Transcript Ep. 461: Have Crypto Detectives Killed the Cypherpunk Dream?

Laura Shin:

Hi, everyone. Welcome to Unchained, your no-hype resource for all things crypto. I'm your host Laura Shin, author of The Cryptopians. I started covering crypto seven years ago, and as a senior editor at Forbes, was the first major media partner to cover cryptocurrency full time. This is the February 28, 2023 episode of Unchained.

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Today's guest is Andy Greenberg, Senior Writer for WIRED and author of Tracers in the Dark: The Global Hunt for the Crime Lords of Cryptocurrency. Welcome, Andy.

Andy Greenberg:

Glad to be here. Nice to talk to you, Laura.