Welcome to The Chopping Block! Crypto insiders Haseeb Qureshi, Robert Leshner, Tom Schmidt, and Tarun Chitra chop it up about the latest news in the digital asset industry.
Show topics:
Everyone’s impression of Laura’s interview with Do Kwon
The importance to differentiate failure and fraud
The Mango Markets hack and whether code is law
What happened with the BNB hack and the concerns it raised about decentralization
Magic Eden’s decision to enable optional royalties and the debate about NFT royalties
How creators are going to find a way around the royalties, according to Robert
Whether NFTs should be treated as securities
Hosts
Haseeb Qureshi, managing partner at Dragonfly Capital
Tarun Chitra, managing partner at Robot Ventures
Robert Leshner, founder of Compound
Tom Schmidt, general partner at Dragonfly Capital
Episode Links
Laura’s interview with Do Kwon:Do Kwon of Terra: ‘It Was Never Really About Money or Fame or Success’
Hacks
Mango Markets
Mango Markets $42M Reimbursement Proposal Passes
Mango Markets Exploiter Returns $67M After Revealing His Identity
Mango Markets Hacker Proposes Keeping $70M ‘Bad Debt’ As Bounty
Solana’s Mango Markets Sees $100M Drained in DeFi Exploit
BNB
BNB Smart Chain Plans Hard Fork In Response to $100M Exploit
Binance Chain Was Halted Amid Hack Rumors
NFT Royalties
Magic Eden
Magic Eden Moves to Optional Royalties and Heats Up the Debate
TCB Debate
Tom’s tweet: “turns out people don’t want to pay royalties”
Robert’s request for a startup
Previous episodes of The Chopping Block debating NFT Royalties:
The Chopping Block: Was This Gary Gensler’s Most Liked Tweet?
The Chopping Block: Did OFAC Overstep by Sanctioning Tornado Cash?