Welcome to The Chopping Block! Crypto insiders Haseeb Qureshi and Tom Schmidt were joined by Nic Carter, reformed Bitcoin Maxi, and Laura Shin, CEO of the show, to chop it up about Binance\u2019s buyout of FTX.\xa0\n\nShow topics:\n\nHaseeb's tl;dr of Binance's possible acquisition of FTX\n\nwhether Alameda is the new Three Arrows Capital\n\nthe implications of FTX's collapse for regulators and lawmakers\n\nwhat will happen to all the companies that lent money to Alameda\n\nSam Bankman-Fried's emergency effort to raise billions of dollars\n\nwhether there could be criminal charges against FTX\n\nwhy FTX was not as profitable as other derivative exchanges\n\nwhat the probabilities are of Binance actually buying FTX\n\nwhether the enterprise value of FTX is negative\n\nTom's concerns about the concentration in the industry\n\nhow FTX's implosion will impact crypto venture capital firms\n\nwhether Solana can survive without SBF's support\n\nhow the lack of transparency kicked off this situation and how blockchains help solve this issue\n\n\n\nHosts\n\n\nHaseeb Qureshi, managing partner at Dragonfly Capital\n\n\nTom Schmidt, general partner at Dragonfly Capital\n\n\nGuests\n\n\nNic Carter, reformed Bitcoin Maxi\n\nNic\u2019s proof of reserves\n\n\nLaura Shin, author, host of Unchained\n\n\nEpisode Links\n\nPrevious coverage of Unchained:Sam Bankman-Fried on How to Prevent the Next Terra and 3AC\n\nAcquisition of FTX\nCZ\u2019s announcement\n\n\nSBF\u2019s announcement\n\n\nBinance\u2019s merkle-tree proof-of-reserves\n\n\nUnchained coverage:\n\nBinance Set to Buy FTX Amid Liquidity Crisis\n\nSBF\u2019s Net Worth Plummets 94% In One Day: Report\n\nThere are Rumors that Alameda Went Down With 3AC in Q2\n\nAlameda Owes More Than $30M in DeFi Debt\n\nCoinbase and Genesis Declare No Exposure to Collapsing FTX\xa0\n\nBinance Might Have Triggered a Liquidity Crisis as FTX\u2019s Main Wallet Lost 290K ETH in Two Days\n\nBinance to Liquidate Millions Worth of its FTX\u2019s Token Holdings\n\nFTX\u2019s Stablecoin Reserves Hit One-Year Low\n\nAlameda\u2019s Balance Sheet Sparks Controversy\n\n\nCrypto regulation\nIndustry Leaders Debate How to Regulate DeFi\n\nBankless debate between SBF and Erik Voorhees\xa0\n\n\n\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices