Welcome to The Chopping Block! Crypto insiders Haseeb Qureshi, Robert Leshner, and Tarun Chitra were joined by Laura Shin to chop it up about the latest news.

Show topics:

the details of the SEC and CFTC complaints
how crypto traders have always speculated about Alameda's preferential treatment
whether many people knew about the mismanagement of funds and alleged fraud
why Haseeb thinks SBF was a "f*cking psycho"
how helpful Tarun believes a testimony from Sam Trabucco, former co-CEO of Alameda, would be
why Alameda and FTX lost billions of dollars, and the poor diligence of SBF's venture investments
Sam's "ineffective altruism"
why a bull market wouldn't have solved the insolvency problems of FTX
whether SBF will fight extradition and how long it would take
how Sam's consistent use of Facebook and his anti-Maker stand shows he was not a crypto-native
why Laura thinks that The Block CEO's undisclosed loans represent a "total betrayal"
Robert's take on the ineffectiveness of the government's control of information
why Binance is under scrutiny and whether it's the "next FTX"

Hosts

Haseeb Qureshi, managing partner at Dragonfly Capital
Tarun Chitra, managing partner at Robot Ventures
Robert Leshner, founder of Compound

Guest:

Laura Shin, author, host of Unchained

Episode Links

FTX:

Binance:

The Block

Unchained: The Block CEO Steps Down After Revealing He Was Secretly Funded By SBF

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