The Chopping Block: Did Andre Cronje Pull an Epic Crypto Rug Pull? - Ep.348

Published: May 5, 2022, 11 a.m.

b'Welcome to The Chopping Block! Crypto insiders Haseeb Qureshi, Tom Schmidt, Robert Leshner, and Tarun Chitra chop it up about the latest news in the digital asset industry. On this episode, Andre Cronje, the recently retired (sort of) DeFi developer, also joined the conversation. Show topics:\\n\\nwhy being doxxed led to Andre retiring (sort of) from crypto\\n\\nAndre\\u2019s response to Robert who calledl his departure from DeFi \\u201can epic rug pull\\u201d\\xa0\\n\\nwhy Andre is back \\u2013 and why he is working on \\u201cregulated\\u201d crypto products\\n\\nhow the Otherside KYC\\u2019d NFT drop was an \\u201cabsolute fail\\u201d\\n\\nwhere identity fits into the crypto space and why traditional and DeFi institutions alike are interested in the identity of their users\\n\\nDalle 2\\n\\nwhy the Bored Ape community likely sees the Yuga Labs Otherdeed NFT sale as a turning point\\n\\nwhy Robert would compare buying a BAYC NFT last year to purchasing BTC in 2010\\n\\nmain takeaways from Solana\\u2019s seven-hour outage and why designing a mempool (or multiple) is critical for the chain\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\n\\xa0\\nHosts\\n\\xa0\\n\\nHaseeb Qureshi, managing partner at Dragonfly Capital\\n\\nhttps://twitter.com/hosseeb\\n\\nTom Schmidt, general partner at Dragonfly Capital\\n\\nhttps://twitter.com/tomhschmidt\\n\\nTarun Chitra, managing partner at Robot Ventures\\n\\n\\nhttps://twitter.com/tarunchitra\\xa0\\n\\nRobert Leshner, founder of Compound\\xa0\\n\\n\\nhttps://twitter.com/rleshner\\xa0\\n\\n\\xa0\\nGuest\\n\\nAndre Cronje, DeFi OG\\n\\n\\nhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/andre-cronje\\xa0\\n\\n\\xa0\\nShow Topics\\n\\xa0\\n\\nAndre Cronje\\u2019s Retirement\\n\\n https://unchainedpodcast.com/this-defi-og-is-leaving-crypto/\\n\\nAndre Cronje\\u2019s return to regulated crypto\\n\\n\\n https://andrecronje.medium.com/crypto-regulation-vs-regulated-crypto-aae56b36dcd8\\xa0\\n\\nSolana outage\\xa0\\n\\n https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/144639/solana-restarted-after-seven-hour-outage-caused-by-surge-of-transactions\\n\\n https://twitter.com/0xEdgar/status/1521188981538537472\\n\\n https://github.com/metaplex-foundation/metaplex-program-library/pull/417\\n\\nYuga Labs rakes in $317MM from the sale of Otherside land NFTs and causes huge congestion on Ethereum.\\n\\n https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/144549/otherside-land-nfts-sell-out-in-hours-as-yuga-labs-rakes-in-317-million\\n\\n\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'