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The Chopping Block: Can Exchange CEOs Like SBF Be Crypto True Believers? - Ep. 416

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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:

Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter – and its effect on DOGE

the irony that people working in centralized companies want to decentralize Twitter

whether Twitter is going to become like Facebook

why Twitter has been the most pro-crypto among big tech companies

why Tarun thinks Binance Pay is an impressive product

whether it is possible to run a decentralized social media for billions of users

the debate between Sam Bankman-Fried and Erik Voorhees about crypto regulation

whether crypto exchange CEOs are true believers in the philosophy of crypto

why Haseeb believes Sam Bankman-Fried is a very honest person

how Reddit used a simple strategy to gain massive adoption

whether it is necessary to rebrand NFTs

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

Twitter acquisition
What Are the Potential Impacts of Musk’s Twitter Purchase?

Sam Bankman-Fried, founder and CEO of FTX, will receive between $50 million and $100 million from Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter.

Vitalik Buterin said Musk’s idea of charging $8 a month for a blue check on Twitter could “damage the blue check's anti-scam role.”

Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao said he would join Twitter’s board if Elon Musk asked him to.

Crypto regulation
Industry Leaders Debate How to Regulate DeFi

Bankless debate between SBF and Erik Voorhees

Alameda’s Balance Sheet Sparks Controversy
Trojan Horse of NFTs? Reddit Onboards 3M Wallets as Trading Volume Soars
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Publication year
2022
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