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In this podcast, I chat with crypto journalist Laura Shin, producer of the Unchained and Unconfirmed podcasts. In this interview, we talk about how Laura came to be a crypto journalist, why she chose to leave Forbes and various issues within Crypto.

Breakdown of the show

00:02:28: Introductions
00:06:32: Writing vs podcasting
00:08:30: Laura's journey into crypto
00:15:30: Crypto's role in society
00:18:49: Crypto economics
00:22:42: The petrodollar and other crypto currencies
00:25:45: Reactions to crypto from the US and China
00:27:36: The Senate testimony hearing
00:33:08: Laura's crypto investments
00:34:16: Reflecting on the crypto space since 2016
00:40:40: Bitcoin and Ethereum
00:44:54: Smart contracts and financial institutions
00:50:04: Scaling mass-scale decentralised systems
00:52:00: Scam ICOs
00:59:23: Lack of mainstream media understanding
01:00:08: The future for crypto
01:04:02: The future for Laura
01:04:57: Final comments

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SHOW NOTES

• Connect with Laura:

  • On Twitter @laurashin

  • On Medium

  • On Earn.com
     

• Laura's Podcast:

  • Unchained: Website  |  iTunes

  • Unconfirmed: Website  |  iTunes
     

• Laura's Content Mentioned in Podcast: 

  • Newly Revealed, Could Satoshi Nakamoto, Worth $400M In Bitcoin, Be In Danger?

  • Laura's interview with Naval Ravikant

  • Laura's interview with Christ Burniske

  • Laura's interview with Kathryn Haun
     

• Other Content Mentioned in Podcast: 

  • Fred Ehrsam - Scaling Ethereum to Billions of Users

  • Marco Santori - The SAFT Project: Toward a Compliant Token Sale Framework

THANKS

• Jason Camiolo for audio production, his website is at http://www.jasoncamiolo.com/

• James Parkin for helping me with admin and trading

• Tom Pattinson for helping with content