypto Treasuries Discounted as Industry Shifts Beyond Natives
Crypto treasury stocks are deeply discounted 📉 And at the same time, “crypto as we know it” may be fading 👀 On Unchained, with Steven Ehrlich and Dougie DeLuca: 📊 Why DATs aren’t a simple value play ⚙️ Why adoption...
Crypto’s Old Model Is Dying; Evolution Is Essential
Is crypto as we know it dead? 👀 In this @Unchained_pod episode, @DougieDeLuca joins me to discuss: ⚠️ Why crypto natives could be left behind as the market evolves 💥 Why crypto's current focus on incentives like points is unsustainable 🤯 How crypto becomes...
Crypto's Evolution Threatens Old‑School Incentive Models
Is crypto as we know it dead? 👀 In this Unchained episode, Dougie DeLuca joins me to discuss: ⚠️ Why crypto natives could be left behind as the market evolves 💥 Why crypto's current focus on incentives like points is...
Token Rights vs Control: DAOs, Founders, and Scams
Who owns the protocol? 🤔 In this episode of Uneasy Money, @gdog97_ joins hosts @kaiynne, @tayvano_ & @LucaNetz to dive into: 🥊 When DAOs clash with founders, who actually has control? ❕️ What Circle’s Axelar deal reveals about tokenholder expectations 🏃♂️ How controversial builders...
DAO vs Founder: Who Really Controls Protocols?
Who owns the protocol? 🤔 In this episode of Uneasy Money, Guy Young joins hosts Kain Warwick, Luca Netz & Taylor Monahan to dive into: 🥊 When DAOs clash with founders, who actually has control? ❕️ What Circle’s Axelar deal...
Polymarket Resolves Issues After Polygon Network Disruption
Polymarket confirmed that a recent disruption on Polygon’s PoS network temporarily halted trades, deposits, withdrawals, and data feeds. The issue originated from faulty RPC nodes, though the underlying blockchain continued to produce blocks without a full halt. Polymarket restored all...
Robinhood's Crypto Surge: 3x Growth, Ethereum Bet
Robinhood is doubling down on crypto and tokenization 💫 In this Unchained episode, Johann Kerbrat joined me to unpack: 💥 Robinhood's 3x crypto revenue growth in Q3 📈 Why the company chose Ethereum over Solana ⚔️ How Robinhood views competition...
Crypto Regulation Shifts: SEC Roundtable, Privacy, Do Kwon
A sea change in crypto regulation? 🤔 In this episode of DITC, Jill Gunther joins hosts Katherine Kirkpatrick Bos & Jessi Brooks to unpack: 📝 Why the SEC's recent roundtable felt so good (after years of Gensler) 🤧 Why Jill...
Bitcoin, Ether Treasuries Seem Cheap Without Redemption Mechanism
Bitcoin and ether treasuries look cheap on paper, but without a redemption mechanism, “cheap” can stay cheap for a long time. @steven_ehrlich investigates https://t.co/QM3f37zPFM
Solana’s Nasdaq Ambition Hinges on Derivatives, Liquidity
Solana wants to be the decentralized Nasdaq. On @bitsandbips, @perkinscr97 explains why speed and throughput are necessary — but why derivatives, liquidity, and market depth are the real test 👇 https://t.co/N4Wp2mDfrj
Bitcoin, Ether Treasuries Seem Cheap, Yet Stuck Without Redemption
Bitcoin and ether treasuries look cheap on paper, but without a redemption mechanism, “cheap” can stay cheap for a long time. Steven Ehrlich investigates https://lnkd.in/e5Pfm8H2
Loan Data Secured on Immutable Blockchain, Says Figure CEO
"We ingest the data from the loan - so credit, title, property, income - directly into the blockchain... The importance here is that the blockchain is immutable." - Mike Cagney, CEO of Figure Technology Solutions
Investors Value Companies Below Their Crypto Holdings
"Where mNAVs across the board are less than 1. What that means is investors are now valuing these companies even less than the value of their crypto holdings." - Steve Ehrlich, Executive Editor @Unchained_pod, discussing the drop in DATs' market prices.
DATs at 50% Discount: Potential Trap or Opportunity
Most DATs are trading at 50% discount. Is this a trap or a unique opportunity? 🧐 Catch the full conversation here:
Crypto Teams Can Finally Deliver Real Products Efficiently
"The big thing I have taken away from this 'cycle' is that I have seen teams be able to actually put products in people's hands in better ways than I have ever seen in crypto. That's where I was like,...
Author Surprised by Mild Backlash to “Crypto Is Dead”
"I was expecting to get a lot more pushback than I got, and I certainly did not expect the reception this article got." - Dougie Deluca (@DougieDeLuca ), General Partner @ Figment Capital, on his "Crypto Is Dead" article.
Crypto Slump Sparks DATs Buying Opportunity Amid Market Turmoil
Crypto 'Is Dead' - DATs: A Buying Opportunity? Plus: Figure's IPO & Trump's WLFI in Trouble https://t.co/jnyauXCNud
Campbell Austin Exposes SEC’s Questionable Protection Motives
After this week’s controversial NYT article… @CampbellJAustin doesn’t mince words on Gensler, and runs through the receipts on @bitsandbips📋😯 Who was the SEC actually protecting? 🤨 https://t.co/88zHVNGGOK
Bitcoin Remains Trapped in ‘Fragile Range’: Glassnode
Bitcoin has slipped 13% year‑to‑date, wiping out the gains it posted earlier in 2025. Glassnode’s on‑chain analysis says the cryptocurrency is trapped in a “structurally fragile” range, with persistent overhead supply and rising loss realization weighing on price. The asset...
