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Welcome to The Chopping Block – where crypto insiders Haseeb Qureshi, Tom Schmidt, Tarun Chitra, and Robert Leshner chop it up about the latest in crypto. In this episode, the gang reunites to confront a troubling pattern: we’re making the same mistakes all over again. From the $223 million Sui hack and validator-led censorship to Coinbase’s insider data breach and the Trump token dinner spectacle, this week feels like a remix of the industry’s most painful lessons. The crew reflects on how decentralization is being quietly redefined, why newer chains ignore crypto’s origin story, and what it means when memecoins are the new access pass to political influence. Also: James Wynn’s billion-dollar trades, fading cypherpunk values, and a creeping sense that the crypto future looks a lot like its past.
Show highlights
🔹 Sui’s Ethereum Classic Moment – Why freezing a hacker’s funds reopened an old decentralization wound
🔹 The Same Mistake Again – Tarun and Robert reflect on the crypto industry’s short memory and long consequences
🔹 Coinbase’s KYC Breach – How bribed support agents exposed a broken identity system
🔹 The Trump Token Dinner – Steak, disappointment, and the illusion of access in crypto’s weirdest political stunt
🔹 The Death of Cypherpunk Values – Haseeb asks: are decentralization and censorship-resistance just legacy slogans now?
🔹 Validator Power Creep – The panel debates whether emerging L1s are becoming de facto states
🔹 James Wynn’s Trading Circus – A $1.25B long, 40x leverage, and the thin line between marketing and madness
🔹 Hyperliquid Stress Test – Robert wonders: is Wynn just a trader, or a protocol’s canary in the coal mine?
🔹 The KYC Iceberg – Why crypto keeps leaking private data—and why nobody’s fixing it
🔹 Chopping Boomers Mode – When no one gets your Ethereum Classic jokes, maybe the revolution’s over
Hosts
⭐️Haseeb Qureshi, Managing Partner at Dragonfly
⭐️Robert Leshner, CEO & Co-founder of Superstate
⭐️Tarun Chitra, Managing Partner at Robot Ventures
⭐️Tom Schmidt, General Partner at Dragonfly
Timestamps
00:00 Intro
01:15 Cetus x Sui Hack
07:56 Ethereum Classic & Crypto History
21:37 Trump Token Dinner Controversy
29:56 Coinbase Ransom Hack
33:49 KYC Data Vulnerabilities
43:02 James Wynn's High-Stakes Trading
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Welcome to The Chopping Block – where crypto insiders Haseeb Qureshi, Tom Schmidt, Tarun Chitra, and Robert Leshner chop it up about the latest in crypto. In this episode, the gang reunites to confront a troubling pattern: we’re making the same mistakes all over again. From the $223 million Sui hack and validator-led censorship to Coinbase’s insider data breach and the Trump token dinner spectacle, this week feels like a remix of the industry’s most painful lessons. The crew reflects on how decentralization is being quietly redefined, why newer chains ignore crypto’s origin story, and what it means when memecoins are the new access pass to political influence. Also: James Wynn’s billion-dollar trades, fading cypherpunk values, and a creeping sense that the crypto future looks a lot like its past.
Show highlights
🔹 Sui’s Ethereum Classic Moment – Why freezing a hacker’s funds reopened an old decentralization wound
🔹 The Same Mistake Again – Tarun and Robert reflect on the crypto industry’s short memory and long consequences
🔹 Coinbase’s KYC Breach – How bribed support agents exposed a broken identity system
🔹 The Trump Token Dinner – Steak, disappointment, and the illusion of access in crypto’s weirdest political stunt
🔹 The Death of Cypherpunk Values – Haseeb asks: are decentralization and censorship-resistance just legacy slogans now?
🔹 Validator Power Creep – The panel debates whether emerging L1s are becoming de facto states
🔹 James Wynn’s Trading Circus – A $1.25B long, 40x leverage, and the thin line between marketing and madness
🔹 Hyperliquid Stress Test – Robert wonders: is Wynn just a trader, or a protocol’s canary in the coal mine?
🔹 The KYC Iceberg – Why crypto keeps leaking private data—and why nobody’s fixing it
🔹 Chopping Boomers Mode – When no one gets your Ethereum Classic jokes, maybe the revolution’s over
Hosts
⭐️Haseeb Qureshi, Managing Partner at Dragonfly
⭐️Robert Leshner, CEO & Co-founder of Superstate
⭐️Tarun Chitra, Managing Partner at Robot Ventures
⭐️Tom Schmidt, General Partner at Dragonfly
Timestamps
00:00 Intro
01:15 Cetus x Sui Hack
07:56 Ethereum Classic & Crypto History
21:37 Trump Token Dinner Controversy
29:56 Coinbase Ransom Hack
33:49 KYC Data Vulnerabilities
43:02 James Wynn's High-Stakes Trading
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