Welcome to “The Chopping Block” – where crypto insiders Haseeb Qureshi, Tom Schmidt, Tarun Chitra, and Robert Leshner chop it up about the latest crypto news.
Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Overcast, Podcast Addict, Pocket Casts, Stitcher, Castbox, Google Podcasts, TuneIn, Amazon Music, or on your favorite podcast platform.
Show highlights:
why the Azuki new NFT collection 'Elementals' caused such a controversy among holders
why Robert bought an Elemental and what was he expecting
who the Michael Milken of NFTs is, according to Tarun
how BitGo 'pulled a Binance' on Prime Trust
how Prime Trust, a crypto custodian, collapsed and was put into receivership
whether what Prime Trust did can be considered fraud and how the situation highlights DeFi's 'long term advantage'
why the majority of blockspace is EVM-compatible
what the problems are with current Layer 2 rollups such as Optimism and Arbitrum
why rollups are so 'political' in the Ethereum ecosystem
what makes Arbitrum better than Optimism, according to Tarun
what shared sequencers are and whether they will be the future in crypto
Why Haseeb is not so bullish on the app-chain thesis
Hosts
Haseeb Qureshi, managing partner at Dragonfly
Robert Leshner, founder of Compound
Tom Schmidt, general partner at Dragonfly
Tarun Chitra, managing partner at Robot Ventures
Disclosures
Links
Unchained:
Polygon Cofounder Proposes Upgrading PoS Chain to zkEVM Validium
The Block:
Azuki NFT collections ends Elemental mint with $37.5 million
Fidelity preparing to submit spot bitcoin ETF filing: Source
CoinDesk:
Azuki NFT Prices Slide 44% After Creator Releases 'Basically Identical' Elementals
Nevada Files to Place Crypto Custodian Prime Trust Into Receivership
Azuki’s thread on its situation
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