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Did Someone Deliberately Attack Terra/Luna to Kick off a Death Spiral?
Episode 351
Jon Wu, head of growth at Aztec Network, recaps a historically chaotic week in the Terra ecosystem that saw $UST depeg, Anchor depositors flee, and $LUNA fall 99%. Show highlights:
how $UST, $LUNA, …Published on 3 years, 7 months ago
Will Optimism's OP Token Draw People Back to Layer 2s on Ethereum?
Episode 350
Kain Warwick, founder of Synthetix, and Ben Jones, cofounder and chief scientist at Optimism Foundation, discuss the current state of Ethereum Layer 2s, Optimism’s new governance structure, why Synth…
Published on 3 years, 7 months ago
Should Yuga Labs Have Charged More For Its Otherside NFTs?
Episode 349
Eric Golden, the owner of BAYC #7560 and host of Web3 Breakdowns, discusses the Otherdeed NFT drop that stalled Ethereum and burned over $150 million worth of ether. Show topics:
what the Otherdeed …Published on 3 years, 7 months ago
The Chopping Block: Did Andre Cronje Pull an Epic Crypto Rug Pull?
Episode 348
Welcome to The Chopping Block! Crypto insiders Haseeb Qureshi, Tom Schmidt, Robert Leshner, and Tarun Chitra chop it up about the latest news in the digital asset industry. On this episode, Andre Cro…
Published on 3 years, 7 months ago
RAC and David Greenstein on Why Music NFTs Are Better Than Spotify
Episode 347
André Allen Anjos, who is better known as the crypto-friendly artist RAC, and David Greenstein, co-founder of Sound.xyz, a web3 music platform, analyze the current state of the web3 music scene and d…
Published on 3 years, 7 months ago
FTX Wants to Compete With CME -- Here's Why It's a Big Deal
Episode 346
Chris Perkins, president of CoinFund, a web3 investment firm, discusses his experience at the Crypto Bahamas conference before diving into an FTX.US proposal that would allow for direct trading of cr…
Published on 3 years, 7 months ago
Amy Wu on Why FTX Is So Excited About Web3 Gaming
Episode 345
Amy Wu, head of FTX ventures and gaming initiatives, discusses her role at FTX, what problems need to be addressed in the web3 gaming world, and her thoughts on APE and Yuga Labs as a board member of…
Published on 3 years, 7 months ago
Why the SEC's Proposed Rules Affecting DeFi Could Violate the First Amendment
Episode 344
Peter Van Valkenburgh, director of research at Coin Center, discusses a proposed rule by the US Securities and Exchange Commission that has massive implications for the free-speech rights of crypto s…
Published on 3 years, 7 months ago
The Chopping Block: How to Improve DeFi and Cross-Chain Bridge Security
Episode 343
Welcome to The Chopping Block! Crypto insiders Haseeb Qureshi, Tom Schmidt, and Tarun Chitra chop it up about the latest news in the digital asset industry. On this episode, Laura Shin, the host of U…
Published on 3 years, 8 months ago
Why Crypto Twitter’s Disrespect Toward Regulators Is a ‘Really Bad Business Decision’
Episode 342
Two policy experts, Chris Lehane, chief strategy officer at Haun Ventures, and Niki Christoff, the founder of Christoff and Co., discuss how the crypto industry has performed in Washington and how it…
Published on 3 years, 8 months ago