Robert Leshner

Robert Leshner is the co-founder and CEO of Superstate, an asset tokenization firm behind tokenized US Treasury funds and Opening Bell, a platform that puts SEC-registered shares of public companies on-chain. He is best known as the founder of Compound, the DeFi lending protocol he launched in 2017 whose COMP token distribution in 2020 is widely credited with kicking off DeFi Summer. He is also a venture investor at Robot Ventures, a member of Nansen's board of directors, and a co-host of The Chopping Block podcast. A CFA charterholder with an economics degree from the University of Pennsylvania, he designed smart contracts including Governor Bravo and the ERC-7246 Encumber standard.

139 talks by Robert Leshner

• The Chopping Block: Why Worldcoin Could Be ‘FTT for Eyeballs’ - Ep 523
• The Chopping Block: Should XRP Holders Really Be Rejoicing? - Ep. 519
• The Chopping Block: Why It’s Suddenly RWA Szn
• The Chopping Block: Why the Azuki Elementals Drop Was a Big Flop - Ep. 512
• The Chopping Block: Bitcoin’s BlackRock Bounce
• The Chopping Block: Why Uniswap V4 Has a Bigger Attack Surface Area
• The Chopping Block: Has the SEC Lost Credibility?
• The Chopping Block: Explain Rollups to Me Like I’m 5
• The Chopping Block: Why Everyone Is Talking About EigenLayer - Ep. 497
• The Chopping Block: Wizards vs. Laser Eyes for the Future of Bitcoin
• The Chopping Block: Why Aragon Association Members Have 'Fat Salaries'
• The Chopping Block: Are L2s Stealing ETH’s Thunder? - Ep. 484
• The Chopping Block: Are VCs Bad for Crypto? - Ep. 481
• What DeFi Get’s Wrong About RWAs | Robert Leshner
• The Chopping Block: Was Crypto Just Debanked? - Ep. 468
• The Chopping Block: Arthur Hayes on Why Crypto Needs to Ditch the Banks - Ep. 466
• Robert Leshner and Jesse Walden: Deep Dive on Decentralization
• The Chopping Block: The Inside Story of How Blur Toppled NFT Giant OpenSea - Ep. 459
• The Chopping Block: The SEC Is Attacking Crypto – Will Gary Gensler Succeed?
• The Chopping Block: Why Canto, Up Nearly 500% This Month, Has Its Haters - Ep. 452
• The Chopping Block: Will Genesis Creditors Be Made Whole? - Ep. 447
• The Chopping Block: Why Gemini Users Are Mad at Genesis and DCG - Ep. 443
• The Chopping Block Recaps 2022: Crypto's Biggest Winners and Losers and Best Memes - Ep. 437
• The Chopping Block: Was FTX a Scam From the Very Beginning? - Ep. 433