How Berachain Became One of the Most Popular Blockchains - Ep. 793
A new consensus model. A bear-themed brand. And one of the most debated token launches in recent memory. Berachain is trying something radically different. Instead of just rewarding validators, it pay...
4 Mar 20251h
The Chopping Block: ETH Denver, EF Silviculture Society, Lazarus Group Has Skills - Ep. 792
Welcome to The Chopping Block – where crypto insiders Haseeb Qureshi, Tom Schmidt, Tarun Chitra, and Robert Leshner break down the biggest stories in crypto. This week: Recapping how Bybit lost $1.5B ...
2 Mar 202551min
How the $1.5 Billion Bybit Hack Could Have Been Prevented - Ep. 791
Crypto derivatives exchange Bybit just became the latest victim of North Korea’s elite hacking unit, the Lazarus Group. They didn’t brute-force their way in. They didn’t exploit some obscure vulnerabi...
28 Feb 202544min
Bits + Bips: Markets Are Down Bad. When Will Crypto Recover? - Ep. 790
Crypto markets are down bad—but is this just a rough patch, or are we looking at something bigger? After a brutal sell-off in Solana, the $1.5 billion Bybit hack, and macro uncertainty weighing on Bit...
26 Feb 20251h
North Korean Hackers Are Winning. Is the Crypto Industry Ready to Stop Them? - Ep. 789
$1.5 billion gone in an instant. And what’s worse, to fund a nuclear weapons program. The largest crypto hack in history just hit Bybit, and the culprit is the infamous North Korean hacking group, Laz...
25 Feb 20251h 27min
The Chopping Block: Crypto’s Worst Week? Bybit Hack, Libra Scandal, & The Memecoin Reckoning - Ep. 788
Welcome to The Chopping Block – where crypto insiders Haseeb Qureshi, Tom Schmidt, Tarun Chitra, and Robert Leshner break down the biggest stories in crypto. This week: Bybit’s $1.5B hack, likely by N...
23 Feb 202558min
Why Would Argentine President Javier Milei Protect Kelsier's Hayden Davis? - Ep. 787
What started as another scammy memecoin launch has spiraled into one of Argentina’s biggest political scandals. The $LIBRA token, promoted by President Javier Milei and tied to Hayden Davis of Kelsier...
21 Feb 202552min
Bits + Bips: Could the LIBRA Scandal End the Memecoin Craze? - Ep. 786
The $LIBRA token launch was a disaster—insider trading, price manipulation, and yet another memecoin scandal. But does this mean the memecoin era is over? This week, James Seyffart, Joe McCann, Ram Ah...
19 Feb 20251h 12min
