Welcome to The Chopping Block! Crypto insiders Haseeb Qureshi, Tom Schmidt, Tarun Chitra, and Robert Leshner chop it up about the latest news in the digital asset industry. Show topics:
- how social engineering was used in the $600 million+ Ronin bridge hack
- what bridge infrastructure needs to be built (note: if someone wants to build a cross-chain Etherscan, it sounds like Tarun would fund it)
- why the Inverse Finance hack impressed Tom
- how Open Zeppelin found and patched a $15 billion vulnerability for Convex Finance
- why transitioning to token governance might be an issue for Convex
- what made USDN de-peg
- why Tarun think algorithmic stablecoin creators are a little crazy
- the elegance of the Bitcoin whitepaper
- what their biggest takeaways from Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter are
- why Tarun thinks FTX investing in IEX is actually a huge deal
Hosts
- Haseeb Qureshi, managing partner at Dragonfly Capital
- Tom Schmidt, general partner at Dragonfly Capital
- Tarun Chitra, managing partner at Robot Ventures
- Robert Leshner, founder of Compound
Topics Covered
- Ronin hack
- More hacks: Inverse Finance, Convex Rugpull disclosure
- USDN Peg broken, drama ensues
- Why is Elon taking a stake in Twitter?
- FTX purchasing a stake in IEX
- Lightning Labs’ $70 million raise
- Gauntlet raises $23.8M led by Ribbit, now a Unicorn – congrats Tarun!
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