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b'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. This week, the crew is joined by Goldfinch co-founder Blake West to talk about the momentum around asset tokenization. Whether it\\u2019s private credit (what Goldfinch specializes in) or U.S. Treasurys (what Robert\\u2019s new venture Superstate will tackle), real-world assets (RWAs) are en vogue among the crypto set. What\\u2019s driving this fresh interest in an old concept that has failed to take off?\\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\\nhow Blake got into RWAs\\n\\nwhy Robert launched his new company Superstate\\n\\nwhy Robert hates the term \\u201creal-world asset\\u201d\\n\\nwhy the only actual RWA in the blockchain space is the U.S. dollar, aka stablecoins\\n\\nwhy other non-native crypto assets have struggled to migrate onto blockchains\\n\\nhow having on-chain T-bills could push demand for stablecoins\\n\\nwhy private credit is a good thing to bring on chain, according to Blake\\n\\nwhat the not-so-obvious benefits of bringing these things onto blockchains are\\n\\nwhether Arkham\\u2019s model of de-anonymizing people goes against the ethos of crypto\\n\\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\\nGuest:\\n\\nBlake West, cofounder of Goldfinch\\nDisclosures\\nLinks\\n\\nUnchained:\\n\\nCompound Founder Creates \\u2018Superstate\\u2019 to Bridge TradFi and Blockchains\\n\\nArkham Launches Bounty Marketplace to Trade Crypto Wallet Intel\\n\\nMakerDAO Mulls Proposal to Allocate $750 Million More to US Treasuries\\n\\nMakerDAO Has Brought in Real World Assets. Is It Worth the Risk?\\n\\nCoinDesk:\\n\\nTokenized U.S. Treasurys Surpass $600M as Crypto Investors Capture TradFi Yield\\n\\n\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'