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Crypto assets and blockchain technology are about to transform every trust-based interaction of our lives, from financial services to identity to the Internet of Things. In this podcast, host Laura Shin, an independent journalist covering all things crypto, talks with industry pioneers about how crypto assets and blockchains will change the way we earn, spend and invest our money. Tune in to find out how Web 3.0, the decentralized web, will revolutionize our world. Disclosure: I'm a nocoiner.
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The Chopping Block: SBF Wants to Win in the Court of Public Opinion. Will He?
Welcome to The Chopping Block! Crypto insiders Haseeb Qureshi, Robert Leshner, Tom Schmidt, and Tarun Chitra chop it up about the latest news.
Show topics:
highlights of Sam Bankman-Fried's interview with the New York Times
whether SBF knew what was going on in his companies, and how that impacts potential prosecution
why Genesis and DCG are in financial trouble
whether Genesis will file for bankruptcy or go through a restructuring process
revelations from BlockFi's bankruptcy filing
new info on why FTX bailed out BlockFi last summer
what is going on with Binance’s recovery fund
how Avi Eisenberg tried to pull off an attack on Aave
how the banking industry works and whether Changpeng Zhao is the closest thing to a central bank in crypto
how DeFi responds in a crisis, and how it contrasts with CeFi’s recent implosions
Hosts
Haseeb Qureshi, managing partner at Dragonfly Capital
Tarun Chitra, managing partner at Robot Ventures
Robert Leshner, founder of Compound
Tom Schmidt, general partner at Dragonfly Capital
Episode Links
FTX:
Unchained: FTX Bankruptcy Overseer Says Company’s Collapse Is Worst He’s Ever Seen
NYT: Sam Bankman-Fried’s interview
Bill Ackman’s tweet
Interview with Tiffany Fong
Previous coverage of Unchained on FTX:
Jesse Powell and Kevin Zhou on How FTX and Alameda Lost $10 Billion
Is the Collapse of Crypto Lending Over, or Is It Just Starting?
Did the Bahamian Government Direct SBF and Gary Wang to Hack FTX?
The Chopping Block: Why Lenders Didn’t Liquidate Alameda When It Was Underwater
Erik Voorhees and Cobie on Why FTX Loaned Out Customers’ Assets
The Chopping Block: FTX: The Biggest Collapse in the History of Crypto?
Sam Bankman-Fried on How to Prevent the Next Terra and 3AC
BlockFi:
Unchained: Crypto Lender BlockFi Files for Bankruptcy as FTX’s Contagion Effects Continue
Decrypt: FTX, Alameda Owe BlockFi More Than $1 Billion: Court Hearing
Genesis:
Ryan Selkis’ tweet on Genesis
Unchained:
Genesis Warns of Bankruptcy If Funding Plans Fail: Report
On-chain Analysts ID 432 GBTC Addresses After Grayscale Says No to Proof-of-Reserves
WSJ: Crypto Lender Genesis Asks Binance and Apollo for Cash
Decrypt: Digital Currency Group Says No Imminent Threat Despite Owing Genesis $575M
Previous coverage of Unchained on Genesis:
Why Genesis Could Very Well Be Insolvent, Not Just Illiquid
‘The Last Big Whale’: Why the Crypto Contagion of 2022 Eventually Hit Genesis
DeFi
Pancakeswap flipped Uniswap in TVL
Unchained:
Mango Markets Exploiter Gets Liquidated But Leaves Aave With ‘Excess Debt’
Aave Freezes 17 Low-Liquidity V2 Pools and Votes to Migrate 26 Assets to Ethereum V3
Compound Finance Slashes Borrow Caps for 10 Markets
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Adam Cochran on Why Crypto Prices Will Be Down Bad for the Next Six Months
Adam Cochran, partner at Cinneamhain Ventures, talks about the collapses suffered during this year, their impacts on big traditional finance players, and what’s coming in the crypto markets in the near future.
Show highlights:
whether Sam Bankman-Fried lied during his interview at the Deal Book Summit
why SBF kept the number of FTX's engineers at such a low number
why Adam is optimistic about Genesis and DCG
what options Genesis have to raise liquidity
the significance of a potential meltdown of DCG in the crypto industry
why Adam is worried about Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC)
what lessons can be learned from this crypto winter
Adam's prognosis for crypto lending and for the crypto markets in general
the impact of the bankruptcy of BlockFi and all the other centralized lenders
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Adam:
Twitter
Thread on community buyout
Previous Unchained episodes:
Why 3AC’s Collapse Could Spell the Start of a Crypto Credit Crunch
Episode Links
BlockFi:
Unchained: Crypto Lender BlockFi Files for Bankruptcy as FTX’s Contagion Effects Continue
Decrypt: FTX, Alameda Owe BlockFi More Than $1 Billion: Court Hearing
Genesis:
Bloomberg: Genesis Creditors Seek Options to Keep Crypto Brokerage Out of Bankruptcy
Semafor: Online news site CoinDesk attracts suitors amid crypto crash
Unchained:
Genesis Warns of Bankruptcy If Funding Plans Fail: Report
On-chain Analysts ID 432 GBTC Addresses After Grayscale Says No to Proof-of-Reserves
WSJ: Crypto Lender Genesis Asks Binance and Apollo for Cash
Decrypt: Digital Currency Group Says No Imminent Threat Despite Owing Genesis $575M
The Block: DCG CEO Barry Silbert updates shareholders, says company will emerge 'stronger'
Previous coverage of Unchained on Genesis:
Why Genesis Could Very Well Be Insolvent, Not Just Illiquid
‘The Last Big Whale’: Why the Crypto Contagion of 2022 Eventually Hit Genesis
FTX:
Unchained: FTX Bankruptcy Overseer Says Company’s Collapse Is Worst He’s Ever Seen
Previous coverage of Unchained on FTX:
Jesse Powell and Kevin Zhou on How FTX and Alameda Lost $10 Billion
Is the Collapse of Crypto Lending Over, or Is It Just Starting?
Did the Bahamian Government Direct SBF and Gary Wang to Hack FTX?
The Chopping Block: Why Lenders Didn’t Liquidate Alameda When It Was Underwater
Erik Voorhees and Cobie on Why FTX Loaned Out Customers’ Assets
The Chopping Block: FTX: The Biggest Collapse in the History of Crypto?
Sam Bankman-Fried on How to Prevent the Next Terra and 3AC
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'The Last Big Whale': Why the Crypto Contagion of 2022 Eventually Hit Genesis
Michael Jordan, founder at DBA and former co-head of investments at Galaxy Digital, and Alex Pack, managing partner at Hack VC, talk about the potential insolvency of Genesis and DCG, the cycle of credit expansion, and the importance of DeFi to prevent these situations.
Show highlights:
what will happen with Genesis and its parent company DCG
where the insolvency of Genesis might have come from
how the expansion of crypto lending in 2021 is impacting the markets and the role the Fed played in this expansion
how the Terra collapse kickstarted a ton of contagion effects in crypto companies
Alex's story of why he did not invest in Alameda in 2018
whether it is possible to prevent the "FTXs of the future"
the importance of assessing the quality of collateral assets
the story of when SBF called DeFi a "Ponzi black box"
the mystery of where FTX Ventures got the $2 billion it planned to invest
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Chainalysis
Minima
Michael:
Twitter
Previous Unchained episodes:
Is the Collapse of Crypto Lending Over, or Is It Just Starting?
Alex:
Twitter
Episode Links
Previous coverage of Unchained on Genesis and FTX:
Why Genesis Could Very Well Be Insolvent, Not Just Illiquid
Jesse Powell and Kevin Zhou on How FTX and Alameda Lost $10 Billion
Is the Collapse of Crypto Lending Over, or Is It Just Starting?
Did the Bahamian Government Direct SBF and Gary Wang to Hack FTX?
The Chopping Block: Why Lenders Didn’t Liquidate Alameda When It Was Underwater
Erik Voorhees and Cobie on Why FTX Loaned Out Customers’ Assets
The Chopping Block: FTX: The Biggest Collapse in the History of Crypto?
Sam Bankman-Fried on How to Prevent the Next Terra and 3AC
Genesis:
Unchained:
Genesis Warns of Bankruptcy If Funding Plans Fail: Report
On-chain Analysts ID 432 GBTC Addresses After Grayscale Says No to Proof-of-Reserves
WSJ: Crypto Lender Genesis Asks Binance and Apollo for Cash
Decrypt: Digital Currency Group Says No Imminent Threat Despite Owing Genesis $575M
The Block: DCG CEO Barry Silbert updates shareholders, says company will emerge 'stronger'
FTX Collapse:
First declaration document
Unchained: FTX Bankruptcy Overseer Says Company’s Collapse Is Worst He’s Ever Seen
SBF tweet: FTX files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection
Bloomberg: Transcript: Sam Bankman-Fried and Matt Levine on How to Make Money in Crypto
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Gabriel Haines on How He Came to Make His Hilarious, Yelling Crypto Videos
Gabriel Haines, a crypto content creator, comes on this 2022 Thanksgiving edition of Unchained to talk about his videos and leave a positive message for these holidays.
Show highlights:
how Gabriel started doing his very unique type of videos
Gabriel's hummus eating competition
how Gabriel's videos are "quite not professional"
how Gabriel is monetizing some of his videos with NFTs
whether NFTs are a solution for content creators
how Lee, Gabriel's wife, has also started creating some funny videos
how Web3 is going to change the traditional version of media in the Internet
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Gabriel:
Twitter
Gabriel’s video with a machete
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The Chopping Block on FTX/Alameda: Is Sam Bankman-Fried 'Crypto Kanye'?
Welcome to The Chopping Block! Crypto insiders Haseeb Qureshi, Robert Leshner, Tom Schmidt, and Tarun Chitra chop it up about the latest news concerning the collapse of FTX.
