Episode 323

The Chopping Block: Why Hacking The DAO Is ‘Something to Be Proud Of’? - Ep.323

Welcome to The Chopping Block! Crypto insiders Haseeb Qureshi, Tom Schmidt, and Tarun Chitra chop it up about the latest news in the digital asset industry. Show topics: their thoughts on The DAO hacker reveal the importance of The DAO and why it...

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February 24, 202258m 40s

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Welcome to The Chopping Block! Crypto insiders Haseeb Qureshi, Tom Schmidt, and Tarun Chitra chop it up about the latest news in the digital asset industry. Show topics:

their thoughts on The DAO hacker reveal
the importance of The DAO and why it made Robert fall in love with crypto
how the alleged attacker was found (feat. a deep dive into the Morden testnet and Wasabi)
dumb DAOs: why the guys are unimpressed with DAOs seeking to purchase, among other things, the Denver Broncos and fast-food restaurants
how to fix price discovery for DAO mergers and acquisitions
whether Anchor’s 20% yield on UST is sustainable in light of Luna Foundation Guard’s decision to backstop its reserves with $1 billion in BTC
why deploying funds from a large treasury is difficult
why the BlockFi fine was not a surprise
what lessons the BlockFi settlement taught crypto companies
why Tarun still loves Olympus DAO and OHM
how EthDenver has changed since the NFT boom

Hosts

Haseeb Qureshi, managing partner at Dragonfly Capital
- https://twitter.com/hosseeb
Tom Schmidt, general partner at Dragonfly Capital
- https://twitter.com/tomhschmidt
Tarun Chitra, managing partner at Robot Ventures
- https://twitter.com/tarunchitra
Robert Leshner, founder of Compound
- https://twitter.com/rleshner

Show Topics:

The DAO attacker revealed
- https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurashin/2022/02/22/exclusive-austrian-programmer-and-ex-crypto-ceo-likely-stole-11-billion-of-ether/
DAO trying to buy the Denver Broncos
- https://www.buythebroncos.com/
Fries DAO
- https://fries.fund/
BlockFi Agrees to Pay $100 Million in Penalties and Pursue Registration of its Crypto Lending Product
- https://www.sec.gov/news/press-release/2022-26

Terra and UST receiving backstopped funds
- https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/134871/luna-founation-guard-token-sale

OHM bonds as Vol-reduction strategy
- https://twitter.com/tarunchitra/status/1495807277978341385

Eth Denver
- https://thedefiant.io/ethdenver-scene-cryptopunks-community/

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