Unchained

The Chopping Block: Was Crypto Just Debanked? - Ep. 468

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Welcome to “The Chopping Block” – where crypto insiders Haseeb Qureshi, Robert Leshner, Tom Schmidt, and Tarun Chitra chop it up about the latest news. This week: Silicon Valley Bank went belly up and knocked USDC off its peg with it. For good measure, Signature Bank was taken over by regulators. After a hellish weekend, what did we learn?


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Show highlights: 

  • what happened with Silicon Valley Bank 
  • why USDC depegged and reached a low of 88 cents
  • how Maker responded to the depegging of USDC
  • whether DeFi responded flawlessly to the chaotic events
  • how Haseeb’s VC fund, Dragonfly, was ensnared in SVB’s collapse
  • what Tarun thinks made Elizabeth Warren change her tune on SVB
  • whether Signature Bank was shut down because of its crypto-related activities
  • why bonds are not marked to market by banks
  • which company is going to issue the euro-dollar stablecoin
  • how BTC has been outperforming the NASDAQ since the FTX collapse
  • how Euler Finance got hacked for almost $200 million
  • whether flash loans should be banned 
  • the rules around crypto and finance in the Middle East
  • why DeFi is a fundamental innovation that’s better than many financial systems across the world




    • Hosts
    • Haseeb Qureshi, managing partner at Dragonfly 
    • Tarun Chitra, managing partner at Robot Ventures
    • Robert Leshner, founder of Compound 
    • Tom Schmidt, general partner at Dragonfly 
      DisclosuresLinks
      • Unchained:
      • The Fall of SVB: What Happened and How It Affects Crypto
      • Was Signature Bank Actually Insolvent?
      • Euler Finance Loses $197 Million in Flash Loan Exploit
      • MakerDAO to Reinforce DAI Peg With Parameter Changes
      • Circle to Bring On New Banking Partner for USDC Minting, Redemption
      • Coinbase Says It Holds $240 Million in Cash at Signature Bank
      • Regulators Close Signature Bank Following SVB Collapse
      • Silvergate to Wind Down Operations in ‘Voluntary Liquidation’

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