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Welcome to \u201cThe Chopping Block\u201d \u2013\xa0where crypto insiders Haseeb Qureshi, Tom Schmidt, Tarun Chitra, and Robert Leshner chop it up about the latest crypto news.\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 the Azuki new NFT collection 'Elementals' caused such a controversy among holders\n\nwhy Robert bought an Elemental and what was he expecting\n\nwho the Michael Milken of NFTs is, according to Tarun\n\nhow BitGo 'pulled a Binance' on Prime Trust\n\nhow Prime Trust, a crypto custodian, collapsed and was put into receivership\n\nwhether what Prime Trust did can be considered fraud and how the situation highlights DeFi's 'long term advantage'\n\nwhy the majority of blockspace is EVM-compatible\n\nwhat the problems are with current Layer 2 rollups such as Optimism and Arbitrum\n\nwhy rollups are so 'political' in the Ethereum ecosystem\n\nwhat makes Arbitrum better than Optimism, according to Tarun\n\nwhat shared sequencers are and whether they will be the future in crypto\n\nWhy Haseeb is not so bullish on the app-chain thesis\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\nLinks\n\nUnchained:\n\nPolygon Cofounder Proposes Upgrading PoS Chain to zkEVM Validium\n\nThe Block:\xa0\n\nAzuki NFT collections ends Elemental mint with $37.5 million\n\nFidelity preparing to submit spot bitcoin ETF filing: Source\n\nCoinDesk:\n\nAzuki NFT Prices Slide 44% After Creator Releases 'Basically Identical' Elementals\n\nNevada Files to Place Crypto Custodian Prime Trust Into Receivership\n\nAzuki\u2019s thread on its situation\n\n\n\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices