Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Arthur Hayes unveils Flop, his new venture building a currency purpose-built for AI agents to pay for compute. He walks through why he named it after floating point operations, why there's no presale or VC allocation in the tokenomics, and how the "proof of useful inference" mining model splits work between miners and validators.
He also makes the case for why agents will reject stablecoins and fiat rails entirely, and how the airdrop is designed to solve the currency's discovery problem.
Host:
Laura Shin - Founder, CEO and Host of Unchained - https://x.com/laurashin
Guest:
Arthur Hayes - CEO of Flop Labs and CIO of Maelstrom - https://x.com/CryptoHayes
→ Web - cryptohayes.com
→ Substack - cryptohayes.substack.com
→ LinkedIn - linkedin.com/in/arthur-hayes-b493b42
→ Instagram - instagram.com/cryptohayes
This clip is from Laura Shin's full conversation with Arthur Hayes on Unchained. Watch the whole episode here: youtu.be/9lek2KpBZaY
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Chapters
🏷️ 00:00 Why Arthur named his new venture Flop
🧮 01:11 The unit of compute behind the name: floating point operations
💱 02:06 Why AI agents need their own currency, not fiat or stablecoins
🚫 06:02 No presale, no VCs: how Flop's tokenomics are built
⚙️ 08:55 How Flop's miners and validators actually work
🪙 14:09 Is Flop the next XRP? Arthur responds to the comparison
🎁 14:50 The airdrop plan built to solve Flop's discovery problem
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#bitcoin #ethereum #crypto #cryptocurrencies
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Arthur Hayes unveils Flop, his new venture building a currency purpose-built for AI agents to pay for compute. He walks through why he named it after floating point operations, why there's no presale or VC allocation in the tokenomics, and how the "proof of useful inference" mining model splits work between miners and validators.
He also makes the case for why agents will reject stablecoins and fiat rails entirely, and how the airdrop is designed to solve the currency's discovery problem.
Host:
Laura Shin - Founder, CEO and Host of Unchained - https://x.com/laurashin
Guest:
Arthur Hayes - CEO of Flop Labs and CIO of Maelstrom - https://x.com/CryptoHayes
→ Web - cryptohayes.com
→ Substack - cryptohayes.substack.com
→ LinkedIn - linkedin.com/in/arthur-hayes-b493b42
→ Instagram - instagram.com/cryptohayes
This clip is from Laura Shin's full conversation with Arthur Hayes on Unchained. Watch the whole episode here: youtu.be/9lek2KpBZaY
We go live twice every week - subscribe to catch it live.
Thank you to our sponsor!
Visit 1inch to swap tokenized securities, crypto and more. Simple. Secure. Self-custodial. Whatever asset you’re buying - swap it at unchainedcrypto.com/go/1inch-yt
Chapters
🏷️ 00:00 Why Arthur named his new venture Flop
🧮 01:11 The unit of compute behind the name: floating point operations
💱 02:06 Why AI agents need their own currency, not fiat or stablecoins
🚫 06:02 No presale, no VCs: how Flop's tokenomics are built
⚙️ 08:55 How Flop's miners and validators actually work
🪙 14:09 Is Flop the next XRP? Arthur responds to the comparison
🎁 14:50 The airdrop plan built to solve Flop's discovery problem
_______________________________________________________
#bitcoin #ethereum #crypto #cryptocurrencies
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Subscribe to our channel!
Website → unchainedcrypto.com
Unchained Daily Newsletter (FREE!)→ unchainedcrypto.beehiiv.com/subscribe
Unchained X → https://x.com/unchained_pod
Apple → podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1123922160?ls=1
Spotify → open.spotify.com/show/1cJrrfGY1SKBIRn5noKSAf?si=6SI4qIcRTEO7EhOe0V9n4w
RSS Feed → https://feeds.megaphone.fm/LSHML4761942757
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