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b"Welcome to The Chopping Block \\u2013 where crypto insiders Haseeb Qureshi, Tom Schmidt, Tarun Chitra, and Robert Leshner chop it up about the latest news. This week, the four discuss Bitcoin\\u2019s price surge over the past week amid growing optimism that a spot BTC exchange traded fund would win regulatory approval, an erroneous Wall Street Journal story about crypto funding to the terrorist group Hamas and AI and crypto illiteracy among leading U.S. lawmakers.\\xa0\\n\\nListen 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.\\n\\nShow highlights:\\xa0\\n\\nthe reasons why the price of Bitcoin has gone up so much in the last week\\n\\nwhether Bitcoin is decoupling from the traditional stock and equity markets\\xa0\\n\\nwhy Robert is convinced that Bitcoin pumped this much due to the BlackRock ETF news\\n\\nwhat an ETF is and why it could be a big deal for Bitcoin\\n\\nwhether the analogy to the gold ETFs works for Bitcoin\\n\\nhow an inaccurate report from the Wall Street Journal about Hamas' usage of crypto sparked so much criticism within the crypto community\\n\\nwhy that crypto is not a good venue for illicit financing\\n\\nhow the US political class is 'illiterate' about AI and crypto, according to Tarun\\n\\nHosts\\n\\n\\nHaseeb Qureshi, managing partner at Dragonfly\\xa0\\n\\n\\nRobert Leshner, founder of Compound\\n\\n\\nTom Schmidt, general partner at Dragonfly\\xa0\\n\\n\\nTarun Chitra, managing partner at Robot Ventures\\n\\n\\nDisclosures\\nLinks\\nRecent coverage of Unchained on spot Bitcoin ETFs:\\n\\nWhy a Spot Bitcoin ETF Will Probably Launch No Later Than January 10\\n\\nWhy It Looks Like BlackRock Could Win America\\u2019s First Spot Bitcoin ETF\\n\\nBitcoin ETFs\\n\\nUnchained:\\xa0\\n\\nBitcoin Soars Past $35,000 Amid Spot ETF Optimism\\n\\nBitcoin ETFs Explained: What Are They & How Do They Work?\\n\\nSouth China Morning Post: China\\u2019s stock market fund outflows add to biggest capital flight since 2016: Goldman\\n\\n\\nRegulation:\\n\\nReuters: US lawmakers urge White House crack down on Hamas use of crypto after Israel attack\\n\\n\\nForbes: Elizabeth Warren Is Building An \\u2018Anti-Crypto Army\\u2019\\u2014Feeding Serious U.S. Bitcoin Ban Warnings\\n\\n\\nWSJ: Hamas Militants Behind Israel Attack Raised Millions in Crypto\\n\\n\\nCryptoslate: Crypto community accuses WSJ of exaggerating Hamas crypto funding by 99%\\n\\n\\n\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices"