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

Published: Nov. 5, 2022, 7:30 a.m.

b"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.\\xa0\\n\\nShow topics:\\n\\n\\nElon Musk\\u2019s acquisition of Twitter \\u2013 and its effect on DOGE\\n\\nthe irony that people working in centralized companies want to decentralize Twitter\\n\\nwhether Twitter is going to become like Facebook\\n\\nwhy Twitter has been the most pro-crypto among big tech companies\\n\\nwhy Tarun thinks Binance Pay is an impressive product\\n\\nwhether it is possible to run a decentralized social media for billions of users\\n\\nthe debate between Sam Bankman-Fried and Erik Voorhees about crypto regulation\\n\\nwhether crypto exchange CEOs are true believers in the philosophy of crypto\\n\\nwhy Haseeb believes Sam Bankman-Fried is a very honest person\\n\\nhow Reddit used a simple strategy to gain massive adoption\\n\\nwhether it is necessary to rebrand NFTs\\n\\n\\nHosts\\n\\nHaseeb Qureshi, managing partner at Dragonfly Capital\\n\\n\\nTarun Chitra, managing partner at Robot Ventures\\n\\n\\nRobert Leshner, founder of Compound\\xa0\\n\\n\\nTom Schmidt, general partner at Dragonfly Capital\\n\\n\\n\\nEpisode Links\\n\\nTwitter acquisition\\nWhat Are the Potential Impacts of Musk\\u2019s Twitter Purchase?\\n\\nSam Bankman-Fried, founder and CEO of FTX, will receive between $50 million and $100 million from Elon Musk\\u2019s purchase of Twitter.\\n\\nVitalik Buterin said Musk\\u2019s idea of charging $8 a month for a blue check on Twitter could \\u201cdamage the blue check's anti-scam role.\\u201d\\n\\nBinance CEO Changpeng Zhao said he would join Twitter\\u2019s board if Elon Musk asked him to.\\xa0\\n\\n\\n\\nCrypto regulation\\nIndustry Leaders Debate How to Regulate DeFi\\n\\nBankless debate between SBF and Erik Voorhees\\xa0\\n\\n\\nAlameda\\u2019s Balance Sheet Sparks Controversy\\nTrojan Horse of NFTs? Reddit Onboards 3M Wallets as Trading Volume Soars\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices"