The Chopping Block: Was FTX a Scam From the Very Beginning? - Ep. 433

Welcome to The Chopping Block! Crypto insiders Haseeb Qureshi, Robert Leshner, and Tarun Chitra were joined by Laura Shin to chop it up about the latest news.

Show topics:

the details of the SEC and CFTC complaints

how crypto traders have always speculated about Alameda's preferential treatment

whether many people knew about the mismanagement of funds and alleged fraud

why Haseeb thinks SBF was a "f*cking psycho"

how helpful Tarun believes a testimony from Sam Trabucco, former co-CEO of Alameda, would be

why Alameda and FTX lost billions of dollars, and the poor diligence of SBF's venture investments

Sam's "ineffective altruism"

why a bull market wouldn't have solved the insolvency problems of FTX

whether SBF will fight extradition and how long it would take

how Sam's consistent use of Facebook and his anti-Maker stand shows he was not a crypto-native

why Laura thinks that The Block CEO's undisclosed loans represent a "total betrayal"

Robert's take on the ineffectiveness of the government's control of information

why Binance is under scrutiny and whether it's the "next FTX"

Hosts

Haseeb Qureshi, managing partner at Dragonfly Capital

Tarun Chitra, managing partner at Robot Ventures

Robert Leshner, founder of Compound

Guest:

Laura Shin, author, host of Unchained
Episode Links
FTX:

Unchained:CFTC and SEC File Damning Complaints Against Sam Bankman-Fried and FTX

SBF Denied Bail in The Bahamas, Will Remain in Fox Hill Prison

Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried Arrested Amid US Indictment

Bahamas Asked SBF to Mint Hundreds of Millions of Dollars’ Worth of New Tokens After Collapse, Say FTX Liquidators

SBF Directed $8B Alameda Liabilities to an FTX Account He Called ‘Weird Korean,’ Says CFTC

Forbes: Despite Boasting Of Big Profits, FTX And Alameda Lost $3.7 Billion Before 2022

Bloomberg: FTX Bankruptcy Standoff Heats Up as Bahamas Challenges US Case

Sam Bankman-Fried’s Harsh Bahamas Jail Could Shift His Stance on Extradition

Fortune: Sam Bankman-Fried indicted on multiple conspiracy and fraud charges by U.S. officials

Previous coverage of Unchained on Sam Bankman-Fried and FTX:How Much Prison Time Is FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried Facing?

Why the Legal Process for FTX and Sam Bankman-Fried Could Take Years

The Chopping Block: SBF Wants to Win in the Court of Public Opinion. Will He?

Jesse Powell and Kevin Zhou on How FTX and Alameda Lost $10 Billion

Is the Collapse of Crypto Lending Over, or Is It Just Starting?

Did the Bahamian Government Direct SBF and Gary Wang to Hack 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

Binance:

Unchained: Binance Passes Withdrawal ‘Stress Test’ After $3B in Daily Outflows

Forbes: Kevin O’Leary Points Finger At Binance For FTX Crash In Senate Testimony

The Block
Unchained: The Block CEO Steps Down After Revealing He Was Secretly Funded By SBF

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