Unchained
Unchained
Laura Shin
Bits + Bips: How Wall Street Could Make a Killing off the Next Crypto Winter - Ep. 908
1 hour 1 minutes Posted Sep 23, 2025 at 1:00 pm.
Intro
Why Monday’s liquidations spiked and what triggered $1.5B in losses
How a shift away from quarterly reporting could change markets
How tokenized stocks might hand insiders a massive edge
Why Vinny is bearish right now and why Ram disagrees
Why gold might still have upside, even at record highs
Whether the flood of DATs will end in brutal consolidation
Could even MicroStrategy blow up under market stress?
What SEC clearing the path for ETFs really signals for crypto
Ram’s stock picks in this environment
Why Austin sees a looming breakdown in the U.S. economy
Why Vinny doesn’t feel the need to take big risks right now
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Show notes
Markets had a flood of liquidations on Monday, and traders lost over $1.5 billion in positions. So, why are liquidations spiking? Is this a warning or a blip? 
Also, could a flood of DAT issuance be setting the stage for not just a crypto winter, but a crypto “nuclear” winter? If so, hedge funds and market structure could accelerate the pain. 
This week on Bits + Bips, Steven Ehrlich, Ram Ahluwalia, Austin Campbell, and Vinny Lingham talk about why mNAVs could compress and whether even MicroStrategy’s stack is more fragile than it looks. 
They debate the bull case for gold (yes, even at these ATHs), how tokenized stocks and changing reporting cadences could open new insider edges, and what the U.S. macro picture looks like. 
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Hosts:
Ram Ahluwalia, CFA, CEO and Founder of Lumida
Steven Ehrlich, Executive Editor at Unchained
Guests:
Austin Campbell, Founder and Managing Partner of Zero Knowledge Consulting
Vinny Lingham, Co-founder of Praxos Capital
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