Welcome to “The Chopping Block” – where crypto insiders Haseeb Qureshi, Tom Schmidt, and Tarun Chitra chop it up about the latest news in digital assets. In this live episode from Consensus 2023, they are joined by Avery Ching, chief architect of Aptos, to discuss the latest SEC enforcement actions, an embarrasing admission by audit firm Certik, and crypto’s impact on the coming election.
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Show highlights: 

everyone's impressions of the conference

why Korea has become a hub for crypto adoption

why there's no benchmarking infrastructure to compare data across blockchains

how Sui decided not to airdrop a token and what the implications for future airdrops are

whether CertiK bears responsibility in the Merlin DEX rugpull

whether the US elections have an effect on how the SEC is playing the case with Coinbase

what impact AI will have on the crypto industry

Hosts


Haseeb Qureshi, managing partner at Dragonfly 


Tarun Chitra, managing partner at Robot Ventures


Tom Schmidt, general partner at Dragonfly 

Guest

Avery Ching, cofounder and CTO of Aptos
Disclosures
Links


Unchained: 

Coinbase Seeks to Compel SEC Response to Rulemaking Petition

​​Exploit or Rug Pull? $1.8 Million Drained From zkSync DEX Merlin Despite Audit 

SEC Sues Bittrex, Names Dash, Algorand and Other Tokens ‘Crypto Asset Securities’

CoinDesk: Sui Network to Issue Token Following Exchange Sale; Airdrop Hunters Dismayed




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