What a year. Cobie, crypto investor and host of UpOnly, and Chris Burniske, partner at Placeholder Ventures, sift through 2022\u2019s rubble for clues as to what lies ahead in 2023. The two bright lights of Crypto Twitter weigh in on SBF\u2019s fraud, how to succeed through the bear market, and what remains promising despite the gloom and doom.\n\nShow highlights:\n\nwhy 2022 is \u201cthe hangover of 2021\u201d\n\nwhy this year\u2019s big meltdowns were different and dispiriting\n\nwhy it was actually a year to remind us of why we\u2019re all here\n\nhow the underlying protocols didn\u2019t skip a beat\n\nhow to survive the bear market\n\nwhat Chris feels guilty about in the wake of Alameda\u2019s collapse\n\nwhy Cobie hopes SBF spends life in jail\n\nwhether people will actually use decentralized alternatives \u2013 or if banking-like relationships will prevail\n\nwhat Chris sees as the 2023 version of proof-of-stake in 2017\n\nwhy Cobie thinks bitcoin is an area of opportunity over the next few years\n\nwhether the multichain thesis (\u201cSolunavax\u201d) will ever rise again\n\nwhether the contagion is over\n\nif disgraced figureheads deserve a second chance\n\na lightning round lookback on 2022\n\n\nThank you to our sponsors!\nCrypto.com\nChainalysis\nMinima\nDeFi Saver\n\nGuests:\nCobie:\n\nTwitter\n\nSubstack\n\nUpOnly\n\nPrevious appearances on Unchained:\n\nErik Voorhees and Cobie on Why FTX Loaned Out Customers\u2019 Assets\n\nCobie and Chris Burniske on How to Navigate a Crypto Bear Market\n\n\nChris:\n\nTwitter\n\nPlaceholder VC\n\nPrevious appearances on Unchained:\n\nChris Burniske: A Blank Slate of State\n\nChris Burniske of Placeholder on the Downsides of ICOs\n\n\n\nThe year in crypto:\n\nFTX\n\nUnchained:\n\nCFTC and SEC File Damning Complaints Against Sam Bankman-Fried and FTX\n\nFormer FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried Arrested Amid US Indictment\n\nFTX Bankruptcy Overseer Says Company\u2019s Collapse Is Worst He\u2019s Ever Seen\n\nTerra:\n\nCoinDesk: The Fall of Terra: A Timeline of the Meteoric Rise and Crash of UST and LUNA\n\n\n\n\nThree Arrows Capital\n\nCNBC\u2019s full interview with Three Arrows Capital\u2019s Kyle Davies on the downfall of the defunct crypto hedge fund\n\nCoinDesk: Three Arrows Capital Files for Bankruptcy in New York Tied to British Virgin Islands Proceeding\n\n\nDeCrypt: Bankrupt Three Arrows Capital Owes $3.5B to Creditors, Including $2.3B to Genesis\n\n\nBinance\n\n\nUnchained: Binance Passes Withdrawal \u2018Stress Test\u2019 After $3B in Daily Outflows\n\n\n\nForbes: Kevin O\u2019Leary Points Finger At Binance For FTX Crash In Senate Testimony\n\n\nSilvergate\n\n\nThe Block: Silvergate CEO seeks to reassure investors over crypto contagion\n\n\n\nThe Financial Times: Silvergate: from tiny local lender to bank behind the crypto boom\n\n\nGenesis/DCG:\xa0\n\nUnchained:\xa0\n\nGenesis Warns of Bankruptcy If Funding Plans Fail: Report\n\nOn-chain Analysts ID 432 GBTC Addresses After Grayscale Says No to Proof-of-Reserves\n\n\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices