The Chopping Block: SBF Wants to Win in the Court of Public Opinion. Will He? - Ep. 428

Published: Dec. 3, 2022, 8:30 a.m.

b"Welcome to The Chopping Block! Crypto insiders Haseeb Qureshi, Robert Leshner, Tom Schmidt, and Tarun Chitra chop it up about the latest news.\\xa0\\n\\nShow topics:\\n\\n\\nhighlights of Sam Bankman-Fried's interview with the New York Times\\n\\nwhether SBF knew what was going on in his companies, and how that impacts potential prosecution\\n\\nwhy Genesis and DCG are in financial trouble \\n\\nwhether Genesis will file for bankruptcy or go through a restructuring process\\n\\nrevelations from BlockFi's bankruptcy filing\\n\\nnew info on why FTX bailed out BlockFi last summer\\n\\nwhat is going on with Binance\\u2019s recovery fund\\xa0\\n\\nhow Avi Eisenberg tried to pull off an attack on Aave\\xa0\\n\\nhow the banking industry works and whether Changpeng Zhao is the closest thing to a central bank in crypto\\n\\nhow DeFi responds in a crisis, and how it contrasts with CeFi\\u2019s recent implosions\\n\\n\\n\\nHosts\\n\\n\\nHaseeb Qureshi, managing partner at Dragonfly Capital\\n\\n\\nTarun Chitra, managing partner at Robot Ventures\\n\\n\\nRobert Leshner, founder of Compound\\xa0\\n\\n\\nTom Schmidt, general partner at Dragonfly Capital\\n\\n\\nEpisode Links\\n\\nFTX:\\n\\nUnchained: FTX Bankruptcy Overseer Says Company\\u2019s Collapse Is Worst He\\u2019s Ever Seen\\n\\n\\nNYT: Sam Bankman-Fried\\u2019s interview\\n\\n\\nBill Ackman\\u2019s tweet\\n\\n\\n\\nInterview with Tiffany Fong\\n\\nPrevious coverage of Unchained on FTX:\\n\\nJesse Powell and Kevin Zhou on How FTX and Alameda Lost $10 Billion\\n\\nIs the Collapse of Crypto Lending Over, or Is It Just Starting?\\n\\nDid the Bahamian Government Direct SBF and Gary Wang to Hack FTX?\\n\\nThe Chopping Block: Why Lenders Didn\\u2019t Liquidate Alameda When It Was Underwater\\xa0\\n\\nErik Voorhees and Cobie on Why FTX Loaned Out Customers\\u2019 Assets\\n\\nThe Chopping Block: FTX: The Biggest Collapse in the History of Crypto?\\n\\nSam Bankman-Fried on How to Prevent the Next Terra and 3AC\\n\\n\\n\\nBlockFi:\\xa0\\n\\nUnchained: Crypto Lender BlockFi Files for Bankruptcy as FTX\\u2019s Contagion Effects Continue\\n\\n\\nDecrypt: FTX, Alameda Owe BlockFi More Than $1 Billion: Court Hearing\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nGenesis:\\n\\nRyan Selkis\\u2019 tweet on Genesis\\n\\nUnchained:\\xa0\\n\\nGenesis Warns of Bankruptcy If Funding Plans Fail: Report\\n\\nOn-chain Analysts ID 432 GBTC Addresses After Grayscale Says No to Proof-of-Reserves\\n\\nWSJ: Crypto Lender Genesis Asks Binance and Apollo for Cash\\n\\n\\nDecrypt: Digital Currency Group Says No Imminent Threat Despite Owing Genesis $575M\\n\\n\\nPrevious coverage of Unchained on Genesis:\\n\\nWhy Genesis Could Very Well Be Insolvent, Not Just Illiquid\\n\\n\\u2018The Last Big Whale\\u2019: Why the Crypto Contagion of 2022 Eventually Hit Genesis\\n\\n\\nDeFi\\n\\nPancakeswap flipped Uniswap in TVL\\n\\nUnchained:\\xa0\\n\\nMango Markets Exploiter Gets Liquidated But Leaves Aave With \\u2018Excess Debt\\u2019\\n\\nAave Freezes 17 Low-Liquidity V2 Pools and Votes to Migrate 26 Assets to Ethereum V3\\n\\nCompound Finance Slashes Borrow Caps for 10 Markets\\n\\n\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices"