The Chopping Block: Why Are We Still Building Layer 1s? - Ep. 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, they are joined by Avery Ching, chief architect of Aptos, to discuss the latest SEC enforcement actions, an embarrasing admission by audit firm Certik, and crypto’s impact on the coming election.
Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Overcast, Podcast Addict, Pocket Casts, Stitcher, Castbox, Google Podcasts, TuneIn, Amazon Music, or on your favorite podcast platform.

Show highlights: 

everyone's impressions of the conference

why Korea has become a hub for crypto adoption

why there's no benchmarking infrastructure to compare data across blockchains

how Sui decided not to airdrop a token and what the implications for future airdrops are

whether CertiK bears responsibility in the Merlin DEX rugpull

whether the US elections have an effect on how the SEC is playing the case with Coinbase

what impact AI will have on the crypto industry

Hosts

Haseeb Qureshi, managing partner at Dragonfly 

Tarun Chitra, managing partner at Robot Ventures

Tom Schmidt, general partner at Dragonfly 

Guest

Avery Ching, cofounder and CTO of Aptos
Disclosures
Links

Unchained: 

Coinbase Seeks to Compel SEC Response to Rulemaking Petition

​​Exploit or Rug Pull? $1.8 Million Drained From zkSync DEX Merlin Despite Audit 

SEC Sues Bittrex, Names Dash, Algorand and Other Tokens ‘Crypto Asset Securities’

CoinDesk: Sui Network to Issue Token Following Exchange Sale; Airdrop Hunters Dismayed

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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, they are joined by Avery Ching, chief architect of Aptos, to discuss the latest SEC enforcement actions, an embarrasing admission by audit firm Certik, and crypto’s impact on the coming election.

Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Overcast, Podcast Addict, Pocket Casts, Stitcher, Castbox, Google Podcasts, TuneIn, Amazon Music, or on your favorite podcast platform.

Show highlights: 

everyone's impressions of the conference
why Korea has become a hub for crypto adoption
why there's no benchmarking infrastructure to compare data across blockchains
how Sui decided not to airdrop a token and what the implications for future airdrops are
whether CertiK bears responsibility in the Merlin DEX rugpull
whether the US elections have an effect on how the SEC is playing the case with Coinbase
what impact AI will have on the crypto industry
Hosts

Haseeb Qureshi, managing partner at Dragonfly 

Tarun Chitra, managing partner at Robot Ventures

Tom Schmidt, general partner at Dragonfly 
Guest
Avery Ching, cofounder and CTO of AptosDisclosuresLinks

Unchained: 
Coinbase Seeks to Compel SEC Response to Rulemaking Petition
​​Exploit or Rug Pull? $1.8 Million Drained From zkSync DEX Merlin Despite Audit 
SEC Sues Bittrex, Names Dash, Algorand and Other Tokens ‘Crypto Asset Securities’
CoinDesk: Sui Network to Issue Token Following Exchange Sale; Airdrop Hunters Dismayed

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