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b'Welcome to The Chopping Block \\u2013 where crypto insiders Haseeb Qureshi, Tarun Chitra, and Robert Leshner chop it up about the latest news. This week, Wintermute CEO Evgeny Gaevoy joins the show to discuss market making when the crypto markets are quiet. Plus, an analysis of Base\\u2019s prospects following a surge of early interest. Also: Do you think bank fraud is going to run rampant in the AI era?\\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\\nhow prop shops like Wintermute view the current state of the crypto market\\n\\nhow an organization like WIntermute interacts with DeFi platforms\\n\\nTarun and Evgeny attempt to squash some past beef\\n\\nwhy Evgeny believes that some exchanges are \\u201czombies\\u201d\\n\\nwhether this is a good time to build an exchange and how Evgeny would do it\\xa0\\n\\nhow Base accomplished a big surge in its TVL and daily volumes\\n\\nwhether it\\u2019s possible for Coinbase to balance the decentralized nature of building a blockchain with a desire to minimize scams\\n\\nhow L2 sequencers have the power to censor transactions and the analogy to proof-of-authority chains\\n\\nhow friend.tech, the social app built on Base, works and why it got so much attention\\n\\nwhy the crypto cognoscenti seemed to like friend.tech but hated BitClout, which is basically the same thing\\n\\nwhat is the role of biometrics in securing crypto wallets and assets\\n\\nwhether bank fraud will increase or decrease because of advances in AI\\n\\nHosts\\n\\n\\nHaseeb Qureshi, managing partner at Dragonfly\\xa0\\n\\n\\nRobert Leshner, founder of Compound\\n\\n\\nTarun Chitra, managing partner at Robot Ventures\\n\\nGuest:\\n\\n\\nEvgeny Gaevoy, CEO of Wintermute Trading\\n\\nPrevious appearance on Unchained: How Traders Are Thinking About the Merge \\u2014 and a Potential ETHPoW Chain\\n\\n\\nDisclosures\\nLinks\\n\\nUnchained: Coinbase Layer 2 Base Sees 80% Rise in Total Value Locked\\n\\n\\nCoinDesk: Is Friend.tech a Friend or Foe? A Dive Into the New Social App Driving Millions in Trading Volume\\n\\n\\nHalborn: Explained: The Wintermute Hack (September 2022)\\n\\n\\nForbes: Layer 2 Wars Heat Up As Coinbase Launches Base\\n\\n\\n\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'