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Welcome to \u201cThe Chopping Block\u201d \u2013 where crypto insiders Haseeb Qureshi, Tom Schmidt, and Tarun Chitra chop it up about the latest news. This week, Laurence Day, smart-contract sleuth and co-founder of Wildcat Finance, joins the show to discuss the ramifications of the Curve Finance exploit that has the DeFi world talking.\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:\n\nhow Curve Finance, one of the most prominent DeFi protocols, got hacked\n\nwhy maintaining different coding languages and clients is so hard\n\nwhether developers are responsible for this kind of attack\n\nwhether Curve founder Michael Egorov\u2019s loans in Aave and Fraxlend have put DeFi at risk\n\nhow the loan in Fraxlend impacted the liquidation price of the Aave loan\n\nTarun\u2019s reaction to the situation, given that his firm Gauntlet has tried to mitigate these risks in the past\n\nhow people in the community worked together to keep DeFi safe and resilient\n\nwhy Tarun got canceled on LinkedIn\n\nwhat happened with the BALD meme coin mania on Base\n\nHosts\n\n\nHaseeb Qureshi, managing partner at Dragonfly\n\n\nTom Schmidt, general partner at Dragonfly\n\n\nTarun Chitra, managing partner at Robot Ventures\n\nGuest:\n\nLaurence Day, co-founder of Wildcat Finance\nDisclosures\n\xa0\xa0\nLinks\n\nUnchained:\n\nBALD Token Falls 90% Amid Rug Pull Allegations\n\n$60 Million in ETH Bridged to Coinbase Layer 2 Base\n\nCurve Founder\u2019s Liquidation Could Trigger Chaos for DeFi\n\n$52 Million Drained in Curve Finance Pools Exploit\n\nCurve Exploit Results in Largest MEV Block Rewards in Ethereum\u2019s History\n\nCoinDesk:\n\nCurve Founder Deploys New Liquidity Pool to Address FRAX Debt Situation\n\nSpooked by Curve Liquidation Threat, DeFi Protocols Shore Up Defenses\n\nAave Should Block Curve Token Borrowing, Risk Management Firm Proposes\n\nAfter the Curve Attack: What's Next for DeFi?\n\n\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices