The Chopping Block: Why the Crypto Markets Have Been Down This Week - Ep.308
Jan 13, 2022•49 min•Ep. 308
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Episode description
The Chopping Block is back! Crypto insiders Haseeb Qureshi, Tom Schmidt, and Tarun Chitra chop it up about the latest news in the digital asset industry. Show topics:
- why crypto assets experienced a drawdown after last week’s FOMC meeting that hinted at accelerated rate hikes
- which emerging assets Tarun, Haseeb, and Tom envision weathering a bear market
- which assets could be further hurt by a continued bear market
- the significance of Paradigm and Sequoia investing in Citadel Securities
- what aspects of Signal CEO Moxie Marlinspike’s web3 article Haseeb, Tom, and Tarun take umbrage with
- whether Cryptoland is crypto’s Fyre Festival or whether it’s the metaverse
- what the heck is going on with the Pudgy Penguins community
- the lessons from the CFTC’s fine of Polymarket (disclosure: a former sponsor of my shows)
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Hosts
- Haseeb Qureshi, managing partner at Dragonfly Capital
- Tom Schmidt, general partner at Dragonfly Capital
- Tarun Chitra, managing partner at Robot Ventures
Topics
- FOMC = Crypto assets dip
- Paradigm + Sequoia invest in Citadel Securities
- Cryptoland
- Moxie Marlinspike’s first impressions of web3
- Pudgy Penguins drama
- Polymarket fined by CFTC
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