The Chopping Block: Cryptos Best and Worst in 2023 - Ep. 583
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, after an incredibly eventful year for crypto, The Chopping Block crew makes its picks for the best and worst of 2023, including its biggest winners and losers, biggest surprises, best memes, best or worst pivots, biggest flops, best comeback stories, favorite podcast guests and predictions for 2024. Hear why some in the gang consider Solana to be the year\\u2019s biggest winner, Circle the biggest loser, MicroStrategy the best and worst pivot, Coinbase the best comeback and a renewed boom in crypto lending one of the top predictions for 2024.\\xa0\\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\\nDisclosures\\nLinks\\nSurprises:\\xa0\\n\\nThe Chopping Block: Was Crypto Just Debanked?\\n\\nWhat Is Depegging in Crypto and Why Does It Occur?\\n\\n\\nFlops:\\n\\nThe Chopping Block: Why the Azuki Elementals Drop Was a Big Flop\\n\\nThe Chopping Block: Michael Lewis Swindled, SBF\\u2019s Effective Altruism Ruse, Ethereum Protocol Enshrinement\\n\\nThe Block: Worldcoin unveils integrations with Minecraft, Reddit, Telegram and Shopify\\n\\n\\nCoinDesk: Future of Solana's Hyped Saga Phone Is 'Under Internal Discussion' as Sales Figures Fail to Wow\\n\\n\\nApeCoin DAO Governance\\n\\nWinners:\\n\\nUnchained:\\xa0\\n\\nSEC vs Ripple: Judge Rules XRP Sold on Exchanges Is Not a Security\\n\\nAnatoly Yakovenko on Solana\\u2019s Astounding Recovery and Its Future Plans\\xa0\\n\\nBitcoin\\u2019s Daily Transaction Fees Surpass Ethereum\\u2019s for First Time Since 2020\\n\\nWhat Are BRC-20 Tokens? A Brief Introduction\\n\\nThe Chopping Block: Wizards vs. Laser Eyes for the Future of Bitcoin\\n\\nMemes:\\n\\nDexerto: What is TikTok\\u2019s viral NPC fetish? New streaming kink explained\\n\\n\\nDavid Beckham\\u2019s memes\\n\\nFavorite guests:\\n\\nThe Chopping Block: Top White Hat Hacker Samczsun Discusses the State of Crypto Security\\n\\nThe Chopping Block: How This DeFi Hack Negotiator Gets Hackers to Return Stolen Money\\n\\nThe Chopping Block: Why Vivek Ramaswamy Wants Less Crypto Regulation\\n\\nThe Chopping Block: Coinbase\\u2019s Paul Grewal on Why the SEC Is Going After Crypto So Aggressively\\n\\nOthers\\n\\nUnchained:\\xa0\\n\\nLedger Library Compromised, Causing Confusion and Panic in Crypto Community\\n\\nVitalik Buterin Supports Integrating Zero-Knowledge Ethereum Virtual Machines Into Main Ethereum Chain\\n\\n\\n\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices"