Laura Shin

a16z crypto’s fifth fund targeted ~$2B — less than half their 2022 raise. Ali Yahya ( @alive_eth ) of @a16zcrypto joins @laurashin to break down why the fund got smaller, where he sees moats forming, and where crypto x AI is heading. It’s worth a watch. Tune in today at 12pm ET!!

In the world of AI, someone who's never built any software before can build their own apps 🤯 -- Kain x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

On the Coinbase layoffs ... Tay: "I am surprised that non-technical people are shipping production-ready code." 😂 x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

Key takeaway from Kelsie's book on security: Assume you are in a permanent state of insecurity. 👀 P Aversaccio from Seal 911 gave me a quote that I think sums it up: "Be paranoid about everything." -- Kelsie x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

Talking about Bankrbot being hacked via Morse code ... "It's all over when people everywhere think that some new thing has solved all their problems." -- Kain x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

"My wife texted me, 'The Australian Federal police were at our house looking for you.' I had no idea what it was about. I assumed it was due to Synthetix. They said, 'We're serving you with this lawsuit,' and I open it up, and at the top, it's like 'PoolTogether blahblahblah ...' and I was like, 'Oh, this is fine. This is not a thing.'" 😂 -- Kain, on the Gerstein lawyers x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

If you can do something, then Lazarus can hack you. -- Tay So Step 1 is: 'Don't have the money.' 😂 -- Kain x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

North Korea's Kim Jong Un came out and said they didn't do these hacks -- in response to the TRM blog post and "reptile organ journalists" -- Tay 😂 x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

The lawyers that are suing for the Arbitrum-frozen funds are the same ones that sued PoolTogether back in the day -- Tay 😮 x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

This week's crypto good news: Props to Dogecoin and Moonpay, which have collected 1 million DOGE to the American Kennel Club 🐶❤️ x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

Banks aren't giving up on banning passing yield to consumers. 😡 For them, the stablecoin yield debate now moves to "what counts as evasion?" It is now about what counts as yield? Fee rebates? Rewards points? Trading incentives? Staking rewards? -- Vy x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

🥺 "A lot of people are sympathetic to Aave because they weren't hacked, but they're suffering the biggest impact from this." -- Vy x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

Today on Uneasy Money: @kelsiemvn joins @kaiynne , @tayvano_, and @LucaNetz on the same day @aave is in court trying to keep $71M of recovered Kelp DAO hack funds out of a kidnapping-victims judgment. Plus: the Bankrbot Morse-code heist. Don't miss it. Tune in live on X, YouTube or PumpFun.

"A lot of Defi exploits could have been prsented by basic security efforts. DeFi hasn't been around for years and we still don't have industry standards. "If you're a signer on a multisig, do that on a dedicated device. A lot of this is basic common sense that was not implemented." -- Vy 🔥 x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

Can you hold software/DeFi developers liable for product defects? "You have to determine that the software developer knew it was going to be used like that." -- @kkirkbos 💥 x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

Courts are starting to look at tech and say, "Who designed the tech? Who knew the risk that was preventable?" 👀 This is what DeFi developers need to pay attention to x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

Could DeFi Devs Be Sued Like OpenAI x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

In today's @Unchained_pod Daily newsletter: 🔥 Strategy posts $12.54 billion Q1 loss—and Saylor floats selling bitcoin to cover dividends for the first time 🔴 Coinbase cuts 14% of staff, citing a crypto downturn and AI reshaping how teams operate 🤝 Kraken partners with MoneyGram for crypto-to-cash withdrawals in 100+ countries ⚔️ Kelp DAO drops LayerZero for Chainlink, claims LayerZero approved the bridge setup behind the $292M hack Subscribe to the Unchained Daily 👇 unchainedcrypto.beehiiv.com/p/strategy-pos…

OpenAI's new product liability lawsuits are testing the "it's just code" defense — and DeFi devs should be paying very close attention. Katherine Kirkpatrick Bos, Jessi Brooks & Vy Le on AI liability, DeFi's $300M bailout, and the stablecoin yield deal that might unstick Clarity. Don't miss it. Tune in live on X, YouTube or PumpFun.

4/4 In this week's Bits + Bips: the derivatives math, the catalyst hierarchy (and why CLARITY matters less for BTC than you think), bull/base/bear scenarios, and the four dates that determine everything. Link below. unchainedcrypto.com/bitcoin-rose-1…

3/4 The key insight: these catalysts don't need to be finalized. They need to cross the confidence threshold. That's what BlackRock's ETF filing did in June 2023, months before approval. The market priced inevitability, and BTC rallied 82%. The shorts became the fuel.

1/4 Bitcoin gained 12% in April despite 46 straight days of negative funding rates. No spot demand. No conviction. Just structural mechanics: basis trades, Strategy's $3.8B in purchases, and short liquidations. The market is tightly wound. Here's why that matters.