May 13, 2022
Jon Wu, head of growth at Aztec Network, recaps a historically chaotic week in the Terra ecosystem that saw $UST depeg, Anchor depositors flee, and $LUNA fall 99%. Show highlights:
- how $UST, $LUNA, Luna Foundation Guard (LFG), and Anchor Protocol are supposed to work
- why Jon compares the Terra blockchain with VISA, LFG...
May 10, 2022
Kain Warwick, founder of Synthetix, and Ben Jones, cofounder and chief scientist at Optimism Foundation, discuss the current state of Ethereum Layer 2s, Optimism’s new governance structure, why Synthetix chose to build on Optimism, and more. Show topics:
- what Optimism and Synthetix are
- how zero-knowledge rollups...
May 6, 2022
Eric Golden, the owner of BAYC #7560 and host of Web3 Breakdowns, discusses the Otherdeed NFT drop that stalled Ethereum and burned over $150 million worth of ether. Show topics:
- what the Otherdeed mint is
- Why Yuga Labs had buyers undergo a know-your-customer process in order to mint the NFTs
- why Eric was pretty...
May 5, 2022
Welcome to The Chopping Block! Crypto insiders Haseeb Qureshi, Tom Schmidt, Robert Leshner, and Tarun Chitra chop it up about the latest news in the digital asset industry. On this episode, Andre Cronje, the recently retired (sort of) DeFi developer, also joined the conversation. Show topics:
- why being doxxed led to...
May 3, 2022
André Allen Anjos, who is better known as the crypto-friendly artist RAC, and David Greenstein, co-founder of Sound.xyz, a web3 music platform, analyze the current state of the web3 music scene and discuss how artists can leverage web3 tools to get paid at fair market value for their art.
Show highlights:
RAC’s...