The Chopping Block: Was This Gary Gensler's Most Liked Tweet? - Ep. 405

Published: Oct. 8, 2022, 7:30 a.m.

b'Welcome to The Chopping Block! Crypto insiders Haseeb Qureshi, Tom Schmidt, and Tarun Chitra were joined by Laura Shin to chop it up about the latest news in the digital asset industry.\\xa0\\n\\xa0\\nShow topics:\\n\\nWhether crypto optimism is different in Asia than in the United States\\n\\nHow Sam Bankman-Fried has been doing some work with US regulators\\n\\nHow the CFTC lawsuit against Ooki DAO changed people\\u2019s perspectives about the regulator\\n\\nWhether the lawsuit could make all DeFi illegal and the role of DAOs to coordinate governance\\n\\nThe SEC settlement with Kim Kardashian for $1.26 million, Gensler\\u2019s video explaining the case and whether it was a publicity stunt\\n\\nWhy Tarun would fire almost everyone at the CFTC and the SEC to hire more technical people\\n\\nHow the NFT QQL collection censored a marketplace in its code\\n\\nWhat the whole purpose of NFTs is, according to Haseeb\\n\\nThe debate around NFT royalties and their enforcement\\n\\nHow a huge portion of the blocks in Ethereum are generated by Flashbots and whether it represents a centralizing force\\xa0\\n\\nWhether MEV should be stopped or accelerated\\xa0\\n\\n\\xa0\\nHosts\\n\\n\\nHaseeb Qureshi, managing partner at Dragonfly Capital\\n\\n\\nTarun Chitra, managing partner at Robot Ventures\\n\\n\\nTom Schmidt, general partner at Dragonfly Capital\\n\\n\\xa0\\nGuest\\nLaura Shin, author, and host of Unchained\\n\\xa0\\nEpisode Links\\n\\xa0\\nThe lawsuit against Ooki DAO\\nPrevious Coverage of Unchained on Ooki DAO:\\n\\nWhy the Ooki DAO Case Could Hurt Participation in DAOs\\n\\nKristin Smith on Why Crypto Legislation Could Be Passed by Year\\u2019s End\\n\\nCFTC Filing\\n\\n\\n$250,000 fine\\n\\n\\nNik\\u2019s article\\n\\n\\nCFTC Commissioner Summer Mersinger\\u2019s dissenting statement\\n\\n\\nCFTC serving the members of the Ooki DAO via their forum\\n\\nTim Copeland\\u2019s article on what\\u2019s next for DAOs\\n\\nA federal court ruled that the CFTC legally served Ooki DAO through a website help bot.\\n\\nThe LeXpunK Army filed a motion for amicus status in the SEC case against bZx/Ooki DAO.\\n\\nCrypto group DeFi Education Fund argued that the CFTC should properly serve Ooki DAO\\u2019s actual members, not just the DAO at large.\\n\\n\\xa0\\nNFT Royalties\\nTyler Hobbs\\u2019 QQL $17 million collection\\n\\n\\nQQL blacklist explanation\\n\\n\\nNFT platform hits back\\n\\n\\nPrevious episode of The Chopping Block debating NFT Royalties\\n\\nArticle: Why NFT Creators and Collectors Can\\u2019t Stop Talking About Artist Royalties\\n\\n\\nArticle: NFT Royalties: Why artists love them, and traders don\\u2019t\\n\\n\\n\\xa0SEC charges against Kim Kardashian\\nThe SEC fined reality TV star Kim Kardashian $1.26 million for promoting a crypto security without proper disclosure.\\n\\n\\nFortune article on the Kim Kardashian settlement as publicity stunt\\n\\neMax price spiked\\n\\n\\nGary Gensler\\u2019s video\\n\\n\\n\\xa0Flashbots and MEV\\nPost-merge relay drama\\n\\nWhat is MEV\\n\\n\\nProposer-Builder separation:\\xa0\\n\\nMEV Boost\\n\\nFlashbots auctions\\n\\nPrevious Coverage of Unchained on MEV: Why Is Ethereum Trying to Maximize Value From Users?\\n\\n\\n\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'