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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 debate whether infrastructure is being over-invested in, explore the potential of UniswapX and the controversial launch of Worldcoin\u2019s token, and dive into the curious world of hamster racing in crypto.\xa0\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.\nShow highlights:\xa0\n\nwhy Tarun thinks EthCC Paris was much better than ETH Denver\n\nwhether VCs are overinvesting in infrastructure\n\nwhy Haseeb believes that founders should focus on building applications rather than infrastructure\n\nwhether the WRLD token is a new \u201cSam coin\u201d\n\nwhat everyone thinks about Worldoin and the need to develop proof of personhood in crypto\n\nwhat is going on with hamster racing and whether this is the reason "normies hate crypto"\n\nUniswapX and its benefits (and tradeoffs)\xa0\n\nwhether there is a shift toward intents-based trading\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\nDisclosures\n\xa0Links\n\nUnchained:\xa0\n\nWorldcoin Launches Token on Mainnet, Plans to Deploy 1,500 Eyeball Scanning Orbs\n\nUniswapX Launches With MEV Protection and Gas Free Swaps\n\nIs Sam Altman's Worldcoin the End of People's Privacy?\n\nDecrypt: You Can Now Bet Crypto on Hamster Races. What Could Go Wrong?\n\n\n\nWhat do I think about biometric proof of personhood? By Vitalik Buterin\n\nParadigm: Intent-Based Architectures and Their Risks\n\n\n\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices