Podcast Episodes

The Chopping Block: Wizards vs. Laser Eyes for the Future of Bitcoin

Episode 495

Welcome to “The Chopping Block” – where crypto insiders Haseeb Qureshi, Tom Schmidt, and Robert Leshner, chop it up about the latest news. In this episode, Taproot Wizards instigator Eric Wall joins …

Published on 2 years, 7 months ago

The Ugly Tradeoffs of Ledger’s New Recovery Service

Episode 494

Ledger, the crypto industry’s leading hardware wallet manufacturer, rolled out a new recovery feature this month that caused an uproar. The recovery service has dangerous implications for crypto self…

Published on 2 years, 7 months ago

Bitcoin’s BRC-20 Mania: Is It Sustainable?

Episode 493

Ordinal theory has unleashed a new wave of NFTs, memecoins and innovation on Bitcoin — but not without controversy. Bitcoin educator Dan Held and Bitcoin Frontier Fund Managing Partner Trevor Owens j…

Published on 2 years, 7 months ago

The Chopping Block: Do Aragon Association Members Get 'Fat Salaries' With 'Zero Accountability'?

Episode 492

Welcome to “The Chopping Block” – where crypto insiders Haseeb Qureshi, Robert Leshner, Tom Schmidt, and Tarun Chitra chop it up about the latest news. In this episode, they talk about the recent iss…

Published on 2 years, 7 months ago

The IRS Wants $44B From Bankrupt FTX. How Is That Possible?

Episode 491

News emerged this week that the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) placed $44 billion in claims on the FTX bankruptcy estate. Now creditors of the defunct crypto exchange are worried that the taxman…

Published on 2 years, 7 months ago

Writing the Book on FTX’s Downfall: ‘It Was All Just Sam'

Episode 490

Longtime crypto reporter Brady Dale has beat Michael Lewis to market with the first book on the dramatic collapse of FTX. In stores today, “SBF: How the FTX Bankruptcy Unwound Crypto’s Very Bad Good …

Published on 2 years, 7 months ago

$630M Due Next Week: Is DCG at Default Risk?

Episode 489

The Genesis bankruptcy is about to take a high-stakes turn with a $630 million payment from Digital Currency Group (DCG) due by May 11. Barry Silbert’s DCG, the parent company of Genesis, is on the h…

Published on 2 years, 7 months ago

Do You Need to Think Twice Before Restaking Your Assets?

Episode 488

In this episode, Sreeram Kannan, founder of EigenLayer, and Konstantin Lomashuk, cofounder of Lido Finance, discuss the complex world of staking in Ethereum's post-Shanghai ecosystem.

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Published on 2 years, 7 months ago

The Chopping Block: Why Are We Still Building Layer 1s?

Episode 487

Welcome to “The Chopping Block” – where crypto insiders Haseeb Qureshi, Tom Schmidt, and Tarun Chitra chop it up about the latest news in digital assets. In this live episode from Consensus 2023, the…

Published on 2 years, 7 months ago

Coinbase's Legal Action Against the SEC: How It Will Likely Unfold

Episode 486

Major crypto exchange Coinbase has decided to take action to get an answer from the Securities and Exchange Commission: this week, they filed a court action seeking to compel Gary Gensler’s agency to…

Published on 2 years, 7 months ago