Episode 478: Laura Shin
Laura Shin is a journalist covering cryptocurrency and hosts the podcast\xa0Unchained. Her new book is\xa0The Cryptopians: Idealism, Greed, Lies, and the Making of the First Big Cryptocurrency Craze.\n\u201cI was extremely well-acquainted with what the failings were with our traditional financial system. I was seeing through my other reporting how everything works now, and really understanding, whoa, this is not a good system. And then getting this education on what bitcoin is, I understood right away: wow, this is going to change the world.\u201d\nShow notes:\n\n@laurashin\n\nlaurashin.com\n\n03:00\xa0The Fintech 50\xa0(Forbes)\n\n16:00\xa0The Breakdown Podcast\xa0(Nathaniel Whittemore \u2022 Coindesk)\n\n29:00\xa0"Exclusive: Austrian Programmer And Ex Crypto CEO Likely Stole $11 Billion Of Ether"\xa0(Forbes \u2022 Feb 2022)\n\n\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices