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The Chopping Block: Trump’s $22B “Gold Paper” DeFi Launch, Buybacks & Garbage Coins
Episode 896
Altcoin froth meets political theater. The team dissects World Liberty Financial’s explosive debut: a $22B token backed by the Trump family, a disputed Aave partnership, insider buybacks, and a “gold…
Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago
How Crypto Insiders Are Sidestepping the Law to Dump on Retail
Episode 895
Behind some of the biggest token launches of the past year — from Trump’s $TRUMP coin to the recent Kanye West’s $YZY, to the collapse of $LIBRA and this week’s launch of $WLFI — the same insider nam…
Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago
Why These DeFi Builders Are Betting It All on Coinbase’s L2, Base
Episode 894
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Coinbase’s L2 Base is quickly becoming the most powerful…
Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago
The Chopping Block: Tom Lee the New Saylor? DAT Consolidation, Token Wrappers Under Fire
Episode 893
DAT mania meets market reality. Tom Lee becomes the face of ETH as BitMine amasses 1.5% of supply and mNAV premiums start to collapse. We break down Japan’s MetaPlanet tax arbitrage, SharpLink’s buyb…
Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago
Two VCs on Why the 4-Year Cycle Is Dead, DATs & Hyperliquid vs. Binance
Episode 892
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Is crypto no longer moving in predictable four-year wave…
Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago
The Chopping Block: Robinhood’s Vlad Tenev on Tokenized Privates, 24/7 Stocks & AI-Verified Code
Episode 891
Altcoin froth meets real-asset rails. Vlad explains why Robinhood built an L2, how tokenized stocks—and even private shares like OpenAI/SpaceX—could trade on-chain, and what that means for accreditat…
Published on 3 months, 4 weeks ago
The LayerZero/Wormhole Bidding War Shows How to Value a Crypto Business
Episode 890
The drama is heating up in crypto M&A. LayerZero, the omnichain interoperability protocol, shocked the market with a $110 million bid to acquire Stargate DAO — the very bridge it originally launched.…
Published on 3 months, 4 weeks ago
Companies Are Competing to Bring Crypto to the Masses. Who Is Best Positioned?
Episode 889
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Crypto is moving past speculation — and into the battle …
Published on 3 months, 4 weeks ago
Crypto Firms, Fintechs and Banks Hope to Dominate Stablecoins. Who Will Win?
Episode 888
Stablecoin-focused blockchains are popping up everywhere. Stripe, Circle, and more are betting they can dominate payments. But are these chains even needed? And will Ethereum ever be ready for real-w…
Published on 4 months ago
The Chopping Block: Corpo Chains, Monero’s AI Vampire Attack, and DAT Mania
Episode 887
Altcoin season meets corporate blockchains as Circle and Stripe launch their own L1s, Monero suffers the biggest 51% attack in history (powered by an AI named “Garth”), and the crew debates whether t…
Published on 4 months ago