Laura Shin
Founder and CEO at Unchained
Laura Shin is the founder and CEO of Unchained and author of “The Cryptopians: Idealism, Greed, Lies, and the Making of the First Big Cryptocurrency Craze” (PublicAffairs, ). During the course of writing her book, she and her sources uncovered who they believe was behind the biggest whodunnit in crypto — the DAO attack on Ethereum. She is now working on a book about the collapse of FTX. Formerly a senior editor at Forbes, she was the first mainstream journalist to cover crypto full-time, and her podcasts and videos have had million downloads and views. Shin has spoken about cryptocurrency at places such as TEDx San Francisco, the International Monetary Fund, Singularity University and the Oslo Freedom Forum. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa with Honors from Stanford University and has a master of arts from Columbia University’s School of Journalism.
Current Roles
News Mentions
I had a great time talking about @trydrip with @laurashin on the @Unchained_pod. @unchained_pod's free + premium podcasts and newsletters are also now available on @trydrip! Give your agent access to one of the best news sources in crypto. https://x.com/laurashin/status/2080012716983632195
加密媒体 The Defiant 创始人 Camila Russo 表示，加密行业正面临“全面媒体危机（full-blown crypto media crisis）”。她指出，过去一年以来，包括 Blockworks Newsroom、DLNews、DappRadar 等媒体相继关闭或重组，Bankless、Decrypt、Unchained、Cointelegraph 及 The Defiant 等机构亦出现裁员或业务收缩。Russo 认为，当前危机主要源于加密 VC 融资放缓、资金转向 AI、行业重心从散户叙事转向稳定币和 RWA，以及营销预算逐渐流向 KOL 和企业自建媒体等因素。她同
Your seed phrase isn't public. Your phone number probably is. 😬 Shoutout to Cape for backing Unchained. http://cape.co/unchained - Code: UNCHAINED
You can have perfect wallet security... until someone gets your phone number. 😬 Shoutout to Cape for backing us. http://cape.co/unchained - Code: UNCHAINED
The fastest way to lose crypto? It's often not the wallet. 😭 Thanks to Cape for sponsoring the show. http://cape.co/unchained Code: UNCHAINED
What's your biggest security fear? Losing your seed phrase... or getting SIM-swapped? 👀 http://cape.co/unchained Code: UNCHAINED
What's your biggest security fear? Losing your seed phrase... or getting SIM-swapped? 👀 Shoutout to Cape for backing Unchained. http://cape.co/unchained Code: UNCHAINED
The "I'll subscribe later" people are the same ones who buy the top. Not Saylor anymore. Don't be one. @bitsandbips has migrated to its own channel, with segments still available via Unchained. https://linktr.ee/bitsandbips
The "I'll subscribe later" people are the same ones who buy the top. Not Saylor anymore. Don't be one. @bitsandbips has migrated to its own channel, with segments still available via Unchained. https://linktr.ee/bitsandbips
RT @laurashin: .@hosseeb asked me how I feel about Unchained being a part of the rise of independent media. The old me would have thought…