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    Unchained

    Crypto assets and blockchain technology are about to transform every trust-based interaction of our lives, from financial services to identity to the Internet of Things. In this podcast, host Laura Shin, an independent journalist covering all things crypto, talks with industry pioneers about how crypto assets and blockchains will change the way we earn, spend and invest our money. Tune in to find out how Web 3.0, the decentralized web, will revolutionize our world.

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    Did the Bahamian Government Direct SBF and Gary Wang to Hack FTX? - Ep. 422 Nov 18, 2022
    Show notes

    Wassielawyer, a lawyer specializing in restructuring and insolvency, explains the first declaration from new FTX CEO John Ray in the company’s bankruptcy case.


    Show highlights:

    • why CEO Ray said there's been a complete failure of corporate controls in FTX
    • how there was no separation of accounts between Alameda and FTX
    • whether FTX US customers are in a better position to recuperate their assets
    • why FTX's Bahamas unit is seeking protection under chapter 15 of the US bankruptcy code
    • why there's a jurisdictional battle, according to Wassie
    • whether the Bahamian government is responsible for letting deposits out of the platform
    • how former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried is trying to save the company


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    Wassielawyer:
    • Twitter
    • Thread on community buyout
    • Previous Unchained episodes:
    • Will FTX Customers Ever Recover Their Assets? Two Insolvency Experts Weigh In
    • Why the Messy 3AC, Celsius, and Voyager Bankruptcies Will Drag on for Years
    • Three Crypto Bankruptcies: 3AC, Celsius and Voyager. What Happens Now?



    Episode Links

    Previous coverage of Unchained on FTX:
    • The Chopping Block: Why Lenders Didn’t Liquidate Alameda When It Was Underwater
    • Erik Voorhees and Cobie on Why FTX Loaned Out Customers’ Assets
    • The Chopping Block: FTX: The Biggest Collapse in the History of Crypto?
    • Sam Bankman-Fried on How to Prevent the Next Terra and 3AC


    FTX Collapse:
    • First declaration document
    • FTX filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
    • FTX Wasn’t Authorized to File for US Bankruptcy: Bahamas Liquidators
    • Vox interview with SBF


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    The Chopping Block: Why Lenders Didn't Liquidate Alameda When It Was Underwater - Ep. 421 Nov 16, 2022
    Show notes

    Welcome to The Chopping Block! Crypto insiders Haseeb Qureshi, Tom Schmidt, and Tarun Chitra were joined by Laura Shin, CEO of the show, to chop it up about the collapse of FTX.


    Show topics:

    • Haseeb's explanation of the blowup of FTX
    • whether FTX was a Ponzi scheme
    • Sam Bankman-Fried's strategy to become a billionaire
    • the weird sale of Serum, a project backed by SBF
    • the lack of proper accounting practices in FTX and Alameda
    • whether FTX did not have a proper and large enough security team
    • the likelihood that FTX’s volume numbers are fake
    • why Haseeb thinks this is one of the biggest catastrophes in venture history
    • the role of media in building SBF's character and the revindication of journalism
    • whether venture capital firms run propaganda for their portfolio companies
    • whether VC culture enabled this collapse to happen
    • the story of how Sam convinced Tom Brady to invest in FTX
    • the debate about effective altruism and whether SBF's EA caused his mistakes
    • whether FTX's failure will set the crypto industry back



    Hosts

    • Haseeb Qureshi, managing partner at Dragonfly Capital
    • Tom Schmidt, general partner at Dragonfly Capital
    • Tarun Chitra, managing partner at Robot Ventures


    Guests

    • Laura Shin, author, host of Unchained


    Episode Links


    Previous coverage of Unchained:

    • The Chopping Block: FTX: The Biggest Collapse in the History of Crypto?
    • The Chopping Block: SBF on a Crazy Week of Bitfinex, Wormhole and ENS Drama
    • Erik Voorhees and Cobie on Why FTX Loaned Out Customers’ Assets
    • Sam Bankman-Fried on How to Prevent the Next Terra and 3AC


    FTX Collapse:

    • FTX filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection
    • NYT’s “How Sam Bankman-Fried’s Crypto Empire Collapsed”
    • Sam Bankman-Fried built a "backdoor" to his FTX exchange to change financial records and move funds without alerting others.
    • $600 million hack
    • Unchained coverage:
    • Could FTX’s Bankruptcy Trigger a Domino Effect?
    • FTX May File for Bankruptcy After Binance Walks Off the Deal
    • FTX Needs $8B to Meet Investor Withdrawals: Report
    • Tron Founder Justin Sun Says He Is Working With FTX on a Solution
    • US DOJ Joins SEC and CFTC Probe of FTX
    • FTX-Issued Wrapped Solana Tokens Could Add to DeFi Contagion: wBTC Creator
    • Sequoia Capital Writes Off $214M FTX Investment to Zero
    • Binance Set to Buy FTX Amid Liquidity Crisis
    • SBF’s Net Worth Plummets 94% In One Day: Report
    • Binance Might Have Triggered a Liquidity Crisis as FTX’s Main Wallet Lost 290K ETH in Two Days
    • Alameda’s Balance Sheet Sparks Controversy


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    Will FTX Customers Ever Recover Their Assets? Two Insolvency Experts Weigh In - Ep. 420 Nov 15, 2022
    Show notes

    Wassielawyer, a lawyer specializing in restructuring and insolvency, and Thomas Braziel, founder and CEO of 507 Capital, talk about the bankruptcy of FTX.


    Show highlights:

    • what the bankruptcy process of FTX is expected to look like
    • why FTX got to the the point of filing for bankruptcy protection
    • why Wassie thinks Alameda is dead
    • why FTX filed for bankruptcy in the US given that it's a Bahamian company
    • how FTX's balance sheet is composed and whether it includes Alameda
    • whether Justin Sun will be dragged into the bankruptcy
    • how FTX's terms of service differ from Celsius’s and Voyager’s
    • how the $600 million hack affects the bankruptcy proceeding
    • whether it's worth it to spend millions of dollars in law firms to go after the hacked money
    • what's the impact of the 192 million FTT tokens that were printed Saturday night
    • what will happen with the fork of Serum and the forked tokens
    • the consequences for all the projects that FTX invested in
    • why Wassie thinks that tokenizing the liabilities could be a good potential solution
    • how the FTX's bankruptcy affects Voyager's proceedings and customers
    • whether FTX’s bankruptcy has put BlockFi in trouble




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    Wassielawyer:
    • Twitter
    • Thread on community buyout
    • Previous Unchained episodes:
    • Why the Messy 3AC, Celsius, and Voyager Bankruptcies Will Drag on for Years
    • Three Crypto Bankruptcies: 3AC, Celsius and Voyager. What Happens Now?


    Thomas:
    • Twitter
    • 507 Capital
    • Previous Unchained episodes:
    • Will Celsius Survive the Bankruptcy Process?



    Episode Links

    Previous coverage of Unchained on FTX:
    • Erik Voorhees and Cobie on Why FTX Loaned Out Customers’ Assets
    • The Chopping Block: FTX: The Biggest Collapse in the History of Crypto?
    • Sam Bankman-Fried on How to Prevent the Next Terra and 3AC


    FTX Collapse:
    • FTX filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection
    • Sam Bankman-Fried built a "backdoor" to his FTX exchange to change financial records and move funds without alerting others.
    • $600 million hack
    • Unchained coverage:
    • The Bahamas Loophole: FTX Users Buy KYC Accounts to Withdraw Crypto
    • Could FTX’s Bankruptcy Trigger a Domino Effect?
    • FTX May File for Bankruptcy After Binance Walks Off the Deal
    • FTX Needs $8B to Meet Investor Withdrawals: Report
    • Tron Founder Justin Sun Says He Is Working With FTX on a Solution
    • US DOJ Joins SEC and CFTC Probe of FTX
    • FTX-Issued Wrapped Solana Tokens Could Add to DeFi Contagion: wBTC Creator
    • Sequoia Capital Writes Off $214M FTX Investment to Zero


    Contagion:
    • Serum Fork in the Works Amid Fears That FTX-Owned Upgrade Keys Are Compromised
    • BlockFi Halts Withdrawals Amid FTX Crisis
    • Voyager had to reopen the bidding process for its assets


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    Erik Voorhees and Cobie on Why FTX Loaned Out Customers’ Assets - Ep. 419 Nov 11, 2022
    Show notes

    Erik Voorhees, founder of ShapeShift, and Jordan Fish, aka Cobie, crypto investor and host of UpOnly, talk about the collapse of FTX.


    Show highlights:

    • the links between FTX and Alameda
    • what kickstarted the blowup of FTX
    • why Erik and Cobie think that Bankman-Fried's behavior was “sociopathic”
    • why the $10 billion hole is so shocking to Cobie considering the advantages that FTX had as a company
    • whether this would have ever happened if the prices hadn’t plummeted in the bear market
    • the tension between advocates of privacy and those who want to limit criminal activity
    • why Erik believes that SBF’s donations to both political parties are bribery
    • whether regulators can prevent an exchange from collapsing
    • whether Changpeng Zhao did a better job at investigating FTX than anyone at the SEC
    • the likelihood that this will result in criminal charges
    • how blockchain technology is the solution to the problem of centralized exchanges doing things in the dark
    • Tether’s decision to freeze USDT owned by FTX
    • Erik’s response to Bitcoin maximalists who say FTX was caused by altcoins
    • whether it is a mistake for exchanges to issue their own tokens
    • how big the contagion could be in the industry
    • why nobody should leave a significant amount of their net worth in a centralized exchange
    • Erik’s message to regulators
    • whether SBF was aligned with the values and the ethos of crypto


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    Erik:

    • Twitter
    • ShapeShift
    • Previous Unchained episodes:
    • Why ShapeShift’s Erik Voorhees Thinks Toxic Bitcoin Maximalism Is Bullshit
    • Shapeshift’s Erik Voorhees on How Crypto Will Separate Money and State

    Cobie:

    • Twitter
    • Substack
    • UpOnly
    • Previous Unchained episodes:
    • Cobie and Chris Burniske on How to Navigate a Crypto Bear Market



    Episode Links

    Previous coverage of Unchained:

    • Sam Bankman-Fried on How to Prevent the Next Terra and 3AC
    • The Chopping Block: FTX: The Biggest Collapse in the History of Crypto?


    FTX Collapse:

    • FTX Tapped Into Customer Accounts to Fund Risky Bets, Setting Up Its Downfall
    • SBF’s video talking to regulators
    • Unchained coverage:
    • FTX May File for Bankruptcy After Binance Walks Off the Deal
    • FTX Needs $8B to Meet Investor Withdrawals: Report
    • Tron Founder Justin Sun Says He Is Working With FTX on a Solution
    • US DOJ Joins SEC and CFTC Probe of FTX
    • FTX-Issued Wrapped Solana Tokens Could Add to DeFi Contagion: wBTC Creator
    • Sequoia Capital Writes Off $214M FTX Investment to Zero



    Binance’s dropped deal with FTX

    • CZ’s announcement
    • SBF’s announcement
    • Binance’s merkle-tree proof-of-reserves
    • Unchained coverage:
    • Binance Set to Buy FTX Amid Liquidity Crisis
    • SBF’s Net Worth Plummets 94% In One Day: Report
    • There are Rumors that Alameda Went Down With 3AC in Q2
    • Alameda Owes More Than $30M in DeFi Debt
    • Coinbase and Genesis Declare No Exposure to Collapsing FTX
    • Binance Might Have Triggered a Liquidity Crisis as FTX’s Main Wallet Lost 290K ETH in Two Days
    • Binance to Liquidate Millions Worth of its FTX’s Token Holdings
    • FTX’s Stablecoin Reserves Hit One-Year Low
    • Alameda’s Balance Sheet Sparks Controversy


    Crypto regulation

    • Industry Leaders Debate How to Regulate DeFi
    • Bankless debate between SBF and Erik Voorhees

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    The Chopping Block: FTX: The Biggest Collapse in the History of Crypto? - Ep. 418 Nov 09, 2022
    Show notes

    Welcome to The Chopping Block! Crypto insiders Haseeb Qureshi and Tom Schmidt were joined by Nic Carter, reformed Bitcoin Maxi, and Laura Shin, CEO of the show, to chop it up about Binance’s buyout of FTX.


    Show topics:

    • Haseeb's tl;dr of Binance's possible acquisition of FTX
    • whether Alameda is the new Three Arrows Capital
    • the implications of FTX's collapse for regulators and lawmakers
    • what will happen to all the companies that lent money to Alameda
    • Sam Bankman-Fried's emergency effort to raise billions of dollars
    • whether there could be criminal charges against FTX
    • why FTX was not as profitable as other derivative exchanges
    • what the probabilities are of Binance actually buying FTX
    • whether the enterprise value of FTX is negative
    • Tom's concerns about the concentration in the industry
    • how FTX's implosion will impact crypto venture capital firms
    • whether Solana can survive without SBF's support
    • how the lack of transparency kicked off this situation and how blockchains help solve this issue



    Hosts

    • Haseeb Qureshi, managing partner at Dragonfly Capital
    • Tom Schmidt, general partner at Dragonfly Capital


    Guests

    • Nic Carter, reformed Bitcoin Maxi
    • Nic’s proof of reserves
    • Laura Shin, author, host of Unchained


    Episode Links


    Previous coverage of Unchained:
    • Sam Bankman-Fried on How to Prevent the Next Terra and 3AC


    Acquisition of FTX
    • CZ’s announcement
    • SBF’s announcement
    • Binance’s merkle-tree proof-of-reserves
    • Unchained coverage:
    • Binance Set to Buy FTX Amid Liquidity Crisis
    • SBF’s Net Worth Plummets 94% In One Day: Report
    • There are Rumors that Alameda Went Down With 3AC in Q2
    • Alameda Owes More Than $30M in DeFi Debt
    • Coinbase and Genesis Declare No Exposure to Collapsing FTX
    • Binance Might Have Triggered a Liquidity Crisis as FTX’s Main Wallet Lost 290K ETH in Two Days
    • Binance to Liquidate Millions Worth of its FTX’s Token Holdings
    • FTX’s Stablecoin Reserves Hit One-Year Low
    • Alameda’s Balance Sheet Sparks Controversy


    Crypto regulation
    • Industry Leaders Debate How to Regulate DeFi
    • Bankless debate between SBF and Erik Voorhees



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    Does Maximalism Help or Hurt Bitcoin? Lyn Alden and Udi Wertheimer Debate - Ep. 417 Nov 08, 2022
    Show notes

    Lyn Alden, founder of Lyn Alden Investment Strategy, and Udi Wertheimer, a recovering Bitcoin maxi, talk about Bitcoin Maximalism, how Bitcoin is developing, and what’s the future of Bitcoin’s security model.

    Show highlights:

    • What the definition of Bitcoin maximalism is
    • whether BTC maximalism is toxic
    • whether Vitalik Buterin is still a bitcoiner and how Bitcoiners became the 'token police', according to Udi
    • why Lyn thinks Bitcoin has been attacked by the media since the beginning
    • the attacks by Bitcoin maximalists on Nic Carter and Andreas Antonopoulos
    • how adoption kicked in during previous cycles and why it benefitted BTC
    • what the different types of Bitcoiners are
    • what developments are being made around Bitcoin
    • the importance of Bitcoin being permissionless
    • what the use cases for Bitcoin are and whether it’s still a highly speculative asset
    • whether people care about using decentralized payment tools
    • how Lyn defines ‘ultra sound money’ and why she thinks that Bitcoin is better at that than ETH
    • whether Bitcoin’s security model needs to be fixed
    • why being able to run a node is essential for censorship resistance

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    Udi:

    • Twitter
    • Substack
    • Previous Unchained episodes:
    • Why Bitcoin Maximalism Is ‘Like a Shitcoin Community’

    Lyn:

    • Twitter
    • Website
    • Previous Unchained episodes:
    • How Will Inflation Impact Crypto?
    • Is Ethereum a Good Investment?
    • Why Bitcoin Now: Meltem Demirors and Lyn Alden on the Perfect Conditions for Bitcoin

    Episode Links

    Previous Coverage of Unchained:
    • Is Bitcoin Doomed to Fail? Eric Wall and Justin Bons Face Off
    • Arthur Hayes, Former Ethereum Skeptic, on Why the Merge Makes Him Bullish on ETH
    • With the Merge, Will Ethereum Take Over Bitcoin’s Title as Digital Gold?
    Bitcoin’s culture and security
    • Bitcoin Maximalism Is Dead, Long Live Bitcoin Maximalism by Pete Rizo
    • Setting the record straight by Nic Carter
    • The Rise and Fall of Bitcoin Culture by Paul J. Dylan-Ennis
    • Geeks, MOPs, and sociopaths in subculture evolution by David Chapman
    • Surprisingly, Tail Emission Is Not Inflationary by Peter Todd
    • Justin Bons’ thread on BTC security model
    • A (brief and incomplete) history of censorship in /r/Bitcoin by John Blocke
    Ultra sound money


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    The Chopping Block: Can Exchange CEOs Like SBF Be Crypto True Believers? - Ep. 416 Nov 05, 2022
    Show notes

    Welcome to The Chopping Block! Crypto insiders Haseeb Qureshi, Robert Leshner, Tom Schmidt, and Tarun Chitra chop it up about the latest news in the digital asset industry.


    Show topics:


    • Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter – and its effect on DOGE
    • the irony that people working in centralized companies want to decentralize Twitter
    • whether Twitter is going to become like Facebook
    • why Twitter has been the most pro-crypto among big tech companies
    • why Tarun thinks Binance Pay is an impressive product
    • whether it is possible to run a decentralized social media for billions of users
    • the debate between Sam Bankman-Fried and Erik Voorhees about crypto regulation
    • whether crypto exchange CEOs are true believers in the philosophy of crypto
    • why Haseeb believes Sam Bankman-Fried is a very honest person
    • how Reddit used a simple strategy to gain massive adoption
    • whether it is necessary to rebrand NFTs


    Hosts
    • Haseeb Qureshi, managing partner at Dragonfly Capital
    • Tarun Chitra, managing partner at Robot Ventures
    • Robert Leshner, founder of Compound
    • Tom Schmidt, general partner at Dragonfly Capital



    Episode Links


    Twitter acquisition
    • What Are the Potential Impacts of Musk’s Twitter Purchase?
    • Sam Bankman-Fried, founder and CEO of FTX, will receive between $50 million and $100 million from Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter.
    • Vitalik Buterin said Musk’s idea of charging $8 a month for a blue check on Twitter could “damage the blue check's anti-scam role.”
    • Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao said he would join Twitter’s board if Elon Musk asked him to.



    Crypto regulation
    • Industry Leaders Debate How to Regulate DeFi
    • Bankless debate between SBF and Erik Voorhees


    Alameda’s Balance Sheet Sparks Controversy


    Trojan Horse of NFTs? Reddit Onboards 3M Wallets as Trading Volume Soars


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    Bitcoin Miners Going Bankrupt? Here's How Crypto Winter Is Impacting the Industry - Ep. 415 Nov 04, 2022
    Show notes

    Nick Hansen, cofounder and CEO of Luxor Technologies, talks about the Bitcoin mining industry, why some miners are struggling while others are succeeding, and the next steps for the industry.

    Show highlights:

    • the current state of the Bitcoin mining industry
    • why miners have the lowest margin environment ever
    • why there are so many mining rigs sitting latent
    • how to calculate the profitability of mining cryptocurrency
    • why miners are not moving to other countries for lower energy prices
    • what the impact of a Core Scientific bankruptcy would be
    • whether finance pools to aid struggling miners are helpful
    • why some miners are succeeding in this environment
    • whether Bitcoin miners can adopt renewable resources and help with the transition to green energy
    • how the mining industry is going to change in the following years

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    Nick
    • Twitter
    • Luxor Technologies

    Episode links

    Troubled miners:
    • Bondholders of Troubled Bitcoin Miner Core Scientific Said to Be Working With Lawyers
    • A Huge Glut of Bitcoin Mining Rigs Is Sitting Unused in Boxes
    • Bitcoin Miner Iris Energy Says Some Machines Aren't Covering Financing Costs
    • Bitcoin Miner Argo Blockchain Fears Negative Cash Flow as $27M Raise Fails
    • Bitcoin mining hosting company Compute North filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection
    Miners currently weathering the storm:
    • Bitcoin Miner CleanSpark Spends Millions on Equipment as Others Struggle Amid Market Conditions
    • Bitcoin Miner Stronghold Digital Completes Debt Restructuring
    • Digihost Bucks Bearish Trend Among Bitcoin Miners, Remains Cash-Flow Positive
    • Crypto Miner Marathon Digital Mines Record 615 Bitcoin in October
    Green energy:
    • Solar-Powered Bitcoin Miner Aspen Creek Raises $8M Despite Bear Market
    Finance Pools:
    • DeFi Platform Maple Finance Aims to Help Struggling Bitcoin Miners With $300M Lending Pool
    • Binance Pool To Support BTC Mining Industry With a $500M Miner Lending Project


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    Are NFT Royalties the Way? How to Build a Sustainable Creator Economy - Ep. 414 Nov 01, 2022
    Show notes

    Sterling Crispin, artist and software developer and Holly Herndon, host of the Interdependence podcast, talk about the problems that creators face, some potential solutions, and the debate over creator royalties.


    Show highlights:

    • how Holly and Sterling got into crypto
    • how Holly used the Holly Plus Project to pay royalties
    • how NFTs change the economic experience of being a creator
    • how creators make money and why it is so difficult for most of them
    • whether NFT royalties are necessary for artists
    • why creators are the ones that should decide to charge royalties or not
    • how the enforcement of royalties also occurs in the traditional art world
    • whether NFT royalties only benefit big players vs. smaller creators
    • what shifts could make paying royalties a norm, the way paying for music streaming became a norm over piracy
    • other solutions to helping creators earn from their work besides NFT royalties
    • whether NFT creators should use blocklists
    • whether people objecting to blocklists can be hypocritical about decentralization
    • whether creators can build their own marketplaces
    • how a profit-sharing model among creators could work


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    Sterling:

    • Twitter
    • Website
    • Blog post: NFTs and Crypto Art: The Sky Is not Falling


    Holly:

    • Twitter
    • Podcast
    • Holly's AI Video



    Episode Links

    • Previous episodes of The Chopping Block debating NFT Royalties:
    • The Chopping Block: Two on Two Debate: NFT Royalty Throwdown!
    • The Chopping Block: Was This Gary Gensler’s Most Liked Tweet?
    • The Chopping Block: Did OFAC Overstep by Sanctioning Tornado Cash?


    NFT Royalties

    • Magic Eden
    • Magic Eden Moves to Optional Royalties and Heats Up the Debate
    • MetaShield
    • Solana Could Get Enforceable NFT Royalties Via New Metaplex Standard
    • Why NFT royalties are almost impossible to enforce on-chain
    • Galaxy Digital report showing that Nike and Yuga Labs earned the most in NFT royalties.
    • Royalties in NFTs: Yes, no, and why?
    • Royalties Chaos Shows Ethereum NFT Market 'More Serious' Than Solana: Fidenza Artist Tyler Hobbs
    • Artists’ Royalties by BlackBox.art
    • On Royalties by foobar
    • Kyle Samani thread on verticalization



    Potential solutions

    • Collector Royalties
    • Collector Royalties Eligibility Expansion — Aug ‘21
    • How do they work
    • Profit Sharing
    • Cardinal Labs
    • Metaplex Standard
    • Exchange Royalties Guarantee


    NFTs for n00bs: A brief history of tokens and tulips, NFT aesthetics, energy dramas, fan


    brigades, social tokens and the metaverse with Daniel Keller

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    The Mango Markets Attacker on Whether His 'Trade' Was Ethical or Not - Ep. 413 Oct 28, 2022
    Show notes

    Avraham Eisenberg, blogger at DeepFi Value – more commonly known as the Mango Markets attacker – shared his insights about the exploitation of code, his personal story, and why there’s hatred directed towards profitable traders.

    Show highlights:

    • Laura’s description of the Mango Markets exploit
    • the way in which code gets used in a different way from the original intention
    • why Avi decided to return part of the funds he got from exploiting Mango Markets
    • Avi’s clarification of a misconception regarding the bad debt of Mango Markets
    • the difference between arbitrage trades and exploits
    • why people making profitable strategies are hated, according to Avi
    • how Avi got into crypto and the story of his failed online business
    • whether it is possible to run non-zero-sum games
    • what he thinks of Compound’s decision to pause activity on illiquid assets

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    Avi

    • Twitter
    • DeepFi Value

    Mango Markets exploit

    • Explanation of the exploit
    • “Highly profitable trading strategy” Twitter thread
    • Mango Markets $42M Reimbursement Proposal Passes
    • Mango Markets Exploiter Returns $67M After Revealing His Identity
    • Mango Markets Hacker Proposes Keeping $70M ‘Bad Debt’ As Bounty
    • Solana’s Mango Markets Sees $100M Drained in DeFi Exploit
    • Previous discussion of Mango Markets on Unchained:
    • The Chopping Block: 'Code Is Law' Is 'Obviously Not How Anything Works Ever'

    Avi’s online business storyCompound Votes to Pause Activity for Illiquid Crypto Assets

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