
The Chopping Block: Is BlackRock’s ETF Proposal Breathing Life Into Bitcoin? - Ep. 510
Welcome to “The Chopping Block” – where crypto insiders Haseeb Qureshi, Tom Schmidt, Tarun Chitra, and Robert Leshner chop it up about the latest crypto news. With BTC topping $30,000, the gang tackle...
24 Kesä 20231h 1min

Why It Looks Like BlackRock Could Win America’s First Spot Bitcoin ETF - Ep. 509
The SEC has swatted down so many spot bitcoin ETF applications that crypto diehards simply gave up caring. Then comes TradFi giant BlackRock – at the height of the SEC’s crypto crackdown, no less – wi...
23 Kesä 202350min

Uniswap Founder Hayden Adams on How ‘Hooks’ Make v4 Different - Ep. 508
The announcement of the upcoming launch of Uniswap v4 sparked fresh versions of old debates. Is it OK for DeFi’s leading DEX to not be fully open source at launch? What counts as composability and wha...
20 Kesä 20231h 20min

SEC’s Hester Peirce Tackles ‘Frustrating’ Crypto Regulation – And Why It’s So Slow - Ep. 507
SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce has a reputation in the industry for being more supportive of crypto than her peers. After a rough year for the industry, Peirce weighs in on whether the agency was righ...
16 Kesä 202343min

The Chopping Block: Why Uniswap V4 Creates a Bigger Attack Surface Area - Ep. 506
Welcome to “The Chopping Block” – where crypto insiders Haseeb Qureshi, Tom Schmidt, Tarun Chitra, and Robert Leshner, chop it up about the latest news. In this episode, Robert stirs the debate over H...
15 Kesä 202357min

Hong Kong's New Crypto Regulation: Will It Attract the Industry? - Ep. 505
On June 1, Hong Kong implemented new crypto regulations to license exchanges. Two experts – Angelina Kwan, CEO of Stratford Finance (and former COO of BitMEX), and Adrian Lai, founder and managing par...
13 Kesä 20231h 15min

SEC Sues Binance, Coinbase: ‘This Is Not the End of Crypto in the United States’- Ep. 504
On Monday, it was Binance. On Tuesday, Coinbase. Electric Capital General Counsel Emily Meyers joins the show to read between the lines of an action-packed week for Gary Gensler’s SEC. Meyers lends he...
9 Kesä 202346min

The Chopping Block: Jake Chervinsky on How the SEC Has Lost Credibility - Ep. 503
Welcome to “The Chopping Block” – where crypto insiders Haseeb Qureshi, Tom Schmidt, Tarun Chitra, and Robert Leshner, chop it up about the latest news. In this episode, the Blockchain Association’s J...
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