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Videos

Short Team Lockup for STRK Is Not ‘Misaligned,' Starkware CEO Says

Starknet faced heavy criticism online after announcing what will be the largest initial airdrop by number of eligible addresses ever. Starkware CEO Eli Ben-Sasson joins "Unchained" to respond to the multiple critiques of the airdrop and discuss why he and the Starknet Foundation decided on the details that they did.

Unchained

Videos

Why the Celestia Team Sees a Future With 10K Roll-Ups

Celestia co-founder Mustafa Al-Bassam and COO Nick White join "Unchained" to discuss what Celestia is and how it works, insights on how data availability sampling allows for more scalability and whether Celestia could become a data availability layer for Bitcoin. Plus, comparisons between Celestia and Solana. 

Unchained

Policy

ECB Officials' Full Statement on Bitcoin's Failed Promise and ETFs

In their full blog post, European Central Bank Director General Ulrich Bindseil and Advisor Jürgen Schaaf express their view that Bitcoin has not fulfilled its potential as a global, decentralized digital currency.

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Policy

Turkey’s Upcoming Crypto Rules Will Protect Users While Fostering Innovation, Lawmaker Says

Ömer İleri, who oversees Information and Communication Technologies for Turkey’s ruling party, met with representatives of the crypto sector to discuss upcoming regulations.

Ömer İleri, Deputy Chairman in charge of Information and Communication Technologies for Turkey's ruling AK Party. (CoinDesk Turkey)

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How Decentralized Social Network Farcaster Hopes to Eventually Get to One Billion Users

Dan Romero, the co-founder of decentralized social media network Farcaster, joins "Unchained" to discuss why Frames has become so popular, the central ideas behind Farcaster, and what’s in store for Farcaster’s future.

Unchained

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Justin Sun Has Bitcoin Ambitions

Catch up on this week’s Bitcoin and Bitcoin mining news! Charlie, Matt and Will go through this week’s most important Bitcoin headlines, including the 8% difficulty adjustment, Coinmint’s $14 million payout to ASIC manufacturer Katena and Justin Sun’s Bitcoin ambitions.

The Mining Pod

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Why One Solana Builder Is Still Optimistic About the Network

Lucas Bruder, the CEO of Jito Labs, which builds infrastructure for the Solana blockchain, joins "Unchained" to discuss the cause of Solana's recent outage, improvements the blockchain has made to its technology and the promise of the Solana phone. 

Unchained

Videos

BitDigital’s AI Play With Sam Tabar

Will is joined by Sam Tabar, CEO of BitDigital, to discuss the Bitcoin miner’s focus on AI, its asset-light mining strategy and how Sam is thinking about mining post-halving.

The Mining Pod