Episode description
Welcome to The Chopping Block! Crypto insiders Haseeb Qureshi, Tom Schmidt, and Robert Leshner chop it up about the latest news in the digital asset industry. On this week’s episode, Do Kwon, founder of Terraform Labs, also dropped by. Show topics:
why Do decided to make millions of dollars in bets that LUNA will appreciate in value next year
what Robert and Do, as crypto/DeFi founders, think about Crypto Twitter
how the difficulty of building payment systems led to Do launching Terra
Gauntlet’s recent funding round (and what it does)
takeaways from Yuga Labs purchasing CryptoPunk and Meebits IP, ApeCoin, Otherside, and more
how NFTs could change the game for publishing and content IP industries
whether an NFT collection’s cultural relevance is similar to an L1’s TVL
Bored Ape Yacht Club as the first NFT franchise
why Haseeb is so disappointed with Axie Infinity, VCs, and other P2E games
what Facebook’s foray into NFTs might look like
Hosts
Haseeb Qureshi, managing partner at Dragonfly Capital
https://twitter.com/hosseeb
Tom Schmidt, general partner at Dragonfly Capital
https://twitter.com/tomhschmidt
Robert Leshner, founder of Compound
https://twitter.com/rleshner
Guest
Do Kwon, founder of Terra
https://twitter.com/stablekwon
Episode Topics
Gauntlet raises $23.8M led by Ribbit, now a Unicorn - congrats Tarun!
https://cointelegraph.com/news/crypto-quant-firm-gauntlet-valued-at-1b-following-series-b
Do Kwon on a Terra betting spree ($1M, then $10M)
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/137832/terraform-labs-ceo-do-kwon-seals-10-million-bet-over-luna-price
Yuga Labs launches Apecoin, Apes buy Punks, teases metaverse, plans land sales, closes $450M raise led by a16z
https://www.coindesk.com/layer2/2022/03/18/what-is-apecoin-and-who-is-behind-it/
https://twitter.com/yugalabs/status/1505014986556551172
https://twitter.com/yugalabs/status/1502420714527334406?s=11
NFTs coming to Instagram? Minting + PFPs?
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/03/15/mark-zuckerberg-says-nfts-are-coming-soon-to-instagram/
Info on Axie Infinity
https://research.thetie.io/axie-infinity/
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