Unchained

The Chopping Block: Why Are We Still Building Layer 1s? - Ep. 487

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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.

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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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