BitMEX founder Arthur Hayes, fresh out of home confinement after settling charges with the U.S. government, joins “The Chopping Block” with Haseeb Qureshi, Robert Leshner, and Tarun Chitra. The early crypto pioneer pulls no punches in his assessment of SBF, TradFi’s failings, and how crypto traders lost the plot in trusting CeFi middlemen.

Show highlights: 

why Arthur travels with stuffed animals, and what his favorite brands are

what factors led Sam Bankman-Fried to success

how Bill Clinton seems to be related to many multibillion-dollar downfalls

whether everyone in crypto thinks that prices are eventually going up

what’s the thesis behind Maelstrom, Arthur’s new investment arm

why he’s bullish on decentralization but also game to trade “dog shit”

what the impact of Silvergate’s failure will be on the crypto industry

what would Arthur have done if he was the CEO of Silvergate

the role of rising interest rates in understanding Silvergate’s downfall

why holding Tether’s USDT is not so different from USDC

why crypto needs alternatives to dollar-backed stablecoins

the real reasons why the U.S. Treasury is worried about stablecoins



Hosts


Haseeb Qureshi, managing partner at Dragonfly 


Tarun Chitra, managing partner at Robot Ventures


Robert Leshner, founder of Compound 

Guest
Arthur Hayes, cofounder of BitMEX

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Medium

Disclosures
Links


Unchained: 

​​Silvergate to Wind Down Operations in ‘Voluntary Liquidation’

Silvergate Confers With FDIC to Avoid Closing Down: Report

Silvergate Shuts Down Crypto Payments Network


Bloomberg: Silvergate Had a Crypto Bank Run



NYMAG: Arthur Hayes, the Original King of Crypto, Is Back.

Arthur’s posts: 

White Boy

Dust on Crust


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