Unchained30 Dec 2021

The Chopping Block: 2021 in Crypto: The Biggest Winners, Biggest Losers, and Best Memes - Ep.303

Welcome to the inaugural episode of The Chopping Block, a new show on Unchained hosted by Haseeb Qureshi, Robert Leshner, Tom Schmidt, and Tarun Chitra, in which they discuss the latest juicy topics in crypto. This week, the four crypto heavyweights take a look back at 2021. Show topics: Biggest winners and losers Best mechanism Biggest surprise Best meme Predictions for 2022 Without revealing too much, Haseeb, Robert, Tom, and Tarun cover a lot of ground, diving into “esoteric” subjects like Luna tokenomics, the Tezos NFT marketplace HEN, the origins of web3, the Grayscale arbitrage opportunity, OHM, Convex Finance, single-basis point liquidity pools on Uniswap, and Empty Set Dollar. They also tackle more popular topics like BTC, Dogecoin, NFT marketplaces, L1s, and more. Episode Links Hosts Haseeb Qureshi, managing partner at Dragonfly Capital https://twitter.com/hosseeb Tom Schmidt, general partner at Dragonfly Capital https://twitter.com/tomhschmidt Robert Leshner, managing partner at Robot Ventures https://twitter.com/rleshner Tarun Chitra, managing partner at Robot Ventures https://twitter.com/tarunchitra Biggest Winners: L1 performance in 2021: https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/128603/in-2021-l1-blockchains-took-the-spotlight-thanks-to-defi Coinbase IPO: https://unchainedpodcast.com/is-coinbase-stock-a-good-buy-this-analyst-says-yes/ Solana: https://www.notboring.co/p/solana-summer OpenSea: https://www.readthegeneralist.com/briefing/opensea Lido: https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/is-lido-undervalued Dogecoin: https://docsend.com/view/vutymtgqjf99yrpu Solana early investors: https://www.theinformation.com/articles/solana-generates-1-billion-in-returns-for-early-backers Mechanisms Uniswap V3: https://uniswap.org/blog/launch-uniswap-v3 Convex Finance (+ Curve): https://www.coindesk.com/business/2021/11/11/curve-wars-heat-up-emergency-dao-invoked-after-clear-governance-attack/ OHM: https://www.coingecko.com/buzz/what-is-olympusdao-and-how-does-it-work ESD: https://medium.com/@lewisfreiberg/empty-set-dollar-esd-a0abbfc5ecdb Biggest Losers: Grayscale: https://dcresearch.medium.com/interpreting-grayscale-premiums-gbtc-ethe-a7261dd8cfca Bitcoin: https://www.coindesk.com/price/bitcoin/ HEN: https://www.theblockcrypto.com/news+/126688/tezos-art-marketplace-hen EOS: https://cryptonews.com/news/eos-down-as-community-forks-out-blockone.htm Biggest Surprises Uniswap pool analytics:https://info.uniswap.org/#/pools NFTs: https://www.theverge.com/2021/3/11/22325054/beeple-christies-nft-sale-cost-everydays-69-million + https://decrypt.co/89060/bored-ape-yacht-club-nfts-flip-cryptopunks-floor-price-in-ethereum Luna: https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2021/11/10/terra-passes-highly-anticipated-proposal-to-burn-nearly-89m-luna/ Best Memes Dog coins: https://nypost.com/2021/12/27/santa-floki-cryptocurrency-surges-3500-after-elon-musk-tweet/ SBF shoes: https://twitter.com/zackseward/status/1468641558346059777 Grimes tweet: https://twitter.com/grimezsz/status/1449528005966000129 Web3: https://www.coindesk.com/learn/what-is-web-3-and-why-is-everyone-talking-about-it/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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