In-person at ETH Denver, crypto insiders Haseeb Qureshi, Tom Schmidt, and Tarun Chitra chop it up about the latest crypto news. This week, Kyle Samani, scion of Solana, joins the show.
Show highlights:
why Coinbase decided to launch Base, a layer 2 on Ethereum and whether developers are building on it
how Coinbase might make money from it
whether it will be a permissioned, KYC’ed chain that requires users to reveal their identities
Kyle's opinion on the allegedly fraudulent operations of FTX, in which his firm, Multicoin Capital, was an investor
how due diligence changed in the investing space after the collapse of FTX
what the future of Paxos looks like now that its primary source of revenue, BUSD, was impacted
why Kyle thinks the latest nearly 20-hour outage of Solana is different from previous outages
what he’s excited about in Solana now
how Jump, a VC firm, was able to “hack back” $150 million in previously stolen assets after a court order
Hosts
Haseeb Qureshi, managing partner at Dragonfly
Tarun Chitra, managing partner at Robot Ventures
Tom Schmidt, general partner at Dragonfly
Guest
Kyle Samani, managing partner at Multicoin Capital
Disclosures
Links
Base
Unchained:
Coinbase Launches Ethereum Layer 2 Network ‘Base’
Video
Solana
Unchained: Solana Attempts Two Chain Restarts After Near 20-Hour Outage
FTX
Unchained: FTX’s Nishad Singh Charged With Fraud After Guilty Plea
Wormhole
Coindesk: Oasis Exploits Its Own Wallet Software to Seize Crypto Stolen in Wormhole Hack
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