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Back to SearchThe 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 new…
2 years, 10 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 d…
2 years, 10 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 …
2 years, 10 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…
2 years, 10 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 E…
2 years, 10 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 ass…
2 years, 10 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…
2 years, 10 months ago
Gary Gensler vs. Crypto: What Will the SEC Attack Next?
Episode 485
Two lawyers, Josh Klayman, head of digital assets at Linklaters, and Marc Boiron, chief legal officer at Polygon Labs, offer their takes on the SEC’s…
2 years, 10 months ago
The Chopping Block: Are Layer 2s Stealing Ethereum’s Thunder?
Episode 484
Welcome to “The Chopping Block” – where crypto insiders Haseeb Qureshi, Tom Schmidt, Robert Leshner, and Tarun Chitra chop it up about the latest new…
2 years, 11 months ago
‘Is ETH a Security?’ Why Gary Gensler Couldn’t Give Congress a Straight Answer
Episode 483
It got heated this week on Capitol Hill with SEC Chair Gary Gensler testifying before the House Financial Services Committee on his agency’s efforts …
2 years, 11 months ago