New Crypto Bills Push WLFI Into Regulated Territory, Challenging Trump
Coming crypto bills draw a bright line between real DeFi and intermediaries, but WLFI appears to fall squarely on the regulated side, raising tough questions for Trump’s agenda. @RegulatoryJason writes https://t.co/3axJdp5vKt
How the Crypto Market Structure Law Would Expose that Trump’s WLFI Isn’t DeFi
Since September 2024, Donald Trump’s sons and the Witkoff brothers have launched WLFI, a DeFi‑branded platform backed by the $3.52 billion WLFI token and the $2.7 billion USD1 stablecoin. The USD1 stablecoin was used to settle a $2 billion Abu Dhabi MGX investment into Binance,...
MetaMask’s Monahan Questions Possible Move BEC Scam
"I saw a couple of documents, and I was like 'Wait, did someone at Move just get a business email compromise scam? Or were they intending to do this deal?'" - Taylor Monahan, Security @ MetaMask
Circle's Axelar Deal Sparks Regulatory and Market Debate
Discussing the controversial Circle/Axelar acquisition 👀
DAOs Prove Inefficient, Yet Holders Demand Participation
"DAOs are extremely inefficient. I remember after I bought Pudgy Penguins, some big holders wanted me to put everything into a DAO..." - Luca Netz
Solana Upgrade, Aave Feud Highlight Token Valuation Woes
Solana’s Big Upgrade, Aave’s Civil War & the Problem With Token Value: Uneasy Money https://t.co/5kF0KLNGWg
JPMorgan’s Ethereum Token Fund Pushes TradFi Onto Blockchain
How Crypto Networks Are Racing to Be the TradFi Chain JPMorgan is going deeper onchain as Wall Street beings to tokenize everything 🏦⛓️ On @bitsandbips, joined by @Tradeweb's Elisabeth Kirby, @CampbellJAustin, @ramahluwalia & @perkinscr97 dig into: ⚖️ Market structure chaos 🏗️ Ethereum vs Canton...
Crypto Demand Persists, Signaling Market Far From Bear
"We are still seeing a lot of activity coming in from more customers - not just trading their assets, but buying crypto and transferring them out to DeFi platforms. That to me shows that we are far from the bear...
Robinhood Picks Ethereum L2 over Solana, Here's Why
Johann discussing why Robinhood chose Ethereum for its L2 instead of Solana 👀
Robinhood Chose Ethereum L2 for Goals, Not Solana Bias
"We didn't decide to go with the Ethereum L2 because we don't like Solana, it's about what we are trying to achieve..." - Johann on why Robinhood preferred Ethereum for its L2 instead of Solana
Crypto Built for Engineers, Neglecting the Majority
"I always think that crypto was made by engineers for engineers, and we forgot 99% of the population at the same time." - Johann, Senior VP & Crypto HM @ Robinhood
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Judge Boosts Do Kwon Sentence to 15 Years
Jessi Brooks discussing why and how the judge sentenced Do Kwon to 15 years when the prosecution recommended 12 years on @DEXintheCityPod
On‑chain Assets and IDs Can Meet Compliance with Less Data
"To bring assets and identities onchain, things like these, using crypto tools, we can still meet compliance goals, but with less data collection." - @jillgun on @DEXintheCityPod https://t.co/aN9nzZ9ze5
SEC's Privacy Panel Marks Shift From Anti‑Crypto Stance
"I can't believe that the SEC had a panel on privacy. I was in the government almost 5 years ago... and part of the reason I left was I didn't feel the government understood the value of crypto and spoke...
Crypto Privacy Rises as Do Kwon Sentenced, Robinhood Goes On‑chain
Crypto Privacy, Do Kwon’s Sentence & Robinhood’s Onchain Strategy https://t.co/QucnkGumrT
PayPal Launches PYUSD Savings Vault on Spark
PayPal has introduced the PYUSD Savings Vault on the Spark DeFi lending protocol, directly linking its dollar‑pegged stablecoin to SparkLend. The vault routes 90% of deposits into yield‑generating strategies while retaining 10% for instant withdrawals, and issues spPYUSD tokens to...
Canton Network Targets Institutional Privacy, Wins TradFi Praise
Privacy keeps coming up in institutional blockchain conversations On @bitsandbips, Tradeweb’s @egkirby pointed to Canton Network as being designed specifically for institutional privacy needs. @ramahluwalia calls it a great play for TradFi. https://t.co/Fg1203QMqr
Ethereum Mirrors Traditional Finance Infrastructure
"Ethereum is TradFi chain" -- @ramahluwalia
JPMorgan Embraces Ethereum, Signaling Wall Street’s On‑chain Shift
JPMorgan goes onchain, using Ethereum "Ethereum is VERY appealing to Wall Street " - @perkinscr97 https://t.co/Fg1203QMqr
JPM's Tokenized Money Market Fund Challenges Stablecoins
How JPM's Tokenized money market fund might compete with stablecoins ... 👇
NYT's Flawed Crypto Piece Sparks SEC Debate
They're talking about the terrible NYT article on the SEC and crypto‼️
JPMorgan Goes On‑chain Amid Fed Cuts; Bitcoin Stalls
JPMorgan Goes Onchain as the Fed Cuts & Why Bitcoin Can’t Break Out - Bits + Bips https://t.co/Fg1203RkfZ
