If a year in crypto is like a decade in other industries, then Laura Shin has seen a lot. To commemorate the 500th episode of “Unchained” (actually, there’s about 150 more under a different brand name), Laura hops on the other side of the microphone to field questions from Unchained Contributing Editor Zack Seward about standout moments dating back to 2018.
From the early rise of Binance to a charged interview with Terra founder Do Kwon, Shin takes you behind the scenes for rare insights into her process, her favorite moments, and how key episodes have aged.
🗳️ The MakerDAO community approved a proposal to invest an additional $1.28 billion in U.S. government bonds via BlockTower Capital, using a newly-established real-world asset vault.
🖥️ The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is considering a rules revision to account for risks associated with "evolving technologies" such as cryptocurrencies and artificial intelligence.
📈 Despite the overall stablecoin market shrinking, Tether's USDT rebounded to an all-time high market capitalization of $83.2 billion, fully recovering from the setback following the Terra blockchain project's collapse last year.
⏱️ Silvergate Bank, the crypto-friendly institution, agreed to the Federal Reserve's order to submit a self-liquidation plan within 10 days, marking a step toward winding down the bank's operations.
🔄 The Synthetix's community greenlit a strategy to shift about $150,000 worth of lingering positions from the soon-to-close version one perpetuals market to version two, by gradually raising margin requirements to eventually liquidate all v1 positions.
🌍 The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) criticized Qatar for inadequate enforcement of its 2019 crypto ban, urging the Qatar Central Bank to actively identify and penalize violating crypto companies.
Today in Crypto Adoption...
🔺 Avalanche, a Layer 1 blockchain network, recorded over a million monthly active users for the first time, spurred by the recent launch of AvaCloud, a platform that enables developers to easily create subnets or custom blockchains.
📊 Coinbase Derivatives Exchange will start providing Bitcoin and Ether futures for institutional clients from June 5, in response to a rise in institutional demand following the launch of its nano Bitcoin and Ether contracts last year.
✈️ All Nippon Airways (ANA), Japan's biggest airline group, introduced an NFT marketplace on the Ethereum blockchain, featuring aviation-related digital collectibles, including photography and 3D airplane models.
The $$$ Corner…
⛏️ CleanSpark procured 12,500 Bitmain bitcoin mining machines for $40.5 million, aiming to bolster its computational power by 1.76 exahash/second and move closer to its 16 EH/s goal by the end of 2023.
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