The Chopping Block is back! Crypto insiders Haseeb Qureshi, Tom Schmidt, and Tarun Chitra chop it up about the latest news in the digital asset industry. Show topics:
why crypto assets experienced a drawdown after last week’s FOMC meeting that hinted at accelerated rate hikes
which emerging assets Tarun, Haseeb, and Tom envision weathering a bear market
which assets could be further hurt by a continued bear market
the significance of Paradigm and Sequoia investing in Citadel Securities
what aspects of Signal CEO Moxie Marlinspike’s web3 article Haseeb, Tom, and Tarun take umbrage with
whether Cryptoland is crypto’s Fyre Festival or whether it’s the metaverse
what the heck is going on with the Pudgy Penguins community
the lessons from the CFTC’s fine of Polymarket (disclosure: a former sponsor of my shows)
Episode Links
Hosts
Haseeb Qureshi, managing partner at Dragonfly Capital
https://twitter.com/hosseeb
Tom Schmidt, general partner at Dragonfly Capital
https://twitter.com/tomhschmidt
Tarun Chitra, managing partner at Robot Ventures
https://twitter.com/tarunchitra
Topics
FOMC = Crypto assets dip
https://www.ar.ca/blog/debunking-more-overreactions-to-macro-a-ronin-case-study
Paradigm + Sequoia invest in Citadel Securities
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/01/11/paradigm-sequoia-to-invest-115b-in-citadel-securities-bringing-trading-firm-closer-to-crypto/
Cryptoland
https://thenextweb.com/news/welcome-to-cryptoland-real-island-cryptocurrency-fans-analysis
Moxie Marlinspike’s first impressions of web3
https://moxie.org/2022/01/07/web3-first-impressions.html
Pudgy Penguins drama
https://thedefiant.io/fire-on-the-iceberg-pudgy-penguin-holders-eye-coup-amid-acquisition-talks/
Polymarket fined by CFTC
https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2022/01/03/cftc-fines-crypto-betting-service-polymarket-14m-for-unregistered-swaps/
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