The Chopping Block: Michael Lewis Swindled, SBFs Effective Altruism Ruse, Ethereum Protocol Enshrinement - Ep. 552

Published: Oct. 4, 2023, 11 a.m.

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, they discuss the wildest claims in Michael Lewis\\u2019 new book on Sam Bankman-Fried, debate whether SBF\\u2019s effective altruism was ever genuine, and whether Ethereum should enshrine more features onto its protocol.\\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\\nMichael Lewis\\u2019 interview on \\u201c60 Minutes\\u201d and the wildest claims in his new book\\n\\nWhether SBF would have paid Donald Trump $5 billion not to run for president\\xa0\\n\\nWhy Lewis characterizing FTX\\u2019s downfall as a bank run is misleading\\n\\nWhether FTX executives, in the moment of the collapse, fled to their parents\\u2019 homes\\n\\nWas SBF genuine in his belief in effective altruism or was it clever branding\\n\\nWhether we will still be talking about the SBF trial years down the line\\n\\nThe debate on whether Ethereum should enshrine more features onto its core protocol\\n\\nWhether Lido poses a centralization risk to the Ethereum ecosystem\\n\\nPredictions on how the SBF trial will play out and whether SBF has a trick up his sleeve\\n\\n\\n\\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\\n\\nDisclosures\\nLinks\\nSBF\\u2019s trial:\\xa0\\n\\nUnchained:\\xa0\\n\\nHere\\u2019s How Sam Bankman-Fried\\u2019s High-Stakes Trial Could Play Out\\n\\nSBF Trial: How Sam Bankman-Fried\\u2019s Lawyers Might Try and Win His Case\\n\\nThe High-Stakes Trial of Sam Bankman-Fried Begins: What to Expect\\n\\nCBS: Rise, fall of Sam Bankman-Fried, FTX at center of Michael Lewis' new book | 60 Minutes\\n\\n\\nProtocol enshrinement:\\n\\nUnchained:\\xa0\\n\\nEthereum\\u2019s Vitalik Buterin Warns of Risks in Lido and Rocket Pool\\n\\nSome Ethereum Staking Services Commit to 22% Self-Limit of Validators\\n\\nOthers:\\nCryptoslate: Terra's Do Kwon and Daniel Shin conspired to falsify transactions, chat logs show\\n\\n\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices"