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January 13, 2022by Laura Shin

The Chopping Block: Why the Crypto Markets Have Been Down This Week

The Chopping Block is back! Crypto insiders Haseeb Qureshi, Tom Schmidt, and Tarun Chitra chop it up about the latest news in the digital asset industry. Show topics:

  • why crypto assets experienced a drawdown after last week’s FOMC meeting that hinted at accelerated rate hikes
  • which emerging assets Tarun, Haseeb, and Tom envision weathering a bear market
  • which assets could be further hurt by a continued bear market
  • the significance of Paradigm and Sequoia investing in Citadel Securities
  • what aspects of Signal CEO Moxie Marlinspike’s web3 article Haseeb, Tom, and Tarun take umbrage with
  • whether Cryptoland is crypto’s Fyre Festival or whether it’s the metaverse
  • what the heck is going on with the Pudgy Penguins community
  • the lessons from the CFTC’s fine of Polymarket (disclosure: a former sponsor of my shows)

Episode Links

Hosts

  • Haseeb Qureshi, managing partner at Dragonfly Capital
    • https://twitter.com/hosseeb
  • Tom Schmidt, general partner at Dragonfly Capital
    • https://twitter.com/tomhschmidt
  • Tarun Chitra, managing partner at Robot Ventures
    • https://twitter.com/tarunchitra 

Topics

  • FOMC = Crypto assets dip
    • https://www.ar.ca/blog/debunking-more-overreactions-to-macro-a-ronin-case-study
  • Paradigm + Sequoia invest in Citadel Securities
    • https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/01/11/paradigm-sequoia-to-invest-115b-in-citadel-securities-bringing-trading-firm-closer-to-crypto/
  • Cryptoland
    • https://thenextweb.com/news/welcome-to-cryptoland-real-island-cryptocurrency-fans-analysis
  • Moxie Marlinspike’s first impressions of web3
    • https://moxie.org/2022/01/07/web3-first-impressions.html
  • Pudgy Penguins drama
    • https://thedefiant.io/fire-on-the-iceberg-pudgy-penguin-holders-eye-coup-amid-acquisition-talks/
  • Polymarket fined by CFTC
    • ​​https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2022/01/03/cftc-fines-crypto-betting-service-polymarket-14m-for-unregistered-swaps/

 

Posted in: Shows, The Chopping Block, UnchainedTagged in: CFTC, Citadel Securitie, crypto, FOMC, Haseeb Qureshi, Paradigm, Polymarket, Pudgy Penguins, Sequoia, Tarun Chitra, The Chopping Block, Tom Schmidt, Web3

Our guests on this episode:
Haseeb Qureshi, managing partner at Dragonfly Capital

Haseeb Qureshi

Managing Partner at Dragonfly Capital

Tom Schmidt, Partner at Dragonfly Capital

Tom Schmidt

Partner at Dragonfly Capital

Tarun Chitra, Co-founder of Gauntlet and Managing Partner at Robot Ventures

Tarun Chitra

Co-founder of Gauntlet and Managing Partner at Robot Ventures

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