The Chopping Block: Why the Crypto Markets Have Been Down This Week - Ep.308

Published: Jan. 13, 2022, 10 a.m.

b'The Chopping Block is back! Crypto insiders Haseeb Qureshi, Tom Schmidt, and Tarun Chitra chop it up about the latest news in the digital asset industry. Show topics:\\n why crypto assets experienced a drawdown after last week\\u2019s FOMC meeting that hinted at accelerated rate hikes\\n which emerging assets Tarun, Haseeb, and Tom envision weathering a bear market\\n which assets could be further hurt by a continued bear market\\n the significance of Paradigm and Sequoia investing in Citadel Securities\\n what aspects of Signal CEO Moxie Marlinspike\\u2019s web3 article Haseeb, Tom, and Tarun take umbrage with\\n whether Cryptoland is crypto\\u2019s Fyre Festival or whether it\\u2019s the metaverse\\n what the heck is going on with the Pudgy Penguins community\\n the lessons from the CFTC\\u2019s fine of Polymarket (disclosure: a former sponsor of my shows)\\n \\xa0\\n Episode Links\\n \\xa0\\n Hosts\\n Haseeb Qureshi, managing partner at Dragonfly Capital\\n https://twitter.com/hosseeb\\n \\n Tom Schmidt, general partner at Dragonfly Capital\\n https://twitter.com/tomhschmidt\\n \\n Tarun Chitra, managing partner at Robot Ventures\\n \\nhttps://twitter.com/tarunchitra\\xa0\\n \\n \\xa0\\n Topics\\n \\xa0\\n FOMC = Crypto assets dip\\n https://www.ar.ca/blog/debunking-more-overreactions-to-macro-a-ronin-case-study\\n \\n Paradigm + Sequoia invest in Citadel Securities\\n https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/01/11/paradigm-sequoia-to-invest-115b-in-citadel-securities-bringing-trading-firm-closer-to-crypto/\\n \\n Cryptoland\\n https://thenextweb.com/news/welcome-to-cryptoland-real-island-cryptocurrency-fans-analysis\\n \\n Moxie Marlinspike\\u2019s first impressions of web3\\n https://moxie.org/2022/01/07/web3-first-impressions.html\\n \\n Pudgy Penguins drama\\n https://thedefiant.io/fire-on-the-iceberg-pudgy-penguin-holders-eye-coup-amid-acquisition-talks/\\n \\n Polymarket fined by CFTC\\n \\u200b\\u200bhttps://www.coindesk.com/policy/2022/01/03/cftc-fines-crypto-betting-service-polymarket-14m-for-unregistered-swaps/\\n\\n \\n \\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'