Show topics:
the statements of newly appointed CEO John Ray in the first day declaration
why Tarun, Robert and Haseeb think SBF is possibly delusional or at least in denial
whether the assets of FTX and Alameda were commingled from the beginning or whether they had been separate and at a certain point, FTX loaned money to Alameda
whether the Bahamian government was the 'FTX' hacker
the theories of why Alameda started falling
how regulators and legislators are assessing the failure of FTX
whether SBF will get a pardon like Mark Rich and the chances of him being charged criminally
whether Genesis will go insolvent and its potential contagion effects
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Hosts
Haseeb Qureshi, managing partner at Dragonfly Capital
Tarun Chitra, managing partner at Robot Ventures
Robert Leshner, founder of Compound
Tom Schmidt, general partner at Dragonfly Capital
Episode Links
Previous coverage of Unchained on FTX:
Jesse Powell and Kevin Zhou on How FTX and Alameda Lost $10 Billion
Is the Collapse of Crypto Lending Over, or Is It Just Starting?
Did the Bahamian Government Direct SBF and Gary Wang to Hack FTX?
The Chopping Block: Why Lenders Didn’t Liquidate Alameda When It Was Underwater
Erik Voorhees and Cobie on Why FTX Loaned Out Customers’ Assets
The Chopping Block: FTX: The Biggest Collapse in the History of Crypto?
Sam Bankman-Fried on How to Prevent the Next Terra and 3AC
FTX Collapse:
First declaration document
Unchained: FTX Bankruptcy Overseer Says Company’s Collapse Is Worst He’s Ever Seen
Unchained: Bahamas Regulator Directed SBF to Transfer FTX Assets to Government Wallet
SBF tweet: FTX files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection
WSJ: FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried Cashed Out $300 Million During Funding Spree
Vox interview with SBF: Sam Bankman-Fried tries to explain himself
NYT: How Sam Bankman-Fried’s Crypto Empire Collapsed
Arthur Hayes’s article on SBF: ‘White Boy’
NYT: Elizabeth Holmes Is Sentenced to More Than 11 Years for Fraud
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Jesse Powell and Kevin Zhou on How FTX and Alameda Lost $10 Billion
Kevin Zhou, cofounder of Galois Capital, and Jesse Powell, cofounder of Kraken, talk about why FTX collapsed, the warning signs, and whether it’s a catalyst for self-custodial adoption.
Show highlights:
the root causes of the FTX collapse, according to Jesse and Kevin
whether there were warning signs of all the risks that were to come
the importance of learning from mistakes, even for new people in the space
Kevin's response to the stuck funds in FTX
the debate about utilitarianism and SBF's effective altruism
whether the philosophy behind founders matters
Kevin's and Jesse's theories of how FTX and Alameda lost billions of dollars
how Alameda and FTX's books were commingled
whether people will start using self-custodial wallets
whether the fall of FTX vindicates BTC maximalism
whether regulation has been beneficial or harmful for American customers
the role of venture capital firms and their "mixed incentives"
Take Unchained's 2022 survey!
Unchained is doing its annual survey. Tell us how you think we’re doing and how we could improve, whether it be on the podcast, in the newsletter, or in our premium offering. Looking forward to hearing your thoughts!
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Crypto.com
Chainalysis
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Kevin:
Twitter
Previous Unchained episodes:
How Traders Are Thinking About the Merge — and a Potential ETHPoW Chain
Why Kevin Zhou Believes Ethereum Will Have 3 Forks After the Merge.
The Chopping Block: Kevin Zhou on Why He Knew Terra Would Crash
Jesse:
Twitter
Previous Unchained episodes:
Jesse Powell, CEO of Kraken, on Drawing a Line With Regulators
Episode Links
Previous coverage on Unchained of FTX:
Did the Bahamian Government Direct SBF and Gary Wang to Hack FTX? – Ep. 422
The Chopping Block: Why Lenders Didn’t Liquidate Alameda When It Was Underwater
Erik Voorhees and Cobie on Why FTX Loaned Out Customers’ Assets
The Chopping Block: FTX: The Biggest Collapse in the History of Crypto?
Sam Bankman-Fried on How to Prevent the Next Terra and 3AC
FTX Collapse:
First declaration document
Unchained: FTX Bankruptcy Overseer Says Company’s Collapse Is Worst He’s Ever Seen
Unchained: Bahamas Regulator Directed SBF to Transfer FTX Assets to Government Wallet
SBF tweet: FTX files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection
Vox interview with SBF: Sam Bankman-Fried tries to explain himself
NYT: How Sam Bankman-Fried’s Crypto Empire Collapsed
Bloomberg: Crypto Hedge Fund Galois Confirms $40 Million Exposure to FTX
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Customer Reviews
DC episode
Smart insights on Washington this week
Valuable, but Ms. Shin
There’s no question this is an extremely informative podcast. But Ms. Shin sounds like an abused spouse or girlfriend. “Oh yes, SBF just beat the crap out of me. Sure, SBF broke my arm, knocked out my teeth. But you know, it’s really my fault, not his”. Grow up, Ms. Shin
Good for the lols
The biggest guests are frauds, the editors can’t edit, and the host can’t read.