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Episode 564


THE CHOPPING BLOCK: NIC CARTER ON HAMAS’ CRYPTO FUNDING, SBF’S COURTROOM
COLLAPSE, AND DRAMAS INVOLVING LIDO AND DYDX

The Chopping Block discussed the difficulties in tracking crypto funding to
Hamas, SBF’s diminishing prospects for acquittal, and mini-dramas involving Lido
and the now-decentralized dYdX.



Laura Shin
Posted November 1, 2023 at 11:00 pm EST.

Welcome to The Chopping Block – where crypto insiders Haseeb Qureshi, Tom
Schmidt, Robert Leshner chop it up about the latest news. This week, the gang
sits down with guest Nic Carter of Castle Island Ventures, whose tweet thread
pushed the Wall Street Journal to correct its story that Hamas had raised tens
of millions in crypto. Carter discusses the challenges in tracking how much
crypto Hamas has actually received, the declining prospects for Sam
Bankman-Fried’s acquittal, and ongoing dramas surrounding staking protocol Lido
and decentralized exchange dYdX.

Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Overcast, Podcast Addict,
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SHOW HIGHLIGHTS:

 * Why the cross-examination has not gone well for Sam Bankman-Fried
 * how the Wall Street Journal misinterpreted data and may have overstated the
   amount of crypto donations flowing to Hamas for terrorist activities
 * why it’s difficult to pinpoint how much funding Hamas has raised in crypto
   donations
 * how extensive crypto funding for terrorists is believable to many outside
   observers of the industry, even recently some of its supporters in Congress,
   but does not reflect reality
 * Why Hamas has decided on its own to stop trying to raise funds in crypto
 * how Lido is upset at the way Layer Zero has pre-marketed its bridge
 * why dYdX’s pivot to decentralization with fees going into its token is a
   positive development but does not give the protocol the moral high ground to
   attack erstwhile competitors such as Uniswap.








HOSTS

 * Haseeb Qureshi, managing partner at Dragonfly
 * Robert Leshner, founder of Compound
 * Tom Schmidt, general partner at Dragonfly


GUEST

 * Nic Carter, general partner at Castle Island Ventures


DISCLOSURES


LINKS

Previous coverage by Unchained on the trial of Sam Bankman-Fried:

 * How Heated Sidebars During the SBF Trial Could Impact the Jury’s Decision
 * SBF Trial, Day 1: Possible Witnesses Include FTX Insiders, Big Names in
   Crypto, and SBF’s Family
 * SBF Trial, Day 2: DOJ Says Sam Bankman-Fried ‘Lied’ While Defense Claims His
   Actions Were ‘Reasonable’
 * SBF Trial, Day 3: Why a True Believer in FTX Flipped Once He Learned One Fact
 * SBF Trial, Day 4: SBF’s Lawyers Annoy Judge Kaplan, While Wang Reveals
   Alameda’s Special Privileges
 * Sam Bankman-Fried Trial: Here’s Everything That Happened So Far
 * SBF Trial, Day 5: SBF’s Defense Finally Found Its Legs, But Can It Counter
   Caroline Ellison?
 * SBF Trial, Day 6: Caroline Ellison Recalls ‘The Worst Week of My Life’
 * SBF Trial, Day 7: In SBF Trial, Did the Defense Lose Its Opportunity With the
   Star Witness?
 * SBF Trial, Day 8: Former BlockFi CEO Adds Credibility to Fraud Charges 
 * SBF Trial, Day 9: Nishad Singh Describes Former FTX CEO as a Bully and Big
   Spender
 * SBF Trial, Day 10: Defense Struggles to Discredit Nishad Singh’s Testimony
 * SBF Trial, Day 11: How Alameda Got FTX Into a $9 Billion Hole
 * SBF Trial, Day 12: Former FTX General Counsel Speaks Out Against SBF
 * SBF Trial, Day 13: Before Judge, Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried Gives Few
   Straight Answers
 * SBF Trial, Day 14: Sam Bankman-Fried Casts Blame on Others for Key Decisions
   at FTX
 * SBF Trial, Day 15: Prosecutors Hammer Bankman-Fried’s Contradictions With
   Reams of Evidence
 * SBF Trial, Day 16: In Final Cross Examination, SBF Gets Caught Again by His
   Own Words

 

Hamas

 * Unchained: Binance Helps Israel Police Freeze Hamas Crypto Accounts: Report
 * Unchained: Bitcoin Slips to $27.4K Amid Escalating Israel-Hamas War but
   Long-Range Impact Remains Uncertain
 * Nic Carter Twitter thread: Can crypto-twitter OSINT outperform the WSJ’s
   chain analysis?
 * Nic Carter Tweet: Liz Warren wyd?
 * The Wall Street Journal: The Wall Street Journal and Liz Warren double down
   on the Hamas crypto canard
 * Washington Post: U.S. to warn crypto firms against financing Hamas, terror
   groups
 * CoinDesk: The Hamas Funding Story Is Why Crypto Is Sick of the Mainstream
   Media

Layer Zero/Lido

 * LayerZero’s wstETH bridge deployment draws Lido DAO ire
 * LayerZero introduces omnichain token to move Lido’s wstETH across Avalanche,
   BNB Chain and Scroll

 

dYdX

 * Examining dYdX’s Path to Profitable DeFi

 

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PREVIOUS COVERAGE ON UNCHAINED

 * THE CHOPPING BLOCK: ARE WE BACK? THE ‘LOW IQ’ RESPONSE TO THE POTENTIAL SPOT
   BITCOIN ETF

 * THE CHOPPING BLOCK: A ROUGH WEEK 3 FOR SBF, DCG TROUBLES, FEES AT UNISWAP

 * THE CHOPPING BLOCK: GABRIEL SHAPIRO ON WHY SAM BANKMAN-FRIED MAY BE A
   ‘SOCIOPATH’


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