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Unchained

Uneasy Money: Are Institutions Creating a New Crypto Meta?

Unchained

Laura Shin

News, Tech News, Business News

4.61.3K Ratings

🗓️ 16 February 2026

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

The crew unpacks BlackRock buying UNI, ARK, Citadel, DTCC, the Intercontinental Exchange and other TradFi players backing Zero, , Vitalik's thoughts on AI, and more.  Thank you to our sponsors! Fuse: The Energy Network MultiChain Advisors Crypto Tax Girl AI safety chiefs are leaving, BlackRock's launching on Uniswap and buying UNI, LayerZero launches “the last blockchain” with institutional backing, Kaito is launching attention markets, Base is abandoning social and Vitalik has some thoughts on AI. Hosts Kain Warwick, Luca Netz and Taylor Monahan unpack these and more in yet another packed episode of Uneasy Money. Find out why Kain thinks the Uniswap and LayerZero news point to a new meta reminiscent of DeFi Summer. Plus, is Coinbase's Base playing it too safe? And is Vitalik fighting a losing battle? Hosts: Luca Netz, CEO of Pudgy Penguins Kain Warwick, Founder of Infinex and Synthetix Taylor Monahan, Security at MetaMask Links: Unchained: ⁠LayerZero Launches ‘Zero’ Layer 1 as Citadel, ARK Buy ZRO⁠ ⁠How Zero Blockchain Cracked 2 Million TPS and Is Still Decentralized⁠ ⁠Vitalik Buterin Pushes Back on the ‘Race to AGI,’ Outlines Ethereum-Led AI Path⁠ ⁠When AI Agents Take Over, What Does a Post-Human Economy Look Like?⁠ ⁠Uneasy Money: How the Increasingly Better AI Agents Are Being Used Onchain⁠ ⁠Uneasy Money: Why Crypto Still Can’t Overcome Its ICO Struggles Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Could AI help you do more of what you love?

0:03.0

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0:08.0

We help you handle the have-to-dos so you can focus on the can't-wait-to-dos.

0:13.0

It's a new workday.

0:15.0

I just don't know how you can't rig these attention markets, right?

0:18.0

Because the attention is derived from social activity, right?

0:21.7

And social impression and activity and impressions can be rigged.

0:25.5

I take security and safety very seriously. Like, I think that we should absolutely be concerned

0:30.6

about these things. And it concerns me when I see the safety people leaving the AI,

0:34.6

being like, I'm going to go move to an island by. Imagine if like Medi from like SigP and like you and all of all of the like crypto safety people,

0:45.3

all of a sudden like, ah, I'm out.

0:47.3

Okay.

0:48.3

I'm moving to England.

0:49.3

Here's a bit.

0:50.3

You would be like, holy shit, crypto's cooked.

0:52.3

Like we're in a lot of trouble.

0:59.0

Hey, everyone. I'm Kane Warwick and welcome to an easy money because what happens on chain never stays on chain.

1:03.0

I'm here with my co-host, Taylor Monaghan, security expert and Luca Nets, CEO of the Pudgy Penguins Metaverse, universe, ultraverse.

1:15.6

We are going to dive in in one minute, but one quick thing before we start.

1:19.6

Nothing you hear on uneasy money is financial advice.

1:22.6

We're just three builders talking about what's happening on chain, and we want you to always do your own research before aping in. You can find all our disclosures at unchainedcrypto.com slash uneasy money.

1:33.4

But before we begin, here is a word from our sponsors that make the show possible.

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